Susan Jacobs, occupational therapist for the Smyrna School District, has organized the therapeutic horse riding program for the district’s early childhood education classes with the help of teachers, parents, Smyrna High FFA students, and community donations.
Kindergarten students and second graders at Sunnyside Elementary were in for a treat this year when substitute teacher Amy Jansen started an after-school science program.
Kent and Sussex County nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for grants from the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) Kent and Sussex Youth Philanthropy Boards. Each board will award $10,000 in grants to one or more schools and qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in its home county. Three students from Smyrna High School are serving on the Kent Youth Philanthropy Board.
A somber mood pervaded the cafeteria of Campus Community High School as a quiet audience of about 20 awaited a final board vote on the financially strapped school’s future Wednesday night. Sure enough, the CCS Board voted to close the high school at the end of this school year.
Skyler Konicki is one of the many new teachers at Smyrna High School this year. Teaching 10th grade English, Konicki loves her first job as an educator.
The Smyrna School District has seen a lot of new faces this school year and one of them is first-year teacher Valerie Niggemeier.
The Providence Creek Board of Directors approved a class size waiver at their Nov. 15 monthly meeting. Under a state law limitation, the school was allowed to have 22 students per teacher in kindergarten and third grade classrooms, managing director Charles Taylor said.
Starting out as a graphic designer, Jacqui Yerkes went on to make a career change and become a paraprofessional at JBM. In her first year of teaching, it is the skills she learned as a paraprofessional that are helping Yerkes learn her way as an educator.
Construction is progressing ahead of schedule on the new Clayton Intermediate School on Sorrento Drive off of Underwoods Corner Road in Clayton. This "project tracker" update includes the costs, timetable, and plans by the Smyrna School District for the fifth and sixth grade school.
Walking down the halls of Smyrna Middle School this year, there’s a new face in the crowd as Carol Brennan is one of the many first-year teachers starting their education careers in Smyrna.
