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School starts in Cape district
Elementary school students first to enter classrooms since COVID-19 emergency declared
Richard Shields Elementary School students wait to be escorted into the building Sept. 16, the first day of school in the Cape Henlopen School District. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
September 16, 2020
For the first time since the COVID-19 state of emergency was declared on March 12, students have returned to classrooms in the Cape Henlopen School District. The district’s five elementary schools opened their doors Sept. 16 to begin a five-day, in-school program. Some middle and high school students returned to classrooms Thursday, Sept. 17. All students have the option to learn from home as well.
See more in the Friday, Sept. 18 edition.
Under the watchful eye of principal Dave Frederick, students prepare to enter Beacon Middle School Sept. 17, the first day for Cape Henlopen district middle school and high school students.
Students depart a bus on the first day of school at Beacon Middle School.
Shields Elementary kindergarten students stand in line as they prepare to enter the school.
One of nine buses arrives to drop off students at the side door of Shields Elementary School on the first day of school.
As more parents and guardians choose to drop off their students instead of riding a bus, lines are long at all schools in the district.
Family members gather to take a photograph of the first day of school at Shields Elementary School in Lewes.
Buses are rolling in the Cape Henlopen district again, but with fewer students.
Cape Henlopen School District’s five elementary schools opened their doors Sept. 16. Elementary students have the option to follow a five-day, in-school schedule or stay home and learn virtually.
Playgrounds have been closed since the state of emergency was initiated.
Cars are in line early Sept. 17 to drop off students on the first day of school at Beacon Middle School.
The first group of students leave their bus and head for the door at Beacon Middle School.
Cape Henlopen School District middle and high school students have the option to attend in-school sessions two days a week with remote classes the rest of the week or do all virtual classes.
Students wearing masks enter Beacon Middle School Sept. 17 to start another school year.
Cape Henlopen district students have not been in classrooms since the COVID-19 state of emergency was declared in mid-March.
