Brandywine High School

Brandywine High School

Address
1400 Foulk Road Wilmington, Delaware U.S.
Information
Type	Public
Established	1958
School district	Brandywine
Principal	James Simmons
Teaching staff	76 ^[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,157
Color(s)	Blue and white
Mascot	Bulldog
Newspaper	The Brandywine Line
Yearbook	Azurean
Website	www.brandywineschools.org/brandywine

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.^[2]

Academics

Brandywine offers 17 Advanced Placement courses, and 22 Honors level courses.^[3]

Brandywine High School changed to block scheduling at the beginning of the 2008-09 school year. This allows students to be able to earn eight credits each year instead of the seven previously possible.

Recognitions

In 2008, Brandywine ranked #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.^[4]

The school was recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program for the 1982-1983 school year.^[5]

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:

Fall

Cross-country
Field hockey
Football
Boys' soccer
Volleyball
Cheerleading

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

Notable alumni

Dexter Boney, basketball player, Phoenix Suns
Dennis Brockenborough, musician, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
John Gallagher Jr., Tony Award-winning actor
Sean Patrick Thomas, actor
George Thorogood, musician
Christopher Voigt, synthetic biology pioneer and MIT professor

References

↑ "Brandywine High School - Staff Directory". Brandywine High School.
↑ "Brandywine High School - School Profiles". Delaware State Department of Education.
↑ "Brandywine High School - Academic Overview". Brandywine High School.
↑ "America's Top Public High Schools 2008". Newsweek. 2008-05-17.
↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

Education of Delaware

Colleges and universities	Delaware College of Art and Design Delaware State University Delaware Technical & Community College Goldey-Beacom College University of Delaware Wesley College Widener University School of Law Wilmington University

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Public schools	Appoquinimink Brandywine Caesar Rodney Cape Henlopen Capital Christina Colonial Delmar Indian River Lake Forest Laurel Milford NCC Votech Polytech Red Clay Seaford Smyrna Sussex Technical Woodbridge

Coordinates: 39°48′01″N 75°31′16″W / 39.8002°N 75.5210°W / 39.8002; -75.5210

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