UPPERDARBY SCHOOL DISTRICT 54th Edition March, April, May 2020

UDSD Goes Digital as Schools Close Indefinitely SPRING ISSUE

he Upper Darby School District’s digital learning UDSD Goes Digital As Schools Close platform came online this week through the social 1 Indefnitely; UD HS Robotics Team had A Great Year Tnetworking service Schoology, though it was not without some fits and starts. 2 & 3 Kindergarten News; Upcoming Events Schools Superintendent Dr. Daniel P. McGarry reported Upper Darby High School News & the system was “a little overwhelmed” Monday as 4 Athletics Upper Darby and districts across the world strained its resources, but it was back up and running as of Tuesday. 5 Primos News Dr. Daniel McGarry “Communication is always going to be the key,” said McGarry. “We can’t control the network from home to home and 6 Garrettford & Hillcrest News obviously we can’t control the server where this information is stored, but we can control how we communicate and our expectations of our Senkow & Charles Kelly staff and kids. The message I want to communicate is: Be patient, we’re 7 going to work through this together.” Upper Darby’s online instruction – which is aimed at reaching 12,500 to 8 Charles Kelly & Stonehurst Hills News 13,000 students – booted up just in time for Gov. Tom Wolf to announce Westbrook Park News that schools would remain closed indefinitely. Continued on page 18 9 UDHS Robotics Team Had A Great Year! 10 Westbrook Park & Hillcrest News The Robotics 11 Bywood News Team had a great season, 12 Garrettford & Senkow News competing at Delaware County Christian School 13 Bywood & Primos News and Spring-Ford High School. One 14 Stonehurst & Highland Park News of our teams, consisting of 15 &16 News from the Middle Schools Sarah DeMott, Cat Vivo, Aaron 17 UDHS March News Jackson, Hasan Hoque, and 18 Spring District News Sebastian Mostek, qualified for the Vex PA State Competition. They competed at States 19 & 20 UDHS April & May News; Athletic News on February 29th and had some impressive matches. “Our entire UDSD Goes Digital (continued from team did a great job this season and demonstrated growth in their 21 page 1); UDHS A Breathtaking engineering and collaboration skills,” said coach Salmon. “We are Presentation at Annenberg proud of our team this year.”

KINDERGARTEN MARCH NEWS Kindergarten Center Read Across America UDKC participated in an assembly featuring a special presentation by students from Upper Darby High School’s National English Honor Society, songs about Dr. Seuss, and a “Silly Seuss dance party”. The students were asked to roll up their pants and show off their “Silly Socks” for our celebration. Kindergarten Students of the Month

The focus of the Student of the Month was Kindness

Kindergarten’s Making A Diference

UDKC raised $4,370 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! Upcoming Events 4/1 UDHS Progress Report 5/4-5/8 Teacher Appreciation Week;State Mandated Closure 4/6-4/10 Spring Break Holiday - All School & Offices Closed 5/12 School Board Meeting ;State Mandated Closure 4/13-4/17 UDHS College & Career Week 5/25 Memorial Day Holiday (All Schools and Offices Closed) 4/13 UDHS Spring MAP 6/9 High School Virtual Graduation, 9AM UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 2 KINDERGARTEN MAY NEWS Kindergarten Center Students Check in from Home Showing our Royal Pride with our purple and gold! We love the Upper Darby Kindergarten Center even from our homes!

Kindergarten Students Working Hard Distance Learning is a new experience for us all but the kindergarten students are doing their best and even getting creative

Kindergarten’s Making A Diference

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UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 3 UPPER DARBY HIGH SCHOOL MARCH NEWS UDHS -- World Afairs 2020 Model Senate Congratulations to all our students who participated in the World Affairs Council 2020 Model Senate atTemple University’s Fox School of Business. Upper Darby students were a force to be reckoned with, as the following three students were recognized for their insight and outstanding contributions to yesterday’s program: Sophomore Nick Fattizzo, Junior Jack DiPrimio and Junior Danny McBride over all great Job representing the Purple and Gold!

