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	Great Valley School District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Valley School District is in orange in the eastern part of the county.
		It is in the Delaware Valley region, in eastern Chester County, and provides education for the residents of Charlestown, East Whiteland, and Willistown townships, and the borough of Malvern.
		However, in recent years, the school district population has been growing very rapidly, and a new middle school was built to compensate for the larger student body.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Valley_School_District (256 words)

	East Whiteland Township: Living in Whiteland Township
		Great Valley High School and Great Valley Middle School are located on the township’s Phoenixville Pike.
		The largest is the 32.2-acre Valley Creek Park, on the east side of PA Route 29, with tennis courts, a pavilion and picnic area with tables, barbecue pits, restrooms, and some play equipment.
		A comprehensive upgrade to Valley Creek Park is under design now and is expected to incorporate an improved parking lot, playground, and tennis courts, as well as a new amphitheater.
	www.eastwhiteland.org /docs/residents.html (288 words)

	PA DEP BAQ - Cars and Trucks - Greener Truck and Bus Fleets
		Wissahickon School District, a suburban district in Montgomery County serving about 4500 students, is purchasing ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel for its entire fleet and has retrofitted 27 buses with particulate filters and 14 with diesel oxidation catalysts.
		General McLane School District, a five-municipality rural district in Edinboro, Erie County, is retrofitting its fleet of 40 buses with diesel oxidation catalysts.
		The School District of Philadelphia, the largest in Pennsylvania and seventh largest district in the country, is purchasing ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel for a portion of its fleet - about 123 school buses.
	www.dep.state.pa.us /dep/deputate/airwaste/aq/cars/retrofit_green.htm (1653 words)

	Quaker Valley teachers, students get an Apple
		The district was one of three in the state selected in February to receive a $2 million state grant to become a model for technology in education, and school officials promised computing that was compact, powerful and completely portable.
		At a training session yesterday, school staff got their first look at the high-tech tools that will attempt to deliver on that promise.
		After months of negotiations with various vendors, district officials tentatively announced that Apple would be their first choice as hardware supplier.
	www.postgazette.com /neigh_north/20010607digitalnorth2p2.asp (457 words)

	Willistown Real Estate - Willistown Township Homes
		Great Valley School District accommodates more than 4,000 students living in Malvern Borough, Charlestown, East Whiteland, and Willistown in three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.
		Encouraging community participation, dependability, and involvement, Great Valley School District is presently engaged in the strategic planning process of preparing students for the future.
		With all schools district-wide receiving recognition by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for their superior educational programs, Great Valley School District is a great place to educate and prepare you children for their impending futures.
	www.lisadebella.com /willistown.html (354 words)

	The Suburban Advertiser - Great Valley School District gets new logo and slogan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		MALVERN-As part of its new strategic plan, the Great Valley School District is in the process of unveiling a new logo and slogan.
		The new design has been officially shown to the school board, and the district is now cascading the information to the general public.
		Corbett said that the district developed a communication committee, which ended up suggesting that outside professionals be consulted in order to create a new visual representation for the district.
	zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=7200584&BRD=1678&PAG=461&...&rfi=6 (619 words)

	News091205b
		Simmons has assumed the fulltime responsibilities as principal of the district’s new Rustin High School, scheduled to open in September 2006; she is spending the current year with a transition team of staff members preparing for that opening.
		Changes in the eighth grade curriculum at all three middle schools are the result of a study of the middle school program that included revisions to the sixth and seventh grade curriculums in prior years.
		On the eighth grade in the new school year, teachers are joining their counterparts on the lower grades in working in instructional teams.
	www.wcasd.k12.pa.us /news/news091205b.htm (674 words)

	Welcome to School Designs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This 87,000-square-foot elementary school, designed to accommodate 750 students, was organized to function as a learning village.
		Three village districts, or classroom wings, are in the building and can be reached by a main street through the facility.
		At the heart of the school are the arts and science classrooms, media center, cafeteria, gymnasium and the administration offices.
	www.schooldesigns.com /ResultsDetail.asp?id=988 (228 words)

	Back to School 2001: All digital, all the time
		Quaker Valley School District will begin a school year tomorrow that promises laptops for all teachers and students in third through 12th grades, free access at home to the district's computer network, and other technical wonders.
		Each district has a different approach to becoming digital, but all have been working through the summer to develop programs that are to become models for improving education, not just ways to add glitz.
		Quaker Valley's approach is built on a wireless network that was installed in all four of its school buildings during the summer.
	www.post-gazette.com /regionstate/20010903digital0903p2.asp (1225 words)

