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The Upper Darby School District recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction at Clifton Heights Middle School.
The district is continuing to work through its multi-staged, multi-year comprehensive facilities improvement plan, and is excited to announce this next phase of the plan.
This approximately $91 million facilities improvement project is another step — following the successful expansion and renovation of Aronimink Elementary School — in helping to ease longstanding overcrowding at the middle school level, to decrease class sizes, and to eliminate outdated modular units which were intended for temporary use.
“After several years of working to address the need for a new middle school in our school district, we are excited to see the initiation of this project finally come to fruition and look forward to continuing to work to improve the learning environments for students across the
district,” said Dr. Daniel P. McGarry, district superintendent.
Sun East Federal Credit Union annually recognizes several local students in the community who embody the organization’s philosophy of “People Helping People.”
The recipients are selected from schools that are Select Employee Groups with Sun East, and who’ve made a positive impact through their volunteerism within the last year.
Each received a certificate of service and a monetary award. Here are the Delaware County recipients:
High school
• Boubacar Coulibaly, Chichester High School
• Jackson Russell, Springfield High School
• Johnnie Martin, The Christian Academy
• Lindsay Salladino, Garnet Valley High School
• Avery Landis, Sun Valley High School
College
• Katela Villasenor, Neumann University
Educational Award
• Valentina Yurchenko, Delaware County Literacy Council
This award recognizes adult literacy programs
“I am so honored to recognize these amazing individuals for all they do in their communities. The People Helping People award is one of the many ways Sun East demonstrates our purpose-driven mission, and I look forward to acknowledging these recipients each year,” said Terri Lannon, the senior director of corporate responsibility for Sun East.
Best Teacher Under the Sun Award
• Kate Furia, Pennell Elementary School
• Sarah Damato, Springfield High School
To date, Sun East has distributed more than $245,000 in student and teacher awards since 2003. For more information or to apply for the 2025 awards, go to https://suneast.org.
The Delaware County Health Department has identified the first “pool” of mosquitoes that are positive for West Nile virus in 2024.
No human cases have been reported in the county.
Mosquito investigation information can be found on the Environmental Health Alerts page at https://delcopa.gov/health/environmentalhealth.html.
Eight out of 10 people infected with West Nile virus do not develop any symptoms.
A few who are infected develop a fever with other symptoms such as headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea or rash. Most people who develop symptoms of West Nile virus recover completely, but fatigue and weakness can last for weeks or months.
About 1 in 150 people who are infected develop a severe illness affecting the central nervous system such as encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) or
meningitis (inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord).
“Preventing the spread of West Nile virus is up to everyone in Delaware County,” said county Health Director Melissa Lyon. “Routinely checking for standing water sources and discarding potential breeding areas on your property can help reduce the chance for your family and neighbors of getting sick.”
The most effective way to prevent the spread of West Nile virus is to keep mosquitoes from breeding on your property, the county says.
To protect themselves and to help prevent the spread of West Nile virus, residents are encouraged to remember the three D’s:
Drain: Anything that can hold water can breed mosquitoes, from soda bottle caps to discarded tires. Check your property for these sources of standing water and dump them out.
Dress: Wear clothing like long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and hats to protect against bug bites. You can further protect yourself by tucking your pants into your boots. Wearing long-sleeved shirts and pants is a great way to prevent not only mosquito bites but tick bites as well.
Defend: Wear insect repellent with DEET, picaridin, or oil of lemon eucalyptus on exposed skin when outdoors. Another effective repellent is Permethrin. Be sure to carefully follow the instructions on the labels when using those repellants.
Dunkin’ and its greater Philadelphia-area franchisees announced its full list of recipients receiving Dunkin’ Philadelphia Regional Scholarships, which awards $100,000 in academic scholarships to high school and college students in the greater Philadelphia area.
The program helps local students pursue a part-time or full-time undergraduate degree at the institution of their choice.
From over 1,260 applicants, Dunkin’ and Scholarship America selected 20 students to receive a $5,000 academic scholarship to an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school of their choice for fall 2024.
The Delaware County winners were:
• Robert Wagner: Broomall, Marple Newtown High School
• Molly Schmit: Ridley Park, Ridley High School
Dunkin’s Philadelphia Regional Scholarship Program was open to current part-time and full-time undergraduate students and high school seniors.
To date, the Dunkin’ Philadelphia Regional Scholarship Program has awarded $800,000 in scholarships to 360 outstanding high school seniors and college students. The program was founded in 2009 by Dunkin’s Philadelphia-area franchisees to ease the financial burden of college for students throughout the region.
Erisa Murati of Media, a recent graduate of Delaware County Community College, has been awarded the Neumann University Full-Ride Scholarship.
The scholarship will cover the full cost of tuition for two years at Neumann for Murati to complete her bachelor’s degree.
Murati graduated from DCCC in May with an associate degree in science for health professions.
During her time at the college, she worked part-time as a laboratory assistant and served as an officer of the Student Government Association.
She was also a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Her goal is to become a physician.
DCCC provides one of the most affordable ways to start a post-secondary education.
Among the benefits of attending the college is the range of transfer agreements to four-year institutions to continue the pursuit of higher learning. For more information on transfer opportunities, visit dccc.edu/transfer.
The United States Coast Guard Academy has announced that Toni M. Frank of Milmont Park has accepted an appointment to attend the Coast Guard Academy and has been sworn-in as a member of the Class of 2028.
The Coast Guard continues:
The academy in New London, Connecticut, is an accredited college educating future Coast Guard officers.
The smallest of our nation’s five military service academies, the Coast Guard Academy’s Corps of Cadets represents the nation’s best and brightest students, ready to serve and lead their country.
Admission to the Coast Guard Academy is highly competitive and fewer than 400 appointments are offered annually from a pool of over 2,000 applicants.
Cadets receive a full tuition scholarship and monthly stipend for a five-year service commitment to the Coast Guard upon graduation.
All graduates receive a Bachelor of Science and are guaranteed a position of leadership as a commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard.
The Delaware County Health Department has started a donation drive to support the county first Back to School Fair next month.
The department is asking residents and community members to participate in this drive alongside county employees.
Anyone can donate new school supplies, stationery, and hygiene items at any of these drop-off locations:
County Government Center: 200 N. Orange St., Media
DCHD Wellness Center at Yeadon: 125 Chester Ave.
DCHD Wellness Center at Chester: 151 W. Fifth St.
DCHD Administrative Building at Baldwin Towers: 1510 Chester Pike, Unit 700, Eddystone.
YMCA Ridley: 900 South Ave., Secane
YMCA Springfield: 194 W. Sproul Road, Springfield
YMCA Lansdowne: 2110 Garrett Road, Upper Darby
Yeadon County Library: 809 Longacre Blvd., Yeadon
Darby County Library: 1001 Main St., Darby.
Springfield WIC Center: 1260 Woodland Ave #211, Springfield
Children First-Philadelphia: 990 Spring Garden St., Unit 200, Philadelphia
School supplies needed: notebooks, binders, folders, loose leaf paper, rulers
Stationary Items needed: pens, pencils, volored pencils/markers, dry-erase markers, erasers, highlighters, glue sticks, crayons
Hygiene supplies needed: hand sanitizer, antibacterial wipes, tissues
“Education is a social determinant of health, by providing essential school supplies to students we are preparing them not only for academic success but healthier lives, said county Health Director Melissa Lyon.
For more information, contact the Delaware County Health Department Wellness Line by phone at (484) 276-2100 or by email at DelcoWellness@co.delaware.pa.us.
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