CSD Insider
Centennial School District Newsletter November 2017
In This Edition
Superintendent's Corner
District Updates & Happenings
District Operations
Inside Schools & Programs
From Our Students
Community Connections
Announcements
Superintendent's Corner
Reflections at the Onset of Winter
As I think about this article, it is close to 60 degrees on a late November day. While it is not the weather of my youth, I am appreciative of the savings on heating bills. I am also appreciative of a number of things for which I routinely am thankful for.
I am thankful to be working in a District that is committed to improving in three major buckets:
- Innovation
- Equity and Excellence
- Academic Rigor and Relevance
We know where we want to be. We know that if we take innovation, equity and excellence, and academic rigor and relevance and wrap these together with a growth mindset, we'll get there.
The good news, and this is indeed the time of year for good news, is that we are well on our journey and there are some really great people on that journey. In an earlier article, we talked about how there are two poles to mindset, based on the work of Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck. One is a growth mindset with an overwhelming amount of evidence to its effectiveness. The second is a fixed mindset, with an overwhelming amount of evidence to its ineffectiveness. The interesting finding is that everyone is on the continuum somewhere for either fixed or growth mindset.
As we learned in law class, the main thought is, “It depends.” It depends on the topic, the person, the situation and the time frame. What has been learned is that growth mindset can be cultivated, but it won’t grow without nourishment and as a parent and a teacher, and as a School District, we are working to grow our growth mindsets.
We are working hard to embrace many of the innovative opportunities that present themselves. We have launched a number of innovative learning opportunities that are grounded in the real world and take the kids outside the world of four walls, six periods and two covers of a textbook. The Chromebook initiative is going well as is Full-day Kindergarten.
Our Equity and Excellence team is working diligently to address issues of pervasive inequity. Sometimes the first step to a solution is to recognize a problem. They have developed learning experiences and professional development around closing achievement gaps. One way to do this is to celebrate the diversity in our student body and to ensure that our students have access to successful role models. Our goal is for our students to be the first to break the glass ceilings. For example, we want to promote more girls to pursue careers in the sciences and more African American and Hispanic students accessing Advanced Placement courses. The team is full of joy and excitement at this profoundly important work.
The third rail we are running on is ramping up academic rigor and relevance. We are working diligently to increase the number of learning opportunities available in our schools while maintaining a structure that supports rigor, which we define as demanding yet meaningful. No one needs to keep learning what he or she already know. We are also looking hard at relevance. People want and need to know the why of the lesson. In short, these are the three main rails we are running on to make this district the best choice for Centennial’s families for the next generation.
While the holidays are often a time of great joy and happiness they are also, with alarming frequency, a time of great anxiety and tension. I would encourage all of us to slow down just a little, take some time for an extra coffee and really check in with one another. We began the year with thinking about these four questions:
- How are you?
- What are you learning?
- Where are you stuck?
- How can I help?
Sometimes, what is really needed is simply some real high quality listening. These are four great prompts if you can get the folks to put their cell phones down for a few minutes. Have a great December.
District Updates & Happenings
Four New School Directors Will Join the Centennial School District Board of School Directors
Ms. Brancato, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Godiksen, and Ms. Pellegrino were elected on November 7, 2017. Ms. Driban, a School Director for 8 years, Ms. Jane Schrader-Lynch, a School Director for 14 years, and Ms. Dana Morgan, a School Director for 2 years, did not run for their seats on the School Board this past term. Mr. Michael Hartline, a School Director for 8 years, was not re-elected to the seat this past November.
At the November 14 School Board meeting, Ms. Lynch made her parting remarks to the School Board, Administration, and Centennial community. Ms. Lynch expressed her gratitude to her fellow directors for their support as the Board made difficult decisions such as consolidating schools. "I know Centennial School District is in excellent hands with our administration, our staff, and our great Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent." said Lynch.
Centennial School District Administration Building Will Soon Include the Warminster Tax Office
The tax office for Warminster Township has remained in the former building located on Centennial Road. The tax office will move to its new location, and annex to the new administration building, by January 2018.
