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Blue Hen Conference
The Blue Hen Conference is a high school sports conference comprising public schools in New Castle County, Delaware. It is subdivided by size into two flights: Flight A * Alexis I. duPont High School *Appoquinimink High School * Concord High School *Delcastle Technical High School * Glasgow High School * Middletown High School * Mount Pleasant High School * William Penn High School Flight B *Brandywine High School *Christiana High School * John Dickinson High School *Hodgson Vo-Tech High School *Howard High School of Technology *St. Georges Technical High School St. Georges Technical High School is a public vocational-technical high school in unincorporated area, unincorporated St. George's Hundred, Delaware, northeast of Middletown, Delaware, Middletown. It has over 1,100 students in grades 9–12 with a ... * Thomas McKean High School * Newark High School References Delaware high school sports conferences Education in New Castle County, Delaware {{Delaware-sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Castle County, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the state's population of 989,948. The county seat is Wilmington, which is also the state's most populous city. New Castle County is included in the Philadelphia- Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is named after William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (–1676). New Castle County has the highest population and population density of any Delaware county, and it is the smallest county in the state by area. It has more people than the other two counties, Kent and Sussex, combined. It is also the most economically developed of the three. History The first permanent European settlement on Delaware soil was Fort Christina, resulting from Peter Minuit's 1638 expedition on the Swedish vessels ''Fogel Grip' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandywine High School
Brandywine High School is a public secondary school located near Talleys Corner in unincorporated area, unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, with a Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington postal address. Although the school is not within the Wilmington city limits, it does serve some parts of the city north of the Brandywine River. It is a part of the Brandywine School District. There were 940 students enrolled in the fall for the 2020–2021 school year. Rebecca Reggio is the current principal of Brandywine High School. 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: 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. Recognitions In 2021, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newark High School (Delaware)
Newark High School is a public high school in Newark, Delaware, and is one of three high schools within the Christina School District. It is one of the oldest educational institutions in the state, graduating its first class of students in 1893. In 2009, it saw its 20,000th student graduate. Newark has been named by ''Newsweek'' magazine as one of their "Top Schools in America." In 2006 Newark was ranked #521, in 2007 it was #271, and in 2008 it was #1041. This list represents the top 5% of the schools in the nation based on the number of AP, IB, and Cambridge exams taken divided by students graduating. The school was also named a GRAMMY Signature School in 2010 by the GRAMMY Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Newark won the DIAA Sportsmanship Award in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. The school serves a portion of Wilmington. In the suburbs it serves almost all of Newark, most of Brookside, and the Christina School District portions of North Star, Pik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas McKean High School
Thomas McKean High School is a comprehensive public high school located on 301 McKennan's Church Road in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, with a Wilmington postal address. It is a part of the Red Clay Consolidated School District. The school opened in December 1966, and its first class graduated in June 1967. McKean serves, in addition to portions of Wilmington, Elsmere, and portions of Pike Creek and Hockessin. A sliver of Pike Creek Valley coincides with the McKean zone. Traditions Having selected Thomas McKean, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, as its namesake, the school followed several traditions associated with the Scottish heritage of Thomas McKean. The mascot is a fierce Highlander, wearing a kilt made of the tartan of the Clan MacDonald. Among the dominant colors of the plaid are blue and green, the school's colors. In addition, the names of the school newspaper - ''Minstrel'' - and the yearbook - ''Talisman'' - reflect the cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard High School Of Technology
Howard High School of Technology is a vocational-technical high school in Wilmington, Delaware and is the oldest of four high schools within the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District, which includes Delcastle Technical High School in Newport, Hodgson Vo-Tech High School in Glasgow, and St. Georges Technical High School in St. Georges. In 2022 it was designated an affiliated area of ''Brown v. Board of Education'' National Historical Park. History Howard High School, named for General Oliver Otis Howard, who founded Howard University and was the Commissioner for the Freedmen's Bureau from 1865 to 1874, opened in 1867 at 12th and Orange St. with educator Edwina Kruse as its principal. Despite being a public school, Howard received very little state funding, particularly compared to white-only schools, and conditions rapidly declined. For many years, Howard families appealed to the government for financial aid for the building, which had been deemed "hazardous to an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodgson Vo-Tech High School
Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School is a public high school in Glasgow, Delaware and is one of four vocational-technical school high schools within the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District. Brief History The school was conceptually established in 1974 after the overwhelming success of Delcastle Technical High School and opened in 1976 as a part of Newark Public Schools. Two years later, Hodgson became a part of the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District. Academics In addition to 10 credits within their chosen program, Hodgson students must meet Delaware core standards: 4 credits of English and math; 3 science and social studies credits; 2 language credits; 1 physical education credit; and 0.5 health credits. Each of the career programs has its own required courses, which allows students to gain the most contextual education possible. There are 16 career programs separated into six distinct areas at Hodgson: *Business, Communicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dickinson High School
