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INSIDE THIS ISSUE...
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New Board of
Education Members Elected |
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Downes Elementary Celebrates
Annual ACES Day |
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Tenth-Grader Camille Henderson
is a Featured Speaker at the Women
to Watch Awards |
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Kirk Middle to Host
Award-Winning CHOICES program |
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Marshall Student Kiley Tucker
Receives National PTA Arts Program
Award |
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Douglass School Hosts Career Day |
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Brennen Students Join 2,000
Schools on Music Monday |
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News from Kirk Middle School |
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Glasgow Students Take a Limo
Trip to a Day of Beauty |
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Soldier Geoffrey Guinnup Shares
His Experiences in Iraq with West
Park Students
and Mentors |
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Wilson Students Place First in
Meaningful Economics Event |
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2009 Secretary of Education
Scholars Named |
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Five District Schools Receive
Grants for Parent Resource Center |
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West Park Place Elementary Data
Team Receives Harvard Club
Scholarship |
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New Program for
Mathematically Talented Students in
Grades 2-5 |
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Christina School District Math
League Awards Ceremony |
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A Message from Child
Nutrition Services |
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Community Events |
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Calendar Reminders... |
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New Board of Education Members Elected |
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Following county-wide school board elections on
May 12, John M. Young has been elected to serve
the Christina School District for
District D, and Elizabeth Scheinberg has
been elected to serve for
District E. Young was elected to serve
until 2014, and takes the seat held by Beverly
Howell, who announced in April she would not
seek another term. Scheinberg was elected
to serve until June 2013, serving out the term
of James Durr, who resigned from the Board in
March.
John Young
Young holds a bachelor’s degree from the
University of South Carolina and is
currently an MBA student at the University
of Delaware. He is married and has a son in
the Delaware Autism Program at Downes
Elementary School. He stated in an
interview with the Wilmington News Journal,
“I believe that a capacity to find
consensus, a willingness to engage all
points of view and a strong intellectual
curiosity will serve me well in the key
requirement of being a school board member:
a decision maker. I am unafraid to
make strong and sometimes unpopular
decisions but never without the sense that I
must engage and consider all of Christina’s
constituents: students, teachers,
administrators—in that order.”
Elizabeth Scheinberg
Scheinberg holds a bachelor’s degree from
the University of Delaware. She is
married and has two children, ages 7 and 12.
She stated in an interview with the
Wilmington News Journal, “I am guided by a
strong sense of community responsibility, a
desire to ensure that all children receive
the best education possible, and the
knowledge that education is the great
equalizer. I am first and foremost a parent
of a young child in the CSD with a vested
interest in this district’s success, a
volunteer advocate for special
needs/education, and a dedicated leader in
the pursuit of continued improvement.”
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Downes Elementary Celebrates Annual ACES Day |
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Downes
Elementary School celebrated ACES Day on
Wednesday, May 6 with an annual exercise
event in the morning on the playground.
ACES stands for All Children Exercise
Simultaneously. Mrs. Moss, parent and
former Miss Delaware, began with the singing
of the national anthem. Afterwards,
students and staff exercised and some even
did the conga on the way
back into the school. ACES is a
national event and Downes was one of
hundreds of
 schools
that helped to celebrate this event on May
6.
Project ACES (All Children Exercise
Simultaneously), a signature program of the
Youth Fitness Coalition, Inc. Project
ACES was created in 1989 as a method of
motivating children to exercise. ACES
Day takes place on the first Wednesday in
May as part of National Physical Fitness and
Sports Month along with National Physical
Education Week.
Click here to learn more about Project
ACES.
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Tenth-Grader Camille Henderson is a Featured
Speaker
at the Women to Watch Awards |
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Newark High School student Camille Henderson
was a featured speaker at the Women to Watch
Awards, presented by Running Start. The
Women to Watch Awards honor young women who have
made great achievements. The awards show
also serves to inspire young women and girls to
take their leadership to another level.
Camille Henderson recently participated in the
Running Start political leadership training.
She explained how important this training was in
gaining confidence, and what a great diverse
group of young women she met at the training.
