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Get a head start on the 2023-2024 school year with a free two-week program in August that focuses on reading and math! Registration is due April 14.
District News
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Current Colonial School District students entering grades 1-6 in September can head into summer with a free four-day program of robots, coding, and circuits! Spots are limited. Register today!
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Students from ten schools, including CMS, will gather to perform together in one large concert on Friday, January 27. Tickets are available at the door.
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Donations made at GIANT Food Stores will support the District's efforts to feed students.
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Second-graders programmed their Dash robots to cheer for the Philadelphia Eagles and push footballs as part of a technology lesson.
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Each class formed a Chinese dancing dragon and paraded through the school, wishing their friends and teachers “Gung hay fat choy!”
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Students, faculty, staff, and families shared kind messages in a festive gathering to kick off the Great Kindness Challenge.
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The students prevailed in the friendly competition that helped them prepare for matches coming up soon.
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The lacrosse player says his high school experiences have prepared him well for college-level competition.
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Congratulations to Zakhar Paulousky, who was selected from more than 500 auditionees to participate.
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Student-led assembly introduces week-long national celebration of kindness.
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PWHS Varsity Cheerleaders earned a bid to the event after their performance at the PIAA District I competition.
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The tasty assignment involved stacking Oreos to visually represent the different types of triads.
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Displays reflected what students learned from reading various narrative non-fiction books.
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The District's 2nd Annual Day of Service drew students from all grade levels together on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Daley was nominated for the Player of the Week by Scorebook Live and MaxPreps Pennsylvania. Click here to vote on Scorebook Live. Click here to vote on MaxPreps Pennsylvania.
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His 453.90 at the inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Diving Invitational at Ridley High School earned the senior first place and PW’s 11 Dive Record.
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Over the next month, Plymouth Elementary families will be reading The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney.
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Did you know that the "typical" Pennsylvania school director devotes six to 10 hours per month to School Board business? Thank you to the Colonial Board of School Directors for their time, service, and commitment to Colonial.