Two Schools Earn State School Counseling Award
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 9, 2023
Appoquinimink School District’s Bunker Hill Elementary School and Capital School District’s Kent County Secondary Intensive Learning Center have earned Delaware’s Sapphire Award for Excellence in School Counseling.
2024 Delaware Teacher of the Year to be Named Next Month
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Twenty of the state’s top teachers will be honored at a celebration on Oct. 18, when one of them also will be named Delaware’s 2024 Teacher of the Year.
Governor Carney and First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney Recognize September as Literacy Month in Delaware
Civil Division | Delaware Libraries | Department of Education | Department of State | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Literacy Month is intended to recognize the extensive efforts of literacy partners to promote reading as an essential skill and a lifelong pleasure.
Three Delaware Schools Named 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today recognized 353 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2023, including three schools in Delaware. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups on assessments.
The Delaware schools named as National Blue Ribbon Schools were:
Bear – Olive B. Loss Elementary School, Appoquinimink School District.
Newark – Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, Christina School District.
Ocean View – Lord Baltimore Elementary School, Indian River School District.
A Proactive Approach to a Healthy School Year
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, September 14, 2023
As summer comes to an end and a new school year begins, now is the time to remind local communities that continuing to protect ourselves against influenza, COVID-19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), and other infectious diseases is a powerful way to also support Delaware students and school staff.
