Elementaries hold open houses

Parents and students will have a chance to see the new Love Creek Elementary up close when it holds an open house Wednesday, Aug. 30.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for all students to see their new classrooms and meet their new teachers. Love Creek is Cape Henlopen's newest school, opening for the 2017-18 school year.

Also holding open houses on Aug. 30 are Cape's four other elementaries. Rehoboth Elementary will hold open house from 5-7 p.m. for all students while others will stagger times. H.O. Brittingham Elementary will open at 5 p.m. for kindergarten, 5:30 p.m. for new families and 6 p.m. for returning students. Shields Elementary will open at 5 p.m. for new students and at 5:30 p.m. for returning students; Milton Elementary will open at 5:30 p.m. for kindergarten and at 6 p.m. for returning students.

Both Beacon and Mariner Middle schools will hold orientation from 1 to 3 p.m. with open houses scheduled for later in September.

Cape High will have a freshmen orientation 12:45-2:45 p.m. with an open house in September.

Cape Henlopen students begin their school year Tuesday, Sept. 5, the day after Labor Day.

Start times at the schools have changed from previous years.