Puppies find a place on Delaware Park’s racing card at adoption event
Faithful Friends placed three of the puppies it brought to Delaware Park into new homes on Saturday. The winner of the Dog Dash was the fastest but was still available for a permanent home as of late afternoon on August 24, 2024. At least one older dog from the shelter also found a new home.
Did you get your school supplies? Done!
Did you get new school clothes?
Ready to send your kids back to school for the new school year? Oh yeah, that’s a big check.
The last week of August has begun and Labor Day is just around the corner next weekend. It’s time for the kids to go back to school.
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Which schools in Delaware are starting school again before Labor Day?
Monday
Red clay consolidates
Monday is the first day of school for Red Clay’s Early Years Program, kindergarteners with last name AL, grades 1-6, and high school freshmen. On Tuesday, those same kindergarteners report along with all other students. On Wednesday and Thursday, the other half of the kindergarteners with last name MZ report instead, making it a split week for kindergarten.
After such a busy first week back in the classroom, students can look forward to no classes on Friday and Monday.
Colonial style
Monday is the first day for kindergarteners with the last name AL, grades 1 through 6, and high school freshmen, as Colonial is doing a staggered start. Then on Tuesday, seventh and eighth graders will be welcomed in addition to sophomores and seniors. The rest of the kindergarten class should arrive by Wednesday, followed by all preschoolers on September 3.
laurel
On Monday, ninth graders will be welcomed to the Laurel School District, and the next day, all students in preschool through high school across the Sussex County school system will begin school.
POLYTECH
This Monday is the first day of school for all students at POLYTECH High School.
Seaford
Monday is Day 1 for preschool, kindergarten, third, sixth and ninth graders. All students should report to Seaford by the following Tuesday, August 27.
Woodbridge
Students in grades one through six, high school freshmen, and kindergarten (Group A) will have their first day of school in Woodbridge on Monday. The next day, seventh and eighth graders will attend classes with the rest of the high school students. On Wednesday, August 28, the second half of the kindergarten students will arrive.
Tuesday
Brandy wine
Monday is the first day of school for grades 1-6 and high school freshmen and seniors, according to the district calendar. It also serves as orientation day for kindergarten, but times vary from school to school. The following day, Wednesday, August 28, all K-12 students report to school.
Milford
On Tuesday, there will be a “transition day” for kindergarten, first and sixth graders, and high school freshmen. The next day, August 30, the school day begins in Milford for grades K-12.
New Castle County Vocational School
The first week of school at Vo-Tech will be staggered, beginning on the last Tuesday in August. Students will then have no classes on Friday, September 1st, before all students are back in school on Tuesday, September 5th.
Sussex Technical
For the Sussex County Vocational Technical School District, the doors will open for freshmen only on Friday, August 23. And all other high school students can join the ranks the following Tuesday, August 27, once they are settled in.
Thursday
Seewald
Lake Forest will host a half-day “Transition Day” for kindergarten, fourth, sixth, and early high school students on Thursday, August 29. The following week, the first day of school for all grades will be Tuesday, September 3.
Which schools in Delaware will reopen after Labor Day?
3 September
Appoquinimink
On the first Tuesday in September, Appo’s first through ninth graders are welcomed along with kindergarteners with the last name AL. The next half of kindergarten and the rest of high school join by Wednesday, followed by all of preschool on Thursday.
Caesar Rodney
Tuesday is the first day of school for the students at Caesar Rodney.
Capital city
This Tuesday is also the first day of school for Capital’s preschoolers through ninth graders. The rest of the high school students will start school a day later and begin school on Wednesday.
Christina
On Tuesday, Christina’s grades 1-6 will be welcomed along with the high school freshmen and there will be an orientation for kindergarten. The first day of school for the rest of K-12 is the next day.
Delmar
The school year begins in Delmar on Tuesday for fifth and ninth graders. All classes must register by Wednesday, September 4th.
Indian River
Kindergarten, sixth and ninth grades begin the school year in Indian River on Tuesday, along with Howard T. Ennis School. The first day for the rest of grades K-12 is Wednesday. Preschool begins the following Tuesday, September 11.
Smyrna
This first Tuesday in September is the first day of school for K-12 students in Smyrna, although second, third, and fourth grade students are asynchronous. The remaining students report the next day.
4 September
Cape Henlopen
According to the school calendar, Wednesday is the first day that students will return to school in Cape Henlopen.