UDHS French Honor Society The first annual induction of the Upper Darby French Honors Society was held in the UDHS library last month. Recognizing the need to celebrate the achievements of dedicated French language students, Ms. Salhi founded the French Honors Society, which will undoubtedly become an annual tradition. French honors students noshed on bon-bons and other French delicacies. UDHS ATHLETIC MARCH NEWS Congratulations to Upper Darby Bocce Team Unified Bocce at Championships

Congratulations to the UDHS Unified Bocce Team for placing 3rd and 5th in their respective brackets at the Special Olympics Unified Bocce Championships in Glen Mills.

Upper Darby Congratulates the Track Team

Congratulations to the Upper Darby High School track team on their phenomenal performance at the PA Indoor State Championships.The boys 4x200 relay team won first place in the state! The relay was run by Darlington Brooks, Aaron Williams, Sydney Turner, and George Okyne. Congratulations to State Indoor Track & Field medal winners, Siani Barnes and Kayla Thorpe.

UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 4 PRIMOS MARCH NEWS Primos Basketball Club March is the time for Primos to defend our Basketball Club Trophy. This year we had 28 students sign up, so we were able to have 3 teams. All of the games will be played at the Upper Darby High School main or aux gym. It is single elimination tournament and it started on March 9th.Our teams have done very well. One team is waiting for the tournament to resume. We will keep you informed. Primos’ Running Club Primos Running Club Coach Ms. Nakeia Smith This will be year six of the Running Club for the students here at Primos! Our 4th and 5th grade team and running coaches will meet two days a week. Most Tuesdays and Thursdays Students will train to run in order to prepare for the Brad Schoener 5k (3.1 miles) race on May 16th, 2020 at Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill. Last year this was an amazing event to be a part of! PRIMOS APRIL NEWS Primos Happenings Fifth Grade News Hello Primos Families, Many things were happening in our school before we abruptly Congratulations Timmy Hammond left on March 13th. We would like to share with you those events that happened before Art contest winner, we left. Some of our articles will reflect Timmy Hammond, on our “Stay at Home” experiences, and 5th grade, Delaware some articles will celebrate our students accomplishments. Please keep healthy and County Office of safe by following the recommended Slow Behavioral Health the Spread tips. Primos Experiences Distance Learning Ms. Massimo- Distance learning has forced me to explore the world of technology; a world that our students spend so much time engaged in on a daily basis. I have been trying to navigate all kinds of learning resources, such as Google Classroom, Nearpod, BrainPop, Schoology, and Epic. Every day I am getting a bit more comfortable with them all. I must say, I am excited to bring them all back into my classroom. I even did something I thought I would never do. I made a few TikTok videos! Wow, did my students get a kick out of them! I think that may be their favorite part of distance learning so far. Although all of this is extremely overwhelming, I think we can learn a lot from it.

Ms. H- March 13th was the beginning of a whole new world for me. I entered the world of online learning. I have been wallowing in apps directions for navigating Schoology, Hang Out, and Zoom. I am learning how to embed, project, videotape, and hold class chats. I can’t wait to get back to room 221 where I can introduce the kids to a technology called, chalk!

UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 5 GARRETTFORD MARCH NEWS Garrettford Celebrates Black History Night The Garrettford community is proud to share that three of our students were honored this past month. David Jones (4- 206) presented information at the Delaware County Council meeting about how the Garrettford community celebrated Black History Month.Council Vice-Chair, Dr. Monica Taylor, said “We are proud to honor individuals and organizations who work to celebrate and keep African American history alive in our community.” Specific recognition was given to the Garrettford Black History Night Celebration. David was accompanied by Adam Balagon (2-121).Great job, boys! Garrettford’s Family Literacy Night A Success Our Literacy Night and celebration of Black History Month was February 27, 2020.The literacy theme was to raise our families’ understanding of Phonemic Awareness and its importance in learning to read. We used songs, poems and lyrics by African American Artists to engage families in activities that build phonemic awareness. Upon arrival, families listened to a playlist of great songs by black artists while touring the school to see the doors each classroom decorated with famous African Americans. Then the families were directed to begin the rotation through the 3 activities. HILLCREST MARCH NEWS Students Jump for Their Hearts and Help Save Lives KIDS HEART CHALLENGE Students jumped from February 18th to February 21st during their Physical Education classes. The Hillcrest students jumped at the chance to fight heart disease and stroke, our nation’s No. 1 and No. 4 killers. Kids are literally jumping into a heart healthier life, while helping kids with sick hearts. The Kids Heart Challenge teaches students how physical fitness benefits the heart and shows them that volunteering can be a fun and positive experience for the whole community. This year the Hillcrest School Community raised $6,347 for the American Heart Association and a wonderful cause! Hillcrest 2nd Grade News Second grade students learned about many interesting people while reading their biographies. We learned about the obstacles they overcame and the interesting events in their lives. Students used chronological order to create their own personal timelines, which included some of the interesting events and milestones from their own lives. Great job second grade! Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 6 SENKOW MARCH NEWS Senkow Student Admin Day Senkow Celebrates Kindness Senkow Administrators of In an effort to the Day, Hassan Shezhad celebrate kind- ness as the and Nazifa Arna, join Student of the Mrs. Simpson. Month trait for February, Walter M. Senkow staff and students came together to sign a kindness pledge banner.

