Registration Packets For Radnor Elementary Schools Available Feb. 1

Registration runs March 1-30.

  Those who want to register their kindergarten and new students in Ithan, Radnor and Wayne Elementary Schools can do so on March 1. Parents can pick up a registration packet from each school’s main office beginning Feb. 1. The completed packet must be returned by appointment or as directed at the school building by March 30. Tours of each school building will be available from January through April. Those interested in a tour can make an appointment through each building’s main office: Radnor Township School District requires parents to register children by March 30 to plan for accurate enrollment. Please read the below information carefully to ensure all registration requirements are met. Only completed registrations that include the …

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Elementary Literacy the Focus of Info Session

You can submit questions in advance on the topic for the Wednesday event.

All Radnor Township School District parents and community members interested in learning more about Elementary Literacy are invited to attend the inaugural Radnor Township School District Information Session on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the ground floor conference room of the administration building. The topic of Elementary Literacy was chosen through a survey that was open to the public. Other issues of interest to respondents were standardized assessments, gifted education, effect of coursework on college acceptance, and homework. These, and other topics, will be featured in future sessions. Questions will be accepted in advance through email to infosessions@rtsd.org. To enable all interested parties to benefit from the…

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School Board Talking Budget

The proposed preliminary budget calls for a 1.7 percent tax increase.

New Leadership for the School Board

New school board members were also sworn in this week.

  Brucie Rapoport and Robert Armstrong were elected president and vice president, respectively, of the Radnor Township School District Board of School Directors at a Dec. 6 Reorganization Meeting in Radnor High School’s Black Box Theater. Newly elected board members Lisa Borowski and Kimm Doherty were also sworn in by Judge Ann A. Osborne of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas. Borowski and Doherty replace Steven K. Gerber and Greg McNicholas, both of whom retired after four years of school board service. Rapoport, Armstrong, Borowski and Doherty join incumbent board members Patricia Booker, Charles E. Madden III, and Eric G. Zajac, who were also sworn in at the meeting. Board members Susan Michaelson and Lydia T. Solomon continue …

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All Radnor Schools Achieve Adequate Yearly Progress

Radnor is the only school district in Delaware County to achieve proficiency measurement every year since its inception.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has announced that all five Radnor Township School District (RTSD) schools have achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for the 2010-2011 school year. It is the ninth consecutive year Ithan, Radnor and Wayne Elementary Schools, Radnor Middle School, and Radnor High School have all achieved AYP. RTSD is the only school district in Delaware County in which every one of its schools has achieved AYP each year since the measurement began in the 2002-2003 school year. “Meeting, and exceeding, AYP for the ninth straight year once again confirms how exceptional our schools truly are,” RTSD Superintendent Dr. Linda Grobman said. “We cannot rest on our laurels, however. We will use these and other …

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Radnor Schools Make 'Adequate Yearly Progress'

The school board celebrated that and more at its recent meeting.

WBA Visits Radnor School Archive

Radnor Township School District has started its own fledgling museum.

On Thursday morning members of the Wayne Business Association visited the Radnor Township School District's fledgling — but growing — archive room. The room is located in the basement of the administrative building, but officials say they dream of a large space in Radnor High School to one day house a museum of Radnor stuff. And already a lot of interesting Radnor paraphernalia has been collected and is on display. To visit the room, contact the Radnor Alumni Council.

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