District News

Created in 1921, the National Honor Society (NHS) recognizes high school juniors and seniors who demonstrate the four pillars of the institution: scholarship, service, leadership and character.

The RTSD Teaching and Learning Department recently hosted the K-12 School Counseling Advisory Council. The group, made up of stakeholders from within the RTSD community and the wider Radnor Community, heard an update on the district’s counseling program as well as its college and career readiness plan.

Since the 2021-22 school year, every student in grades K-5 has benefited from a new subject area called, "Innovation Design Studio," dedicated to Computer Science (CS) through computational thinking, hands-on experiments, innovative instruction in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

Beginning Oct. 1, breakfast will be free for all students following a Sept. 9 announcement from Gov. Wolf that the state would be funding the meal for the remainder of the school year.

Back-to-school forms, permissions and other information are collected from families via an online portal prior to each school year. The 2022-23 portal opened on August 16.

Radnor residents 65 and up, widows/widowers ages 50 and up, and/or persons with disabilities ages 18 and up who meet income requirements are eligible for tax rebates from RTSD. Apply by Dec. 31, 2022!

People in crisis or facing emotional distress now have a three-digit dialing code to call or text any time of the day or night that will connect them to trained counselors for support and assistance.

Applications are welcome for a variety of open opportunities, including a high school college and career counselor, coaches for various sports, support staff and paraprofessionals at all schools, and more.

A new public comment method for Board and Committee meetings will accept submissions via a voicemail line that will open prior to the meeting. The voicemails will then be played at the meeting.