Residents should continue to reference the address on their school district tax notices for the 2017-18 school year, which continues to be the Centennial Road location until the new year.
Two Centennial Schools Win the Khan Academy LearnStorm Challenge
On November 24, Willow Dale Elementary School students were joined by students from Davis Elementary School in the Willow Dale auditorium to hear a big announcement. Representatives from Khan Academy were on hand to announce that Willow Dale Elementary School was a National Grand Prize winner of the LearnStorm Challenge, and Davis Elementary School was a National Grand Prize finalist. Over 19,000 schools across the country participated in the LearnStorm Challenge. Willow Dale Elementary School was presented with a check for $5000.00 from Khan Academy and an Award of Recognition from the Pennsylvania School Boards Association.
The purpose of the LearnStorm Challenge was to prepare students for the academic year through a focus on assignments and growth mindset activities. The LearnStorm Challenge began on September 12. Teachers assigned students a series of exercises, videos, and articles to complete within a five-week window. Each class would progress through six LearnStorm levels to unlock prizes. The winners were selected by the number of teachers who had classes participate, assignments completed, and differentiation of topics assigned such as music, science, grammar, as well as math. +
Over 10,000 people watched the livestream of the event of Facebook. Here is a highlight video:
Planetarium Upgrades
The planetarium is located within William Tennent High School. This District hosts monthly evening events for the community, and our students have been visiting the planetarium with their classes for an educational experience during the school year. The upgrades to the planetarium system will allow the District to expand its programming within the Centennial community and beyond.
Staying in Touch with Centennial School District and Your School
It is important for parents and guardians to update their contact information (telephone number, cell phone number, and e-mail address) in Skyward Family Access to ensure that eAlert e-mails, text message alerts, and voice recorded messages reach them.
EAlert e-mail is the main method of communicating pertinent information to students and their families. Text message alerts and voice recorded messages are used for emergency notifications as well as for school absence notifications. Parents and guardians can opt into receiving text message alerts. For more information about Skyward Family Access, follow this link: http://www.centennialsd.org/Page/8401
To stay up-to-date with various events and news about the schools and the District, the community can follow the District on these social media sites:
To watch School Board meetings, student-developed videos, and other events, tune into the District's cable channel: CSD-TV on Channel 36 (Verizon) and Channel 28 (Comcast).
School Board meetings are live-streamed and can be accessed via the District website the evening of the meetings. Board Meetings live-streaming
District Operations
Centennial School District Updates the Student Attendance Policy
After a fourth unexcused absence, the school will initiate a student attendance improvement conference with the parent or guardian. The process and consequences for any absences at that point will be discussed with the parent or guardian.
The updated attendance policy reflects Pennsylvania's new regulations regarding student attendance and truancy. The District stresses the importance of school attendance and submitting absence notes in a timely fashion.
Absence Notes Made Easy- Email Your Child's Absence Notes
Parents and guardians are now able to email student absence excuse notes to the school's attendance office. Emailing an excuse note is a convenient way to ensure that a student's absence can be reconciled as a legal and excused absence. If a parent or guardian has a note from a medical professional, it can also be emailed to the attendance office along with the student's name, grade, student ID number, or homeroom teacher. All schools will continue to accept written absence excuse notes.
Emailed absence excuse notes should include the following information:
· The student's name
· The student's grade
· The student's ID number or homeroom teacher
· The date(s) of the absence
· A reason for the absence
· A contact telephone or cell phone number of parent or guardian submitting the excuse note
Parents and guardians will receive an email from the attendance office secretary confirming that the student's absence note was received by the school.
Each school has a unique email address for accepting student absence excuse notes.
Davis Elementary School
McDonald Elementary School
Willow Dale Elementary School
Klinger Middle School
Log College Middle School
William Tennent High School
MealViewer as Easy as One, Two, Three
The MealViewer free mobile app is now ready for download. This mobile app has the capacity to display menus, nutritional data, and allergen information for items served at breakfast and lunch. This new feature will also act as a communication piece to display special announcements and events in your school cafeterias.
