Newark High School Culinary Students Win at
State FCCLA Conference

Newark High School culinary students enjoyed their success at the state Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) conference this month. Several students won scholarships totaling $4,250, and gold, silver, and bronze medals were presented in various categories. The state officer is 10^th grade student Amy Micklos, and the club’s advisor is Mrs. Zimansky. Congratulations to the following students for their winning entries.
 

• Yoon Choi, Gold medal - Yeast Breads; $500 scholarship, Johnson and Wales University, Providence, RI; $1,200 scholarship, Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA
• Joie Gibbs, Silver medal, Cake Decorating; $750 Scholarship, Johnson and Wales University, Providence, RI; $1800 Scholarship, Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA
• Sumayyah Hackett, Silver medal - Pies
• Kelsey Morrison, Silver medal - Appetizers
• Komal Khan, Bronze medal, Star Event - Illustrated Talk - Obesity
• Josh Turner, Bronze medal - Culinary Salad Preparation

Glasgow High School Hosts Successful Benefit Concert

Shue-Medill Middle School to Host
4th Annual Health/Safety Fair

Shue-Medill Middle School will host their 4th Annual Health/Safety Fair on Friday, April 24 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  This year's event will be attended by approximately 30 outside agencies offering information and interactive games.  The event is open to the Christina School District community, family and friends.

Brader Elementary Highlighted in News Journal Article

Brader Elementary School was the subject of a recent News Journal article entitled Every Day is Activity Day; Reacting to a plague of obesity, schools are getting kids moving.  Click here to view the complete article from DelawareOnline.com.

REACH Program Student Chefs Display Their Culinary Skills at
Shue-Medill Middle School

The REACH student chefs are hard at work this year.  As part of the program’s weekly curriculum, students in the REACH Program at Shue-Medill Middle prepare various dishes ranging from breakfast to lunch to healthy snacks.  Each meal is prepared utilizing goals from the Delaware State Teaching Standards in each of the four content areas (English language arts, science, social studies and math).   The students learn to work as part of a group, techniques for handling food, measuring, and how to follow directions.  Everyone enjoys eating their creations at the end of each lesson.  Bon appetit!

Brennen School's Disha Mishra Wins Young Soloist Award

Delaware Parent Leadership Institute Seeks Interested Parents

Downes Elementary Fourth Graders Host Former Tuskegee Airman

Gauger-Cobbs Middle School Goes Green

Douglass School Promotes Healthy Choices

Elementary students at Douglass School participated in a healthy choice activity early this month—making smoothies with fresh fruit and other tasty ingredients.  The students really enjoyed it and actively participated in the group discussion about the food triangle and healthy food choices.

Smith Elementary School will host the Business, Industry, Education (BIE) Alliance’s “What In The World?” career awareness program for their 4th grade students on  Tuesday, April 21, 2009.  “What in the World?” is an interactive program designed to introduce students in grades 3 through 12 to a wide variety of careers in the math, science and technology fields.   

For more than a decade, “What in the World?” program volunteers from the local business community have gone into area schools, bringing with them job-related “mystery objects” designed to spark the students’ curiosity and inspire them to learn more about the skills and education necessary for success in these jobs.  Participation in “What in the World?” broadens students’ horizons by exposing them to unfamiliar occupations and motivates them to explore career options in a whole new way. 

Representatives from the following business partners are among those who will be sharing their time and expertise with the students at Smith Elementary School:

• Becket & Burke Caterers

• New Castle Conservation District

• DNREC-Air Quality

• Christina School District

• UD Water Resources Agency

• Delaware State Fire School

The Delaware BIE Alliance has served Delaware schools for more than three decades, creating and coordinating free educational programs utilizing volunteers from the business community. BIE is funded through the Delaware Department of Education, serving more than 28,000 Delaware students annually. BIE brings business people into the schools and educators into the business community, tapping into their common interests, investments and needs to build practical working relationships between the partners.  

