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Brandywine High School

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Type
  
Public

Principal
  
James Simmons

Grades
  
9-12

Phone
  
+1 302-479-1600

Established
  
1958

Teaching staff
  
76

Enrollment
  
1,157

Number of students
  
824

Address
  
1400 Foulk Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA

District
  
Brandywine School District

Mascots
  
Bulldog, Image:Brandywine Bulldog.png

Similar
  
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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.

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Academics

Brandywine offers 17 Advanced Placement courses, and 22 Honors level courses.

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.

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

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:

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 Wikipedia