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The Great Valley School District is located in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the suburbs of Philadelphia. It is in the Delaware Valley region, in eastern Chester County, and provides education for the residents of Charlestown, East Whiteland, and Willistown townships, and the borough of Malvern. The district is in the broad area named Great Valley.

District Administration and Schools

Kathryn D. Markley Elementary School

Kathryn Donahue Markley Elementary School is one of four elementary schools in the Great Valley School District. It is located in Malvern, Pennsylvania. A new building was made in 2001, and the previous building was demolished.

Dr. Karen L. Schneck was the former principal of Kathryn D. Markley Elementary School, but was made the principal of Sugartown Elementary School after its rebuilding and reopening.

The school teaches grades Kindergarten to 5th Grade. The school enrolls about 676 students per year. The student to teacher ratio is about 16:1.

Administration

Sugartown Elementary School

Sugartown Elementary School is one of four elementary schools in the Great Valley School District. It is located in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Student school hours are from 9:00 AM-3:38 PM, morning kindergarten hours are from 9:00-11:45 AM, and afternoon kindergarten hours are from 12:40 PM-3:38 PM.

Dr. Karen L. Schneck was the former principal of Kathryn D. Markley Elementary School, but was made the principal of Sugartown Elementary School after its rebuilding and reopening.

Administration

• Principal: Dr. Karen L. Schneck

Charlestown Elementary School

Charlestown Elementary School is one of four elementary schools in the Great Valley School District. It is located in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Student elementary school hours around the school district generally are from about 9:00 AM-3:38 PM, morning kindergarten hours are from about 9:00-11:45 AM, and afternoon kindergarten hours are from about 12:40 PM-3:38 PM.

The school was part of a redistrict in 2001 due to the opening of General Wayne Elementary School, previously the General Wayne Middle School. The school was also part of a renovation in the early 2000's due to many things, including: no air conditioning, decrepit stature, and much more to that extent. During this, students were transferred to either K.D Markley ES, General Wayne ES, or they stayed at Charlestown depending on what side of the district they live in.

The school teaches grades Kindergarten to 5th Grade. The school enrolls about 367 students per year. The student to teacher ratio is about 14:1.

Administration

• Principal: Christpher Pickell

General Wayne Elementary School

grades K - 5, Principal: Mr. Don Fraatz Assistant Principal: Mrs. Bonnie Citron

Great Valley Middle School

Great Valley Middle School is a middle school in eastern Chester County. It is located in Malvern, Pennsylvania. It is located on the same campus as Great Valley High School. It is the only middle school of the Great Valley School District.

General Wayne Middle School, now General Wayne Elementary School, was the district's middle school from 1958 to 2000, but became General Wayne Elementary School after the Great Valley Middle School building was built next to the high school campus, and became Great Valley School District's middle school.

The school teaches grades 6th Grade to 8th Grade. The school enrolls about 950 students per year. The student to teacher ratio is about 16:1.

Administration

• Principal: Mr. Ed Souders
• Assistant Principals: Mrs. Heidi Capetola; Mr. Anthony Freeman

Schedule

Great Valley Middle School's regular student schedule, as of the 2006-2007 school year, is 7:30 AM-2:27 PM. The school also operates on a 6 day (1-6) cycle.

Great Valley High School

grades 9 - 12, Principal: Mr. John Fidler Assistant Principals: Dr. Chuck Bonner; Mr. Marshal Hoffritz

• Superintendent: Dr. Rita S. Jones

School Information

Four elementary schools each cover subsections of the district, and students from all four are merged together upon entering Middle School.

General Wayne was formerly the Middle School, and there were only three elementary schools. However, in recent years, the school district population has been growing very rapidly, and a new middle school was built to compensate for the larger student body. After the new middle school was complete, General Wayne was closed for repairs. After these were finished, the students who formerly went to Sugartown were sent to the newly-opened General Wayne Elementary School, so that Sugartown could undergo repairs as well. It was then reopened as a fourth elementary school.

In addition, the high school underwent a 4 year renovation that was completed during the 2006/2007 school year.

Redistricted

After Sugartown's elementary renovation, redistricting was required for Sugartown to reopen. This process was started in June 2004 and implemented before the 2006-2007 school year. Some students throughout the school district were moved into Sugartown, from either KDM, General Wayne, or Charlestown.

External links

• KDM Website
• Sugartown Website
• Charlestown Website
• General Wayne Website
• Middle School Website
• High School Website