Here’s how to take advantage of this great feature:
- Go to your mobile app store, search for MealViewer, and download the free application.
- Once the download is complete, you will be prompted to search for your child’s school.
- Once you indicate the school, you can set that as your favorite so it automatically appears every time (you can add as many schools to your favorites as you need).
Once you are in the application you will see all the unique features MealViewer offers: marking favorite items so you are alerted the next time they are offered for breakfast or lunch, a rating system for meals, and a place to provide direct feedback so we can better service your needs.
The MealViewer app is convenient for parents but it is also a great tool for the students. If your child has a smartphone, please encourage him or her to download the app and stay on top of what is cooking in their school’s cafeteria.
Future Ready
The Centennial School District made the Future Ready School pledge in 2016. Since that point, the Future Ready Committee has developed a three-year plan to prepare students for the 21st century.
Future Ready is a network of innovative schools committed to reshaping education.
Future Ready schools value personalized learning, the dynamic use of technology, and collaborative leadership. Educators in Future Ready schools are encouraged to challenge the many assumptions behind the current structure of schooling and to reshape learning for our children who born to an ever-changing and increasingly connected global community. Click here for even more information.
Inside Schools & Programs
Davis Elementary School 3rd Graders Learn about Simple Machines
On Monday, November 6, the third grade IMG students traveled to Doylestown to tour the Mercer Museum. The students attended their Simple Machines Program along with a tour of the museum. In this hands-on program, inspired by the Museum’s collection of pre-industrial hand tools, the students investigated examples of the six simple machines. They explored how these machines make work easier and worked together to use the various machines. The students made connections between the program and their tour of the museum, in which they encountered many hand tools and simple machines used to meet the wants and needs of 18th- and early 19th-century Americans. While the students traveled throughout the museum, they completed a scavenger hunt provided by the museum. This hunt focused on simple machines and their uses.
Willow Dale Elementary Beautification Project
As part of the Willow Dale Beautification Committee/Gardening Club, Mary Ellen Hopkin (Second Grade Teacher) was connected with Bucks Beautiful. Bucks Beautiful is a non-profit organization that donated 20,500 bulbs to Willow Dale Elementary as part of their "Bulbs for Bucks" program. The organization assisted Willow Dale with planting 20,000 bulbs in the front of the school while the second grade students planted 500 additional bulbs as part of a science lesson. The students had the opportunity to investigate, explore and plant while improving the school.
Thank you to Mrs. Hopkin, Bucks Beautiful, and all of the second grade students and staff for making Willow Dale Elementary beautiful! We look forward to observing the flowers in full bloom in the spring!
Log College Middle School Honors Veterans
On November 10, Log College open its doors to over 80 Veterans and family members for the annual “Take a Veteran to School Day”. Each year, students invite Veterans from families, neighborhoods, houses of worship, etc. to Log College to be recognized for service. This year, we were honored to have Veterans from all branches of the military.
During our assembly, our musical groups performed wonderful renditions of the “Star Spangled Banner”, “In Flanders Field”, and “America”. Many guests paid high compliments to the band, chorus, and orchestra for their moving performances. We thank Mrs. Tyson (band/chorus) and Mrs. Lenox (orchestra/chorus) for their hard work and dedication to get the musical groups prepared for such an important assembly.
Log College was happy to have Mrs. Heather Sliwinski from Operation Ward 57’s Honor and Courage Program as our guest speaker. The Honor and Courage Program is a non-profit organization supporting our wounded soldiers, their loved ones and family members as well as those that aid in their recovery. Corporal Tyler Southern, who benefits from the foundation, came to the stage to a standing ovation. Corporal Southern is a triple amputee who was wounded during his second deployment to Afghanistan. He spoke to his fellow Veterans and students about the struggles of wounded Veterans who come back from service. In addition, William Tennent student Luke Sliwinksi, a member of the Young Marines, also addressed the audience about the Honor and Courage Program. Log College students are currently participating in several fundraisers to support the Veterans of the Honor and Courage Program. If you would like information on how to support the Honor and Courage Program, please visit: www.operationward57.org/programs/honor-courage/ .
