The Brandywine Museums & Gardens Alliance is pleased to welcome Nemours Mansion & Gardens as the group's eleventh member. "Nemours fits perfectly into our joint offering of art museums, gardens, and historic sites," said Molly Keresztury, Alliance president.
The Phillie Phanatic will visit Mount Pleasant Elementary School tomorrow to reward students for being Phanatics About Reading.
Pre-registration for kindergarten for the 2012-2013 school year will begin on Monday, Jan. 23, at each of the nine elementary schools in the Brandywine School District.
Brandywine Country Club, the 111-acre property located between Concord Pike (U.S. 202) and Shipley Road in Brandywine Hundred, has been purchased by real estate developer Louis Capano III.
Like Christmas morning, students began their first day at a new school with a fresh coating of snow, and with a revived spirit.
Students from Brandywood Elementary are enjoying their first day at the new Hanby Elementary School on Wednesday, after almost two years of construction.
Harlan Elementary School in Wilmington has become the first elementary school in Delaware to earn the distinction of being an International Baccalaureate Programme World School, offering the rigorous and acclaimed Primary Years Programme.
The Brandywine School District could lose a portion of the state’s Race to the Top grant if it does not find a way to incorporate the weekly, 90-minute Professional Learning Communities that are mandatory and supposed to help high-school teachers manage all of the data they receive from student assessments
As part of Talley Middle School's month of service, students, staff and family members have been collecting “wish list” items for the Ronald McDonald House, then stuffing the items into a school bus to be delivered to families in need.
In an age when almost everyone has some sort of wireless device at his or her fingertips, one might think the local library is becoming obsolete. But in Delaware, the opposite is happening.
Approximately 75 Brandywine Education Association (BEA) members and supporters attended Monday night’s Brandywine Board of Education meeting to make their presence felt and to speak on issues regarding contract negotiations. Teachers in the district say they are disappointed with the progress of negotiations and are upset that the district has forced them into mediation.
Teenagers are under far more pressure than their parents and even perhaps their older siblings, and are finding it harder and harder to express their feelings of stress, alienation, and pressures to succeed, according to educators. Too often, teens lash out at each other because they simply do not know how to deal with what they are truly feeling.
Enter Challenge Day – an award-winning program that teaches compassion and respect to teens. Challenge Day is in its second year at Springer Middle School and it involves breaking down barriers and promoting school and community environments based in understanding, acceptance and love.
Greg Lavelle (R-Sharpley), who was first elected to the Delaware House of Representatives, 11th District, in 2000, will not run for reelection in November 2012. Lavelle said that the recent legislative redistricting process, which will slide the boundaries of the districts, making District 11 part of a “new” District 12, has influenced his decision not to seek reelection.
The annual Claymont Christmas Parade rolled down Philadelphia Pike Saturday morning, culminating with the erection of the town's "Christmas Weed." Hundreds of spectators lined the street as local bands, clubs and politicians waved to the crowd and tossed candy-canes to onlookers.
According to the group’s website, www.mphsknights.com (a pre-existing domain), Occupy Brandywine School District is a not-for-profit movement of parents, teachers, students and alumni seeking “a fair environment to work and learn.”
Students from Mount Pleasant Elementary School are being asked to walk to school with their parents on Friday, Nov. 18, through the Safe Routes to School program.
On Monday the Brandywine School District will hold a referendum committee meeting, where each the sub-committees will present a progress report to the school board. Each progress report will be a summary of what each committee has been discussing relating to the possible referendum.
WMPH Radio, Delaware’s first student-run radio station, has rescheduled its grand reopening/open house for the community on Saturday, Nov. 12.
For the third straight year, No. 2 Concord High School and No. 7 Charter School of Wilmington will meet in the second round of the DIAA boys soccer state tournament. Charter's come out on top the past two years, but Concord already owns a regular season win over their opponent, setting up a great match for Saturday, Nov. 12.
The Mount Pleasant High School Hall of Fame Induction ceremony was held on Friday evening, Oct. 28 – the night before Homecoming – at the Brandywine Hundred Fire Company in Bellefonte.
With a vote imminent, Brandywine Hundred residents again appealed to New Castle County to reject a rezoning proposal that would make way for an age-restricted community at the Pilot School site on Garden of Eden Road.
