You could be the next Little Miss Apple Scrapple!
The Little Miss Apple Scrapple Pageant is open to girls aged five through eight who reside in the Woodbridge School District. The contest will be held on Friday, October 9th on the stage behind the Fire Hall.
The registration fee is $25. All proceeds will benefit the Apple Scrapple Festival Scholarship Fund. For more information and a registration form, visit www.applescrapple.com or contact the contest coordinator.
Entry Deadline: September 30, 2026
Rita Hovermale, Contest Coordinator
ritahovermale@comcast.net
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Ryan Stafford of Stafford Property Services for generously donating his time and providing a free power-washing service for the school’s Secret Garden.
The Secret Garden was designed by the PWES Conservation Club and built by volunteers in 2013. Over the years, dirt and algae had accumulated throughout the space. Ryan’s work made an incredible difference, restoring the garden’s walls, sidewalks, bench, and fountain to look like new.
The transformation is especially impressive in the before-and-after photos, and PWES is excited to once again have this beautiful outdoor space available for students and staff to enjoy.
We are grateful to Ryan for his time, generosity, and support as we work to revive and care for our school gardens. His contribution is a wonderful example of the community partnerships that help make Woodbridge Built Blue.
Anyone interested in supporting the PWES Conservation Club and its garden projects is encouraged to contact Mrs. Pam Vanderwende at pam.vanderwende@wsd.k12.de.us.
Join the Rooted in Health: Community Wellness and Family Fun Day on Saturday, August 15th at The Life Center!
Open House is coming to Woodbridge! We can’t wait to welcome our students and families back for the 2026–27 school year! Join us at your child’s school to meet teachers, visit classrooms, and get ready for a great year. Check the schedule for your school’s Open House date and time. We’re excited to see you!
📚🤝 Growing the next generation of educators!
On Tuesday, Woodbridge School District joined Delaware Technical Community College, district leaders, cooperating teachers, and the newest Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education residents to celebrate the power of partnership and the beginning of an exciting school year.
We are proud to welcome 8 residents (student teachers) to Woodbridge this year:
🍎 6 from Delaware Technical Community College (pictured)
🍎 1 from Wilmington University
🍎 1 from Relay Graduate School of Education
Our cooperating teachers, new residents, and Human Resources team came together to celebrate this valuable partnership and one of our many Grow Your Own initiatives, developing the next generation of educators who are Built Blue. 💙
On Tuesday, Woodbridge School District joined Delaware Technical Community College, district leaders, cooperating teachers, and the newest Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education residents to celebrate the power of partnership and the beginning of an exciting school year.
We are proud to welcome 8 residents (student teachers) to Woodbridge this year:
🍎 6 from Delaware Technical Community College (pictured)
🍎 1 from Wilmington University
🍎 1 from Relay Graduate School of Education
Our cooperating teachers, new residents, and Human Resources team came together to celebrate this valuable partnership and one of our many Grow Your Own initiatives, developing the next generation of educators who are Built Blue. 💙
PWES families,
Our 2026–2027 school supply lists are attached below! Please review the list for your child's grade level to see the supplies they'll need for the school year.
We look forward to seeing everyone soon!
Our 2026–2027 school supply lists are attached below! Please review the list for your child's grade level to see the supplies they'll need for the school year.
We look forward to seeing everyone soon!
🍦 A Sweet Surprise for Our Blue Raiders! 🍦
A huge thank you to Chief Parker and the Bridgeville Police Department for providing every one of our students with a free frozen treat during lunch today! 💙🩶🤍
Our students were thrilled by the unexpected treat, and it was a wonderful way to celebrate the end of a fantastic school year. We are grateful for the continued support and partnership that the Bridgeville Police Department shows our school and community.
Thank you for helping make today extra special for our students!
