by Colonial School District | Mar 11, 2021 | home 2, women's history
Esther Jones is the name of the real Betty Boop. The iconic cartoon character Betty Boop was inspired by a Black jazz singer in Harlem. Introduced by cartoonist Max Fleischer in 1930, the caricature of the jazz age flapper was the first and most famous sex symbol in...
by Colonial School District | Mar 8, 2021 | home 2, News, women's history
Dr. LaVerne Harmon became President of Wilmington University in July of 2017 after being unanimously approved by its Board of Trustees. She is the first African-American woman to be named the president of a college or university in Delaware. Dr. Harmon holds a...
by Colonial School District | Jan 7, 2021 | home 2, News, Return to School
On Tuesday, Governor John Carney and the Division of Public Health have launched a new school-focused COVID-19 dashboard that will replace the color-coded data dashboard that Delawareans viewed for monitoring school-related community spread (green-minimal,...
by Colonial School District | Jan 1, 2021 | home 2
by Colonial School District | Dec 18, 2020 | Coronavirus, home 2, News
December 18, 2020 Dear Parents/Guardians and Students: We recently learned that two individuals associated with our schools have tested positive for COVID-19 and were in the building when students were present. – George Read Middle School: This individual was...
