Brandywine High School
| Brandywine High School | |
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| Address | |
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1400 Foulk Road , | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1958 |
| Founder | Ethan Patrick Walters |
| School district | Brandywine |
| Principal | Keith Rolph |
| Teaching staff | 76 [1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 740 (2016-17)[2] |
| 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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Brandywine High School is a public secondary school located in Wilmington, Delaware. There were 1,157 students enrolled in the fall for the 2008–2009 school year.[3]
Academics
Brandywine offers 22 Advanced Placement courses, and 22 Honors level courses.[4]
Brandywine High School changed to block scheduling at the beginning of the 2014–15 school year. This allows students to be able to earn eight credits each year instead of the seven previously possible.[citation needed]
Recognitions
In 2008, Brandywine ranked No. 711 in Newsweek's top 1300 high schools, which uses a ratio of the number of AP, IB and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school divided by the number of graduating seniors.[5]
The school was recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program for the 1982–1983 school year.[6]
Athletics
Brandywine is a member of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA). The Bulldogs compete in Flight B of the Blue Hen Conference with a full slate of teams in all three sports seasons:[citation needed]
Fall
- Cross-country
- Field hockey
- Football
- Boys' soccer
- Girls' volleyball
- Cheerleading
- Marching Band
Winter
- Boys' basketball
- Girls' basketball
- Boys' swimming
- Girls' swimming
- Wrestling
- Winter cheerleading
- Girls' indoor track
- Boys' indoor track
Spring
- Baseball
- Girls' soccer
- Golf
- Boys' lacrosse
- Girls' lacrosse
- Softball
- Boys' tennis
- Girls' tennis
- Track and field
- Boys' volleyball
Notable alumni
- Dexter Boney, basketball player, Phoenix Suns
- Dennis Brockenborough, musician, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- John Gallagher Jr., Tony Award-winning actor
- Joan Goodfellow, film, television, and stage actress; mezzo-soprano
- Sean Patrick Thomas, actor
- George Thorogood, musician
- Christopher Voigt, synthetic biology pioneer and MIT professor
- Ben Warheit, Emmy-nominated actor, comedian, and writer, Late Night with Seth Meyers.
References
- ^ "Brandywine High School - Staff Directory". Brandywine High School. Archived from the original on 2010-08-17.
- ^ "Brandywine High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ "Brandywine High School - School Profiles". Delaware State Department of Education.
- ^ "Brandywine High School - Academic Overview". Brandywine High School. Archived from the original on 2010-08-17.
- ^ "America's Top Public High Schools 2008". Newsweek. 2008-05-17.
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
