Mountaire Farms has launched a new college scholarship program that will give 10 Delaware high school seniors focusing on careers in food production and feeding the world a $2,000 scholarship each. Two of those will get an additional $5,000. The chicken producer’s scholarship program will select one student each month of the 2022-23 school year to be a “Farm to …
Sports fans shouldn’t just assume that incidents like the ones that rocked recent Howard and Appoquinimink high school football games are inevitable, says the superintendent of New Castle Vo-Tech. “As a lifetime educator, most of the kids we interact with every day are doing wonderful, and even in these incidents, you discover it’s only a few kids,” said Dr. Joseph …
Division 2 Field Hockey Ranking School Record Last Week’s Ranking 1) Delmar 7-0 1 2) Archmere 6-0 3 3) Tatnall 5-0 4 4) Newark Charter 4-0-1 2 5) DMA 5-0 10 6) Lake Forest 4-1 6 7) Sussex Academy 3-1-1 7 8) Conrad 4-2 NR 9) Woodbridge 4-2 NR 10) Friends 3-2 NR Division 1 Field Hockey …
Delaware is spending more of its education COVID relief funds on postsecondary and career readiness than other states. “Overall, Delaware’s state spending aligns with national trends, but we are seeing more of a priority in those areas in Delaware than in other states, so that’s one thing that really stands out,” said Austin Estes, project director for the COVID Relief …
Private schools across Delaware are in the thick of recruiting season, and most of them are holding open houses in the coming weeks. The programs for those open houses are designed both to entice the students, but also answer any questions they and their families have, so everybody can be sure the match is good. They are popular for both …
Lewes – The Dover Senators traveled to Cape Henlopen. Jakwon Kilby carried the ball 20 times for 158 yards and scored four touchdowns leading the Senators to a 33-12 win. “It’s really nice to have a player like Jakwon Kilby on your team. He is a power runner and he did a nice job finishing off drives tonight,” …
The Appoquinimink Jaguars have never beaten their district rival Middletown (on the field) in football since the Jags started playing on the varsity level in 2009. That streak continued Friday night in a “hard-fought” game at Appoquinimink High School. The defending state champions scored on two long plays to secure a 14-0 win in front of a capacity crowd of …
Georgetown – Sussex Central head football coach John Wells will forever remember career win number 200. Not so much for the milestone, but for the dramatic fashion in how his team won. “A pick six, a scoop and score, turnovers the first half surely didn’t look like we would win this game, but these guys stepped up in the second …
The Reading Fightin Phils have named Billy Sullivan FirstEnergy Pitcher of the Year. Sullivan spent the entire season with Reading as he made their opening day roster. He had an impressive season filling in many roles for the Fightins. Billy spent most of the year coming out of the bullpen as a long reliever, closer, and even made two starts. …
Columbia University hopeful Nathan Cho is not going to miss his shot. He’s been eyeing a spot on the Delaware Board of Education for years and now Gov. John Carney has appointed the Conrad Schools of Science senior to the board. His first meeting was last week. Cho said he hopes to emphasize college readiness, especially for immigrant and first-generation …
