News & Announcements

The Nutrition Services staff are excited to see all students back in class! Along with healthy & nutritious school meals served at all school buildings, the blue FAD Food Trucks will also be out in the Seaford community serving meals 5-days a week, Monday – Friday, to all children up to 18 years old. If your child(ren) are not in school on a particular day, they are welcomed to receive a meal at any of the nearby food truck location sites.

The SHS Wellness Center is available to all SHS students. Please see the attached enrollment packet for information. Please call 302-628-2180 with any questions.

September 15, 2020 is Primary Election Day in Delaware. By State law students are not able to be present in school on an Election Day if the school is used as a polling place. Therefore, Tuesday September 15, 2020 will be a remote instruction day for all Seaford students. The primary day will be the same as every Wednesday is, when all student are remote.

The Division of Public Health will have Covid-19 testing on August 31, 2020 and September 1, 2020 at the Seaford Middle School Gym. Testing will take place for 9:00AM - 5:00PM both days. No appointment needed, Community and families are welcome.

The Family Health Assessment Videos below were created by the Health and Wellness Sub-Committee of the SSD School Re-opening Committee:

English: https://youtu.be/owtck7yl_3o

Spanish: https://youtu.be/Cv5J1p1BMGc

Haitian Creole: https://youtu.be/5Pjd5fXPLl4

On Monday, August 17, 2020, the Seaford Board of Education voted to open our schools in a hybrid manner. Please note that those families who selected “100% Remote” on the questionnaire, will start the year as “100% Remote”. The district will work closely with the Delaware Division of Public Health to monitor the amount of community spread that is occurring with Covid-19. Each week, we will analyze these numbers which will help us in our decision making process. We all must do our part in order that employees and students stay healthy. Masks will be worn at all times. The best guidance to stay healthy is to wear a mask and to remain socially distant. Our custodial staff has done a great job acquiring all cleaning and PPE supplies needed for reopening. Our first priority as a district is to ensure the health and safety of our staff and students.

The first day of school for all students, 100% remote and hybrid, will be September 8, 2020. Principals will reach out to all families to share information specific to a child’s school.

For the first marking period, as we instruct students in both 100% remote and hybrid models, the school day hours are as follows:
• Preschool: 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM
• West Seaford Elementary & Blades Elementary: 9:00 AM-2:30 PM
• Fred Douglass Elementary & Central Elementary: 9:15 AM-2:45 PM
• Seaford Middle School: 7:30 AM-1:00 PM
• Seaford High School: 7:30 AM-1:00 PM

We are excited to get the 2020-2021 school year started. Please be on the lookout for more information from your child’s school.

Summer is not over yet!

The Seaford School District’s food trucks will continue serving children, 18 years old and under, meals until Friday August 28th. Please come join us at any of the same meal site locations where meals have been served all summer long. Meal service will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Children will continue receiving 2-days’ worth of meals on those days.
For more information about where those the meal sites are located and the meal service times, please go to the Seaford School District’s web page at seafordbluejays.org.

Congratulations to Mr. William (Bill) Mengel on being named the 2020 State of Delaware School Nutrition Supervisor of the Year! Mr. Mengel works tirelessly with his staff to ensure the best nutrition service possible. His summer food service program is a model for the State and this year with the closure of schools due to Covid-19 he and his staff served over 70,000 meals from March through June and went right into the summer food program.