Senkow’s Students of the Month Congratulations to this month’s Student of the Month recipients! All of these students did a fantastic job showing “Kindness” to others. The theme for next month’s Student of the Month is “Hardworking.” Our next Student of the Month assembly will be Thursday, March 26, at 2:30 p.m. CHARLES KELLY MARCH NEWS Third Grade Host PSSA Night Principal’s Award Winner —Samir Karim Dr. McCarthy met with Sameer Karim is the parents of third grade to winner of the Principal’s help prep students for the Award. Dr. McCarthy chooses a Fifth-Grade upcoming PSSAs. After student who not only eating dinner together, follows the 3 B’s but is students played bingo responsible, fair, kind, and participated in other trustworthy and a good activities. Students also citizen. Congratulations selected a book to bring to Sameer and his home! family! Student of the Month Winners Charles Kelly’s Focus on Respect At our sixth Student of the Month Assembly, we honored students who are respectful. A person who is respectful values all people, lives by the Golden Rule, respects the dignity, privacy, and freedom of others, is courteous and polite to all, and is tolerant and accepting of differences. UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 7 CHARLES KELLY APRIL NEWS Virtual Learning Won’t Keep Us Apart Worldly Achitects in the Making We may not be physically Do you recognize the Eiffel together but we are all Tower, the Taj Mahal, and the learning and staying White House? The students in connected. Whether through Mrs. Benginia’s class piloted video conferencing, email the Storybook STEM program or logging into Schoology, that the district provided. The the Charles Kelly Family students were so engaged is together. If you need and excited to research and help logging in, email your build a model of a chosen student’s teacher through iconic building from around upperdarbysd.org. the world! Ms. Purnell’s Students Sharing Their Smiles Charles Kelly Skypes with Texas Miss Murphy’s First Grade class skyped with a class from Texas and talked about their science topic of weather. STONEHURST HILLS MARCH NEWS Stonehurst Hills Third Grade News Third Grade enjoyed learning about geography in Social Studies. Students worked in teams on a space mission to guide their spaceship back to Earth while learning about the continents, countries, and oceans. We even got to use a compass rose to locate famous US places. Stonehurst Fourth Grade News Stonehurst Fifth Grade News Fourth grade Fifth graders at Stonehurst Hills participated in class enjoyed a trip Spelling Bees this month. to the Franklin Winners from each fifth grade Institute this class then had the opportunity to participate in a fourth month. We and fifth grade Spelling Bee learned about the that took place in the gym. brain, weather, Romaysa Lafdali and Brian Adams were the champions and the physics and continued on to the of different Spelling Bee at the DCIU on sports. Saturday, February 1st.

Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 8 WESTBROOK PARK MARCH NEWS Westbrook Park Participates in 2020 Poster Census All students at Westbrook Park participated in a poster contest for the 2020 Census. A winner was selected from each grade. One poster was selected as the winner for Westbrook Park School. Fourth-grade student Viola won the Census 2020 Award. Don’t forget to fill out your form and BE COUNTED! First Grade- Ella Goldschmidt Second Grade- Kylie Clifford Third Grade- Emily Saravia-Melara Fourth Grade- Viola O’Connell Fifth Grade-Jenavie Ros First Responders Take Time out to Read to Students at WBP Several of our fire fighters took time out of their busy day to read to students in Kindergarten and First Grade. Take a look at the big smiles on the kids. We are fortunate to have such dedicated people watching over our community. WESTBROOK PARK APRIL NEWS Westbrook Park Students Send a Message to Staf What are students doing you ask? Science experiments, Letters and Storytime, Exercising, Chatting and Drawing, Bird Watching, Crafting, Birthday and Online Learning. Students at WBP Now Have More Time to Read Students are using their time to READ! They are reading silently or aloud with family members. Some are choosing to read online or listen to books. Mrs. TM has lots of great websites on her webpage. You can also join the Delaware County Library online. It takes less than 5 minutes to become an online member. Just think, you could download a new book to read today!

Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 9 WESTBROOK PARK MAY NEWS Westbrook Park Congratulates the Class of 2020

Westbrook Park Retirees of 2020 Congratulations to Mrs. Patricia Mr. Rhine will also be saying good Cleveland on her retirement. bye to Westbrook Park. He taught Mrs. Cleveland has spent most fifth, fourth, third and first grades of her career here at Westbrook Park. She has worked side by During his time at our school. He side with Mrs. Costanzo-Wiley also taught at Highland Park at the for many years as our schools start of his career. Ironically, Mrs. reading specialist. Prior to Cleveland and Mrs. Rhine started that she was a coordinator their careers at Highland Park and for the district and a teacher ended them at Westbrook Park at Highland Park. She will be together. Mr. Rhine is an avid Phillies missed by all. We know she fan and a history buff of Philadelphia. looks forward to traveling and We wish Mr. Rhine health and Mrs. Cleveland spending time with her family. Mr. Rhine happiness in his retirement. HILLCREST MAY NEWS Hillcrest Staf Is Missing Their Students The Staff of Hillcrest Elementary School wants our students to know how much they are missed! We can’t wait to see you again!

We are so proud of our Students Look at our Hard Working Students HILLCREST ROCKS!

UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 10 BYWOOD MARCH NEWS Bywood Celebrates Read Across America Bywood’s Crazy Hat Day This month, Bywood celebrated read- CRAZY ing with lots of Suesstastic activities! DEAR: Drop Everything and Read! HAT DAY! Bring a small stuffed animal to read Janet Mansaray with! Crazy Hat Day: Choose your in Mrs. favorite hat, and wear it to school! Mignogna’s Stripes Day: Wear as many stripes as you can! Fox in Sox: Wear fun socks class wearing and show them off on Lorax Day! her favorite We had a blast! hat!

Bywood’s Basketball Tournament

BYWOOD APRIL NEWS BYWOOD Grade Level News Second grader, Elijah (pictured left) had the opportunity to answer questions live with his teacher, Ms. Gilpin! First graders in Ms. Lapina’s class (pictured left) are working hard in all subject areas! They even participate in a daily virtual morning meeting together! Bywood’s Virtual Learning There are many, many great things happening online within the Bywood community. I want to thank all parents and families for working diligently to assist students with their virtual learning, and encourage you to reach out with any questions you may have. To our teachers and staff, I am beyond proud to see all of the amazingly creative ways you are engaging with students and assisting parents, making the best of this a typical situation.

Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 11 GARRETTFORD MAY NEWS Garrettford “We Are All In This Together” The Garrettford community, like all communities across the globe, has been rocked by the upheaval created by the COVID-19 Pandemic. We have come together to support one another as the Garrettford family always does. The creativity and outpouring of spirit has been remarkable. Weekly themes such as “Represent Your Favorite Sports Team”, “Show Us Your Hidden Talent” and “Be Your Favorite Teacher” are just a few activities that kept the students engaged. Garrettford’s Students Do Virtual Learning Our students embraced the new learning style and did their best to learn and achieve. It was remarkable how resilient our students were and we are so proud of all their efforts. Mrs. Murray has sent a special, heartwarming message to everyone to congratulate them on a stellar effort to complete this crazy, unpredictable year with humor, patience and a lot of determination. SENKOW MAY NEWS Senkow First Grade News Teaching from home is just not the same. I miss all of your smiling faces! I am so proud of all of the effort that you are putting into completing your school work from home. I hope that you are also finding other fun activities to keep busy. I am certainly keeping busy with my two little ones. Some of our favorite things to do are take walks, play in the sandbox, blow bubbles, and draw with sidewalk chalk. I am also taking time to make sure that I stay healthy by exercising and eating fruits and vegetables. I am very sad that I will not get to say goodbye to all of my friends at Senkow, but before we know it we will be back in school together! Have a great summer! And remember to stay safe, healthy, and keep smiling! Love, Ms. Bowden Senkow 2nd Grade News My Fantastic Friends, Dear Friends, I hope you all have a I am so proud of all the hard work wonderful and interesting you have been putting in! I miss you dearly and wish we could be summer! I miss you all together to celebrate the closure very much! Who would of our year together. I want to have ever thought that we thank you for making me feel so all miss school so much! welcome this year. You have all Can’t wait to see you all taught me so much! Remember again as 3rd graders! to be kind and always give YOUR Love, Mr. Kelly 100% best effort. Have a great summer Love, Mrs. Valori

UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 12 BYWOOD MAY NEWS Bywood at Home Learning

Bywood ‘s Running Club from Home Since the Bywood Running Club couldn’t meet for practices and the annual Brad Schooner 5K race this year, Mrs. Callahan encouraged coaches and students to run at home! Pictured above are a few clips of students and staff running from a distance! Students are encouraged to join the 2021 team and join us next year! PRIMOS MAY NEWS Primos Shares News from Home

Summer makes me Quarantine is a sad think of my family. thing, we can’t see Family makes me friends or family think of vacation. What is life without Vacation makes me the ones we love think of swimming. and care about. Swimming makes me Love is a thing think of the pool. The that can happen pool makes me think throughout. of summer. Primos Black History Month Projects Primos Students Spread Positivity Mr. P’s BHM Students For the second official participated in 8 stations in PE week of online learning I class. Each station, students asked students to spread learned about a new athlete and positivity! Students the impact that athlete made in created pictures with kind their sport and the world. Here messages, or used chalk is a picture of students at the on their sidewalk and Wilt Chamberlain Station, where driveways to spread the students were playing basketball. positivity! UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 13 STONEHURST HILLS MAY NEWS Stonehurst Celebrates Pajama Day at Home Stonehurst students showed their commitment to learning through their active participation and flexibility transitioning into our online learning in Schoology! Keep up the hard work Stonehurst! We are so proud of you! Stonehurst Students We Miss You

HIGHLAND PARK MAY NEWS Students are Working Hard from Home Highland Park Royals have been continuing to work hard during Virtual Learning. Throughout the week, each student has the opportunity to earn “Badges” on Schoology. These badges are for completing work, participating in lessons, joining in on Google Hangouts, and much more! At the end of the week, whoever has the most badges in each class is the winner! On Monday morning, Mrs. DeVito announces the winners and picks one student from each grade to have a pizza delivered to their house! Keep up the great work!

Highland Park Seminar Students Highland Park Teachers Miss Their Students Highland Park seminar students All of our Highland Park teachers worked on a STEM Activity as one of miss their students so much! Some their Virtual Learning assignments. teachers got creative and found a way to connect with their students Students were asked to create a while they are not with each other. bridge out of only tape and Q-Tips (or Many Highland Park teachers are whatever similar supplies they had in participating in the Flat Teacher the house)! The big test came when Project. They have sent home a the students had to see if their bridge flat Bitmoji of themselves so they would hold an object! Check out the can be with their students at any creativity these students showed! point throughout the day! UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 14 MARCH NEWS FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS Beverly Hills Middle School Celebrates Pi Day On March 10th the students of Room 128 celebrated Pi Day. Pi, or 3.14, is the ratio of the circumference of any circle to its diameter. The number goes on forever, but we often round it to 3.14. Students began their research one week earlier, perusing websites for their favorite pie recipes. They voted, and the pies were decided upon! With the help of generous donations from parents and guardians, we were fully supplied and ready to go. Pie making on March 10th was a great success- the students had to cooperate in groups to read a recipe, measure ingredients, construct the pies and then clean up... all in 48 minutes. Each class made 6 pies, for a total of 18 pies! On the 11th, we ate our pies. They were BHMS News BHMS News delicious! A great time was had by all. Thank you again for your support and donations to make Pi Day 2020 possible! Beverly Hills Students of the Month 6th Grade Chase Grady Jennifer Vasquez 7th Grade Andrey Barriga Dil Ayesha Sharif 8th Grade Mohamed Sylla Ember Latson

DHMS ‘s Art & Black History Month Black History Month Theme: African Americans and the Vote in our installation “Portraits of Color.”

