High School Educational Segments

How important is that SAT score?

Over a million high-school students will buckle-down to take the SAT this spring.Is a great SAT score your child's key to the college of her choice?

First Class Graduates from US Cyber Challenge Delaware Camp

Appoquinimink school district recognizes Wilmington Trust's "Bank in School" program

 WIlmington Trust named Appoquinimink School District’s 2010 Outstanding Business Partner of the Year by the district’s Board of Education.
New Castle County Vo-Tech school students win 3 Gold and 3 Bronze medals at National SkillsUSA Competition in Kansas City...

Cab Calloway senior Andrew Zaldivar gets his hair cut for charity...

More than 300 family, friends and dignitaries helped Andrew raise over $2000 dollars for the Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain TUmor Foundation...

Poison Ivy Treatment and Prevention

If you are exposed, according to the FDA, you should quickly (within 10 minutes):first, cleanse exposed areas with rubbing alcohol.

New Lung Cancer drug shows extraordinary promise...

More than 90 percent of the 82 patients in a study saw their tumors shrink after two months on the drug, Pfizer Inc.'s crizotinib, (crih-ZAH-tin-ib), researchers reported.

 

Sussex Central High School's Theatre is "One of the Jewels of the Indian River School District"...

"Sussex Central High School's Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is truly one of the jewels of the Indian River School District," according to Indian River Superintendent Dr. Susan Bunting. "Its' annual music, drama and dance productions serve as a showcase for our students' immense talent. 

 

Indian River High School Student Jacob Martin qualifies for the International Science and Engineering Fair...

Martin, a ninth-grade student at Indian River High School, won first place in his division at the Delaware Valley Science Fair in Philadelphia last month. In doing so, the 15-year-old qualified for the International Fair in Reno, Nevada.

Delcastle High School's Dr. Joseph Jones named Delaware's Secondary Principal of the Year...

The Delaware Association of School Administrators (DASA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph M. Jones has been chosen as Delaware’s Secondary Principal of the Year.

facebook offers new privacy settings...

In response to confusion over its latest round of changes, Facebook intends to simplify its privacy options, Tim Sparapani, Facebook's chief of public policy, said in an interview.
Top students from Delaware’s 38 public and charter high schools were honored this evening as exemplary scholars of the graduating Class of 2010 by government and education officials at the annual Secretary of Education’s Scholars Dinner held at the Sheraton Inn and Conference Center in Dover.

Polytech High Student Wins Award...

Polytech High School senior Noah Link, age 17, of Dover was presented a $100 check from the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) for his winning entry in the special computer generated category for grades 10-12 in the Association's national poster contest. 

Senior Leadership makes the difference in the success of Charter School's softball success...

CSW senior outfielder Kristina MIller prepares for an upcoming game by honing her batting eye in the gymnasium.
On Saturday, April 17, volunteers including families from around the state, Boy Scout Troop 24, and the Wolfe 3 team from the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) joined with DNREC and planted 800 natives trees at the Blackbird Creek Reserve near Townsend.
 Kathryn Hanling '11 was one of 53 female high school students to be recognized for outstanding performance in science and mathematics by the Coastal-Georgetown and Newark Branches of the American Association of University Women (AAUW).

Schoolnite.net congratulates St. Mark's senior Caitlin Redding

Ms. Redding '10 was awarded the highest honor that the DMEA bestows upon a student musician for her continued excellence in vocal performance.

Caesar Rodney High School TV Production Class Reaching for the Stars!...

Caesar Rodney High School of Camden, DE has a young, but sophisticated, multimedia program that is affording its student participants hands-on video production opportunities.

 

Spring is coming... and so is the danger of Lyme disease...

In Delaware, as many of 50 percent of all deer ticks may be infested with the bacterium that causes Lyme Disease

Woolly Mammoths return... 

The beasts had long lain extinct and forgotten, embedded deep in the frozen turf, bodies swaddled in Earth's layers for thousands of years before Christ. Now, the Russian permafrost is offering up the bones and tusks of the woolly mammoths that once lumbered over the tundra.
 Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, UCLA, Harvard University, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and Cornell University have teamed up to develop and test a broad-spectrum antiviral compound... 

Electric cars to be tested in Canadian climate...

Electric cars to be tested in Canadian climate...

Quebec's power utility is teaming up with Mitsubishi Motors to road test the performance of up to 50 all-electric vehicles against the rigors of the Canadian climate and measure their infrastructure needs.
Doomsday clock set back

Scientists push "Doomsday Clock" back a minute...

Scientists pushed back the hands on the symbolic Doomsday Clock by one minute citing hopeful developments in nuclear weapons and climate change.

Norway testing world's first osmotic power plant

Norway is testing the world's first osmotic power plant

Norway last month opened the world's first osmotic power plant, which produces emissions-free electricity by mixing fresh water and sea water through a special membrane...

Volunteers wanted for simulated 520-day Mars mission

Starting in 2010, an international crew of six will simulate a 520-day round trip to Mars, including a 30-day stay on the Martian surface. The actual stay will be in a facility in Moscow, Russia...

Algae turned into high-energy hydrogen source...

New findings from a team of researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,   show that photosynthesis – the process by which plants regenerate using energy from the sun – may function as a clean, sustainable source of hydrogen.

Financial Aid Overview...

 The thought of paying for a college education is enough to give heartburn to any high school senior and their parents. Here is an overview of the financial aid process... Understanding the system is the first step to getting the money to attend the college of your choice! 

Understanding Early Decision Applications to College...

Many high school seniors wonder about applying for early decision from the college of their choice. There are some details that you should know about if you decide to apply early... 

 

Genetics and Blood Types...

Learning about Stem Cells, Cloning, Gene Therapy... This site from the University of Utah is one of the best sites we found on everything to do with Heredity and Traits, DNA to Protein, and Blood Types....

Indian River School District has new dress code and phone rules..

The Indian River School District Board of Education has presented district students with a new dress code and a new cell phone usage police for the 2009-2010 school year. Here are some of the details...

Saturn seen like never before!...

For those of you interested in space exploration, the robotic explorer spacecraft Cassini is enabling views of the rings of Saturn that have never been seen from Earth! 

Cheerleading is awesome, but be smart...

Cheerleading is a leading cause of catastrophic injury among young women. This article examines the dangers associated with this very physical activity, and the lack of enough safety measures put in place to protect the participants...

The periodic table is the most important chemistry reference there is. It arranges all the known elements in an informative array. Elements are arranged left to right and top to bottom in order of increasing atomic number.