School Life

Milton Elementary holds annual field day

Nick Roth
7 months ago
Milton Elementary held its annual Field Day with ideal weather May 31. Kids enjoyed everything from...

Retired school counselor launches college prep...

7 months ago
James Kiger, a dedicated school counselor with 28 years of experience in the Smyrna School District...

Legacy students net high honors on Universal Latin Exam

7 months ago
Six Legacy Academy students in grades three to eight received high honors May 17 on the Universal...

UNICO Delaware presents scholarship awards

7 months ago
UNICO Delaware recently presented its 2024 Brian Piccolo scholarships, named to honor the Italian...

Delmarva Christian High School hosts 20th annual...

7 months ago
Delmarva Christian High School held its annual Royal Ball April 27 at Heritage Shores in...

Epworth Preschool holds spring performance and...

Gabrielle Ziegler
7 months ago
Epworth Preschool hosted its annual spring program and graduation May 22 at Epworth United...

Patton named Cape Teacher of the Year

Ellen Driscoll
7 months ago
Cape Henlopen School District Teacher of the Year Krissy Patton originally wanted to be a...

Beebe president addresses UD health sciences graduates

7 months ago
Dr. David Tam, president and CEO of Beebe Healthcare, was selected as the keynote speaker for the...

Cape High contingent volunteers in Kenya

Ellen Driscoll
7 months ago
Cape High seniors Logan Almond, Julia Burkley and Ella Porman traveled to Africa over spring break...

Carson Watts graduates from West Virginia University

7 months ago
Milton resident Carson Sheldon Watts, a 2020 graduate of Sussex Technical High School, graduated...

Delmarva Christian Schools holds service day

7 months ago
Delmarva Christian Schools recently took part in Royals Service Day, when students embarked on a...

Cape bands perform in Bandstand Jazz Festival

Ron MacArthur
7 months ago
Four Cape Henlopen School District bands played during the May 17 Rehoboth Beach Bandstand Jazz...

Sussex Tech students conduct emergency drill

7 months ago
Students from Sussex Technical High School’s legal support and criminal justice technologies, along...

Cape JROTC holds awards ceremony

Dan Cook
7 months ago
The Cape Henlopen JROTC held its annual awards program May 15 in the Cape High theater. Dozens of...

Mindy Adams named Delaware School Counselor of the Year

Ellen Driscoll
7 months ago
Being named the Delaware School Counselor of the Year was a humbling experience for Milton...

Delmarva Christian holds National Honor Society...

7 months ago
Delmarva Christian High School recently held its induction ceremony for the National Honor Society...

AAUW Coastal-Georgetown awards record $25,000 in...

7 months ago
AAUW Coastal-Georgetown branch will recognize its scholarship recipients during a luncheon ceremony...

Education signing day held at Cape

7 months ago
University of Delaware recruiter Jamie Bailey and Cape Henlopen High School senior Ava Phillipine...

Cape board recognizes award-winning employees

Ellen Driscoll
7 months ago
The Cape Henlopen school board recognized six employees at the May 9 board meeting for receiving...

Pathways to Success holds graduation celebration

Dan Cook
8 months ago
Pathways to Success held its fourth annual graduation celebration May 9 at Crossroad Community...

Cape celebrates prom in Rehoboth

Dan Cook
8 months ago
Cape Henlopen High School celebrated the junior-senior prom May 11 at the Rehoboth Beach Convention...

WPS holds theatre and art honor society inductions

8 months ago
During April, six Worcester Preparatory School students were inducted to the WPS chapter of the...

Love Creek second-graders perform ‘Mighty Minds’ the...

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
Love Creek second-graders delighted audiences with their performance of the musical “Mighty Minds”...

Legacy Academy announces speech meet winners

8 months ago
Legacy Academy students from grades 1-8 recently competed in the school’s second annual speech meet...

Milton FAME students stage ‘The Reluctant Dragon’

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
Students in the Milton Elementary FAME program performed “The Reluctant Dragon” as their final...

Humane Animal Partners recognized by Cape school...

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
Cape district leaders recognized Humane Animal Partners as a Community Champion at the April 25...

Cape High students say ‘oui’ to Paris

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
Cape High students took in the sights, sounds and tastes of Paris during a packed-itinerary trip...

Sussex Academy girls’ lax shows appreciation for...

Aaron R. Mushrush
8 months ago
With hopes of starting a tradition honoring the everyday influencers that student-athletes rely on...

U.S. Service Academy applications due Oct. 15

8 months ago
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), a 23-year veteran of the Navy and the last Vietnam veteran serving...