Journalist Liz Wing, who attended the awards
ceremony, wrote, ”Her presence on stage was
incredible and her natural speaking ability had
clearly been nurtured at the training. In
speaking to what she is going to do, now that
she is armed with the skills and knowledge from
the workshop, she simply said: ‘Allow me
to show you instead of tell you – because I am
going to do things. Big things.’ I
have no doubt she will.”
Running Start is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to inspiring young women and girls to
run for political office. Its goal is to
increase the number of women in the United
States who serve in elected office by planting
the seed early that women are needed in
politics. Training programs emphasize
that political leadership is an attainable and
exciting goal for young women to pursue.
Click here to learn more about Running
Start.
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Kirk Middle School to Host Award-Winning CHOICES
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Kirk Middle School will
host the nation-wide, award-winning
CHOICES program for their 8th grade
students on Monday, June 1. CHOICES
is a powerful, interactive workshop designed
to help middle school students take charge
of their lives.
Trained local business
and community volunteers have taught the
CHOICES program in Delaware schools since
1986. The goal of the CHOICES program is to
encourage students to stay in school and to
look more closely at their futures.
The program stresses self-discipline,
 motivation,
time and money management, academic
decisions and career consequences. Through
real-world exercises and eye-opening
role-play, CHOICES workshops empower teens
to achieve academic success in pursuit of
their career and life aspirations. They
inspire students to get involved and make
concrete connections between school and
work.
Representatives from
the following business partners are among
those who will be sharing their time and
expertise with the Kirk Middle School
students:
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Citigroup
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Dental
Offices of Dr. Albert Schmitt
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Christiana
Care Health System
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Caffe
Gelato Restaurant
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Cover &
Rossiter and
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HFM
Investment Advisers, Inc.
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Marshall Student Kiley Tucker Receives
National PTA Arts Program Award |
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Kiley K. Tucker, a fifth
grade student from Marshall
Elementary School, was selected to
receive a National PTA Reflections
Program Award of Excellence (second
place) in the Film art category.
PTA’s Reflections Program has
encouraged millions of students
across the country to explore their
artistic talents for fun and
recognition for nearly 40 years.
Tucker will receive a letter and a
certificate of participation from
the national PTA organization. Kiley’s piece, titled “Lego People
Pyramid,” will join other notable
awarded pieces in a virtual gallery
on PTA’s website in July.
The National PTA will recognize a
total of 71 students with Awards of
Excellence and 119 students with
Awards of Merit across four grade
divisions—primary, intermediate,
middle/junior, and senior—and six
arts categories—dance choreography,
film/video production, literature,
musical composition, photography,
and the visual arts.
About the Reflections Program:
In its nearly 40-year history, the
PTA Reflections Program has
encouraged millions of students
across the nation and in American
schools overseas to explore their
artistic talents. PTA believes that
all children deserve a quality arts
education and encourages students to
pursue artistic expression through
participation in its annual
Reflections Program. The program
offers students the opportunity to
create works of art for fun and
recognition. Students in preschool
through grade 12 are encouraged to
submit works of art in six areas:
literature, dance choreography,
film/video production, musical
composition, photography, and the
visual arts (which includes art
forms such as drawing, painting,
print making, and collage).
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Douglass School Hosts Career Day
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Students and staff at Douglass School had an
opportunity to learn about a variety of careers
at the annual Career Day event held at the
school this month. Of special interest to
students were demonstrations by the Wilmington
Fire Department and Police K9 units, who
demonstrated a variety of equipment and showed
off the abilities of their canine companions who
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Brennen Students Join 2,000 on Music
Monday
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Students at
the Brennen School joined over 2,000 schools
across the United States and
Canada on May 4, as
they celebrated Music Monday! Brennen
School was united with school
children across the continent in singing the
same song at the same time. Students and
staff sang the Music Monday theme song as an
echo song at precisely 1:00 p.m. The event
provided a joyous celebration of the importance
of music in our schools.
