This Week’s Top Stories Include Ursuline plans adjacent performing arts, community space Crumbl opens new store in Prices Corner Shopping Center Some voters can choose a primary on election day Christina board has heated meeting again, votes for superintendent St. Mark’s DiGennaro named state track coach of year Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey
Plans are afoot to turn a 112-year-old church next to Ursuline Academy into a multipurpose space that emphasizes the arts and the community. The building, at 1201 N. Van Buren St., Wilmington, now carries a banner calling it the Ursuline Academy Performing Arts Center. A school official shared a document with DelawareLive calling it the Center for Arts and Leadership …
A Wilmington Catholic school has been awarded an international grant after developing and releasing a book reflective of its dedication to global education. Ursuline Academy‘s Global Education Program was picked for the 2023-2024 Moulton Student Grant for Global Citizenship by the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools (ICGS). One golden goose of that program the Ursuline Global Cookbook, which features recipes …
A bill that would permit scholastic track and field competitions to include the javelin event passed the Senate Tuesday – although some coaches are not happy with the idea. Senate Bill 211, sponsored by Sen. Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, forces the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association adopt javelin as an approved event for all DIAA-sponsored track and field competitions. The bill passed …
The St. Patrick’s Center in Wilmington had quite the St. Patty’s Day Weekend. The 12th annual SALSTHON was Saturday night, and about a thousand people from three of the city’s Catholic schools – Salesianum, Ursuline and Padua – danced the night away, raising $225,124.54 for the downtown nonprofit. RELATED: SALSTHON keeps $175K goal, will benefit St. Patrick’s Center In back-to-back-years, …
The second round of the girls state basketball tournament kicks off tonight. The eight second round games all tip off at 7 pm. Here is a look of the eight games, No. 24 Smyrna (14-7) at No. 8 Appoquinimink (12-8) The Eagles were the only team to pull off an upset in the first round as they rallied …
A downtown Wilmington Catholic girls school has received the largest donation in its 130-year history, and students rocked its gymnasium in delight Thursday. Anthony N. Fusco Sr., a Delaware philanthropist and real estate developer has made a $5 million commitment to Ursuline Academy. The donation will pay for the total renovation of Laffey McHugh Gymnasium, originally constructed in 1980; create …
The girls basketball season will heat up this week as there is a lot of big conference games coming up this week, The Diamond State conference could be decided on Thursday night as the two undefeated teams in conference play meet as Atchmere travels to St Elizabeth’s. The SL 24 Unlock the Light tournament starts this Friday and …
Wilmington’s Salesianum School has started fundraising for SALSTHON 2024, which has a goal of $175,000 to benefit St. Patrick’s Center. St. Patrick’s provides emergency food, meals, respite for the homeless, clothing, transportation and recreational activities for people in need. “People are pumped up to raise money, and they’re excited to go,” said Frank Holodick, a senior and student council …
Ninth-graders Juliana Carranza and Caroline Lober were complete strangers coming into Monday, but a day of community held by three Wilmington Catholic schools quickly changed that. Carranza and Lober – students at Padua Academy and Ursuline Academy, respectively – were two of the 450 freshmen that experienced the second SUP Day Monday, which brought together the full ninth-grade classes of …
