Get ready, families of New Castle County! The countdown has begun, and the first day of school for your little ones in the Greater Wilmington area is just around the corner.
We've got you covered with the ultimate guide to kickstart the school year. Looking for school calendars in New Castle County? Fun back-to-school events in Wilmington, DE? Where to get your kid's back-to-school haircut or go back-to-school shopping in Wilmington?
We have it all!
🗓 SCHOOL CALENDARS |
Here’s when school starts for local students. Click to view the full calendar for each district:
- Appoquinimink School District — 9/2 (1-9, LASTNAME A - L), 9/3 (10-12, M-Z)
- Brandywine School District — 8/25 (K (O), First Day: 1 - 6, 9, 12), 9/2 (K-12)
- Christina School District — 9/3 (K-12)
- Colonial School District — 8/25 (K, 6, 9), 8/26 (K-12)
- NCC Vo-Tech — 8/25 (9 & 12), 8/26 (10 & 11)
- Red Clay Creek — 8/25 (K-6, 9 and EYP), 8/26 (All Grades)
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School's Out Events
9/22: KidStrong Pike Creek: School's Out Camp
9/23: KidStrong Pike Creek: School's Out Camp
10/2: School's Off - Day Camp at Hagley
10/2: KidStrong Pike Creek: School's Out Camp
10/10: KidStrong Pike Creek: School's Out Camp
11/24: KidStrong Pike Creek: School's Out Camp
Make the most of the end of summer with these fun back-to-school events in and around Wilmington, DE. We've rounded up the best places to Find Your Family Fun® in Wilmington, DE, as we enter Back-To-School season.
🎒 = Free School Supplies
- 8/29: ✂️ Soft Life Beauty Free Haircut & Styling
- 8/30: 🎒✂️ Lead M’ Wright Back to School Giveaway, Claymont Boys and Girls Club
- 8/30: 🎒 Back to School Giveaway - August Quarterly, Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park
- 8/30: 🎒 Back 2 School Bash, Brown Burton Winchester Park
- 8/30: 🎒 Back to School Supply Giveaway, Messiah's Market
- 8/31: 🎒 Youth Sunday & Back-to-School Bash at CFBC, Cornerstone Fellowship Baptist Church
- 9/1: 🎒 Back-to-School Backpack Drive, Amanda's Daycare & Preschool
- 9/6: 🎒 Red Clay’s 4th Annual Back-to-School Block Party, John Dickinson High School
- 9/13: 🎒 Open Streets Wilmington: Bowers Street with Kingswood Community Day
- 9/14: 🎒 Lattes & Literacy Back to School Pop-Up, Sleeping Bird Coffee
🎒📚 OPEN HOUSES, RESOURCES, & FALL FUN |
- 8/30:LACC Delaware - LGTBQ+ Resource Fair
- 9/2: Galaxy Gymnastics Open House, Claymont
- 9/3: New Castle Dance & Music Academy Open House, Peoples Plaza
- 9/7: Skating Club of Wilmington's Open House
- 9/12:Beakers & Brainiacs Back to School Bash, Mathnasium of Bear
- 9/12: Soil & Soul Circle Moms' Night: Back-To-School Edition, Messiah's Market Wholistic Center
This guide will be updated regularly, so check often! Did we miss an event? Add it here! 📅
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BACK TO SCHOOL RESOURCES |
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- 10 Books to Ease Back-to-School Fears
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🎒📚 PAST EVENTS |
- 8/9: 🎒 Back to School Rally - Sunday Breakfast Mission 10 AM - 12 PM
- 8/9 & 8/10: 🎒 Delaware Summerfest, Town of Whitehall, 12 - 8 PM
- 8/10: 🎒 Back to School Fun Day - Harvest Christian Academy, New Castle, 12 - 5 PM
- 8/14 - 8/17: 🛍️ Just Between Friends Wilmington/Newark
- 8/16: 🎒 Back to School Bash
- 8/16: 🎒 Back to School Outdoor Craft Market, 30+ vendors. Locnation Hair Salon, New Castle
- 8/17: 🎒 We Care Concierge - 2nd Annual Community BBQ, Talley Day Park
- 8/19: 🎒 Kids Craft: Mini Books, Delaware City Library
- 8/21: 🎒 Chik-fil-A Back to School Bash, N. Wilmington
- 8/21: 🎒 6th Annual Back to School Resource Fair, Helen Chambers Park
- 8/22: 🎒 CACC Montessori School - Preschool Fall Open House, Hockessin
- 8/23: 🎒Back To School Bazaar - PALW, Wilmington
- 8/24: 🎒 Goldfish Swim School - North Wilmington Back to School Bash!
- 8/24: 🎒 3rd Annual Back to School Giveaway, Aunt Vonda's Kitchen Table, Newark
Brandywine YMCA + Sunday Breakfast Mission
- The Y is teaming up with Sunday Breakfast Mission to help students in Wilmington start the school year strong! 💪✨
- Items: Collect brand-new school supplies to set kids up for success
- 📍 Drop-Off: Brandywine YMCA
- 📆: July 1 - 31
Claymont Community Center
- collecting Dark/solid backpacks & new supplies
- 📍Claymont Community Center, 301 Green Street, Claymont
- 📆 now - August 8
Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz, and Bhaya
- collecting brand-new school supplies for local schools
- 📍: Wilmington, Bear, Smyrna, and Milford office locations
- 📆: July 1 - August 1
Friendship House School Uniform Drive
- collecting new or gently-used uniform items (khaki and navy pants or any color polo).
- Purchase new uniforms here
- 📍Friendship House's Clothing Bank (1603 Jessup St, Wilmington, DE 19802), Mon - Thurs 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Grace Episcopal Church School Supply Drive
- Collecting school supplies for students in the Brandywine School District.
- 📍4900 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803
- 📆 August 16, 9 am - 2 pm
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