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News from Kirk Middle School |
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Kirk Middle School has a
new Community and Career
Center (CCC) to provide
career counseling to
students based on the
state’s Student Success
Plan. The CCC will
also assist students
with connections to a
wide range of career
opportunities and/or
internships,
colleges/universities,
scholarships/financial
aid, volunteer
opportunities, along
with building
employability and
independent living
skills. Students
may also get extra help
in writing resumes,
cover letters,
portfolios, college
essays, college
admission processes, job
and college application
processes, and building
of employability skills
by conducting mock
interviews. The new
center will also serve
as an on-camps location
for employers and
colleges to use to
improve students’
employability skills, as
well as a place for
students to explore peer
mediation and leadership
development.
Kirk students also
“showed an attitude of
gratitude” during the
month of May as they
took on the monthly
challenge of Show Your
Appreciation—by sending
“Thank You Grams” to the
entire
staff at Kirk, including
teachers, crossing
guards, bus drivers,
maintenance workers,
cafeteria workers, and
administrators.
Thirty-five students had
the opportunity to learn
more about the art of
ballet through a
presentation by
Mid-Atlantic Ballet on
May 14. Newark
High School students
Linnea Calzada-Charma
and Beatrice Thomas, who
are both company dancers
for Mid-Atlantic Ballet,
presented a barre
demonstration that
showed students the
complex moves a dancer
must master to perform
at high levels.
Students were also shown
a taped performance of
the ballet Persephone,
and answered questions
by the dancers and
Mid-Atlantic Ballet
artistic director,
Patrick Korstange.
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Glasgow Students Take a Limo Trip to a
Day of Beauty
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On May 5, students from Glasgow High School were
treated to a limo ride and a day of beauty
 by
Delaware Beauty School, as part of a final
activity of the Positive Behavior Support (PBS)
Program, which was implemented for the first
year this year at Glasgow. The limos were
donated by Delaware Express, and Seasons Pizza
also donated lunch for the students who
participated. The girls received facials,
manicures, pedicures, hair styling, and other
treatments. The event was organized by
Phyllis Rubenstein, who also arranged for the
generous donations. The PBS program has
had a significant positive effect on the school
climate at Glasgow, and plans are in place to
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Soldier Geoffrey Guinnup Shares His
Experiences in Iraq
with West Park Students and Mentors
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The Panda Pal Mentors and their students at West
Park Place Elementary School have been
supporting a local soldier in the U.S. Army who
has been serving in Iraq. Geoffrey Guinnup
and his platoon received handmade Valentines
from the students and their mentors in February,
and on May 8 he made a visit to the school to
share stories and pictures about his time in
Iraq. Guinnup is on leave from Iraq, where
he must return in three months, and West Park
Place teachers and mentors were thrilled that he
took the time to visit with the children while
he is back in the United States. Guinnup
grew up in Bear and attended the Charter School
of Wilmington and the University of Delaware,
where he was in the ROTC program. He
shared pictures taken in Iraq of his fellow
soldiers and army living conditions, as well as
photos of everyday life for children and adults
living in Iraq. The students and mentors
made 50 magnets for Guinnup to take back with
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Wilson Students Place First at
Meaningful Economics Event
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The 5th grade team from Wilson Elementary School
took first place in the test portion of the
Meaningful Economics state competition, earning
32 out of 40 points. Team members included
Karl Stomberg, Aaron Moriak,
Lindsey Dillon, and Evan Bennett. The
event involves more than 200 students throughout
the state and is sponsored by the University of
Delaware's Center for Economic Education
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2009 Secretary of Education Scholars
Named
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Sixty-nine students from the graduating
class of 2009 have been named “Secretary of
Education Scholars” representing all 33
public and charter high schools in
Delaware. The scholars program, first
introduced under then State Superintendent
William Keene, Ed.D.,
honors seniors for their outstanding
commitment not only to academics but to
their communities as well.
Secretary
of Education Scholars named for the
Christina School District include:
Ellen Baca and Angelica Montes,
Christiana High School; Lindsay McHale
and Iman Shamloul, Glasgow High
School; Dhara Amin, Jonathan
Chamberlain and Jason Huynh,
Newark High School.
