TSD Review Feb 16

Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – Feb. 16, 2023

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Slow down on Harvey Road in the Ardens, plan urges Great relationships = great learners, veteran educator says Chancery Market to open courtyard; new movie theater moves in Business State Chamber: Proposed family leave rules ‘very unclear’ Brandywine Town Center redevelopment tweaked Delaware gives big …

Vicky Yatzus (left), head of the Independence School, har prioritized relationships in her 40 years of work in the region.

Great relationships = great learners, veteran educator says

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Schools are in the relationship business, says Vicky Yatzus, who is retiring in June after 15 years  as head of  Independence School in Newark. That’s the only way to ensure children’s academic and social success, the private school administrator said. “We’re not organizations that can swiftly and quickly move on a dime and change things up because our kids need …

a tree next to a body of water

Independence School’s wowzer of outdoor classroom links kids, nature

Brionna N. StonebrakerEducation, Headlines

Independence School’s new outdoor classroom includes an amphitheater. Photo by Independence School.   Independence School’s breathtaking new outdoor learning area includes an amphitheater, interactive musical instruments, a tricycle track, a Wetlands and a “messy activities” area. The elegantly designed 57,000 square feet, divided into 14 areas, has been planned since the spring of 2018, with fundraising starting in 2019. It …