	Daily Local News - Cutting down on pollutants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Instead of motoring around on pure diesel, the 19-passenger bus that transports district children to the Media area is relying on a mixture that is 20 percent processed soybean oil.
		Still, the district plans to continue filling the Bus 40 tank with the B20 biodiesel fuel, an energy source that is 20 percent vegetable oil and animal fat and 80 percent petroleum diesel.
		For instance, Great Valley paid 60 cents per gallon more for 500 gallons of B20 biodiesel fuel -- which is 80 percent petroleum diesel and 20 percent vegetable oils and animal fats -- than it would have paid for pure petroleum diesel, Ziegler said.
	www.dailylocal.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10728850&BRD=1671&PAG=461&dept_id=17782&rfi=6 (886 words)

	Daily Local News - Mother, daughter protest textbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A 12-year veteran of the school board, Pettiss said this was the first time a disagreement over the teaching of evolution had been brought to the board’s attention and only the second time the board had to vote on a complaint about published material in school.
		In Great Valley, the issue arose when a parent -- whom school officials declined to identify -- asked that her daughter be allowed to opt out of a portion of the ninth-grade biology class at Great Valley High School.
		Jones said although the school honors religious beliefs -- "and we absolutely honor religious beliefs" -- of their students and families, evolution is the accepted standard Pennsylvania’s curriculum guidelines for science education.
	www.dailylocal.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14734774&BRD=1671&amp;amp;PAG=461&dept_id=17782&rfi=6 (938 words)

	OCTORARA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT (Atglen, Highland, Parksburg, West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Great Valley is fortunate to have administrators, teachers, students and a community who have high expectations of our district and traditionally we have met those expectations.
		With the advent of new state standards, the challenge for our district will not be whether or not we test well, as I have no doubt we will, but how we meet those needs without disrupting the flow of academic excellence we have attained.
		The most important thing for a school board member is to be a conduit between the taxpayer and the board.
	pa.lwv.org /chesco/vote03/schooldistricts/gvsd.htm (448 words)

	Great Valley High School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Great Valley High School, locatedin Malvern, PA, is the only High School of the Great Valley SchoolDistrict.
		The Great Valley High School serves the communitiesof Willistown Township, Malvern Borough, Charlestown Township,and East Whiteland Township.
		Great Valley School District • 47 Church Road, Malvern, PA 19355 • 610-889-2100
	web.gvsd.org /index.pl?id=2338 (240 words)

	Daily Local News - Great Valley School District prepares for strike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bill Beyer, spokesman for the Great Valley Education Association, said the strike date is meant to prompt a resolution of differences.
		The district sent letters to coaches on Tuesday advising them that the district still expects them to carry out those duties, which are prescribed in contracts separate from the teacher’s contract, Levin said.
		Chuck Linderman, the district’s business manager, said the district would release the details of its strike contingency plans soon, should the parties be unable to negotiate an agreement Tuesday.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13127644&BRD=1671&PAG=461&dept_id=17782&rfi=6 (909 words)

	PA - DEP Update December 3, 1999
		The Chester County Board of Commissioners recently recognized schools and school districts in the county that recycled the highest tonnage of recyclable material per person during the 1998-99 school year.
		Top honors went to the Great Valley School District which recycled 40 pounds per person by collecting office paper, corrugated cardboard, aluminum cans, steel, tin and bimetallic cans, colored and clear glass bottles and jars and PET and HDPE plastics.
		Upattinas School was the private/parochial high school winner with a recycling rate of 24.39 pounds per student and West Chester University won the college award by recycling 223.51 tons.
	www.dep.state.pa.us /dep/deputate/polycomm/update/12-03-99/12039942.htm (145 words)

	Garden Valley SD 71 - Home
		It was great for the Fifth Graders to see that even the older kids use grammar.
		It was also great for them to see grammar in a new way.
		Getting the high school students and the elementary school students together is a great experience for both groups, as both groups learn from each other.
	www.gvsd.net (929 words)

	EPA Region 3 Clean School Bus USA Program
		Clean School Bus USA is a public-private environmental partnership that seeks to reduce children's exposure to air pollution from diesel school buses.
		The goal of Clean School Bus USA is to reduce both children's exposure to diesel exhaust and the amount of air pollution created by diesel school buses.
		Some Mid-Atlantic states and communities are working closely with school transportation associations and school districts to adopt better bus idling practices, retrofit buses with modern emission control technology, use cleaner fuels, and replace older school buses.
	www.epa.gov /reg3artd/vehicletran/vehicles/schoolbus.htm (409 words)

	Saucon Valley School District \| Elementary School
		Pupils entering the Saucon Valley School District for the first time should be registered at the building they will be attending.
		A transfer card from their former school district should be presented along with immunization records.
		If a child is moving from our District, the parent should notify the School Office of the date the family will move as well as the name and address of the new school the child will be attending.
	www.sauconvalley.k12.pa.us /elemSchool.asp (474 words)