DHMS News DHMS News DHMS’s Weird Science Wow!!! Congrats to those DHMS 7th grade students whose Weird Plant Design were picked to go onto submission to the Long- wood Gardens STEM Contest!!! All 25 of those students won a Free Admis- sion Pass for up to 4 people. Valid now until September 30, 2020. This is a great chance to visit Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square! It is so beautiful all year long! Our classroom also won a copy of the Weird Plant book!

UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 15 APRIL & MAY NEWS FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS DHMS Congratulates Eigth Graders To all the Dear 8th Grade, Thank you for working so hard through all this distance learning. I miss seeing 8th graders’; your faces, and my heart is broken that we are Congratulations unable to say goodbye in person and for me to tell you how much I enjoyed my time with you. I and Good am sad that I can’t tell you how much you meant Luck in High to me and that I enjoyed you so much, and that I know you’re are going to do amazing job in high school. Please remember School! to keep in touch. I love to hear from my former students, and I especially want to hear from you. You are a class that I will DHMS News DHMS News NEVER forget! Fondly, Mrs. Saldutti. Drexel Hill Middle School Spreading Kindness Mrs. LaRue has been volunteering at an animal shelter and started fostering a dog for the last two weeks. Thanks to our Today she postal workers finalized his adoption to and delivery a furever carriers! home. DHMS ‘s Six Grade News Mrs. Heinerichs has been In 6th grade demonstrating some science Social Stud- labs in her weekly online ies students presentation to her students. have been 6th graders are currently working on a project about studying electricity, and as a country they you can see in this picture, did not get to she is very excited that she learn about made an actual lightbulb. this year. DHMS News DHMS News DHMS’ Spreads More Kindness

Sophia Leposki has created a foundation with W · te,i;Ito l~k: )IOU rfcr vour the help of her dad (he created the webpage be.au'tirul cards .md wt:lfdliof and Facebook page). She created cards of thanks and praise, and encouragement to show appreciation and to uplift those on the frontline! We have already sent out to health facilities such as CHOP, Lankenau ER, Fresenius Medical Care, as well as nursing facilities such as Fair Acres, Harlee Care, and Manor Care Yeadon. She’s also sent out to Upper Merion and Garrettford- Drexel Hill Fire Company. UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 16 UPPER DARBY HIGH SCHOOL MARCH NEWS Continued from page 9

UDHS BL AC K AU T H O R S A N D AR T I S T RO C K On February 26th, in celebration of Black History Month, the Upper Darby High School Library, Lisa Richardson of the English Department, and Sarah Robb of the Art Department co-hosted Black Authors & Artists Rock!, a read-in featuring the literary works of African and African American authors. In its third year, this event featured a display of the original visual works of art of Upper Darby High School students: Sa’de Chavous, Nyisha Brown, Imani Johnson, Hannah Asaka, and Janhi Singh. This cultural celebration of African American literature, art, and cuisine was attended by students, staff, and administrators. During the event, students and staff members read published works, short stories, and contemporary novel excerpts as well as their own writings. Senior Hannah Asaka gave a spirited reading of Maya Angelou’s poem “Phenomenal Woman”. Another senior, Patrick Shoenmaker, reflected on being a young black man in his original poem, “To Be Me”. Staff member, Denisha Morton, presented a moving reading of “Not Your Average Black Girl” by Ernestine Morrison. Participants dined on student-prepared dishes such as fried plantains and fried fish with flour cakes. UDHS DECA STUDENTS AT STATE CONFERENCE UDHS DECA students were very successful at the state conference! Alison Ascareggi received a medal for the highest test score in her event and a $500 scholarship. Bridget Mongan received a medal for the highest test score, and Colleen Keck received a $750 scholarship. Haley Campbell placed third overall in her event and will be moving on to Nationals in Nashville this April.

