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5 school districts, charter school launch program to help all Wilmington seniors thrive

The school districts that serve Wilmington are combining forces to help the seniors of 2022 be as prepared as possible.
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Vaccinated Grotto Pizza workers to get $25 gift card

‘We feel it’s our social responsibility to invest in incentivizing our staff to get the May 13, 2021
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DSU cancels $750,000 in debt for 200 graduating seniors

The Historically Black College and University will use federal COVID-19 money to pay for move. May 12, 2021

4 quick takeaways on Tuesday’s school board votes

The most prominent newcomer after Tuesday’s elections is Kim Stock, the 2021 Delaware Teacher of the Year.
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At St. Edmond’s, the show must go on(line)

Virtual musical required rethinking songs, choreography and learning new timing over a Zoom delay
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UD requires student vaccinations; DSU requires them for all

Also the latest from Beebe School of Nursing, Delaware Technical Community College, Goldey-Beacom College and Wilmington University
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Who will run your school district? Voters decide May 11

Households across New Castle County might soon be getting new members on their school boards.
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Friends’ first graders create classroom jobs they apply for, get paid for

  Sia Willie’s first grade class at Wilmington Friends has nine students. And 15 paid classroom jobs. Those jobs were
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As COVID case rates slow a bit, state outlines 4-prong plan to help students catch up

    The Delaware Department of Education has a four-prong plan to help kids catch up in school, Education Secretary
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Mask change doesn’t pass during Monday’s emergency DIAA meeting

The motion’s failure means high school sports teams will continue to mask up for spring season.
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State title, continued improvement wins St. Mark’s runner state Gatorade award

Wjhen Tiffany Herrera won the cross country award, her team gave her a very sticky congratulations
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DSU, United Airlines partnership aims to add diversity to pilot ranks

Several United Airlines pilots who had trained at Delaware State returned for the event Thursday
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Meet the incoming president of Salesianum School

Tom Kardish said he will focus on challenging, supporting students as they grow into people God wants them to be
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Week 1 Top 10 plays from spring sports

No. 1 is actually 2 plays from an OT thriller
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DSU volleyball to play in conference tournament for 1st time in a decade

Two weeks of quarantine caused the Hornets to have to reschedule a lot of games.
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DelTech’s Jordan Cannon named 2021 New Century Scholar

    Jordan Cannon, a nursing student at Delaware Technical Community College, has been named a 2021 New Century Transfer
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Students, parents protest plan to end Linden Hill’s Chinese Immersion program

The program began four years ago and has about 100 students enrolled.
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Twins take first, second place in indoor track; aim to do same in spring

The young women will be heading off to college in 2022 and could end up running against each other.
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Science Olympiad teams meet some real world problems when events move outside

      When you move a science competition outside, there’s all sort of real-world conditions that pop up that
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Delaware, DMA basketball coach Phil Hill set to retire after 37 years

Hill attribute his love of the game and coaching to his own father, who urged his children to be actively
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UD expects to have nearly all fall classes in person, allow roommates in dorms

Without doubt, UD’s president said, the school will continue to feel the economic effects of COVID-19 for years
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Appo proposes 8:15 start for middle, high students; 9:15 for younger ones

The district school board votes May 11 on the proposal, and it would start this fall.
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County, UD team up to track COVID in sewage; start hunt for variants

The process that New Castle County, CEWER use also has been used to check sewage for alcohol and narcotic drugs.
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