Log College thanks all Veterans for their service and sacrifice. We look forward to continuing our annual Veterans Recognition Assembly next year.
Lunch with the Principal at Davis Elementary School
During our November Chick Fil A Family Night, one lucky student had her name selected to have Lunch with the Principal. The student selected 2 of her friends to join her as she enjoyed a Chick Fil A catered lunch. Mrs. Coles put on her apron and proudly served her special guests. A wonderful time was had by all.
William Tennent High School Fall Athletic Season Wrap Up
The 2017 Fall Athletics season at William Tennent was action packed with excitement and multiple accomplishments. Below are just some of the many fall headlines. Stay up to date with schedules, scores and highlights all year at www.williamtennentpanthers.com.
On September 13, William Tennent was presented the 2016-2017 Sportsmanship Award for the SOL Continental Conference at the P.I.A.A. District 1 meeting.
Suburban One All League Recipients
At the conclusion of each athletic season, coaches have the opportunity to nominate players who have excelled in their sport and/or position throughout the regular season. Subsequently, coaches of the conference vote on the nominations to determine the All League Teams.
William Tennent fall athletic teams also received 24 collective votes setting pace to defend our Sportsmanship Award. (boys soccer, girls soccer, girls volleyball, golf and boys country winning for their respective sports).
William Tennent High School is proud to announce Billy Hanratty, Boys Soccer, and Taylor Weidman, Girls Tennis, as student athletes of the month.
Student Athlete of the Month – Billy Hanratty, Boys Soccer
Student Athlete of the Month – Taylor Weidman, Girls Tennis
Check out additional highlights from our past season:
Cross Country
Senior Sean Rahill raced his way into the PIAA State Championships and finished 44th overall in the state.
Girls Soccer
With consistent play throughout their season, the William Tennent Girls Soccer program earned an 18th seed in the PIAA District 1 Playoffs.
Girls Volleyball
On Wednesday, October 11, the William Tennent girls' volleyball team celebrated as senior Stephanie Woolston made her 1,000th career dig as a WT Panther!
Davis Students Welcome Hannah, the Therapy Dog
Miss Meyer and her class are happy to welcome our new therapy dog, Hannah. Hannah is a black lab who loves to be read to, assist our students in writing, and to assist our students in other academic areas. Best of all, Hannah helps us learn to regulate our behavior and mood within the classroom. Hannah loves to focus on helping us with our Davis expected behaviors, like impulse control and making smart choices. She even listened to our Red Ribbon Week Pledge and helped us decorate Red Ribbons for Red Ribbon Week. We are so happy to welcome her to our classroom and Davis Elementary!
The Play's the Thing
On November 17 and 18, William Tennent presented its annual Fall Play. This year, students performed Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, a story with love triangles, frenemies, and revenge. If you’re familiar with the movie “She’s the Man,” you’ll know the plot. Viola, a shipwreck survivor, dresses as a man to protect her status on an island thinking her twin brother is dead. She works for the Duke of the island, Orsino, who gradually falls in love with her. In an effort to woo the Lady Olivia, he sends Viola (still thinking she is a he) to tell Olivia of his love. Olivia, seeing Viola, falls in love with her thinking she’s a man. This love triangle develops into a crisscross of plots between man, woman, and man-woman.
The play was a hit, with over 100 sales at each show. It was funny, especially when Malvolio played by John Lebo came out on stage in yellow stockings. The well-choreographed and rehearsed swordfight was hilariously anticlimactic. Students brought the language of Shakespeare and his story to Tennent, exposing students, faculty, and family to Elizabethan art. With this production, Shakespeare made sense!
Victoria Alanis
Grade 12
William Tennent High School
Klinger Middle School Students Honor Veterans
On November 10, Klinger Middle School hosted over 120 Veterans and their guests at their ninth annual Veterans Day Assembly. The Social Studies Department, with the help of the PTO, Music and Art departments, The Klinger 7th and 8th-grade band, art students, Student Council, Builder’s Club, Klinger Boy Scouts, and several community sponsors, planned a very successful 50-minute assembly honoring our local veterans. A few highlights of the morning:
The Klinger 7th and 8th-grade band played three patriotic pieces that they played in October when they traveled to Washington DC with The Bucks County Tour of Honor and several local veterans.
