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CSD News
A newsletter from Christina School District
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News from the District
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June 25 Christina Board of Education Meeting Sessions Canceled
The Board of Education General Business Meeting Executive and Public Sessions are canceled for Tuesday, June 25. The meeting sessions were originally scheduled to take place at Sarah Pyle Academy.
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 9 at Sarah Pyle Academy.
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 Dean J. Ivory Named Principal of Glasgow High School
On June 11, the Christina Board of Education approved Dean J. Ivory as principal of Glasgow High School, effective July 1. Ivory has served as principal of Laurel Senior High school since 2006, and from 1999 to 2006 served as principal of Lake Forest High School. He has also been a business teacher at Polytech High School and Woodbridge Junior/Senior High School. Laurel High School received the 2013 Lieutenant Governor's Excellence in Parental Involvement Award in 2013, an Academic Achievement Award in 2012, and has twice been named a Positive Behavior Support Star School. Ivory has served on numerous professional committees, and has been involved with the Race to the Top and Common Core initiatives. He was selected as a presenter at the 2013 Delaware Academy for School Leadership Policy and Practice Institute. While principal at Lake Forest High School, he was named State Secondary Principal of the Year in 2004, and was recognized with the Administrator's Award for Excellence by the Delaware School Library Media Association in 2004. He holds a master's degree in educational leadership and instruction from Wilmington University, and a bachelor's degree in business administration and accounting from Delaware State University. |
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Christina Board of Education Vacancy
With the resignation of Gina Backus, the Christina School District announces a vacancy on the School Board. This position is advertised pursuant to Delaware Code, Title 14, Chapter 10, Section 1054. The position represents District F. District Boundaries are posted on the New Castle County Department of Elections website at http://electionsncc.delaware.gov/ under Information/District Maps. Persons interested in becoming a candidate:- Must be a citizen of the United States and Delaware as well as a resident of the school district in which elected
- Must be qualified to vote in a school election in the school district where the person is a candidate at the time of the election
- Must be 18 years of age or older at the time of the election
- Must be a resident of the nominating district for the seat he or she seeks where the election is by nominating district
Letters of application, accompanied by a resume of the applicant's educational and professional background will be accepted until 5:00pm on July 2, 2013.
Letters of Application should be submitted to:
Mrs. Kerry McGinnis Board Specialist Drew Educational Support Center 600 North Lombard Street Wilmington, DE 19801
The Board may conduct personal interviews with chosen applicants.
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CSD Music Teacher and District Music Chair Rosaria Macera (center) pictured with Newark
High School students (courtesy: Newark Post)
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CSD Teacher Rosaria Macera Appointed to Delaware Professional Standards Board
Rosaria Macera, Music Teacher and District Music Chair, was appointed by Governor Markell to serve as a member of the Delaware Professional Standards Board (PSB). The Governor's nomination and appointment was approved and confirmed by the State Senate on June 19. The PSB, created by the General Assembly, works in conjunction with the Department of Education and the State Board of Education to "establish a system of professional development, professional standards, licensure, certification and evaluation that serves to continually improve the quality of instruction for Delaware's children so that they are equipped to work and succeed in an ever-changing and increasingly complex global economy." The first meeting of the new board will be held on August 1.
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Food That's In...When School is Out
Christina Summer Food Service Programs Offered Now through August 1
Christina School District's Summer Lunch Crew will be participating in the 2013 Summer Food Service Program through August 2, 2013. The federally-funded program provides free breakfasts and lunches during the summer months and will be available Monday through Thursday at the sites listed below.
Breakfast and Lunch Locations:
- Newark Sites
- Brader Elementary School
- Brookside Elementary School
- Christiana High School
- Gauger-Cobbs Middle School
- Glasgow High School
- Leasure Elementary School
- McVey Elementary School
- Smith Elementary School
- Shue-Medill Middle School
- Wilmington Sites
- Bancroft Elementary School
- Bayard Middle School
- Elbert-Palmer Elementary School
- Pulaski Elementary School
- Stubbs Elementary School
The District's popular Family Dinner nights will be offered at Bayard Middle School in Wilmington and Brookside and Brader Elementary Schools in Newark.
The Christina Summer Lunch Crew meal program is unique in that the meal sites are monitored by Child Nutrition Services personnel. Students are served nutritional meals, featuring many of their school year favorites, in a safe environment with trained personnel.
The Summer Food Program is a federal program of the Food and Nutrition Services, United States Department of Agriculture.
Who is Eligible?
All children 18 years of age and under are eligible to receive FREE meals. No need to apply for the program - just bring yourself and enjoy tasty and nutritious meals.
Please Note: All meals must be eaten on site.
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District Summer Hours in Effect Through August 9
Christina School District schools and programs are now following their summer schedule. Schools and offices will be open Monday-Thursday from 7:00 am-5:00 pm, Closed Friday. Summer hours will be effect through August 9. Beginning Monday, August 12, schools and offices will resume their normal operating schedule.
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News from Elementary Schools
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Five District Schools Raise Money for Oklahoma Food Bank
Led by enrichment students in each school, Brader, Wilson, West Park, Gallaher, and Leasure Elemenary Schools collected change for the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma for their use in the aftermath and the needs of those in the region affected by the recent tornado. Students did this in the last week of school, and gathered after the last day of school to present their checks!