Each year, principals are asked to submit to
the Department of Education the names of
their exemplary scholars based on a record
of academic excellence as well as a strong
commitment to community service. Depending
on the size of student enrollment at each
high school, principals can identify between
one and four students for the “Secretary of
Education Scholars” award.
“I applaud the efforts of these outstanding
young men and women for what they have done
for themselves and for their community,”
said Secretary of Education Lillian M.
Lowery. “From achieving great academic
success to volunteering their time at area
hospitals and faith organizations to
mentoring underprivileged children and
working the Special Olympics, our scholars
have demonstrated ‘service above self’ over
and over again. Each scholar has achieved
incredible success that will pave the way
for a bright future. I wish each of you a
wonderful journey in the years ahead.”
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Five District Schools Receive Grants for Parent
Resource Centers |
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 Parent
Information Center of
Delaware (PIC) on behalf
of its Delaware Parental
Information & Resource
Center (DEPIRC) program
has announced that five
schools in the Christina
School
District have been
awarded grants to create
or expand a parent
resource center in their
buildings. The
schools receiving
funding are Bancroft
Elementary School,
McVey Elementary
School, Porter
Road Elementary School,
Bayard Middle School,
and Kirk Middle
School. Christina
School District received
5 of the 10 grants
awarded statewide.
Resource centers offer
families a valuable tool
for obtaining
information and
education about how to
effectively support
their child’s learning.
In fact, the U.S.
Department of Education
and National PIRC
Coordination Center both
strongly endorse
school-based resource
centers as an effective
way to improve parental
involvement and impact
student and school
success.
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West Park Place Elementary Data Team Receives
Harvard Club Scholarship |
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The West Park Place
Elementary School data
team received a
scholarship from the
Harvard Club of Delaware
to attend a week-long
professional development
institute entitled Data
Wise. The Harvard
Club of Delaware
provided the scholarship
to send four members of
the school team, 3
teachers and the
principal. The West
Park Place data team
includes seven staff
members, who selected
three teachers to
attend. Members that
will be attending the
institute include
Kalia Reynolds,
Principal, Jamett
Garlick, 1st grade
teacher, Helen Baynum,
3rd grade teacher, and
Michelle Kennard,
5th grade teacher.
Click here to learn
more about the program.
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New Program for Mathematically Talented Students in
Grades 2-5
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On April 1, Christina School
District teachers of gifted
students in grades 2-5 began
implementing the math
curriculum, “M Cubed:
Mentoring Mathematical
Minds” Algebra strand.
M Cubed introduces advanced
math content focused on
critical and creative
problem solving and
reasoning.
Understanding that
mathematically gifted
students may perform at
different
levels, M Cubed provides a
variety of differentiation
opportunities. Each
lesson also focuses on
understanding and using math
vocabulary. A common
assessment and scoring
rubric is located at the end
of every unit. Although
there are 4 four different
math strands available, the
teachers chose to begin
implementing the Algebra
strand. In Level 3
Algebra strand, students
study patterns and how they
change, how they can be
repeated, and how they grow.
They develop generalizations
about math relationships in
the patterns and realize
that their world can be
represented mathematically.
In the Level 4 Algebra
strand, students work with
variables and equations.
The discussions and
experiences provide a rich
context for introducing
students to algebraic
thinking and problem
solving. In the Level 5
Algebra strand, students
learn about algebra as a set
of concepts tied to the
representation of
relationships either by
words, tables, or graphs.
They extend their notion of
variable from a letter in an
equation that represents a
number to a more broad
definition, that of
quantity.
For more advanced students,
the Beginning Algebra text
and Ingenuity support
lessons provide a bridge
between arithmetic and
pre-algebra. As
students cross the bridge,
they will move from working
problems that are mostly
numerical to solving those
that require more advanced
reasoning skills that
require working with
variables, expression and
equations.
The
target date for implementing
all math strands: Algebra,
Number, Geometry and
Measurement, Data and
Probability, is September 1.
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Christina School District Math League Awards
Ceremony |
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This year, Christina School
District implemented a Math
League for grades 4 and 5.