The Charity organization, “A Hero’s Welcome” presented each veteran with a star that flew over the capital, thanking them for their service and welcoming them home.
Our annual slide show featuring our community’s veterans followed by the playing of TAPS to honor the fallen.
Our breakfast time after the assembly where we get to meet and chat with all our honored guests while enjoying a delicious spread of food organized by the PTO and donated by many local businesses and families.
This event has become a true community affair that Klinger Middle School is very proud to be a part of each and every year.
Mr. Pisacano Shows Students How It Was
From Our Students
Learning and Honoring Our Veterans
Over one hundred seniors boarded busses early Friday morning, November 10, to travel to Washington, D.C. Tennent alumni Skip Schultz and his son Ryan accompanied our students on the trip. Skip graduated from William Tennent in 1963 and went to the Air Force Academy, later serving in Vietnam from 1966-1967. Skip’s son Ryan is a Navy Ensign. In addition to having Tennent graduates as guides on the bus ride, students also watched a video explaining how the Vietnam Wall was designed, financed, and built.
Upon arrival in our nation’s capital, members of the 12th grade class visited the monument, memorials and Arlington National Cemetery. Senior Nick Seliga commented, “The trip really taught me about the Korean War, also known as the Forgotten War. The statues in the Korean War Memorial showed how close in time it was to World War II.” Another senior, Julian Manes left Arlington National Cemetery thinking that was his favorite part of the day because “The ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier was very dignified with an indescribable sense of loss for the soldiers we never found.” Clarissa Chun experienced a profound personal connection. This was her first time visiting the memorials and monuments, and being of Korean heritage, she saw the memorial and thought of her grandfather who fought for South Korea. “I never talked to him about this war and his experiences. I keep thinking about how many people made sacrifices and how many people were impacted by not just the wars, but by these memorials too.”
Back at home, Tenennt’s Alumni Association sponsored a reception and ceremony to add more names of alumni who are members of the military, as well as the names of Centennial School District employees, past and present, who are also veterans. Invited guests included veteran alumni and students.
The Veterans Day ceremony at William Tennent on November 10, was an educational and emotional experience for most in attendance. The marching band played the National Anthem and our student speakers gave a brief history of past American wars and the importance of Veterans Day. Our veteran guests made it feel closer to home as they shared stories from their past and present, and allowed those in attendance to both relate and feel the courage, bravery, and valor of our veterans. Veterans from each sector of the military were recognized as the student speakers called their names. It was wonderful to have such a ceremony to honor those who served in the past, and humbling to hear the stories of those who attended.
Sophomore Quame Moore presented during the ceremony and escorted three guest speakers who all served in Vietnam. These three men shared their stories as military medics and the rigorous training they endured. Quame noted that the overall mood of the students in the audience of the event was ultimate respect and gratitude to these men and women who served our country. “I personally was intrigued by their amazing stories of fighting for America, and the obvious bonds of mutual respect they have with each other no matter what branch of military or what tour of duty.”
After the ceremony, the veterans spoke to twelve social studies classes. For William Tennent High School students at our school and on the road in Washington, D.C., observing Veterans Day meant making connections from social studies classes to the messages and experiences members of our Armed Forces shared. With more experiences such as these, hopefully no soldier or war is forgotten.
Juliana Whitley
Grade 9
William Tennent High School
I Am Awake
Luray Gross, an accomplished poet, visited William Tennent High School on November 28. Bucks County’s 2002 Poet Laureate, Gross spent two hours talking with students from ninth to twelfth grade about her own poems and poetry as an art form.
She was an animated, personable speaker, and was extremely interactive with the room.
Gross began by speaking of Buddha, relaying a situation when he was asked what he was, if not a God nor a holy man. Buddha answered the question by saying “I am awake.” Our guest poet followed by explaining the connection to our topic, “Being in the realm of poetry is being awake.” The sentence was powerful; there was a moment’s silence throughout the room as we all soaked in her words and their meaning.
