Garnet Valley School District

Garnet Valley School District is located in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania in Delaware County. Garnet Valley enrolls more than 5,000 students in grades Kindergarten through 12 in five schools.

In 2000, the Garnet Valley Middle School was selected as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education [cite web
title = Blue Ribbon Schools Program
publisher = United Stated Department of Education
url = http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf
format = PDF
accessdate = 2006-08-07 ] In both 1999 and 2001 Garnet Valley High School received the Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Student scores on the Pennsylvania standardized tests rank the district in the top 7% of all school districts in the state of Pennsylvania.Fact|date=June 2008

As of the 2007-2008 school year, all students attend Concord Elementary School for kindergarten. Those who live in Concord Township attend Concord Elementary (grades K - 2), then go to Garnet Valley Elementary School (grades 3 - 5). Bethel Springs Elementary School (grades 1-5) is for students who live in Bethel Township. All students attend Garnet Valley Middle School (grades 6-8), and complete their education at Garnet Valley High School (grades 9-12).

Garnet Valley continues to expand. In September 2002, Bethel Springs Elementary School opened. In November 2005, the middle school opened a new wing due to a shortage of classrooms. In September 2005, the high school opened a new wing as well. Concord Elementary School was rebuilt in a new location and opened in September 2006.

School district Superintendent Anthony Costello of Garnet Valley is reported as the highest-paid school superintendent in the county and claims to "earn every dollar" he makes. [http://www.delcotimes.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16455960&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18171&rfi=6 Report in Delaware County Times]

Schools within the district

Schools:Concord Elementary School (grade K); Garnet Valley Elementary School (grades 2-5);Bethel Springs Elementary School (grades 2-5); Garnet Valley Middle School (grades 6-8);Garnet Valley High School (grades 9-12)
* [http://garnetvalleyschools.com/bethel/bsesindex.html Bethel Springs Elementary]
* [http://garnetvalleyschools.com/ces/cesindex.html Concord Elementary]
* [http://garnetvalleyschools.com/gves/gvesindex.html Garnet Valley Elementary]
* [http://garnetvalleyschools.com/gvms/gvmsindex.htm Garnet Valley Middle]
* [http://garnetvalleyschools.com/gvhs/gvhsindex.html Garnet Valley High]

Notes:

Concord Elementary School was relocated to a new building on Station Road, Glen Mills in September 2006 and the old school building, on Bethel Road, was renamed Pennington School (see [http://www.garnetvalleyschools.com/NewCESName.htm] ). Both Pennington School and Frances Harvey Green School (a Garnet Valley school until June 1991) are currently leased by the district to the Delaware County Intermediate Unit for the education of special-needs children [http://www.garnetvalleyschools.com/Bdgt0607narrative.htm] .

Notable Graduates

Sarah Rasich: Dean of Liberal Arts Wagner University

Sam Madison: State Representative

Nathan Yang: Placed 26th in the 2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee

Tom Smith: Placed 3rd in the 2006 World Rock Paper Scissors Championship

References

[http://www.garnetvalleyschools.com Official website]