Five Delaware teenagers are being nationally recognized for their leadership. In its 20th year, the Bank of America Student Leaders program recognizes 300 community-focused juniors and seniors from across the country. This year’s selections from the First State are: Rujula Borkar: the rising senior at the Charter School of Wilmington leads the schoolās Girls Who Code Chapter, acts as a …
Eight First State students have been recognized for their excellence in a national interactive mapping contest. The Esriās 2024 ArcGIS webapp competition challenges students to create and share interactive mapping projects using ESRI ArcGIS software. First Staters created digital storymaps that explore some aspect of life in Delaware. Click on the project names below to view the maps. Here’s who …
Students from the Charter School of Wilmington said a new partnership with a national biopharmaceutical institute has helped them find their career path of the future.Ā āāāPrior to this program, I wasn’t entirely sure what within biology I wanted to focus on for my career and major, but I think this definitely encouraged me to pursue biopharma or biotech, something …
Having the 2024 National High School Mock Trial competition in the First State has certainly created a home field advantage for the two Delaware teams competing this weekend.Ā āI don’t know how many differences there are in the rules, but we are confident that weknow the Delaware rules, which helps a lot,ā said Molly Shay, a senior at Newark Charter …
Two Delaware schools will be participating in this weekendās 2024 National High School Mock Trial Competition in Wilmington. The Charter School of Wilmington, who are the First State champions, and Newark Charter, who were runner-up both will contend in the national meet. Newark was added because the competition ended up with an odd number of teams. When that happens, the …
Two First State high schoolers are on their way to the Mountaineer State to represent Delaware at the 61st National Youth Science Camp. Kate Li, a senior at Newark Charter School, and Arya Gupta, a junior at Red Clay Consolidated School Districtās Charter School of Wilmington, will attend the camp from June 29 to July 20 in Monongahela National Forest …
Five Delaware high schoolers have been honored by the Delaware Theatre Company as 2023-2024 Delaware Young Playwrights winners. This yearās winners are: Amara Harrison (Charter School of Wilmington): āYou Remind Meā Emily Howard (Charter School of Wilmington): āSplinterā Valentine Logan (William Penn High School): āHatshepsuts Djedā Darby Ann Tisdel (MOT Charter High School): āBest Friendsā Mia Trotter (Appoquinimink High School): …
After the stateās young prospective lawyers battled it out in the courtrooms for five rounds of competition over two days, the Charter School of Wilmington has gone back-to-back, winning the 2024 Delaware High School Mock Trial. RELATED: Wilmington Charter wins 2023 state mock trial competition With March Madness creeping up, the mock trial is structured like a tournament bracket, withĀ …
A senior from the Charter School of Wilmington is one of 10 students across the country selected to a new leadership program. Sahaana Rajagopalan is the lone Delawarean to be picked for the Rising Leaders Initiative, a one-year program that trains exemplary students in civic participation, education advocacy, leadership development and public speaking. This is just the second year of …
Charter School of Wilmington once again was Delawareās highest ranked public high school, according to the just-released U.S. News & World Report list. It didnāt crack the top 100, though. It was listed at 112 in the country. Forty of the stateās 59 public high schools were ranked, including eight charter schools, in the magazineās list of 17,680 schools across …