Tennent English teacher Ms. Shannon Christine organized the poet’s visit for her students because “students need a creative outlet and poetry covers the deep thinking, the creative thinking. Students discover something new about themselves” through poetry. Ms. Christine fears that poetry is being forgotten and that people, students especially, think it is something of a dead art.
Gross’s visit removed the stigma of poetry as something to be feared. She brought with her not only her wisdom and experience, but also a packet of powerful poems and a collection of writing assignments. She had various students read out their favorite poems, and she spoke of the poem’s meaning and gave the author background for each. The guest poet guided students in composing their own poems through an exercise using the first verse of a poem of their choosing. Everyone participated, and a few students even read their compositions aloud. The challenge to write something based on someone else’s words inspired students.
The entire room buzzed with creative energy, and then suddenly, the two-hour poetry workshop ended. While some students might not be committed to writing poetry in the future, they can, at the very least, say, in the realm of poetry, that they’re a little more awake than they were before meeting poet, Luray Gross.
Alexandra Shaw
Grade 11
William Tennent High School
What Are YOU Thankful For?
I attended the 6A team breakfast recently. While the yummy food and photo booth were my favorite parts of it, the gratitude lists made me stop and think. I began reflecting on all that I am grateful for. The two things that immediately came to my mind are modern medicine and living in the United States of America.
When I was in fourth grade, I was doing some class work with my friends, when my teacher, Ms. Lena came up to me and told me that my grandma was there at my school. I came out of the room and saw her crying. She told me that my dad had climbed up a tree to cut the branches off. I know my dad is a very independent man, but I thought that THIS shouldn’t be done independently. She continued, “He climbed to the very top, and fell down from the tree” I had so many questions in my head to ask. Grandma continued, “Once he woke up, he had to CRAWL, Inna, CRAWL to the phone to call 911”. I was shocked. I never knew my dad would be in such trouble. She started to stutter as if the words in her mouth were glued in, and put her sweaty palms into her face. I ran into her arms and hugged her really tight like a python that couldn’t resist wrapping around its food. “Thank goodness he is still alive,” I added, even though I didn’t think it would help the situation. “Oh yes, the doctor said he is a very lucky man,” Grandma answered. I laughed and cried at the same time, thinking of a time where Dad and I bought a lottery ticket, thinking that we might win out of more than a million chances.
I said bye to Grandma, and ran back into the big room to continue working. I tried to hide my feelings, but I just couldn’t resist crying. All of my friends crowded around me and started hugging me, asking what had happened. I told every single word Grandma had told me, and they all tried to comfort me.
That night I couldn’t fall asleep because I wouldn’t stop thinking about Dad. It wasn’t easy to follow the regular routine every day thinking about him. I just couldn’t concentrate. Finally, I visited him at the hospital on Saturday with Grandma, and just couldn’t stop smiling. We found Dad reading a book. I was so happy to see him that I just ran into his arms and screamed, “Dad!” “Oh my little hen!” he said as he started to tear up.
After two months, four surgeries, and some metal brackets placed in his body he was able to go home... in a wheelchair. But it didn’t matter. He was alive and things would eventually be back to normal. Day after day, month after month, he went from the hospital bed to a wheelchair, from a wheelchair to crutches, and finally from crutches to walking on his own legs. After a year or so, he was back to normal, thanks to the amazing doctors, nurses, and surgeons who helped him to get better and stronger.
My family and I are so grateful to live in a country where we have access to amazing medical care. Even though we did not win that lottery, I feel like we are the luckiest people ever. I count my dad and my family and his medical team among my many blessings.
Inna Kuratnikova
Grade 6
Klinger Middle School
Community Connections
There is a saying that is common in some circles: Think globally, act locally. As part of the Centennial Community we would like to recognize excellence at the local level. This monthly series will recognize an outstanding local business.
We would like to encourage people to shop locally and support businesses within the Centennial School District. Each month, we will recognize a local business, talk about what makes them outstanding in our humble opinion, and we will encourage you to submit nominations for future articles. To be considered for review in our monthly electronic newsletter the business must be within the boundaries of the Centennial School District, provide superior business services, and be accessible to all citizens in the region. Please submit your recommendations through our District Electronic Suggestion Box!
