By Michael Short The Cape Henlopen School District hopes to boost security this year by fine tuning efforts to require district personnel to wear identification badges. The district has had badges before, but there will be more of an effort to require all district personnel to wear the badges during all school related activities. “That [...]
By Michael Short Students in the Indian River School District have a chance to feast on farm fresh food that was on the vine just hours ago. The district has used a USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) grant to help provide fresh fruits and vegetables to low-income schools. The program, which costs the district [...]
The Cape Henlopen School Board voted to change the name of the street leading to Cape High School to something more fitting at Thursday’s board meeting. The entrance from Savannah Road to the rear of the building is actually named Dover Street. That name recently went up on a street sign on Savannah Road, prompting [...]
By Michael Short The Indian River School Board won’t cut adult education classes, at least not for now. Several speakers urged the board not to slash adult education courses in order to help balance the budget during Tuesday’s school board meeting. Four people rose at that August 24 meeting at Sussex Central High School to urge the [...]
Changes are coming to the educational curriculum at area schools because of a recent decision by state officials. The Delaware State Board of education adopted the “National Common Core Standards for English, Language Arts and Mathematics” at their meeting on Thursday, August 19th. Delaware Governor Jack Markell, in his role with the National Governor’s Association, [...]
The Class of 2012 nursing students attended orientation the week of August 9 as Beebe School of Nursing kicked off its fall semester. Connie E. Bushey, MEd, BSN, RN, Director of the School welcomed the students, who will attend the program for two years. She introduced the faculty and acknowledged the local businesses who donated [...]
The Osher Institute of Lifelong Learning of the University of Delaware in Lewes (formerly known as SDALL) has issued its fall schedule. The Lifelong Learning Institute, established in Lewes in 1989, is offering classes ranging from art to science to performance and opportunities for studies and travel to all over age fifty at its campus [...]
“Everything college should be.” That how one student describes the University of Delaware in the 2011 edition of The Princeton Review’s annual college guide, The Best 373 Colleges. UD also has been named one of the best colleges in the Northeast in a section of The Princeton Review’s website, “2011 Best Colleges: Region by Region.” [...]
The University of Delaware School of Marine Science and Policy’s popular Ocean Currents Lecture Series continues in August with a talk on offshore wind energy. The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 19, in Room 104 of Cannon Lab at UD’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes. The event is free, [...]
The University of Delaware School of Marine Science and Policy’s popular Ocean Currents Lecture Series is returning for another summer of exciting marine-related talks at UD’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes. The lectures, which are free and open to the public, take place once a month from May through August. Talks begin at 7 [...]
