A group of University of Delaware students have been cleared to distribute a locally produced, conservative newspaper, The Lamplighter, on the Newark campus. The University already has a sanctioned student newspaper, The Review, which has been on campus for more than 50 years.

Conrad Schools of Science teacher Barbara Prillaman and Brader Elementary School teacher Gretchen A. Wolfe are among finalists from each of the state’s 19 school districts for Delaware Teacher of the Year honors.

Here more concerns by Dickinson High School parents over security and background checks, and responses from officials.

Parents and staff at John Dickinson High School want the world to know that they have a wonderful school and are going to get over its recent, tragic event.

School and state officials assured worried parents at John Dickinson High School Oct. 1 that steps are under way to help schools learn faster about criminal activity by any students. The Dickinson community was plunged into grief and dismay following the Sept. 23 rape of a staff member by a Central School special education student who was playing football for Dickinson.

Thomas McKean High School is the only school in Red Clay with its own radio station, WMHS 88.1 FM. But the radio station is transmitting a weak signal due to failing equipment. Principal Sherry Gross and teacher Rashod Coleman have ordered new parts and are determined to restore WMHS to its heyday.

The Brandywine School District has a preliminary $129.5 million operating budget in place for the 2009 fiscal year, an increase of 5.9 percent, with state revenue up despite gloomy forecasts made last year.

Brandywine Hundred's Albert Einstein Academy has adopted a "Go Green" theme for the 2008-9 school year and has already seen a significant reduction in trash.  After rounding up recyclable items, teacher Melissa Hinspeter and her students wheel the bin through the parking lot to one of Delaware State Waste Authority's Recycling Centers, which is housed on the campus the school shares with the Bernard and Ruth Siegel Jewish Community Center.


 

The Christina School District needs a new brand that will improve morale amongst its employees and allow onlookers to readily identify what the state’s largest school district is all about. According to Aloysius Butler & Clark marketing firm, a big part of doing that is establishing a new logo that connotes the dawn of a new era of success in  the state's largest school district.

The Christina School District has a preliminary $231.4 million operating budget in place for the 2008-2009 school year, a 2.5 percent hike over last year.

The Red Clay Consolidated School District will not need to borrow money from the state this year thanks to a higher than anticipated cash balance left at the end of the 2008 fiscal year.

The Red Clay Board of Education has postponed a decision on whether to eliminate school choice bus stops as well as the reference to the old Wilmington High School feeder pattern in its choice policy.

Dr. Robert J. Andrzejewski, superintendent of the Red Clay Consolidated School District, has announced his retirement at the end of this school year, his 11th at the helm.

Girl Scout Erin Lawler of New Castle has been selected as a 2008 National Young Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of the USA for her exceptional Girl Scout Gold Award Project titled “GEMS: Girls Empowered by Math and Science.”

One in five Delawareans are functionally illiterate. That means they cannot read and write well enough to perform everyday tasks. Literacy Volunteers Serving Adults trains volunteers to teach basic reading, and English as a second language to help adults in northern New Castle County.

The process of rebuilding John Dickinson High School's marching band bore fruit Friday night as new director Matt Pagel led an impressive peformance -- from the band's procession into Dickinson Stadium to its halftime show of three songs. Rebuilding the band is part of the school's overall effort to rebuild its academics and prestige in the community.

Members of the Brandywine Hundred Rotary Club, the Brandywine Naamans Rotary Club as well as Rotary District 7630 chose to support St. Michael's School & Nursery with a district grant to purchase educational materials for the school’s new Math and Science Lab.

Sanford School history teacher Donna Sherpa took part in the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund trip for three weeks in June.