SE PA Scholastic Contact Information
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Schools (no particular order yet; includes after-school clubs)
ASAP list of youth chess clubs in Philadelphia
| School Name |
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Beaumont Elementary | St. Mary Magdalen School |
| Town |
Warminter
, |
Devon | Media |
| Contact Person |
(this program may be dormant?!) |
Anita Borger | Mrs Julie Schramm |
| Contact number(s) |
215-441-6000 |
610 892 0492 | |
| Contact E-mail |
|
aborger@comcast.net | tjschramm@juno.com |
| Website |
www.CentennialSD.org |
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| Level of School | High School | Grades K-4 | K-8 |
| Type of School |
Public |
Public | Catholic |
| Type of Chess Program(s): | After-school club | Before school club | Club |
| Chess League Membership | LBCSCL | ||
| Misc: | interscholastic
play with other Bucks and |
Club meets before school 7:30 AM to 8:45 AM,
restricted to students, usually 40-60 student members.
Please contact us to play informal
matches.
|
we meet Fridays during lunch from Nov thru March. |
| School Name |
Bridge Valley Elementary School |
Wilson Middle School | |
| Town | Philadelphia |
Jamison, PA |
Philadelphia |
| Contact Person | TBD |
Edward Mackouse |
TBD |
| Contact number(s) | TBD |
215 794-7512 |
TBD |
| Contact E-mail | TBD | TBD | |
| Website | http://www.communityacademy.org/ |
www.cbsd.org/schools/bridge valley |
|
| Level of School | K-12 |
elementary K-6 |
MS |
| Type of School | Charter |
Public |
Public |
| Type of Chess Program(s): | After school; school team limited to Grades 5-12 |
After school Silver Knights chess Fridays from 3:30 - 4:30 pm |
After
school club-Thursday 3:15-4:30
Grades 6,7 & 8 |
| Chess League Membership | |||
| Misc: | Meets on Monday Thursday, Friday | Dr James Quinn 2000+ instructor | meets Thursdays |
| School Name | Ellwood Elementary | Landsdale Catholic HS | Marple-Newtown |
| Town | Philadelphia | Landsdale | Broomall |
| Contact Person | TBD | George Marker | Neil Oberholtzer (parent)
Kevin Creeley (team sponsor) |
| Contact number(s) | TBD | 215-362-6160 | 610-356-8223 (Neal) |
| Contact E-mail | TBD | ptmarker@erols.com | noberholtzer@aol.com |
| Website | www.landsdalecatholic.com | ||
| Level of School | K-6 | High School | High School |
| Type of School | public | Catholic | Public |
| Type of Chess Program(s): | After school club, school team, restricted to school students | Intramural | After school club |
| Chess League Membership | Philadelphia School District League | None (USCF) | Main Line HS Chess League |
| Misc: | Please contact us if you want informal matches. Meets on alternate Fridays @ 3:00 P.M. |
Club Moderator: George Marker can be reached at www.lansdalecatholic.com under Faculty Webmail. |
Please contact us if you want informal matches. Meets on
Wednesday 2:45-4:30
|
| School Name | Exeter Township | Lower Moreland HS | Schuylkill Valley MS |
| Town | Reiffton | Lower Moreland | Leesport |
| Contact Person | Steve Jacoby; Mike Deibert | Tonee Beck | Remo Farinelli |
| Contact number(s) | 610-582-8439 (Steve) | School 215-938-0220 |
610-926-7111 |
| Contact E-mail | e-mail-sjacoby@talon.net MichaelDeibert@exeter.k12.pa.us | tbeck@lmtsd.org | rfarinelli@schuylkillvalley.org |
| Website | |||
| Level of School | Junior HS/High School | High School | Middle School |
| Type of School | Public | Public | Public |
| Type of Chess Program(s): | After school club, school team, students only | After school chess club and team, restricted to LM School District students | Club? Team? |
| Chess League Membership | Berks County Scholastic Chess League | Lower Bucks County
