March 22, 2017
Delaware News
Cape Gazette
Sussex Science Fair highlights area students
Beacon Middle eighth-grader Douglas Heid had a sweet idea for his science fair project. Using two chocolate bars, a Hershey bar and a Lindt chocolate bar, Heid swapped labels, and set out to see whether consumers could tell the difference between the brands. Lindt chocolate...
March 21, 2017
Delaware News
Rodel Blog
Can personalized learning defray the cost of special education
Blog post by Rachel Wiggans Chan, senior program officer at the Rodel Foundation of Delaware
Special education costs nearly twice as much as regular classroom education, but early intervention can decrease special education costs by 40 percent. Scrapping the...
March 20, 2017
Delaware News
Cape Gazette
Maker Day held at Worcester Prep
Worcester Prep 9th- and 10th-graders participated in Maker Day March 3 to celebrate inventing, problem solving, working collaboratively and constructing solutions. Students broke into small teams that constructed operating displays of technologies from the Renaissance period. Upper...
March 17, 2017
Delaware News
The News Journal
Sussex Academy student among best Hispanic and Latino PSAT takers
Sussex Academy junior Hector Herrara recently scored in the top 2.5 percent on the PSAT/NMSQT among all of the Hispanic and Latino test-takers in the region. As a result, he has been invited to participate in the National Hispanic Recognition Program...