D. Ferd Swaney is part of the Albert Gallatin Area School District in southwestern Pennsylvania in Fayette County. We are located 7 miles south of Uniontown, PA in the village of York Run, Georges Township. The southern end of the Albert Gallatin School District borders West Virginia. Pittsburgh is located approximately 50 miles north of D. Ferd Swaney and Morgantown, West Virginia is located approximately 20 miles to the south. Our district is a large, rural area consisting of 144 square miles. The student population at Albert Gallatin School District is 4,180 with 260 students attending D. Ferd Swaney. Our elementary school houses kindergarten through fifth grade students, provides modern, safe facilities and an excellent learning environment. Our School has a Library/Media Center and a separate Computer Lab containing at least 20 personal computers per area. Each classroom has at least two computers with Internet access available for use by students or the teachers. Closed circuit television systems are also available for instructional use. Modular classrooms are present to help facilitate class sizes of seventeen or less for students in Kindergarten through Second Grade. Our students students receive instruction from five specialist instructors in the subjects of Art, Computer Literacy, Library Sciences, Physical Education and Music. Our school has recently adopted the "Take Ten" wellness program that incorporates physical activity into instruction.