Why Mental Health is Key to a Child’s Overall Health and Wellbeing
Department of Education | Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
In addition to a caring adult, research shows that prevention and treatment programs do work and there are resources available to help children and their families through the Delaware Children’s Department Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services (DPBHS) and the Department of Education (DOE) and local schools.
First State Students Earn 10 Top 10 Finishes at 2022 National Stem Conference
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, July 7, 2022
The delegation representing 103 of Delaware’s finest student leaders in STEM attended the National TSA Conference that was hosted in Dallas, Texas from June 26 – 30, 2022. Students participated in events such as computer-aided design; dragster design; engineering, inventions & innovations; leadership strategies; manufacturing prototype; on-demand video; promotional graphics; structural engineering; system control technology; video game design; website design, and more.
Delaware ParentCamp Transforms School and Family Engagement
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2022
Traditional family engagement models often look like school staff up front presenting, families receiving and sharing feedback. The ParentCamp model transforms such stand-and-deliver sessions into facilitated dialogues “where the entire room is the expert and everyone brings important and unique perspectives to the table.”
Summer of Opportunity
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
The Department of Education has been working in tandem with individual school districts and charter schools to ensure that summer learning plans are in place throughout the state.
New Website Helps Families Find Summer Opportunities for Their Children
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 2, 2022
The Delaware Department of Education today launched its Summer of Opportunity website at de.gov/summerlearning, a searchable database to help families find school- and community-based learning opportunities for their children this summer.