	Grain Valley School District
		For a district to be designated as an A+ school, the district must have, at a minimum, a half-time A+ coordinator, curriculum standards, assessments, and activities in place for all classes being offered at the high school.
		We have always known that the Grain Valley Schools are great places for kids to learn, it’s nice to be recognized independently that the district is also a top-notch place for adults to work too,” said Dr. Small.
		The district was recognized as having very competitive salaries in comparison to other schools of like size, offering fully-paid health insurance, fully-paid short and long term disability insurance, partial reimbursement for staff seeking approved graduate credit, job-sharing opportunities, and stipends for advanced competencies (national board certification, licensed professional counselor, etc….).
	www.grainvalley.k12.mo.us (1669 words)

	Maple Valley Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is with great pride that I welcome you to Maple Valley Schools on behalf of the Board of Education, Staff, and Community.
		We are a very close-knit community made up of two small villages that have worked together for the last 40 years to form a school district that is a great place to learn.
		The Valley is truly a great place to raise a family.
	scnc.mvs.k12.mi.us (326 words)

	chester county school districts, parochial schools, private schools, unionville high school, great valley high school, ...
		This school enrolls about 60 students from 5th thru 12th grades and presents an academic curriculum with methods and materials devised to help students experience success as well as the challenge of learning, including hands-on learning experiences in the arts, computer tech., and outdoor nature classroom.
		Taking a more creative, interactive approach to learning, educational goals at the school are to promote learning through discovery and experience, to build self-assurance and develop the creative process by integrating the artistic process in all subjects.
		This school is part of the Landmark Baptist Church founded in 1985 and enrolls 80 students, kindergarten thru 12th grade.
	philanet.com /chester/schools.html (663 words)

	Central Valley School District-Blake Elementary
		OUR mission is to ensure opportunities for optimal success for each learner according to his/her unique abilities through a partnership of students, families, school, business and government by setting high expectations, fostering self-discipline, self-esteem, responsibility and promoting lifelong learning.
		This is accomplished through a partnership of students, families, school and community who set high expectations, foster respect, responsibility, cooperation, and by promoting lifelong learning.
		But of course a very integral part of our success is because of all those wonderful parents who are not able to come to school and volunteer their time, but they spend time with their children reading, doing homework, working on projects and talking about education in positive ways.
	www.cvsd.org /schools/blake.htm (398 words)

	Great Valley School District schools - district elementary, middle, and high school information
		The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act is intended to hold both states and schools more accountable for student results by instituting requirements on academic growth, student assessments, teacher qualifications, and annual local report cards.
		NCLB requires all districts and schools receiving Title I funds to meet state "adequate yearly progress" (AYP) goals for their total student populations and for specified demographic subgroups, including major ethnic/racial groups, economically disadvantaged students, limited English proficient (LEP) students, and students with disabilities.
		If a school fails to meet AYP goals for two or more years, it is classified as a school in need of improvement and faces consequences.
	www.greatschools.net /cgi-bin/pa/district_profile/226 (524 words)

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		National Coalition of Education Activists (http://members.aol.com/nceaweb) NCEA is a multiracial network of families, school staff, union and community activists, and others organizing for equity and fundamental change in local school districts.
		Its purpose is to support activists in their efforts to develop, promote, and implement progressive school reforms, to provide a counter to the right, and to fight racism and other forms of institutional bias.
		OUT!: Making Schools Safe For Teens Produced by Attainment Company Student and Staff version available from: Attainment Company (www.attainmentcompany.com) The intent of the program is to make schools safer by sensitizing staff and students to the fact that gay and lesbian teens should be guaranteed a safe place to pursue their education.
	www.psca-web.org /Diversity/ConferenceHandout.doc (3040 words)

	Palm Valley Elementary School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This is a great opportunity for our students to experience the great outdoors and have a learning experience at the same time!
		The students are scheduled to return to school around 2:15 on Friday, May 12th.
		We thank each one of these very special staff members of our Palm Valley family for their dedicated service to our school and the district.
	www.lesd.k12.az.us /PV/main.html (332 words)

	Warwick Valley Central School District - Great Community, Great Schools!
		Warwick Valley is a great community, supported by great schools.
		The district is proud to serve our residents with an instructional program that guides our children to success, and benefits all who have chosen to make their homes here.
		Check in regularly to learn about the achievements of our community's children, the partnership between our community and schools, and how your tax dollars are creating value for you, your family, and the entire community.
	www.warwickvalleyschools.com (126 words)

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