UDHS TEAMS ENGINEERING UDHS student represented well at theTest of Engineering Aptitude, Math and Science at Widener University on March 3rd. Congratulations to our Sophomore team for placing second out of seven teams and our senior teams for placing third out of eleven teams! The competition featured an extremely challenging multiple choice test with eighty word problems involving math, engineering and science.

UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 17 SPRING DISTRICT NEWS

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY The Department of Public Safety would like to say to the graduating class of 2020 it has been our pleasure to see you grow through the years and it was our honor to keep you safe each day at school. We wish the Class of 2020 all the best in their future endeavors. The grab and go lunch program is still on-going. If your child needs a breakfast and lunch they may grab and go at a number of schools.

Mr. Thomas Nee, Supervisor of Street Safety is always looking to hire Crossing Guards. If you or someone you know is interested, please feel free to apply online at: www.upperdarbysd.org or contact Mr. Nee directly at: 610-259-2675. Any school information pertaining to Corona/Covid-19 can be found on the district’s website at:www.upperdarbysd.org. This has been an unprecedented school year and we hope you are staying safe and know that the Public Safety Department misses you all. We wish you a safe and healthy month and summer. We look forward to seeing all returning underclassmen in the 2020-2021 school year. News from our Technology Department The Technical Services Department strives to be prepared for any situation by deploying a variety of contingency plans as the need arises. While nobody could’ve predicted the challenges of the last two months, like all good Royals, the department sprang into action and helped to get all students and staff connected with the District’s educational opportunities plan by distributing almost 3,300 chromebooks. As the department continues to provide support for remote learning and work-from-home issues, it looks toward the strong finish of the 2019-2020 school year and an effective summer’s worth of technology preparation for a smooth and successful start to the 2020-2021 school year!

CENTRAL REGISTRATION/ATTENDANCE SERVICES Kindergarten Registration for the 2019-20 School Year began in January 2019. Please visit the district website for the information on the registration process, a link to our online registration system and the number for our Central Registration office. While initial registration must be done online, a visit to the Central Registration office is required to verify required paperwork and finalize the process. Thank you for your cooperation. Please do not hesitate to reach out to our Department with any questions. UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 18 UPPER DARBY HIGH SCHOOL APRIL & MAY NEWS UDHS -- Class of 2020 The Upper Darby Administration and Staff are extremely proud of the many accomplishments of the Class of 2020 and wish them a bright and successful future. Upper Darby HS Graduation will be held virtually on June 9. UDHS hopes to hold an in-person graduation at the Tower Theater on July 15 or August 6.

Catherine Chu All Delco HI-Q College & Career Week Senior Katherine Chu was Upper Darby selected for the 2020 Delco teachers, sporting their college gear, Hi-Q, the oldest continuous shared information academic quiz competition about their in the United States. The post-secondary Hi-Q Program stimulates experience young minds and provides a virtually this year. constructive contribution to the Students had the opportunity to participate in live video conferences with teachers from various colleges and youth of Delaware County. watch recorded advice. UDHS ATHLETIC APRIL & MAY NEWS Soccer Team Keeping in Shape Syeda Islam won the Juggling Challenge with the spring soccer and lacrosse seasons cancelled, Coach Stefani Church had to get creative to keep the players active and engaged. She started the May Fitness Challenge, a regimen that includes a variety of speed, agility, strength, core and endurance exercises. She also held an optional two week juggling challenge. Winner Syeda Islam improved her foot-only juggling record after five hours and forty nine minutes, with runner up Cassidy Gorman logging five hours and forty minutes of juggling. The challenge incorporated mindfulness, reflection and paying it forward. Sixty one members from both teams competed. The player with the most points at the end of May will be crowned the winner!

Upper Darby Congratulates Gabby Liberio

The Delaware County Chapter of The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame recognized UD Senior Gabby Liberio with The Scholar Athlete Award for her athletic excellence in basketball. The event was held at the Springfield Country Club.