Centennial School District Supporting Local Businesses
Great Food No Matter How You Slice It!
This month’s community partner is Dino’s Pizza of Warminster. Dino’s Pizza is a hidden gem that is much more than simply pizza. It’s the home of high quality food, fresh ingredients, a friendly greeting and reasonable prices. Dino’s Pizza is a favorite of this writer. Their write up on their website tells their story:
Thank you for your interest in Dino's! We are a small pizza shop nestled in between Mattress Firm and Jiffy Lube, across from Nativity of our Lord Church in Warminster, Pa. We have 3 eat-in tables, we offer take-out, as well as delivery. We specialize in thin, crispy pizza crust, award-winning jumbo wings, amazing salads, plus unique & traditional sandwiches. Try something different with one of our homemade ciabatta bread sandwiches, or stick to the classics, with a real old world Italian hoagie. Our flour is among the finest imported from Italy, our dough requires a 2-day process; please note that quantities may be limited. We have a small, quaint menu to match our cute and cozy shop. We believe in focusing on a smaller amount of menu items to ensure the freshest food possible. We do not freeze or microwave our food. We believe in hormone free meats and using food without preservatives. Quality ingredients and healthier choices equal a better meal. Great tasting food does not have to be bad for you, give us a try and you'll see the difference! ~Chef Dino
The story of Dino’s Pizza’s founders is every bit as compelling as the description of Dino’s Pizza. Dino’s Pizza is owned by Dean and Heather Cotroneo. Dean is a graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, NY. Dean continued his education with an externship in Tuscany, Italy, specializing in the study of bread and pizza. Aside from Dean’s formal education, his parents were immigrants who came to America from Calabria, Italy. Dean’s wife Heather’s great-grandparents hailed from the same region. Dean and Heather are both graduates of Abington Sr. High, and together they share two boys Aj, 9 and Mark, 7.
When Dean and Heather opened Dino’s Pizza, their idea was to veer away from the typical pizza shop fare and aim for a healthier spin on pizzeria food. Heather firmly believes in the philosophy that you are what you eat and wholeheartedly believes that the majority of health issues within this country are from the amount of processed, “fake” foods that are widely consumed by Americans.
No matter how you slice it, the food is excellent, fresh and made from wholesome ingredients. The wait time is not more than 20-25 minutes and they are wonderful people from whom to purchase a meal. Consider Dino’s Pizza for your next salad, pizza or sandwich. Remember, they have a nice variety of high quality choices so there is something for everyone! Their menu can be found on their website: https://www.dinospizzaofwarminster.com/gallery
Dino’s Pizza is located at 610 West Street Road, Warminster, PA 18974. If you want to call in an order or have one delivered, their number is 215-675-3466.
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District Administration
Dr. David Baugh, Superintendent
Dr. Jennifer Polinchock, Assistant Superintendent
Mr. Christopher Berdnik, Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Percell Whittaker, Director of Pupil Services
Mr. AJ Juliani, Director of Technology and Innovation
Ms. Hannah Messner, Director of Human Resources
Ms. Catherine Perkins, Director of Teaching and Learning
Mr. Robert Whartenby, Director of Facilities/Assistant Business Administrator for Operations
Board of School Directors
Ms. Kati Driban, President
Mr. Michael Hartline, Vice President
Mr. Mark B. Miller, Assistant Secretary
Mr. Steven Adams
Mr. Charles Kleinschmidt
Ms. Jane Schrader Lynch
Ms. Dana Morgan
Dr. Andrew Pollock
Mr. David Shafter
Principals
Dr. Dennis Best, William Tennent High School
Mr. Travis Bloom, Klinger Middle School
Mr. Andrew Doster, Log College Middle School
Ms. Shawanna Coles, Davis Elementary School
Mr. Ernesto Ortiz, McDonald Elementary School
Ms. Michelle Burkholder, Willow Dale Elementary School
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