Five Delaware high school students will show off their work in this yearās 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 ā āThe Ladder Escapeā Danielle Chapman of St. Elizabeth High School ā Happy New …
William Penn staff have one benefit most educators donāt: Eggs. Karen Ferrucciās animal science class harvests eggs from their chickens, giving first choice to the schoolās nutritional program to feed students, and the second to the schoolās culinary program. Any extra eggs are sold to school faculty and staff. Last week, Ferrucci and the 150 students involved in her various …
A 16-year-old male from Wilmington has been arrested in connection to a shooting at William Penn High School Tuesday that shut the school for the rest of the week. āWe’re all relieved and we’re hoping the school community and the community as a whole can move forward and heal,ā said William Penn High School Principal Lisa Brewington. āThis was a …
William Penn High School will close the rest of the week to allow the Delaware State Police to investigate an incident Tuesday in which a gun was fired. Friday, Jan. 13th is a professional development day, so students were already scheduled to have the day off.Ā Classes wonāt be held virtually Wednesday or Thursday, and the Colonial School District has …
Read Aloud Delaware, a Wilmington nonprofit dedicated to helping young children be ready to learn to read in school, unveiled a new logo Tuesday designed to illustrate its new strategic plan. The new logo is a more polished version of its longtime symbol, featuring an adult and a child looking at a book. It was designed to illustrate the nonprofit’s …
Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Weekās Top Headlines Include: Headlines Sneak Peek: Chancery Market Food Hall and Bar Teachers union calls for pay committee to #MoveTheMeeting Many Del. districts donāt evaluate superintendents annually Culture Hale Byrnes House to unveil painting of witness tree Odessa Housesā Christmas designer takes on the White House āSister Actā …
The Delaware Library Consortium announced Tuesday that it will spend $1 million to add school libraries into the statewide catalog. The goal is to broaden the First Stateās library catalog and provide more students an opportunity to conduct research or read for pleasure. āOver the years it seems like everything around literacy has been tweaked except school libraries, until now,ā …
Kelvin Addy needed a push to make it into William Pennās 2014 graduating class. Now heās working for one of the organizations that helped him get his diploma, helping todayās students succeed and closing a circle that began with Colonial School Districtās novel dropout prevention program. Since the programās implementation in 2012, graduation rates have spiked and dropouts have plummeted.Ā …
Two of Delaware’s unique neighborhoods are bringing back traditional spring festivals. A Day in Old New Castle and the Bellefonte Arts Festival both return Saturday, May 21. The Old New Castle event celebrates its Colonial looks and history. It offers home, museum and church tours; food trucks; re-enactments; Colonial craftsmen; plein air artists; and a tour of the …
