Brandywine High School is a public secondary school located near Talleys Corner[2] in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, with a Wilmington postal address.[3][4] Although the school is not within the Wilmington city limits, it does serve some parts of the city north of the Brandywine River.[5] It is a part of the Brandywine School District.[3]
| Brandywine High School | |
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1400 Foulk Road , Delaware 19803 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1958 |
| School district | Brandywine School District |
| CEEB code | 080158 |
| Principal | Rebecca Reggio |
| Teaching staff | 63.5 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 941 (2023-2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.84[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue and white |
| Athletics conference | Blue Hen Conference - Flight B |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Newspaper | The Brandywine Line |
| Yearbook | Azurean |
| Website | www |
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There were 940 students enrolled in the fall for the 2020–2021 school year.[3][6] Rebecca Reggio is the current principal of Brandywine High School.[7]
History
editBrandywine High School was established in 1958. Its building was designed by Wilmington architects Whiteside, Moeckel & Carbonell in the International Style and completed in 1959.[8]
Athletics
editBrandywine is a member of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA).[9] The Bulldogs compete in Flight B of the Blue Hen Conference with a full slate of teams in all three sports seasons:[10]
Brandywine's sports include: cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, volleyball, cheerleading, basketball, swimming, wrestling, cheerleading, indoor track, baseball, softball, golf, lacrosse, tennis, and track and field.[11]
Recognitions
editIn 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked Brandywine #5,392 out of almost 24,000 public schools across the United States[12] and Niche ranked it in the top 50% best public schools for athletes in New Castle County.[13]
The school was recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program for the 1982–1983 school year.[14]
Appearances in media
edit- First lady Jill Biden spoke from the classroom in which she formerly taught at the school (room 232) for her remote address to the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[15] Biden's husband Joe Biden was in the high school at the moment he formally was nominated for president during the convention.[16]
Notable alumni
editThis article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (November 2022) |
- Dexter Boney,[17] former basketball player in the National Basketball Association and Continental Basketball Association
- Dennis Brockenborough, trumpet player for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones from 1990 to 2000
- John Gallagher Jr., Tony Award-winning actor best known for Spring Awakening
- Joan Goodfellow, film, television, and stage actress; mezzo-soprano
- Sean Patrick Thomas, actor
- George Thorogood, musician known for hits such as "Bad to the Bone"
- Christopher Voigt, synthetic biology pioneer and MIT professor
- Ben Warheit, Emmy-nominated actor, comedian, and writer, Late Night with Seth Meyers
Notable faculty
edit- Jill Biden,[15] Second lady of the United States 2009–2017, first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) 2021–present
References
edit- ^ a b c "Brandywine High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ Davidson, Henry F. (January 13, 1983). "From wagon path to office corridor". The Morning News. pp. 1–2. Retrieved July 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Brandywine High School". NCES. 2021. Archived from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ "Home". Brandywine High School. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
1400 Foulk Road Wilmington, DE 19803
- ^ "Registration and Enrollment: 2012-13 Feeder Patterns".
- ^ "State Report Cards - Delaware Department of Education". reportcard.doe.k12.de.us. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ "Meet the Principal". Brandywine School District. n.d. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- ^ W. Barksdale Maynard, Buildings of Delaware (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008): 32.
- ^ "DIAA State Championships 2020 Fall 12-23-20" (PDF). Delaware Department of Education. December 23, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ Greene, Sean (January 21, 2021). "Several schools concerned as potential vote approaches for Delaware football restructuring". Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ "Bulldogs Sports". n.d. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ "Brandywine High School". U.S. News & World Report. 2021. Archived from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ "Brandywine High School Rankings". Niche. n.d. Archived from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Holveck, Brandon (August 18, 2020). "DNC in Delaware: Delaware officials to sue USPS and more updates". Delaware Online. The News Journal. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ @MSNBC (August 19, 2020). "Joe Biden formally nominated as 2020 Democratic presidential candidate at #DemConvention" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Dexter Boney". Real GM. n.d. Retrieved July 5, 2021.