UHS Community Scholarship Fund

For over 50 years, the Unionville-Chadds Ford Community Scholarship Fund has provided scholarship aid to outstanding graduating seniors at Unionville High School.

The Community Scholarship is a grant of a stated amount of money collected annually from the school community by open solicitation. Its purpose is to award the worthy student who wishes to continue his/her education following graduation from Unionville High School. The grant is for the first year of post-secondary work only and will be applied toward college costs (i.e., tuition, room and board). As many grants will be made annually as the treasury of the Community Scholarship can support. Please consider contributing to the Unionville-Chadds Ford Community Scholarship Fund.Thanks to you overwhelming generosity last year we were fortunate to present 8 graduating seniors each with a $1,000 scholarship award.

NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL!

You can have your student drop off the donation to the High School Office in an envelope marked UCF Community Scholarship. We accept cash or check made payable to UCF Community Scholarship Fund.

UCF Community Scholarship Fund

UHS c/o Carolyn Barr

750 Unionville Road

Kennett Square PA 19348

WATCH FOR YOUR ENVELOPE IN THE MAIL IN FEBRUARY!

UCFSD - MORE Foundation Shoe Re-Use Program

UCFSD Shoe Re-Use Program

The Green Initiatives Committee of the U-CF Education Foundation, with the support of the district, has launched a district-wide program to promote sustainability by collecting your used sneakers and fitness shoes. This program touches many facets of sustainability.  It keeps shoes out of the landfill and promotes re-use, as well as develops an environmentally and economically sustainable industry for developing villages.

1. Collected shoes from our district will be shipped to Runners Village, Ghana. There they are sold, and the proceeds go to setting up tree farms (fruit trees, trees used for buildings, etc.) in the village. The locals are trained to maintain them, creating a perpetual source of income.

2. The entire program is funded by the proceeds from the sale of the shoes.

3. The unusable ones (about 20%) go to Nike Grind, where they are ground up and used on playgrounds and other purposes.

4. The MORE Foundation, who executes this program, expects to take in about 300K pairs of shoes this year, helping 10 villages.

5. There is a box in either the gym or main lobby of every school in the district. Please drop off your old sneakers - any size, any condition.

Many people ask, “what happens to all the shoes?” The shoes are sold in major metro areas to vendors who in turn create jobs and help improve the quality of life in cities. The proceeds from the sale of the shoes provides training and tools to the poorest rural farmers. So many shoes sit in dark closets, forgotten and never worn, and then end up in landfills. Reusing these shoes further promotes the global efforts to reuse and recycle.

For more details on the MORE Foundation visit - http://www.morefoundationgroup.org/

The UHS Used Book Sale Neighborhood Book Collection is this Saturday, January 20th!!

The UHS neighborhood book collection is this Saturday, January 20th.

Have books on your curb by 9am and students will be by to pick them up and deliver to the high school.

Check here to see if you live on one of the 'pick up' routes:UHS Used Book Sale Information

If you do not live on a pick up route, donations can be dropped off at any UCFSD School.  Clean out your closets and help the UHS PTO - a win-win!
Questions?

Email uhsbooksale@ gmail.com or visit uhsbooksale.org

2018 Unionville High School Used Book Sale - Annual Neighborhood Book Collection

On Saturday January 20^th, we will kick off the 2018 Unionville High School Used Book Sale with our annual neighborhood book collection.  

We are in need of student drivers for the collection and we also need both students and adults to help set-up, unload cars, and sort and price the books.

Click here for the student driver sign-up: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080f4ca8ae2f4-2018   

  

This is a community event, so even if you do not have a student in the High School, you are very welcome to come and help as it takes many hands and hours to prepare for the sale.  We will have volunteer shifts up until the day of the sale – we have hours during the day, or in the evening if daytime hours are inconvenient.  We’ve set aside hours on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and certain Saturdays for volunteer help. No prior experience is necessary!  This is a great way to meet new people, connect with friends, or a way to spend time while waiting for a practice vs driving home and back in the cold! Every little bit of help is vital to the success of the sale!

The 2018 Used Book Sale will take place on Friday, February 23rd, and Saturday, February 24^th.  We will need many, many volunteers on those days as well for the set up and actual sale.

So, please volunteer for a shift or two or three by clicking on the following SignUp Genius link:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080f4ca8ae2f4-20182

If you have any questions please email us at uhsbooksale@gmail.com, or go to our website at www.uhsbooksale.org. 

Thank you.

Hope to see you there!!

The Book Sale Committee

5th Annual Unionville Baseball Used Sports Equipment Sale

Quick! The deadline to support Unionville Ice Hockey is December 16th!

Please consider purchasing a wreath, centerpiece, or green decoration for your home or as a gift. 

The wreaths are beautiful and last a long time.  If you are planning on having guests for the holidays, love to decorate, or are looking for a unique gift please consider supporting UIHC while you shop!  

Ordering is simple, just click on this link and start shopping!

https://www.lcffundraising.com/teams/109701-unionville-ice-hockey-club-2017-2018-fundraiser

Thank you!

The UCFSD Wellness Committee Presents: iGen Book discussion & Author Visit

Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and
What That Means for the Rest of Us

The UCFSD Wellness Committee is working to create awareness and conversation around the topic of the "iGen" generation. iGen is the first generation to spend their entire adolescence in the age of the smartphone. With social media and texting replacing other activities, iGen spends less time with their friends in person—perhaps why they are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness.
 
But technology is not the only thing that makes iGen distinct from every generation before them; they are also different in how they spend their time, how they behave, and in their attitudes toward religion, sexuality, and politics. They socialize in completely new ways, reject once sacred social taboos, and want different things from their lives and careers. More than previous generations, they are obsessed with safety, focused on tolerance, and have no patience for inequality.


A highly readable and entertaining first look at how today’s members of iGen—the children, teens, and young adults born in the mid-1990s and later—are vastly different from their Millennial predecessors, and from any other generation, from the renowned psychologist and author of Generation Me.

Learn more about Dr Twenge and iGen at http://www.jeantwenge.com/

Find the book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/
Hardcover - $15.51
Kindle - $12.99

SAVE THE DATE - Dr. Twenge will be visiting UCFSD April 12-13, 2018.
More information to come.