Ten Delawareans won awards at the 45th annual Technology Student Association conference in Louisville, Kentucky last week. 130 First Staters participated in individual and team events among a crowd of more than 8,000. Competitions gauged their skills in: architecture, podcasting, biotechnology. board game design, career prep, coding, cybersecurity, data science and analytics, video production, dragster design, extemporaneous speech, fashion design …
The Tatnall School in Wilmington is transforming its library this summer to include STEM technology, 3D printers, robotics, a new media bar and more. “The library was incredibly underutilized as stacks of books,” said Patrick Manahan, director of advancement for Tatnall. “The resource books which had long been a hallmark of the library space were all moving online.” School and …
Newark Charter High School junior Runyl Liu said her passion for science comes from a middle school jingle she heard. “We heard this one song about the periodic table and I just really liked the song,” Liu said. “I sort of fell in love with the periodic table and all how chemistry works. It was a very, very odd journey, …
EastSide Charter’s new $25 million STEM hub boils down to one word: accessibility, said Chief Executive Officer Aaron Bass. That hub was one step closer to reality Wednesday after the charter school held a groundbreaking ceremony for the 24,000-square-foot building scheduled to open in fall 2024. “The number one industry in Delaware is STEM,” Bass said, but many students don’t …
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Paul and Linda McConnell have given Saint Mark’s High School another $1 million just two months after donating $1.75 million to help Ursuline Academy grow its tuition assistance program. The new donation will go towards the school’s $8 million capital campaign, which was launched at the beginning of this school year. The McConnells donation will go to both the endowment …
Kuumba Academy, a Wilmington charter school, will use a $2.4 million state grant to expand its health center and summer school program. The school will start receiving money from the grant — called a wraparound grant because it can be used to pay for school services outside the classroom — in January. Through the same grant, Capital’s Towne Point Elementary …
St. Mark’s is launching a campaign to raise $8 million to invest in athletics, innovation, technology, the arts and the school’s endowment. “Not a single cent of tuition money will go towards the project,” said Tom Fertal, president of St. Mark’s. “The majority is going to come just from our donors, who could be alumni, parents, or friends of the …
Saturday’s Sounds of Champions marching band competition at Odessa High Stadium shines a light not only on the bands, but on the importance of extracurricular involvement for high school students. “Band has become a huge part of my life,” said Emma Sipes, pit section leader in Odessa High’s marching band. “It’s always the highlight of my day because I can …
The Pete du Pont Freedom Award this year for the first time will honor a company rather than a person: MBNA, the former Delaware banking and credit card powerhouse sold to Bank of America. It also will honor one of three companies as the Reinventing Delaware winner: Delaware Creative Economy, DWS Drone School and TRIC Robotics. The three were chosen …