The combined total raised from the five schools was $2335. This donation will make a difference for those people most affected by the tornados in Oklahoma.
Enrichment Teachers participating:
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 Bancroft 3rd Graders Create Their Own Mini Society
Ms. Wallace, a third grade teacher at Bancroft Elementary School, started using the Mini Society program in her classroom this year. Students learned about creating their own society and entrepreneurship. They held their very own market day where other classrooms and staff members came to shop at their businesses. The student businesses included picture frames, stress balls, glitzy sunglassess, and "diamond studded" hairbands. One student even made creative bags using recycled potato chip bags while another student offered nail polishing services. There were so many creative businesses and the students did a fantastic job creating their products. They will now hold an auction using their "TTs," their classroom currency, they have earned.
The training for this program is provided to teachers through the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware. The goal of the Center is to provide educators with high quality programs and workshops to increase knowledge and understanding of economics and entrepreneurship. A mini-economic system is established by students in grades 3-6 in which they create and manage currency and run businesses which provide goods and essential services for their society. Students experience roles as employee, producer, consumer and voting citizen, and learn economic and entrepreneurial concepts.
Click here to learn more and view additional photos.
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 Keene Elementary School Student Wins National Recipe Contest
Some of America's most creative junior chefs put their talents to the test and whipped up over 1,300 delicious lunchtime recipes as part of the second annual Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. The competition was steep, but a panel of judges selected one winning recipe from each U.S. state and three of the U.S. territories. The winning recipes were chosen based on guidance that supports USDA's MyPlate to ensure that meals were affordable, original, healthy, and delicious. Braeden Mannering, a third grade student at Keene Elementary School, was the winner from Delaware.
On July 9th, Braeden and the budding chefs from other U.S. states and principalities will travel with their parents to the White House for the second annual Kids' "State Dinner." The group will join The First Lady for a healthy lunch, featuring a selection of the winning recipes, followed by a visit to the White House kitchen garden. Braeden's winning recipe was "Tortilla Bowl Deluxe."
"I want to thank Keene Principal Bea Speir and teacher Cheryl Buckingham for always being so encouraging and supportive to the students at Keene Elementary. Had it not been for the both of them Braeden probably wouldn't have thought about entering and wouldn't be getting ready to have this amazing experience!" said Braeden's mother, Christy Mannering. The family leaves for Washington, DC and the White House on July 8, and Braeden was interviewed about his winning recipe recently by Channel 6 Action News.
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 The Seeds of Learning
By: Wendy Wagner
Brader Elementary School Parent
Through the years of going to school at Henry M. Brader our children, Morgan and Jesse have come home with a lot of different projects, but their favorites were always something that grew. Morgan in kindergarten grew a zinnia flower from seed; we planted it in our garden and it grew 2 feet tall. Jesse's favorite was the pea plant that actually produced some peas. Even their MAD science classes after school had a "growing lesson," Morgan came home with a cabbage plant. But their favorite seed is a seed that they planted at home. One of their favorite fruits to eat is apples, all different kinds, from sweet to tart. After polishing off a juicy snack of a Gala or Red Delicious, they collected the seeds from the core of the apple and we placed them into Dixie cups on the kitchen window sill. We decided to see if we could actually grow an apple tree. We planted two seeds and got two little sprouts in each cup.
Within a few months these little trees were ready to go outside to the deck to be put into 4" clay pots. The fresh air, sunshine and outside environment is much better suited for a tree than our kitchen. Their new home became our back deck over the past few years. It was 2 summers ago when we "lost" one of the apple trees to an unknown critter that snuck into the backyard, either a rabbit or a groundhog, which managed to ravage our potted plants. It ate the cabbage, tendrils from a pumpkin plant, and sadly one of the apples trees to the point where it didn't grow anymore. Luckily, the other apple tree did survive the "All You Can Eat Buffet" that we supplied some woodland creature and replanted it into a much bigger pot for protection. Our little tree has managed to come back from the attack and has grown very well. From a little 2 inch seedling in the window in 2010, to a tree that now stands 4 feet tall in 2013; it is just about the same height as Morgan! Knowing that we get animals that will eat our tree, we decided that planting it in the backyard wouldn't be safe.
Morgan decided to ask Mrs. Sharon Brubaker, Librarian and Head Garden Coordinator at Brader Elementary, if we could donate the tree to the school. Morgan and I met with Mrs. Brubaker to determine the best location for the apple tree. It was decided that the best place to plant the tree was in the butterfly garden next to the peach tree that has been dedicated to the school's namesake Henry M. Brader. With the recent passing of Mrs. Brader, it is our family's hope that the school would like to honor Mrs. Brader for her contributions and dedicate this apple tree in her memory. That way future students can see the seeds of learning grow and prosper throughout the years as this tree matures, gets bigger and stronger, and adapts year after year to the challenges of life, much like the students in the "halls of learning" next to the garden. We hope the current students and staff at Brader will enjoy watching this tree grow and change, just as we like to see our children grow and change with what they learn at Brader Elementary.
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Questions or comments regarding the CSDNews may be directed to the Christina School District Public Information Office at 302-552-2670 or feedback@christina.k12.de.us |
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Christina School District, 600 N. Lombard Street, Wilmington. DE 19801
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