BIE is currently recruiting volunteers to present the “What in the World?” program in New Castle County.  To learn more, visit our website at www.bie.k12.de.us or contact:  Andrea Majewski, BIE Alliance, 226 West Park Place, Suite 2, Newark, DE  19711, phone: (302) 368-4372, fax: (302) 368-1254, email: amajewski@bie.k12.de.us

Gauger-Cobbs Students are Winners at Delaware Theatre Company's
Young Playwright Contest

High School Students Attend JA Focus on the Future Capstone Event

On March 13, students from Glasgow, Newark, and Christiana High Schools participated in the Junior Achievement’s Focus on the Future Program held at JA World in Wilmington, Delaware. Support from the Rodel Foundation allowed Junior Achievement to present classes and real world experiences that would help students discover their post-high school options.

“Junior Achievement of Delaware is proud to have presented the work-readiness program, ‘Focus on the Future,’ in the Christina School District during the past school year,” said Rebecca M. Fisher, Vice President of Education for Junior Achievement of Delaware.    

“We had 31 students from our Accounting, Business Finance, and Computer Application classes engaged with the business representative in the careers that they choose through various surveys and classroom assignments,” said Ed Smith, Business Teacher at Glasgow High School.  “Our students completed a year long program on work-readiness skills, career exploration, and post-secondary education opportunities.”

In the final class sessions, there was a panel discussion about college life that was provided by University of Delaware students.  “Our students were grateful to hear from the University of Delaware students on what college life was like for them and the choices that had to make prior to going to college,” said Mr. Smith.

"We want students to know that they have a world of opportunities for higher education and careers here in Delaware,” said Ms. Fisher.  "Our job is to prepare students to succeed in the global economy.  The first step is helping them find their path toward graduating from high school and then exploring how higher education will help them reach their career and life goals.  JA can do that because of its successful partnerships with the business and education communities." 

“Thank you for the opportunity to meet these employers,” said Shamara Brummell, a Glasgow High School senior.  “The information presented by all the businesses has caused me to totally rethink about my college courses to take and my career goals.  The forensic pathologist from the Medical Examiner’s Office helped me out a lot with ways to get into the field and how to plan for college.”

The day started with panel discussion from the various employers and continued with small group discussions in the chosen career pathways of the students.  After lunch, the students worked on budget planning including finding out how much college is going to cost.  Elizabeth Moodie, a Glasgow Business Teacher, commented, “This is awesome!   The questions the students are asking and the real-life answers these business leaders are giving is changing our student’s career and life perspectives.  All of the students are really engaged.”

“The biggest surprise for me was just learning about what a real lawyer thinks and finding out how they got where they are today,” said Michael Whittington, a sophomore from Glasgow High School.

The following companies and organizations participated:

The Glasgow High students that attended the JA Focus on the Future Program were ShayQuana Abrams, Joshua Banfill, Brandon Brown, Shamara Brummell, Jasmine Buckner, Heather Burris, Bessie Cephas-Stocks, Earnest Concepcion, James Dean, Aaron Dudkewitz, Alec Duvall-Hill, Mario Garcia, Sascha Gibson, Nicholas Giorlando, Lori Class, Kira Goldsborough, Kai Hadaway, Jade Hammond, Danielle Hill, Xavier Kelly, Caira Ledford, Chad Masso, Abrahim Morjana, Victoria Rossiter, Ellesse Rougier, Chantisse Teel, Ariel Walker, Tyrell Whitehead, Michael Whittington, Jasmine Williams, and Diamond Womack.

Also attending were Christin Knox and Christopher Pinkney, students of Edna Buzgon from Newark High School.  Additionally in attendance were students in the Entrepreneurship Class of Christiana High School business teacher Sandra Manfredi.  These students are Renee Alladin, Stanley Bolton, Deborah Bridgeford, Javon Brown, London Brown, Walter Cassidy, Chanae Edwards, Bianca Ford, Lauren Goffredo, Alexandria Jones, Jakwan Keyes, Sarah Lambert, Rodney Laryea, Le’Asia Lively, Xavier McGhee, Malcolm Quallo, Ashanti West, James Williams, Moriah Williams, Keith Wilson, and Raymond Woods.

Christiana High Boys Track Team Wins at Diamond State Relays

Great Things Happening at Glasgow High...

GHS Student Government Association (SGA) Sponsors Blood Drive
The Glasgow High School SGA is sponsoring a Blood Drive on Wednesday, May 6 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  Donors must register by Wednesday, April 22.  Registration forms will be available during lunch.

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