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MORNING STAR • APRIL 30 - MAY 6, 2009
Education Sussex Tech Adult Division receives grant for literacy program The Sussex Tech Adult Division recently received a Delaware Hispanic Community Needs Grant for its Family Literacy Program. The grants were made possible by the Arscht-Cannon Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation. They are awarded by the Governor’s Consortium on Hispanic Affairs, established in 2006 by former Governor Ruth Ann Minner. Five grants are awarded to provide support for community-based, collaborative programs that impact the economic, employment, and education of Spanishspeaking immigrant families. For the past nine years, the Sussex
Tech Family Literacy Program has taught English to non-English speaking (primarily Hispanic) adults, while working with their children to improve their literacy skills. The program is designed to empower families by providing adult education opportunities. Four Adult ESL classes are conducted at Phillis Wheatley Middle School to work toward qualifying for GED or high school diploma classes at Woodbridge High School. Children of Even Start families participate in their early childhood, elementary and middle school literacy classes at the Delaware State Housing Authority’s site at
Laverty Lane. Some of the funds will be used to bring in families from the program’s current waiting list of 33 families. Program Coordinator for the Sussex Tech Family Literacy Program is Jose Oyola, a native
Hispanic speaker from Peru. The program has grown from serving 20 families a year to more than 60 families with over 250 people a year. For more information about the Sussex Tech Family Literacy Program, call 302-856-9035.
NOTICE OF ELECTIONS
SUSSEX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONS TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 ALL TERMS BEGIN JULY 1, 2009 POLLS OPEN: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
DELMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT - FIVE YEAR TERM For Board Member Jason Robert Coco Vote for One (1) Charles S. Smith
DELMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT - THREE YEAR TERM Gregory A.C athell For Board Member Jeffrey T. Fleetwood, Sr. Vote for One (1) Wayne F. Moore Phillip W. Thompson
Polling Location: Delmar High School, 200 N. Eighth Street, Delmar
Staff and partners of the Sussex Tech Family Literacy Program, from left, seated Emily Ritchey, Sussex Tech Family Literacy Program; Michelle Fuentes, Telamon Head Start; Malorie Drake Derby, Delaware Dept. of Education; and Ann Gorrin, Read Aloud Delaware; back row, standing – Jose Oyola, coordinator of Sussex Tech Family Literacy Program; Dr. Christine Cannon, Ph.D, Governor’s Consortium on Hispanic Affairs; Dr. Kevin Carson, Woodbridge School District; Richard Lewis, Sussex Tech School District Board of Education; Rebecca Kauffman, Delaware State Housing Authority; Trish Schechtman, The Freeman Foundations; and Terri Corder, principal, adult education at Sussex Tech School District.
LAUREL SCHOOL DISTRICT - FIVE YEAR TERM LoisH artstein For Board Member Benjamin J. Hudson Vote for One (1) Laurence Edward Jestice, Jr.
Polling Location: Laurel High School, 1133 South Central Ave., Laurel
SEAFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT - FIVE YEAR TERM Douglas E. Collins For Board Member Kathryn H.Ki mpton Vote for One (1) Richard E.W illiams
Polling Location: Seaford School District Administrative Office Polling Location: 390 North Market Street Extended, Seaford
WOODBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT - FIVE YEAR TERM For Board Member Alice Jeanne Matsinger Vote for One (1) Willie Lee Savage, II
Polling Locations : Woodbridge High School, 308 Laws Street, Bridgeville; Woodbridge Elem. School, Sussex Highway, Greenwood Voters must be a Bona Fide Resident of the School District, a Citizen of the United States of America and 18 years of age or older. Proof of identity will ber equired.
LaureL MiddLe SchooL Torch WinnerS - Two Laurel Middle School students, Bryce Bristow and Ashley Hastings, were the only two students from Delaware Middle Schools awarded both the Diplomat (30 Pts.) and the Statesman (50 Pts.) Torch Awards at the Del. Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference this year in Dover. To earn these awards students had to earn points in seven different categories: Leadership, Service Cooperation, Knowledge, Friendship, Patriotism, and Love-Hope-Faith. At the National Leadership Conference held in Dallas, Texas in May, Laurel Middle School expects six students who have earned (70 Pts.) in each category to be presented the Ambassador Torch Award. Those students are Bryce Bristow, Caitlin Cook, Ashley Hastings, Michael Hitch, Ashley Jump, and Garrett Whaley.
May 8, 2009 - 12 Noon - Deadline to mail out absentee ballots. Affidavits available for voting absentee by mail at: www.electionssc.delaware.govO r call 856-5367 and forms will be mailed. Affidavit must be submitted before the absentee ballot can be mailed to voter.
May 11, 2009 - 12 Noon - Deadline to vote an absentee ballot in person in the Office of the Department of Elections. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS FOR SUSSEX COUNTY 119 N. RACE STREET, GEORGETOWN, DE 19947 302-856-5367