Head of School Updates
October 1st, 2025
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
We are proud to launch our 2025–2026 SA No Place For Hate Anti-Bullying Program, a K–12 initiative dedicated to ensuring a safe, supportive, and respectful school environment. This program utilizes the ADL’s No Place For Hate framework, emphasizing prevention, education, early reporting, and restorative support. Students will help lead the work through committees, climate assessments, and social-emotional learning, with additional supports available, including counseling, reporting tools, and the SAFE DE app.
To launch our campaign, we need your help with two important events:
1️⃣- Please take a moment to review and sign the pledge with your student. A commitment to support our SA Anti-Bullying initiative to become an action leader in fostering kindness, respect, and responsibility to keep our school community a No Place For Hate.
Sign our SA is No Place For Hate pledge in English.
Sign our SA is No Place For Hate pledge in Spanish.
2️⃣- Unity Day is October 22nd. Join us on the national signature event for Bullying Prevention Awareness Month! To show our support, Sussex Academy will wear PACER’s 2025 Unity Day T-shirts during our district-wide assemblies. Order through our counseling department by Wednesday, October 8 (no late orders).
Payments can be made online through the school portal or sent in with cash. Unity Day T-Shirt Order Form
Sussex Academy in the News
Keep up to date with school and student happenings by following us on Facebook and Instagram, and continue to check our website for our most recent news releases.
Share the news about your child’s accomplishments by contacting Ellen Driscoll at ellen.driscoll@saas.k12.de.us.
Here’s a recent headline:
Title I Information
Please click here if you would like to review Title I information that was shared at this week’s Back to School Nights.
Tennis & Pickleball
Tennis Anyone? Pickleball? Contact Marty Godwin to register at (310) 418-5000 or martybgodwin@aol.com.
Counseling Update
Closing out Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, we want to remind you #988 and your SAFE DE App are available all day,🌞🌑 every day, for all people. No judgment—just help.📲 📍988lifeline.org #SuicidePreventionMonth #988Lifeline #SPM #YouMatter
Important College Information for Parents of Juniors and Seniors!
If you missed our college presentations at Monday night's Secondary Open House, no worries! Below are copies of the presentations that were offered.
College Presentation for Parents of Juniors
College Presentation for Parents of Seniors
Stand By Me's "Paying for College" Presentation
The FAFSA is open for seniors applying to college! The Stand By Me organization will be offering a free FAFSA Help Session for families next Thursday, October 9th at 7pm in the library. You must register to attend using this link.
Our College/Career Advisor, Mrs. Erin Bobby, is wrapping up her one-on-one meetings with seniors this week. Any seniors who missed their meetings should contact her to reschedule (even if they don't plan to apply for college). Juniors will be meeting with Mrs. Bobby in groups later in October.
Contact Erin Bobby - erin.bobby@saas.k12.de.us - with any questions, concerns, or needs.
Flu Clinic Tomorrow!
Cape Pharmacy, in partnership with Beebe Healthcare, will be offering the flu immunizations after school on Thursday, October 2, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the Secondary Campus in the pool lobby for adults only.
To increase efficiency on Thursday, please bring a photocopy of the front of your insurance card and driver's license.
Signing up is encouraged to estimate the number of immunizations. Sign up here.
Future 8th grade parents: Are you interested in Academic Challenge?
The Academic Challenge Program is presenting an Information Webinar via Zoom for interested 7th-grade students and their parents on Wednesday, October 22 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. The Academic Challenge Program is a partnership between Sussex County School Districts and Delaware Technical Community College. Students take accelerated courses and can earn college credit as juniors and seniors while still enrolled in their home school. The Webinar will give an overview of the program, the qualification requirements, and the spring qualification process for the 2026-2027 school year. Click here to access the webinar.
In late January / early February another information session will be available for interested students and parents that provides more specific information for Sussex Academy students.
Please contact Mrs. McLaughlin at maureen.mclaughlin@saas.k12.de.us with any questions.
Sports Booster Info
We are so grateful for the families who donated to The Nest in August!
With so many fans coming to support our athletes, the concession stand is running low and could use more donations, especially 12 oz Gatorade bottles (blue and yellow), diet sodas and sodas. Sour chewy candies are very popular (Skittles, watermelon Sour Patch Kids, Nerd Gummy Clusters, etc). Feel free to bring any donations to the front office, to The Nest during any soccer or field hockey games, or order through Amazon for delivery right to the school: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1733W0WIIQ359?ref_=wl_share
Click on the link below for access to the flyer and link:
Yearbook Sales
It’s time to order your Middle and High School Yearbooks! And now is the lowest price of the year! Students in grades 8 and 12 do not need to order. Click the link to order: Yearbook Sales