Christiana High School
The students and staff of Christiana High
School will be holding a "Hats 4 Haiti" fundraiser beginning Monday, January 25.
A number of student organizations will be
collecting $1 donations from students and staff
during lunch periods January 25-29. For
their $1 donation, participates can wear the hat
of their choice in school all day on Friday,
January 29. The total amount collected
will be matched by the United Way of Delaware.
Gauger-Cobbs Middle School
The 509 teachers at Gauger-Cobbs Middle
School
 organized a school-wide effort,
Operation Haiti...Gauger Cares! Under
the leadership of Ms. Turner and several
of her students, money was collected for 5 days
during each of the three lunches. It was
evident that the students and staff at
Gauger-Cobbs truly do care. Through their
generous donations, a grand total of $707.24 was
raised. This money will be donated to the
Red Cross to help the victims of the earth
quake. What an outstanding school-wide
effort.
Newark High School
NHS Men's Tennis Team
was awarded the Team Sportsmanship Award at
the annual USTA Award Celebration on Sunday,
January 3. Coach John Taylor
accepted the Bunny Vosters Team Sportsmanship
Award at the ceremony. Newark's first
singles player, junior Vijay Sarathi,
received the Ken Isaacs Sportsmanship Award
which is given to the male athlete who exhibits
the most sportsmanlike behavior in the state.
Way to go Vijay!
NHS received a Better Newark Award from the
Newark Conservation Advisory Commission.
The award is in recognition of the efforts of
the NHS Nature Society to improve the
environmental integrity and appearance of the
school. Such efforts include water and
soil conservation as well as environmental
stewardship of the wildlife area within the
school. The award specifically mentions
the school yard habitat that has been
established in the school's courtyard and the
educational opportunities as a result of its
existence.
Katie McLaughlin recently won the
Poetry Out Loud contest held in Newark.
Poetry professors from the University of
Delaware were on hand to judge the competition.
Katie now travels to Smyrna to compete in the
state finals competition. More information
is available at
www.poetryoutloud.org. Good luck
Katie!
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