We are excited to inform you that the School Board approved several bid packages for the construction of the two new interconnected middle schools on Pat Lynn Drive! We are ready to proceed with construction and Richard Y. Johnson & Son, Inc. has begun work on the site with trees being cleared as well as the old tennis courts. We are thrilled to see things moving forward and that it won’t be long until construction actually begins. We will keep you informed of progress in future updates!
Here’s a video of the heavy machine that helps prepare the Pat Lynn Drive property for the new schools. As part of the construction, we also look forward to the abundance of trees that will be planted throughout the area surrounding the schools.
This week, March 7 through March 13, is National School Social Worker Week. We’d like to honor and thank our School Social Workers for all the wonderful work they do for our students, their families, staff, and the community with the slideshow video below. Please take some time to send a thank you to a school social worker.
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The Dover High School Unified Basketball Team beat Seaford on March 10 with a final score of 34-20. It was one of their best games this year as every single player put points on the board! The Team is headed to the State Finals this Saturday at home. They will face-off against Indian River, a team our Dover team beat in the regular season 28-18. We are excited that the team will be heading into the championship game with a record of 5-0-1! Coach Mr. Michael Denman and Assistant Coaches Mr. Aaron Vaughn, Mr. Nikola Sijan, and Mr. Gavin Schukoske are extremely proud of their athletes and partners who exemplify true sportsmanship. Not only do the athletes play together as a team, they are always encouraging each other as well as their opponents. They continue to make the coaching staff and the rest of the Senator Nation proud to be a Senator! Join us in wishing the Team and Coaches good luck as Dover plays for the title of State Champions!
Capital School District students continue to engage in Black History Month projects as they learn about African American leaders and their contributions. Every school has been celebrating this diverse history including our PreK students working on Black History Month service projects! We are highlighting a few, so please make sure you continue to follow our social media pages:
Booker T. Washington Elementary
Booker T. Washington Elementary School held a Black History Drive-In Movie Night on Friday, February 26, 2021. The first part of the movie night was a video compilation of the school’s wonderful Black History projects, which you can also view below! Afterward, families were treated to a wonderful family movie.
The event was by RSVP and was held in the parking lot of the school.
Children were provided with drinks and snacks!
Central Middle School
Enjoy Black History videos created by students with help from their teachers! What a great way to learn about key figures throughout history during the month of February--Black History Month!
Central Middle School students honor Black History Month in their Family Consumer Science classes through the video below!
East Dover Elementary
Fairview Elementary
Fairview Elementary School created a video slideshow highlighting their numerous Black History student projects created by Library Media Specialist Gina Baumgartner, Fairview’s Teacher of the Year for 2021-2022!
North Dover Elementary
North’s Related Arts created a Black History Google Slides presentation as a Video! Take a peek at the students’ projects included in the presentation!
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South Dover Elementary
The Related Art teachers of South Dover Elementary found a creative way to teach students about Black History! Take a tour through the virtual Black History museum that they created by clicking on the image below.
Dover High School
Dover High School students continued with Read Alongs in the evenings. Other students’ black history projects were expressed in dance and music.
DHS 9th grader Trinity August’s choreography was part of a project where students explored the music of African artists. Her project is entitled: The Motherland.
DHS student Grady O’Connor performed “Sandu” one of the songs that musician Clifford Brown played in his repertoire. Clifford Brown was born in Wilmington, DE in 1930. He attended Howard High School, Delaware's first secondary school for Black students. Despite passing away in a car accident at the age of 25, Brown wrote and performed many songs that are now considered standard jazz repertoire.
The Capital School District Equity Core team invites you to join our equity work. In partnership with the Rowan University Partnerships for Educational Equity and Research (PEER) lab, we invite district staff, students, families and community members to take the lead in moving our district toward equity. Those who are interested may elect to join the work through participation in the Equity Council or the Student Voice Committee. Here are two videos from information sessions on both!
Capital Council Information Session
Capital Student Voice Team Information Session
The Equity Council will be a multidisciplinary team representing diverse perspectives within the school community. Members of this team will engage in learning opportunities, research and identify challenges, propose solutions and contribute to the development of the equity strategic plan. Those who participate on the Student Voice Committee will lead students in grades 4-12 through a similar process of researching and identifying issues and proposing solutions that will create a more equitable school environment.
The Equity Council meetings will occur virtually one evening per month according to the schedule below, and participants are asked to make an effort to commit to attend each of the meetings. The Student Voice Committee meeting dates will be developed and based on the availability of school teams.
| Date |
Time |
| March 15 |
4-6 pm |
| April 12 |
4-6 pm |
| May 10 |
4-6 pm |
| June 14 |
4-6 pm |
Please contact LaWanda Burgoyne at
[email protected] or Jocelyn Brown at
[email protected] for more information.
Meet Dr. Tina Pinkett, Associate Principal at Dover High School!
Urged by her family, Dr. Pinkett earned a BA in Business from the University of Delaware. After 18 years in banking, she decided to follow her passion in teaching young adults. “A teacher has a great impact on children,” she said. Dr. Pinkett decided it was time to follow her true dream, which was to teach, and she went back to school for a Masters of Education at Wilmington University. At first, she only wanted to teach. She taught business and helped students in and out of her classroom. Later, she realized that she would have more impact on students as a principal. As a principal, she can develop a relationship with teachers and students. It is rewarding to work with teachers and to help them grow, and she can help students as well, so for her, it is a “win-win.”
Dr. Pinkett acknowledges that the COVID-19 Pandemic has been a challenge for everyone. As a principal, she feels that it is her responsibility to help alleviate teachers’ anxiety, which in turn allows them to be there for their students.
When asked what she is most proud of, Dr. Pinkett told us that she feels pride whenever she can help teachers and see a student grow.