At its Aug. 18 meeting, the Smyrna Board of Education approved the second and final reading of a policy change that will give advanced placement courses at Smyrna High a slightly higher weight for GPA purposes.
Here are the personnel changes approved by the Smyrna School District Board of Education at board meetings in June and July:
As a precautionary measure, Delaware’s Division of Public Health will provide skin tests to 80 Appoquinimink High School students to rule out a slight possibility that a student who briefly attended the school in May transmitted tuberculosis.
Potential issues with the new Dover High School hit close to home for its soon-to-be neighbors who attended a meeting about the school Aug. 5.
The Smyrna FFA Chapter wrapped up a successful showing at this year’s 91st Annual Delaware State Fair with numerous award recognitions at the Delaware FFA Awards Breakfast held on July 30.
Smyrna Middle School will host a visitation for all new students on Tuesday, Aug. 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On Aug. 5, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans announced that Seyer A. Baqi of Smyrna, Delaware has been awarded the Dennis R. Washington Achievement Scholarship to assist in funding his postgraduate education. Seyer will receive $90,000 from the association.
New regulations will give school districts greater leeway in establishing teacher tenure.
Smyrna High School teachers Kellie Michaud Sarah Bell were among the first four agriculture teachers in the nation to be selected by NASA and the National Science Teachers Association for the zero-gravity program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
At its July 21 meeting, the Smyrna Board of Education considered a revision to its grading policy, including a potential change to the way that Advanced Placement high school courses are weighted.
The Smyrna School District Board of Education will hold a reorganizational meeting Wednesday, July 7 at 6 p.m., at the district office on Monrovia Avenue to elect new officers and set the tax rates for fiscal year 2011.
In the opening hours of its final budget drafting session of the year June 18, the General Assembly’s Joint Finance Committee voted not to make deep cuts to public school transportation.
Special needs children now have the right to an equal education with other school children under a new law signed by Gov. Jack Markell.
Steven Gott, an associate principal at Smyrna High School, was appointed as the new principal at Smyrna Middle School by the Smyrna Board of Education June 16.
Smyrna Elementary fourth graders, teachers, and parents who participated in the Lt. Governor's Fitness Challenge were honored by the Lt. Governor himself, Matt Denn, at a ceremony June 9.
A recent national report has refocused attention on the phenomenon in which charter schools lag behind traditional public schools in funding primarily because of the lack of capital construction funding.
The Smyrna School District Board of Education approved the following personnel changes at board meetings in March, April and May, including the selection of a new assistant superintendent and a new principal.
Polytech High School's graduation ceremony, which sent the 263 members of the senior class on its way, was held May 20 at the school’s football stadium.
The following students are members of the Polytech High School, Class of 2010:
Almost in the same breath, the Delaware State Education Association dumped Congressman Mike Castle (R-Del.) and ran into the arms of New Castle County Executive Chris Coons, Castle’s Democratic opponent for the U.S. Senate seat up for grabs in November.