Cape Teacher of the Year to be named May 14

8 months ago
The Cape Henlopen School District will announce its 2025 Teacher of the Year May 14 at a special...

Sussex Tech Adult Ed celebrates apprenticeship...

8 months ago
Sussex Tech Adult Education held its apprenticeship graduation ceremony April 24. A total of 71...

Worcester Prep students show support for autism...

8 months ago
Worcester Preparatory School students were happy to show their support of Autism Awareness Day...

Cape school board honors Mariner Middle educators

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
Cape district leaders recognized Mariner Middle’s Mike Dmiterchik and Christina Mills with Going...

Racial justice alliance honors Love Creek Elementary...

8 months ago
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored Love Creek Elementary students...

Fred Best named Delaware Secondary Principal of the...

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
For the second straight year, Delaware’s Secondary Principal of the Year has hailed from Cape...

Rehoboth Elementary’s Madelyn Fischinskie feted

8 months ago
Rehoboth Elementary’s Madelyn Fischinskie was recognized as the Sussex County fifth-grade poster...

HOB kindergartners present habitat research

8 months ago
H.O. Brittingham Elementary School kindergarteners in Nina Wilkinson’s Casey Reynolds’ classes...

Optimist Club awards art contest winners

8 months ago
The Optimist Club of Sussex County recognized young artists who participated in the club’s...

Rehoboth Beach celebrates Arbor Day

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
The grounds of Rehoboth Elementary bloomed with new life April 19, as students and school and...

Beach Babies tapped to pilot educational initiative

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
Beach Babies Child Care of Rehoboth was tapped to pilot a new educational initiative designed to...

Cape allied health students net gold in state...

8 months ago
Cape High students Lindsay D'Ambrogi, Kyli Doyan-Baridon, Lily Joyce and Emily McCullough netted a...

Cape High chefs take second place in state contest

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
Cape High culinary students earned a second-place finish in state competition for an Asian-themed...

Mariner Middle career fair enlightens students

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
Hundreds of eighth-graders descended upon the Mariner Middle gym March 27 to explore occupational...

Cape seniors named Secretary of Education Scholars

8 months ago
Cape High seniors Ashley Carrier, Sophia Chilelli, Morgan Newcomb were among 93 Delaware public...

Delmarva Christian Schools inspires young minds on...

8 months ago
Delmarva Christian Schools celebrated Science Day March 14, coinciding with Pi Day. Curated for...

Girl Scout Troop 665 donates to Cape schools

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
Girl Scout Troop 665 members stopped by Lewes Elementary April 10 to drop off five baskets of...

Cape driver ed students learn to share the road with...

8 months ago
The Sharing the Road with Trucks program and its staff from Virginia Tech Transportation Institute...

Cape Odyssey of the Mind teams heading to world finals

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
After strong performances in the state contest in April, including a perfect score for the Mariner...

Lewes Elementary students color for a cause

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
Lewes Elementary students interested in the environment were awarded for their artistic efforts...

Johnson Orthodontics awards gift card to Beacon teacher

8 months ago
Dr. Jonathan Johnson recently surprised another local teacher with a $200 gift card as part of his...

Milton Community Foundation donates $4,900 to Cape High

8 months ago
The legacy of Milton native and three-term school board member Noble Prettyman continues through...

Rehoboth Elementary students solve engineering problems

Ellen Driscoll
8 months ago
In place of the traditional science fair platform, Rehoboth Elementary fifth-graders piloted a new...

Cape early learning program expands reach

Ellen Driscoll
9 months ago
Services for Cape district children have expanded with the addition of two positions focused on...

Local students excel at universities in 2023

9 months ago
Local students inducted into collegiate honor society Tess DeBastiani of Lewes and Gary Conte of...

Sussex Montessori students develop problem-solving...

9 months ago
First- and second-graders in Mason Falligant’s class at the Sussex Montessori Charter School in...

Sussex Tech Adult Ed hosts trades rotation for high...

9 months ago
Thanks to funds from the Delaware Department of Labor, Sussex Tech Adult Education is hosting a...

K-9 unit visits H.O. Brittingham Elementary

Ellen Driscoll
9 months ago
H.O. Brittingham Elementary students welcomed a couple of special guests March 22, as they kicked...

Students hear Supreme Court arguments in Sussex County

Melissa Steele
9 months ago
Delaware’s top justices held court March 19 at Delaware Technical Community College in Georgetown...

Cape High students compete in Delaware Science Olympiad

9 months ago
Cape High students participated in the annual Delaware Science Olympiad March 2 at Delaware State...

Cape senior Hazel Getzlaff wins state honor

Ellen Driscoll
9 months ago
The Delaware Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education has selected Cape High senior Hazel...