UJ Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 19 UPPER DARBY HIGH SCHOOL APRIL & MAY NEWS UDHS -- Caps & Gowns High school administrators and center staff distributed caps and gowns to the seniors of the Class of 2020. While it was a bittersweet moment, the students and their families were excited to see their counselors and principals, and to get one step closer to graduation! AP Biology Goody Bags Alumni News AP Biolo- The class of 2016, gy teacher now college seniors, Beth Hale dropped off created a video in goody bags support of the class to the homes of 2020.The video of all of her was rolled out during students on the morning College & Career Week. of the AP Cameron Tirado, Exam. Syracuse University UDHS ATHLETIC APRIL & MAY NEWS PIAA Light the Stadium Campaign Friday, April 17th The lights of an empty Memorial Stadium blazed nonetheless brightly from 7- 9 PM in honor of Upper Darby High School Seniors, whose final year of high school was cut short due to COVID-19. The stadium lighting also supported nurses, doctors, and first responders who have sacrificed their time and well-being to ensure the health and safety of all during this global pandemic. In addition to the lights, the scoreboard displayed a score of “20-20” in honor of this year’s graduating class, with “4th Down and 19 Yards To Go” displayed, signifying COVID-19 being on its final down.

UD Congratulates Edwinna Lai UDHS Senior Spring Athletes Junior Edwinna Upper Darby High School Lai won a administrators, Frank Nunan, and scholarship for the entire athletic team surprised the Summer Art sixty four spring sport senior athletes Program at the by hand delivering lawn decorations Pennsylvania and varsity letters to each member. Academy of Fine Special thanks to current girls Arts. She will take basketball coach, Mr. AP Studio Art next Liberio, who helped year at UDHS. make the signs.

Royal Scroll Spring Issue 2020 20 UDSD Goes Digital as Schools Close Indefinitely (continued from page 1) hile there are going to be hurdles to overcome with any of these efforts, McGarry said they all point to a need to reexamine and reevaluate what schooling should look like Win the 21st century. He hopes this will be a wake-up call to properly fund public education going forward and ensure districts have the technology needed to provide exceptional instruction to every student, everywhere. “We are far from perfect in our efforts to execute this, but I think it says a lot for a school district that is woefully underfunded – is underfunded by millions of dollars every single year,

Dr. Daniel McGarry that has over 80 different languages, 12,500 students or more – what we’re pulling off here is a compliment to the teachers and the administration and the board of school directors in Upper Darby that we’re even up and running, considering how woefully underfunded we are,” he said. “This crisis is forcing everyone’s hand to do the best they can to pull it off, but what’s going to matter most is not how we respond during the crisis. We’re in it, we’re handling it; it’s what we do. When the dust settles, how do we move forward after this? How can we take this and improve after it? Let’s get through this the best way we can, then build a system that is ready to handle this no matter what.” McGarry said the saddest part for the district in all of this is seniors who have worked their entire education- al career to get to a payoff of proms, graduation ceremonies, athletic and academic scholarships and more, all of which are now very much up in the air. Meanwhile, the district is working to continue providing social workers, guidance counselors and mental health services through online systems, all while passing out an average 1,285 meals per day to families, free of charge. “People are working an unbelievable amount of hours, responding to emails, communicating with students, to support kids,” he said. “And I think that’s a positive. We all have families and we’re all trying to pull this off. Our goal is to provide the best opportunities we can to every single student.And wherever there’s is- sues or concerns, a simple email and communication back and forth to work together to try to solve these problems is the best solution. Getting frustrated with one another, I think, only exacerbates the crisis that we’re in right now. I just hope that we can all remain calm and patient and focus on working together to solve these problems and provide the best we can for our students.” UDHS A BREATHTAKING PRESENTATION AT ANNENBERG

In preparation for their presentation at the Annenberg Science Symposium in March, Upper Darby students met with pulmonologist Dr. Leah Lande of Main Line Health. to explore the dangers of vaping. Dr. Lande warmly related with students her extensive experience treating patients with vaping related lung injuries, explaining both diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Lande also taught the students about the dangerous chemicals in vaping and their effect, not only on the lungs, but also on the brain and the heart.

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