Scholastic Chess League Sept to Dec plus Suburban One Scholastic Chess League Jan - Apr |
|
| Misc: | Team meets on Mon
and Thurs 2:30 - 4:00 on practice days and 2:30 - 6:30 on match days Coach
is not a teacher |
| School Name | Wyomissing Area HS | New Hope Academy | Pennsbury HS |
| Town | Wyomissing | New Hope | Fairless Hills |
| Contact Person | Curt Minich | Bela Kis | Don Little |
| Contact number(s) | 610-374-0739 x2202 | 610-763-1362 | 215 868 6216 |
| Contact E-mail | cminich@wyoarea.org |
lorand78@yahoo.com | donaldlittleusa@hotmail.com |
| Website | www.wyomissingchess.com |
http://www.newhopeacademy.net/view/page/35 | |
| Level of School | JHS and HS | 6-12 | High School |
| Type of School | Public | Private | Public |
| Type of Chess Program(s): | After school club, school team, students only | Class and Club | After school meets tues and thurs from 2-4 or later; sometimes wednesdays as well |
| Chess League Membership | Berks County Scholastic | Lower Bucks County Scholastic Chess League; Suburban One Scholastic Chess League | lower bucks county scholastic chess league, the suburban I chess league, and the chaturanga chess league. |
| Misc: | Please contact us if you want informal matches |
| School Name | Abington High School | Charter High School for Architecture & Design (CHAD) | St. Joseph St. Robert School |
| Town | Abington | 675 Sansom St, Philadelphia | Warrington, PA |
| Contact Person | Shawn Simmons | Chris Panna, teacher/chess guy | Bernadette Repisky |
| Contact number(s) | 215-884-4700 x2065 | 215-351-2900 x5030 | 215 672 5848 |
| Contact E-mail | simmsm@abington.k12.pa.us | cpanna@chadphila.org | repisky@aol.com |
| Website | www.abington.k12.pa.us | ||
| Level of School | Senior HS (Gr 10-12) | High School, 9-12 | grades 1- 8 |
| Type of School | Public | Public Charter School | Catholic school |
| Type of Chess Program(s): | After School Club/Team | After school class & club, developing a team, school students only | meets Thursdays after school January to April |
| Chess League Membership | Suburban One Scholastic
Chess League (SOSCL) |
Philadelphia City League | |
| Misc: |
| School Name | George Washington High School | Bermudian Springs HS | Edward Gideon |
| Town | Philadelphia | York Springs | Philadelphia |
| Contact Person | Ronald Spencer | Vince Kowalski | Yvonne Laney |
| Contact number(s) | (215) 380-2559 | 717-528-4113 x157 | 215 684-5072; cell# only after hours 267-570-9333 |
| Contact E-mail | rspencer@phila.k12.pa.us | vkowalsk@bermudian.org | YRYONS@phila.k12.pa.us |
| Website | |||
| Level of School | High School | High School 9-12 | Elementary K-8 |
| Type of School | Public | Public | public |
| Type of Chess Program(s): | After school | ? | Tuesday and Thursday after school from 3 until 4:30 pm |
| Chess League Membership | Membership: Philadelphia School District League, Lower Bucks County Scholastic Chess League, Suburban One Scholastic Chess League | Mason-Dixon Chess League | ASAP
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| Misc: |
| School Name | Delcastle Technical HS | ||
| Town | Wilmington | ||
| Contact Person | Tom Gears | ||
| Contact number(s) | 302-995-8190 | ||
| Contact E-mail | tgears@nccvt.k12.de.us | ||
| Website | |||
| Level of School | High School | ||
| Type of School | Public | ||
| Type of Chess Program(s): | After school club | ||
| Chess League Membership | |||
| Misc: | Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30-4:00 in Room A-102 |
Clubs (independent - not after-school)
| Name | Southampton Chess Juniors (Inactive!) | Huntingdon Valley Chess Society Juniors | Exeter Chess Club |
| Town | Southampton | Lower Moreland | Reiffton |