🎉 Congratulations to our Weekly Attendance Winners for the week of May 26th-29th, 2026! 🎉
We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆
🌟 Homeroom Winners: Mrs. Sammons & Mrs. Raymond - 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 3rd Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 5B – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st – Mrs. Sammons & Mrs. Raymond
2nd – Mrs. Vanderwende
3rd – Mrs. Geyer
4th – Ms. Shockley
5th – Miss Lybarger
6th – Mrs. Zimmerman
7th – Mrs. Glanden
Keep up the great work! 💪
We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆
🌟 Homeroom Winners: Mrs. Sammons & Mrs. Raymond - 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 3rd Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 5B – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st – Mrs. Sammons & Mrs. Raymond
2nd – Mrs. Vanderwende
3rd – Mrs. Geyer
4th – Ms. Shockley
5th – Miss Lybarger
6th – Mrs. Zimmerman
7th – Mrs. Glanden
Keep up the great work! 💪
📚 Don’t miss out on this year’s memories! 📚
Missed buying a yearbook? Good news — yearbooks are still available for purchase in the PWES Main Office for just $20! 🎉
Be sure to grab yours before they are gone — supplies are limited and once they’re sold out, they’re sold out! 💙
🎉 Congratulations to our Weekly Attendance Winners for the week of May 18th-21st, 2026! 🎉
We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆
🌟 Homeroom Winners: Ms. Manion & Mrs. Painter - 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 3rd Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 5A – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st – Mrs. Manion & Mrs. Painter
2nd – Mrs. Geyer
3rd – Ms. Armentrout/Mrs. Phillips
4th – Ms. Bailey
5th – Mr. Barnes/Mrs. Carpenter
6th – Mrs. Sasso
7th – Ms. Cawby
Keep up the great work! 💪
We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆
🌟 Homeroom Winners: Ms. Manion & Mrs. Painter - 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 3rd Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 5A – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st – Mrs. Manion & Mrs. Painter
2nd – Mrs. Geyer
3rd – Ms. Armentrout/Mrs. Phillips
4th – Ms. Bailey
5th – Mr. Barnes/Mrs. Carpenter
6th – Mrs. Sasso
7th – Ms. Cawby
Keep up the great work! 💪
🏺✨ Thank you to all of our amazing 5th Grade Pottery Contest participants!
After reading the book A Single Shard, students had the opportunity to complete an optional pottery project and showcase their creativity and craftsmanship. Their beautiful pottery pieces were displayed at Amity Coffee Roasters in Greenwood, where customers voted for their favorites! ☕🎨
The votes are in! Congratulations to our winner, Ryan Ricker, and our runner-up, Lillyanna Leeuwen! 🎉👏
We are so proud of all of our students for their hard work, creativity, and willingness to take on this special project. A huge thank you as well to Amity Coffee Roasters for supporting our students and displaying their incredible work for the community to enjoy! 💙
After reading the book A Single Shard, students had the opportunity to complete an optional pottery project and showcase their creativity and craftsmanship. Their beautiful pottery pieces were displayed at Amity Coffee Roasters in Greenwood, where customers voted for their favorites! ☕🎨
The votes are in! Congratulations to our winner, Ryan Ricker, and our runner-up, Lillyanna Leeuwen! 🎉👏
We are so proud of all of our students for their hard work, creativity, and willingness to take on this special project. A huge thank you as well to Amity Coffee Roasters for supporting our students and displaying their incredible work for the community to enjoy! 💙
🎉 Congratulations to our 2026-2027 National Elementary Honor Society Officers! 🎉
We are proud to announce next year’s student leaders:
⭐ President – Braxton Rust
⭐ Vice President – Ashton Sears
⭐ Secretary – Logan Allen
⭐ Treasurer – Gabriella Haymond
We know each of these students will do an outstanding job leading our NEHS chapter through service, leadership, scholarship, responsibility, and character. We are excited to see all they accomplish in the new school year! 💙🩶🤍
Happy National Speech-Language Pathologist Day to our amazing SLP, Mrs. Gravelle! 🗣️💙
Today we celebrate the incredible impact Mrs. Gravelle makes each and every day at PWES. Through her patience, compassion, and dedication, she helps our students find their voices, build confidence, and strengthen the communication skills they need to succeed both inside and outside of the classroom.
Whether she is helping students master sounds, improve language skills, or simply encouraging them to believe in themselves, Mrs. Gravelle does it all with kindness and care. We are so grateful for the positive difference she makes in the lives of our Blue Raiders every single day!
