Sahaana Rajagopalan is the first Delawarean to be picked for the Rising Leaders Initiative.

Wilm. Charter senior 1 of 10 in U.S. picked for leader program 

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A senior from the Charter School of Wilmington is one of 10 students across the country selected to a new leadership program. Sahaana Rajagopalan is the lone Delawarean to be picked for the Rising Leaders Initiative, a one-year program that trains exemplary students in civic participation, education advocacy, leadership development and public speaking. This is just the second year of …

Charter School of Wilmington

U.S. News: Wilmington Charter No. 1 high school in Delaware

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

Charter School of Wilmington once again was Delaware’s highest ranked public high school, according to the just-released U.S. News & World Report list. It didn’t crack the top 100, though. It was listed at 112 in the country. Forty of the state’s 59 public high schools were ranked, including eight charter schools, in the magazine’s list of 17,680 schools across …

Delaware's two-day high school mock trial competition concluded Saturday

Wilmington Charter wins 2023 state mock trial competition

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

After five rounds of competition, the Charter School of Wilmington’s team bested 17 teams to win the 2023 Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition final Saturday.  Teams from public, private, parochial and charter schools throughout Delaware took part in the two-day event at Wilmington’s Leonard L. Williams Justice Center. The participants included 217 students, 52 coaches, and 118 Delaware bench …

5 high school students will be honored at the Delaware Theatre Company March 2.

5 First State student authors to see shows produced at DTC

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Five Delaware high school students will show off their work in this year’s Delaware Young Playwrights Festival. Their scripts were chosen from a pool of 58 one-act plays written by 64 students in recent months. The showcase winners are: Morgan Baker of William Penn High School – “The Ladder Escape” Danielle Chapman of St. Elizabeth High School – Happy New …

Ayomikun Adeojo, fifth from left, and his co-contestants in the MLK Voice 4 Youth competition.

Newark Charter’s Ayomikun Adeojo wins MLK speech competition

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A Newark Charter Junior High student won this year’s MLK Voice 4 Youth competition. Eighth-grader Ayomikun Adeojo took home $2,300 for his first-place finish. “This event has given me opportunities that I’ve never had before,” Abeojo said. “It has opened my love for public speaking and has brought joy to my life.” The competition’s cash prize is not what drove …

School choice applications for Delaware's public schools close next Wednesday, Jan. 11.

School choice applications close Jan. 11

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Delaware’s school choice application period is closing Wednesday, Jan. 11. That means families who want to send their children to a school outside of their regular feeder pattern for the 2023-24 school year only have a few days left to submit their paperwork. The good news: It’s mostly online.  The First State is one of 13 in the country in …

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Red Clay backs off official review of Wilmington Charter

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

  Red Clay’s school board will not be conducting a compliance or governance review on The Charter School of Wilmington. Instead, the Red Clay Consolidated School District board seemed satisfied with Charter’s answers to a letter about how the school will comply with criticisms from the Delaware attorney general’s office. Red Clay also will pay attention to Charter’s June 28 …

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5 First State students named Presidential Scholars

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

  Five Delaware students, all from charter schools, have been named a 2022 Presidential Scholar. That national award honors them for their accomplishments in academics, the arts and career and technical education fields. The list included:  Claire Andreasen, Arjan Singh Kahlon and David Ziqi Yan from the Charter School of Wilmington Karen Netto from MOT Charter High School Sreeya Pittala …

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DMA needs comeback win to defeat Charter

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

Drew Simpson of DMA went 2-4 scoring a run and knocking in one, photo by Nick Halliday The No.6 Delaware Military Academy (DMA) Seahawks hosted the Charter School of Wilmington Tuesday night at Frawley Stadium. In a pitcher’s duel the Seahawks trailed 1-0 late in the game during the Diamond State conference matchup.  The Seahawks finally got to Charters’ pitcher, …

Red Clay to bring up Wilmington Charter review again in May

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

The Red Clay School District Board’s motion to review the Charter School of Wilmington did not pass last week, but is expected to return in May. Photo by Getty Images   The Red Clay Consolidated School District Board did not have enough votes last week to initiate a review of the Charter School of Wilmington. While the board seemed to …