Nine districts win subgrants for programs supporting homeless students
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019
The Delaware Department of Education has awarded more than $184,000 to nine districts in McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth subgrants. The subgrants, funded by a federal grant administered by the state, are renewable for up to three years.
Chelsea Anokye-Agyei to Represent Delaware in 2019 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 27, 2019
Hodgson Vo-Tech senior to advance to National Finals in Washington, DC Smyrna, Del. (February 26, 2019) – From an initial field of 20 Delaware high school students and then twelve state finalists, Chelsea Anokye-Agyei, a senior from Hodgson Vo-Tech High School, earned the title of 2019 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion at the state finals […]
Department of Education seeks Summer Fellows
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019
The Delaware Department of Education is accepting applications for summer fellowships for promising future leaders and current educators who have a passion for education and want to gain hands-on exposure to policy work.
Nominations for Governor’s Youth Volunteer Service Awards Accepted through April 5
Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2019
NEW CASTLE (Feb. 26, 2019) – Nominations for the Governor’s Youth Volunteer Service Awards, which recognize the contributions of Delaware’s volunteers age 17 and younger in their communities, are being accepted by the State Office of Volunteerism now through April 5. Award recipients will be honored at a special ceremony on Tuesday, May 14, at […]
Prison Sentence for Hockessin Killing
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, February 22, 2019
Prosecutors also secure guilty pleas to drug, weapons, and rape charges The New York man who shot and killed a Hockessin man was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Deputy Attorneys General Brian Robertson, Cari Chapman, Matthew Keating, and Abby Adams prosecuted the case against Benjamin Rauf, 29, of Westerlo, NY. In August 2015, Shazim […]