Thank you, Mrs. Gravelle, for all you do! 💙🩶🤍
🎉 Congratulations to our Weekly Attendance Winners for the week of May 11th-15th, 2026! 🎉
We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆
🌟 Homeroom Winners: Ms. Manion- 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 3rd Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 5A – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st – Mrs. Manion
2nd – Ms. Bailey
3rd – Mr. Barnes/Mrs. Carpenter
4th – Mrs. Zimmerman
5th – Mrs. Glanden
6th – Ms. Armentrout/Mrs. Phillips
7th – Mrs. Geyer
Keep up the great work! 💪
We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆
🌟 Homeroom Winners: Ms. Manion- 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 3rd Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 5A – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st – Mrs. Manion
2nd – Ms. Bailey
3rd – Mr. Barnes/Mrs. Carpenter
4th – Mrs. Zimmerman
5th – Mrs. Glanden
6th – Ms. Armentrout/Mrs. Phillips
7th – Mrs. Geyer
Keep up the great work! 💪
🎉 Congratulations to our students who were inducted into the National Elementary Honor Society this evening! 🎉
We are so proud of these outstanding students for their hard work, leadership, responsibility, character, and commitment to academic excellence. Being selected for the National Elementary Honor Society is a tremendous accomplishment and reflects the dedication these students show each and every day both inside and outside of the classroom. 💙
Tonight’s ceremony was a wonderful celebration of their achievements and the bright futures ahead of them. Thank you to our families, staff, and supporters who continue to encourage and inspire our students to reach their full potential.
Congratulations again to our newest NEHS members! We are incredibly proud of you and cannot wait to see all that you continue to accomplish. 💙🩶🤍
🎉📚 Congratulations to our April Attendance Winners! 📚🎉
We are so proud of our students who made attendance a priority in April! Each month, students who have 90% or better attendance are entered into a drawing, and our winners are randomly selected from that group to receive a special token to our Book Vending Machine! There is nothing better than watching students “shop” for a brand-new book of their choice.
📖✨ Showing up matters, and these students are proving it! Way to go, April winners — we are proud of you! 👏💙
💙 As our week of state testing begins, we want to send a HUGE thank you to the staff and students at Woodbridge Early Childhood Education Center for once again being our amazing “testing partners”! 💙
Each class at WECEC adopted a classroom at PWES and showered our students with snacks, small gifts, encouraging notes, and words of motivation to help them feel confident and ready to do their best on state testing. 🎉✏️
Thank you, WECEC, for helping our students feel encouraged, supported, and celebrated as they head into testing week. We are so grateful for your partnership, kindness, and school spirit! 💙🩶🤍
🎉 Congratulations to our Weekly Attendance Winners for the week of May 4th-8th, 2026! 🎉
We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆
🌟 Homeroom Winners: Mr. Raymond - 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 3rd Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 4B – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st – Mr. Raymond
2nd – Mr. Barnes/Mrs. Carpenter
3rd – Ms. Cawby
4th – Mrs. Zimmerman
5th – Mrs. Vanderwende
6th – Ms. Bailey
7th – Ms. Jones
Keep up the great work! 💪
We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆
🌟 Homeroom Winners: Mr. Raymond - 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 3rd Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 4B – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st – Mr. Raymond
2nd – Mr. Barnes/Mrs. Carpenter
3rd – Ms. Cawby
4th – Mrs. Zimmerman
5th – Mrs. Vanderwende
6th – Ms. Bailey
7th – Ms. Jones
Keep up the great work! 💪
🏃♀️💙 Our Girls on the Run team wrapped up another fantastic season by participating in their Spring 5K in Georgetown on April 26th! We are so proud of all of our runners for their hard work, dedication, perseverance, and positive attitudes throughout the season. Crossing that finish line was an amazing accomplishment and a celebration of all they learned together about confidence, teamwork, goal setting, and believing in themselves! 🎉
In addition to training for the 5K, our team also completed their Spring community service project by collecting donations for the Feral Feline Society. 🐾 Through their efforts, our students learned the importance of giving back, showing compassion, and helping others in our community — even our furry friends!
A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Girls on the Run team this season and helped make this experience so meaningful for our students. We are incredibly proud of these girls and allthey accomplished this spring! 💙🩶🤍