All students that
participate will receive a
ribbon from their gifted
teacher. In addition,
the two
 highest
scoring students in each
building are invited to
attend the Christina School
District Math League Awards
Ceremony, on May 26, at
Maclary School, from
7:00-8:00 p.m. At the
ceremony, the students will
receive a medal recognizing
their accomplishments.
Light refreshments will
follow. All
are
welcome to attend.
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A Message from Child Nutrition Services |
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Dear Christina Families:
We understand that financial times can be
uncertain. We are all watching the news and
listening to President Obama explain the
economic future of our country. We are also
seeing state level cutbacks and are aware
that unemployment is on the rise. Financial
matters in the home are personal, but we
realize that sometimes situations may
change. As a way of assisting, we are
providing you with a meal benefit form
application which may qualify your child(ren)
for free or reduced priced meal status. If
you have any questions please feel free to
call us.
With thanks,
Ande Solge
Acting
Supervisor
Child Nutrition Services
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Civil War Encampment - May 16 |
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The City of Newark and the Pencader Heritage
Area Association will sponsor a Civil War
Encampment on Saturday, May 16 at the Pencader
Heritage Museum located at 2029 Sunset Lake Road
(Route 72 and Old Baltimore Pike). The event
will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and
will feature demonstrations in drill, musketry,
and camp life presented by the 61st
Regt. New York Infantry. |
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Newark Memorial Day Parade - May 17 |
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The City of Newark will hold its annual Memorial
Day Parade and Ceremonies on Sunday, May 17 on
Newark’s Main Street. Wave a flag, claim a piece
of curb, or bring a chair to the annual parade.
Honor our veterans, who have fought for our
freedom, and say thank you to our returning
active-duty soldiers. Interested in
participating? Contact Linda Burns at
Linda.Burns@cj.state.de.us. |
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Calendar Reminders... |
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Monday, May 18 |
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Tuesday, May 19 |
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Wednesday, May 20 |
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Thursday, May 21 |
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Monday, May 25 |
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SCHOOLS & OFFICE CLOSED -
Memorial Day Holiday
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Tuesday, May 26 |
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Math League Awards Ceremony
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Wednesday, May 27 |
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Friday, May 29 |
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Monday, June 1 |
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Christiana High School
Graduation, 7:00 p.m.,
University of Delaware Bob
Carpenter Center
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Tuesday, June 2 |
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Newark High School Graduation,
7:00 p.m., University of
Delaware Bob
Carpenter Center
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Wednesday, June 3 |
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Glasgow High School Graduation,
7:00 p.m., University of
Delaware Bob
Carpenter Center
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Thursday, June 4 |
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High School Exams, EARLY
DISMISSAL HIGH SCHOOLS
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Brennen School, Delaware Autism
Program Graduation, 4:00 p.m.,
Christiana High School
Auditorium
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Sterck School, Delaware School
for the Deaf, 7:00 p.m., Kirk
Middle School Auditorium
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Friday, June 5 |
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High School Exams, EARLY
DISMISSAL HIGH SCHOOLS
- Groves School Graduation, 7:00
p.m., Glasgow High School
Auditorium
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Monday, June 8 |
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High School Exams, EARLY
DISMISSAL HIGH SCHOOLS
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Tuesday, June 9 |
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LAST PK-K STUDENT DAY
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High School Exams, EARLY
DISMISSAL HIGH SCHOOLS
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Board of Education General
Business Meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
Brookside Elementary School
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Wednesday, June 10 |
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LAST STUDENT DAY - EARLY
DISMISSAL
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Monday, June 15 |
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LAST TEACHER DAY,
PARAPROFESSIONALS OFF
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Monday, June 15 - Friday, August 7 |
- District Summer Hours,
Monday-Thursday, 7:00 am. - 5:00
p.m., CLOSED FRIDAY
The standard 5-day work week
will resume Monday, August 10
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Wednesday, June 17 |
- Hold the Date:
Christina School District Annual
Retirement Celebration, Hotel
duPont - Additional
information about the event will
be provided soon.
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Tuesday, June 23 |
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