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  Category: Department of Education


Governor Carney: Application Period is Open for Student Representative on State Board of Education

Department of Education | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2020

Applications for rising 11th or 12th grade student seat are due March 20, 2020  DOVER, Del. – Governor John Carney announced on Thursday the application period for the student seat on the State Board of Education is open through March 20, 2020. The application can be found on the State Board of Education website. Governor […]




W.B. Simpson student takes home the green with Delaware grown cabbage

Department of Agriculture | Department of Education | Date Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2020

W.B. Simpson Elementary School 4th grader Latrell McGinnis spent last spring tending to his cabbage in hopes of growing the best-looking cabbage in Delaware. After all the judging was completed, McGinnis’s hard work paid off when he was announced as the state winner during a presentation at his school this week.




Camille Decker to Represent Delaware in 2020 Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of Education | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Sanford School senior to advance to National Finals in Washington, DC Smyrna, Del. (February 26, 2020) – From a field of 15 Delaware high school students, Camille Decker, a senior from Sanford School, earned the title of 2020 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion at the state finals held in Smyrna, Del. on Feb. 25. […]




DigiGirlz EVENT POSTPONED

Department of Education | Department of Technology and Information | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Media Contact: Christina Dirksen, Strategic Communications Manager, DTI (302) 739-9500 Christina.Dirksen@delaware.gov DigiGirlz Program Contacts: Claudette Martin-Wus, DTI (302) 739-9636, claudette.martin-wus@delaware.gov HANDS-ON TECH DAY FOR 8TH AND 9TH GRADE GIRLS  DOVER, Del. — Registration is now open for Delaware DigiGirlz Day 2020, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Girls in the 8th and 9th grades (or […]




Odyssey Charter placed on formal review

Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, February 7, 2020

In response to complaints received by the Delaware Department of Education regarding Odyssey Charter School’s governance, Secretary of Education Susan Bunting is placing the school on formal review.







  Category: Department of Education

Governor Carney: Application Period is Open for Student Representative on State Board of Education

Department of Education | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2020

Applications for rising 11th or 12th grade student seat are due March 20, 2020  DOVER, Del. – Governor John Carney announced on Thursday the application period for the student seat on the State Board of Education is open through March 20, 2020. The application can be found on the State Board of Education website. Governor […]




W.B. Simpson student takes home the green with Delaware grown cabbage

Department of Agriculture | Department of Education | Date Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2020

W.B. Simpson Elementary School 4th grader Latrell McGinnis spent last spring tending to his cabbage in hopes of growing the best-looking cabbage in Delaware. After all the judging was completed, McGinnis’s hard work paid off when he was announced as the state winner during a presentation at his school this week.




Camille Decker to Represent Delaware in 2020 Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of Education | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Sanford School senior to advance to National Finals in Washington, DC Smyrna, Del. (February 26, 2020) – From a field of 15 Delaware high school students, Camille Decker, a senior from Sanford School, earned the title of 2020 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion at the state finals held in Smyrna, Del. on Feb. 25. […]




DigiGirlz EVENT POSTPONED

Department of Education | Department of Technology and Information | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Media Contact: Christina Dirksen, Strategic Communications Manager, DTI (302) 739-9500 Christina.Dirksen@delaware.gov DigiGirlz Program Contacts: Claudette Martin-Wus, DTI (302) 739-9636, claudette.martin-wus@delaware.gov HANDS-ON TECH DAY FOR 8TH AND 9TH GRADE GIRLS  DOVER, Del. — Registration is now open for Delaware DigiGirlz Day 2020, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Girls in the 8th and 9th grades (or […]




Odyssey Charter placed on formal review

Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, February 7, 2020

In response to complaints received by the Delaware Department of Education regarding Odyssey Charter School’s governance, Secretary of Education Susan Bunting is placing the school on formal review.