The seniors of Newark Charter School took advantage of their new stadium Monday to mark the first day of school with a sunrise gathering that felt more like a day at the boardwalk than the start of school. The school tradition included a waffle truck, backyard games, music and a T-shirt giveaway. Starting with the school’s first senior class in …
Ten Delaware high schoolers secured top 10 finishes in the 46th annual HOSA-Future Health Professionals International Leadership Conference in Dallas, which wrapped up Saturday. The conference is for students who are interested in pursuing a career in healthcare. Attendees had the opportunity to participate in career-focused competitive events, take part in community service work and leadership opportunities. READ: Your guide …
Middletown High School junior Jennae Overton has been selected by the Business Professionals of America to serve as the president of the 2023-2024 State Officer Leadership Team. Overton believes she was a great candidate for the presidential role because of her involvement in her school newspaper, Future Farmers of America, golf and the Black Student Union. “Newspaper taught me to …
Delaware’s school choice application period is closing Wednesday, Jan. 11. That means families who want to send their children to a school outside of their regular feeder pattern for the 2023-24 school year only have a few days left to submit their paperwork. The good news: It’s mostly online. The First State is one of 13 in the country in …
Newark Charter School unveiled its $20 million junior high school Tuesday. It’s the latest addition to a campus that began with classes in trailers scattered around a parking lot in 2001. Then, the charter school had 435 students in grades five to seven. Now, its campus easily could be confused with a small college. Newark Charter today sits on …
Eight different Delaware students finished in the top 10 of 10 different competitions at this year’s national STEM conference in Dallas. Overall, 103 Delaware students competed in the event, which focuses on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The events included computer-aided design, dragster design, leadership strategies, manufacturing prototype, on-demand video, promotional graphics, structural engineering, system control technology, video game design, …
