NCCVT's new energy efficiency project could cut the district's carbon footprint by up to 25%. (All photos from Jarek Rutz/Delaware LIVE News)

NCCVT celebrates $10.5 million energy initiative

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The superintendent of a school district believes a new energy initiative, funded by more than $10 million, will benefit not only the children today, but the community as a whole moving forward. “This is really about generations to come, and us protecting what we have for others, and us respecting nature and respecting where we are so joyful to be …

A few hundred students signed certificates of commitment to work with future employers during career signing day Monday.

NCCVT career signing day: 300 hop into workforce

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The First State workforce just broadened Monday as nearly 300 high school seniors from the New Castle County Vocational Technical School District put pen to paper as they inked their names for career signing day.  The teenagers will begin work and earn income right after graduating high school with an arsenal of trades and skills, something that Superintendent Joseph Jones …

Tariah Hyland has been given the 2023 John Lewis Youth Leadership Award.

Wilmington’s Tariah Hyland wins John Lewis youth award for activism

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A 20-year-old college student from Wilmington who pushed for Black history to be included in the Delaware school curriculum has received an award named for a Civil Rights leader.  Tariah Hyland, a junior at Howard University in Washington, D.C., was given the 2023 John Lewis Youth Leadership Award by Delaware Secretary of State Jeff Bullock.  The award honors the accomplishments …