News & Announcements

The Delaware Division of Public Health has issued guidance for the use of face coverings for children.

Dr. Kenneth C. Madden Sr. passed away on Friday, May 29, 2020 at the age of 102. Dr. Madden served as the Superintendent of the Seaford Special School District from 1952-1967. He left Seaford to become the Delaware State Superintendent of Public Instruction (This position is now the Delaware Secretary of Education.) The auditorium at Seaford High School is named after Dr. Madden. The Seaford School District has Dr. Madden's family in its thoughts and prayers.

It is Seaford School District's honor to announce each school's Educator Support Professional of the Year (ESPoY).

Blades Elementary - Denice Hill

West Elementary - Jessica Hunt

Central Elementary - LuAnn Holden

Fredrick Douglass Elementary School - Jared Pinkerton

Seaford Middle School - Selina Houston

Seaford High School - Duane Henry

The building level ESPoYs will now go through the district process to determine who will be named Seaford School District's 2021 Educational Support Professional of the Year. The district winner will represent Seaford and compete for the 2021 Delaware State Educational Support Professional of the Year.

Mr. Chester Cox was the Director of Student Services from 2014-2019. He organized school choice, school climate and culture initiatives, and McKinney Vento for the district. Mr. Cox worked closely with families to ensure basic needs were being met. His division worked with families to secure affordable housing as well as basic school supplies. Mr. Cox also worked closely with schools on establishing a positive school culture.

The West Nest is both delighted and disheartened to announce that Mrs. Mamie Handy is retiring after serving as a special education teacher with Seaford School District. We can only feel blessed that we have been able to call Mamie a friend and colleague. We look forward to hearing what adventures retirement has in store for her and her family!

On May 23, 2020 starting at 11 am in the skies over Sussex County a locally produced flyover brought to you by The Delaware Aviation Museum, in partnership with Rickards Auto Body and Restorations, and Chorman Aerial Spraying to honor our healthcare workers, first responders and for members of the Class of 2020.

In a normal school year we would have a retirement recognition at the end of the school year for SSD employees who are retiring. This year has been anything but normal, so we are having to change our retiree recognition for this school year. We will be recognizing our retirees on our websites and Facebook. We will post the retirees with something written about them from a colleague or supervisor. Our first retiree we are recognizing is our former Superintendent Mr. David Perrington.

SSD has the following updates for meal service for this week and next week.

Seaford student Michael Kane was the recipient of the 50,000th meal served during the COVID-19 Closure.

Get tested for COVID-19 on Thursday, May 14, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., hosted by Nanticoke Health Services at Frederick Douglass Elementary School, 1 Swain Road, Seaford. This testing event will utilize saliva-based test kits. Individuals are strongly encouraged to pre-register at http://delaware.curativeinc.com. Individuals being tested are advised to not eat or drink anything, or brush their teeth, for at least 20 minutes before their testing appointment.