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Fifteen schools have won 2014 honors as state Reward and Recognition schools for their exceptional performance and/or closing of achievement gaps. Secretary Mark Murphy announced the winners of the awards, formerly called the state’s Academic Achievement Awards, today at celebratory events in each county. These awards, which carry a $50,000 prize for each school, were created by legislation spearheaded by Lt. Governor Matt Denn and passed by the Delaware General Assembly in 2009. The awards are given (a) to schools whose students are performing at an exceptionally high level, particularly those schools with large percentages of students coming from low-income households, and (b)

Change in Bayard Middle School meeting date: Please note, the original meeting scheduled for Wednesday, November 19 has been changed to Tuesday, November 18 Tuesday, November 18, 2:30-4:00 p.m. Bayard Middle School Priority School Meeting Bayard Middle School Library 200 S. duPont Street Wilmington, DE 19805  Wednesday, November 19, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Bancroft Elementary School Priority School Meeting Bancroft Elementary School Library 700 N. Lombard Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Thursday, November 20, 3:15-4:45 p.m. Stubbs Elementary School Priority School Meeting Stubbs Elementary School Media Center 1100 N. Pine Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Friday, November 21, 3:00-4:30 p.m. Priority Schools Core Planning

The Delaware Department of Education has added a fourth meeting to its schedule of upcoming town halls on the New Accountability System.   ·         6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, November 13 at Waters Middle School, 1235 Cedar Lane Road, Middletown  

Megan Szabo becomes Delaware’s nominee in national competition— Megan Szabo, a science teacher at Postlethwait Middle School in the Caesar Rodney School District, is Delaware’s 2015 State Teacher of the Year. Governor Jack Markell made the announcement tonight in front of about 475 invited guests at the Dover Downs Hotel and Conference Center in Dover. Szabo, who began her teaching career in 2003, teaches a seventh and eighth grade loop at Postlethwait, where she also is team leader, head coach of the school’s Science Olympiad and advisor to the National Junior Honor Society. She is a Next Generation Science Standards

 Twenty Delaware teachers have been nominated for the honor of being named Delaware’s Teacher of the Year for 2015. Selected from among the 9,000 public school teachers in the state, the nominees each represent one of the state’s 19 school districts or charter schools. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at the annual awards banquet. The reception begins at 5 p.m. at the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino in Dover. The program begins at 6 p.m. with the winner named at the end of the night. Funding for the award ceremony is made in part by grants from

Delaware PTA encourages parents and teachers to attend these meeting and to provide public comment on your experiences and thoughts for improving the IEP process and outcomes. This public comment is typically 3 minutes for each person making a statement and takes place at the end of the meetings. If you have questions please feel free to contact President Elect Bill Doolittle at bill.doolittle@delawarepta.org or Exceptional Child Chair Liz Toney liz.toney@delawarepta.org – both officers are on the IEP Task Force. The remaining meetings of the IEP Task Force have been scheduled.  All meetings will take place from 4:30 – 6:30pm. There will be two