| Address | Davisville Church http://www.davisville.org/directions.php | Huntingdon Valley Library | Above Exeter Library |
| Contact Person | David Martin | Bob Lakata | Steve Jacoby; Bela Kis |
| Phone | 215-364-6352 | 215-947-3485 | 610-582-8439 |
| david@southamptonchess.com | lakata@isc.upenn.edu | sjacoby@talon.net lorand78@yahoo.com | |
| Website | http://southamptonchess.com | www.hvaa.net (chess) | www.pchess.org |
| Type | Instructional and practice for grades 3-8 | All K-12 | Open to Grade 7 and up, including adults |
| Meeting info | Mondays 3:45-5:15 PM | Tues 7:30-8:30 except 2nd Tuesday of month | Thursday evenings from 7-10 PM |
| Misc: | 2011-12 is its 34th consecutive year of operation. It may be the longest continuously operated community-based junior chess club in the nation. Only the USCF knows for sure. |
| CLUB NAME | Main Line CC | Montgomery Co Youth CC | Downingtown Regional Chess Club | |
| Town | Gladwyne, PA | Wyncote | Downingtown | |
| Address | 1400 Waverly Rd. (Waverly Heights Life Care Community Center) | |||
| Contact Person | Dan Heisman | Steve McLaughlin | Mark Wood | |
| Phone | 610-649-0750 | 717-475-6473 | ||
| danheisman@comcast.net | zugzwang1@erols.com | mwood199@comcast.net | ||
| Website | www.mainlinechessclub.com | www.delvalchess.com |
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| Type | All Ages | K-12 | K-9 | |
| Meeting info | Every Tuesday 7 PM; be there by 7:20 for rated play | Wednesday evenings |
Weekday evenings in
Downingtown Area homes. Independent, non-school club; also has summer camp, participates in regional tournaments. |
|
| Misc: | G/75 to be done by 10 PM; Can play G/45 if you need to leave by 9 PM | A popular scholastic club | Run by teacher and certified chess coach. |
| CLUB NAME | Lower Bucks Scholastic Chess | ||
| Town | Yardley PA 19067 | ||
| Address | |||
| Contact Person | Don Little | ||
| Phone | 215 868 6216 | ||
| donaldlittleusa@hotmail.com | |||
| Website | |||
| Type | K-8 | ||
| Meeting info | Thursday nights 6:30 to 8:30 | ||
| Misc: |
Leagues
| Name | Main Line HS Chess League | Suburban One Scholastic Chess League (SOSCL) | Lower Bucks County Scholastic Chess League (LBSCL) |
| Location | West of Philadelphia - Main Line area | Bucks-Mont Counties plus NE Phila. | Bucks-Mont Counties plus NE Phila. |
| Contact person | Glenn Brooks | Robert Leonards | Ed McKenney |
| Phone | 610-645-1810 (school) | 215-675-4997 |
215-355-3970 |
| noberholtz@aol.com | raleonards@comcast.net | schach@comcast.net | |
| Website | http://www.neal.klozoff.org/MainLineChessLeague/MainLineChessLeague.html |
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| Type/Eligibility | Any school K-12, primarily HS | All HS in general location | All HS in general location |
| Time of Year | Late Fall - mid winter | Jan-Apr | Oct-Nov |
| Misc: |
| NAME | Mason Dixon Chess League | Philadelphia Scholastic Chess League | |
| Location | South/Central Penna. & northwestern Virginia | Philadelphia | |
| Contact person | Vince Kowalski | Windsor Jordan | |
| Phone | 717-528-4113, ext. 157 | 215-545-2727 x18 | |
| vkowalsk@bermudian.org | wjordan@phillyasap.org | ||
| Website | http://www.philachess.com/pscl/PSCLHome.html | ||
| Type/Eligibility | all high schools in general | Public and Charter Schools, Elementary, Middle, and High School | |
| Time of Year | mid-december thru early march | Oct-Feb | |
| Misc: |
Scholastic Chess Page for SE Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Area Tournaments and Events
NM Dan Heisman's Chess Homepage
Philadelphia School Chess - School Chess information - Philadelphia school chess information - Philadelphia Scholastic Chess - Delaware Valley scholastic chess