The Penn-Delco School District is a public education school district in Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Delaware County, Pennsylvania

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 that encompasses the following municipalities: Aston Township

Aston Township, Pennsylvania

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, Brookhaven Borough

Brookhaven, Pennsylvania

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, and Parkside Borough

Parkside, Pennsylvania

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Started in 1960 by Dr. William G. Moser, who served as the district's first superintendent, the district was carved out of the nearby present-day Chester-Upland School District and was instrumental for the building of the Sun Valley Senior High School and administration building on land donated by the Sun Oil Company (now present-day Sunoco). In addition to the regular curriculum, in 1976, the U.S. Marine Corps Jr. ROTC

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 (MCJROTC) program was offered for the first time and is only one of three MCJROTC units in the Delaware Valley

Delaware Valley

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 area – the others being in nearby Chester City

Chester, Pennsylvania

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 and in Bensalem

Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania

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Schools in the Penn-Delco School District

Currently, the Penn-Delco School District operates the following schools:

• Aston Elementary School, Aston
• Coebourn Elementary School, Brookhaven
• Northley Middle School, Aston
• Parkside Elementary School, Parkside
• Pennell Elementary School, Aston
• Sun Valley High School
  Sun Valley High School
  Sun Valley High School can refer to:* Sun Valley High School * Sun Valley High School * Sun Valley High School * Sun Valley High School...
  
  , Aston

In addition, the following schools were once operated by the district, but have been closed and/or demolished:

• Washington Grammar School, Brookhaven (later became Brookhaven Elementary School, then the Brookhaven Municipal Building before being demolished. A Walgreens
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  drug store was built on the site.)
• Green Ridge Elementary School, Aston (demolished in 1997 and is now the site of the Aston Community Center and Aston Free Library)
• Brookhaven Junior High School, Brookhaven (later became Brookhaven Middle School before being sold to The Christian Academy)

The Sun Valley High School Vanguards play all interscholastic games in the Del-Val League, and prior to 2006, has played inter-league games with schools in the Ches-Mont and Southern Chester County Leagues. It will become an associate member of the new unified Ches-Mont League starting in the 2007-08 school year, with full membership, along with rival Chichester High School, a possibility in the 2008-09 year. Its ice hockey team has no school sponsorship and is an independent affiliate of the ICSHL

Penn-Delco School District Website- http://www.pdsd.org