WILMINGTON — The WSFS CARES Foundation closed out 2024 by awarding $165,000 in fourth-quarter grants to four community organizations, including the Community Education Building (CEB), Reach Riverside Development Corporation, Wilmington Community Advisory Council (WCAC), and the Latin American Community Center (LACC). CEB secured a $285,000 three-year commitment to support its mission of transforming education for Wilmington students. Reach Riverside Development …
Longwood Foundation, Bank of America and area governments plan to invest $57 million in an education hub that will go into one of the former MBNA buildings near Rodney Square. The hub, to be called The Bridge, is expected to bring the Widener University Delaware Law School, University of Delaware Associates program and Delaware State University nursing to the building …
Three schools sharing the same building in downtown Wilmington are eagerly awaiting the hoped-for completion of an $18 million project to build a gym, theater and early learning center. Kuumba Academy Charter School, Great Oaks Charter School and High Road School of Delaware share the Community Education Building. Formerly a MBNA office building. the Community Ed building is meant to …
A stunning sunset shone through the glass walls of the Community Education Building in downtown Wilmington Monday night as community leaders celebrated the state’s educational advancements. The “Excellence in Education” event brought together heads of schools, executives of local community organizations, education advocates, state politicians, teachers and more. Those in attendance – some of whom gave brief speeches – included …
Twenty-nine Delaware organizations, mostly community centers involved in work with families, children and healthcare, will get a share of $65.9 million of federal money, politicians announced Monday. The money being split comes from the US Department of the Treasury’s Capital Investment Fund, which has been used to fund broadband and community programs nationwide using money from the American Rescue Plan. …
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 …
Great Oaks Charter parents, students and teachers laughed, cried and pleaded with an Education Department representative Thursday for the survival of their school. “What real love means is we bear all things, because these are just kids,” said math teacher Anthony Davis, choking up with tears. “These students come to Great Oaks and we see the best in them, not …
A block party Saturday at the Community Education Building in downtown Wilmington will feature free food, entertainment and even free sports physicals. “This is our re-introduction to the community,” said Tamarra Morris, chief operating officer of the CEB. “A lot of people have no idea what we’re doing here in this building, so we want to make sure that we …