The John Dickinson School, previously known as John Dickinson High School, is a public high school in the Pike Creek, Delaware, Pike Creek area of Wilmington, Delaware. It is one of five high schools in the Red Clay Consolidated School District and serves parts of Newport, Delaware, Newport, Stanton, Delaware, Stanton, Hockessin, Delaware, Hockessin, Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, North Star, Delaware, North Star, Pike Creek, Delaware, Pike Creek, Pike Creek Valley, Delaware, Pike Creek Valley, Baynard Boulevard Historic District, Baynard Boulevard, and Brandywine Village Historic District, Brandywine Village. - Compare to school boundary maps. History The school, opened 1960, is located on a campus and takes its name from John Dickinson (delegate), John Dickinson, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. It was originally in the Henry C. Conrad School District and was moved first to the New Castle County Consolidated School District in 1978, then to the Red Clay Conso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiana High School
Christiana High School (CHS) is a public high school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware and has a Newark postal address. It is a part of the Christiana School District. CHS serves a portion of Wilmington including the Shipley Run and West 9th Street historic districts and in the suburbs it serves parts of Brookside and Bear. History Founded in 1963, Christiana High School is one of three traditional high schools in the Christina School District, the other two being Newark High School and Glasgow High School. It is located outside of Newark near the University of Delaware. Curriculum CHS' curriculum focuses on agricultural and health sciences. In accordance with the State of Delaware, Christiana students must complete the following credits to be eligible for graduation: 4.5 credits of electives; 4 credits of English and math; 3 credits of science and social studies; 2 language credits; 1 credit of physical education and an additional science or social studies cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Penn High School (Delaware)
William Penn High School, also known as William Penn or simply Penn, is a four-year comprehensive, coeducational public high school located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is adjacent to the New Castle city limits and has a New Castle postal address. The school is a member of the Colonial School District, and is the largest high school in the state of Delaware. The school mascot is the Colonial. In addition to New Castle the school district includes Delaware City, Port Penn, St. Georges, Wilmington Manor, portions of Wilmington, and half of Bear. Notable alumni *Cliff Brumbaugh, baseball player *Dave May, professional baseball player *Brett Oberholtzer, baseball player * Brian Oliver, professional basketball player *Jeff Otah, professional football player, Carolina Panthers *Kyle Carter, professional football player, Minnesota Vikings * Devin Smith, professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv * Richard B. Weldon, Jr., former Fred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis I
Aleksey Mikhaylovich ( rus, Алексе́й Миха́йлович, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ; – ) was the Tsar of Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676. While finding success in foreign affairs, his reign saw several wars with Iran, Poland and Sweden, as well as internal instabilities such as the Salt Riot in Moscow and the Cossack revolt of Stenka Razin in southern Russia. In religious matters, he sided closely with Patriarch Nikon during the schism in the Russian Orthodox Church which saw unpopular liturgical reforms. He was the first tsar to sign laws on his own authority and his council passed the Sobornoye Ulozheniye of 1649 which strengthened the bonds between autocracy and the lower nobility, at the time of his death Russia spanned almost . Early life and reign Born in Moscow on , the son of Tsar Michael and Eudoxia Streshneva, the sixteen-year-old Alexis acceded to the throne after his father's death on 12 July 1645. In August, the Tsar's mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant High School (Delaware)
Mount Pleasant High School (MPHS) is a public secondary school located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States. MPHS was the first public high school in Delaware to offer the International Baccalaureate program. History After Delaware passed the Free School Act in 1829, the state began pulling together their first public school system; the very first school in Mount Pleasant, located in School District #2, was built soon after. The original schoolhouse still stands today and is located on an acre of land now part of Bellevue State Park. The community continued to grow and required a larger school, so in 1865, a new building was built near Mount Pleasant Methodist Church. This new school taught grades one through eight and gradually added nine through twelve as the students aged. In 1932, they required even more space; what is now Mount Pleasant Elementary School was built to accommodate the still-growing population and named the Mount Pleasant School. Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middletown High School (Delaware)
Middletown High School is a public high school located in Middletown, Delaware, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Appoquinimink School District and serves students grades 9–12. It was previously located in what is now the Everett Meredith Middle School building. Originally opened in 1997, the current facility added a two-story wing in the summer of 2002, and an expansion of its cafeteria/lobby to create extra capacity. Notable alumni * Dwayne Henry (b. 1962), former MLB pitcher * D. J. Hyde (b. 1978), professional wrestler * Desmond Bryant (b. 1985), former NFL player * Marquis Dendy (b. 1992), track and field athlete who qualified for both the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics * Chad Kuhl (b. 1992), MLB pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates * Chris Godwin (b. 1996), NFL player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 2021 Super Bowl champion. * Sherae'a Moore member of the Delaware House of Representatives The Delaware State House of Representative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
