Seaford Senior High School is an American public

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Seaford, Delaware Seaford is a city located along the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 Census Bureau figures, the population of the city is 6,928, an increase of 3.4% from the 2000 census. It is part of the Salisbu ...

. The school's attendance area includes the towns of Seaford, Blades, and a small portion of Bridgeville.

Academics

Students can choose from an array of academic courses from college-prep to Advanced Placement to prepare them for the college/university of their choosing. Teachers on the secondary level use the curriculum mapping process to align their content with the Delaware Content Standards, articulate instruction from grades 6–12, and coordinate assignments at each grade level. For the graduating class of 2010, students taking the SAT scored an average of 474 in math and 460 in verbal for a combined score of 934. This is compared with averages of 482+479=961 throughout the state and 516+501=1017 nationally.

Athletics

All Seaford School District teams compete in the

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in middle school and high school sports. Seaford High School is one of the smallest schools in the conference, based on enrollment, and thereby competes in the Henlopen South. Following outrage over the playing of Roseanne Barr's 1990 performance of ''

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'' during the school's September 24, 2019 girls' volleyball match against Milford High School, the district apologized about this issue.

Awards

The school won the AARP Ethel Percy Andrus Legacy Award, that recognises outstanding educational achievements, in 2008 for its Advanced Placement Incentive Program. The

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recognised the school, in 2001 for its outstanding service-learning programs that integrates service into the curriculum.

Notable alumni

Delino DeShields Delino Lamont DeShields (born January 15, 1969), also nicknamed "Bop", is an American former professional baseball second baseman and current first base coach for the Cincinnati Reds. He played for 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for ...

, former

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player and current coach * Stephanie Hansen, Delaware state senator for the 10th district *

Lovett Purnell Lovett Shaizer Purnell (born April 7, 1972), is a former American football tight end in the National Football League. Purnell attended Seaford High but graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy and College in Wayne, Pennsylvania before atten ...

, former NFL tight end *

Mark Scharf Mark Scharf (born September 21, 1956), is an American playwright, actor and teacher. His plays have received readings and productions across the United States and internationally in England, Mainland China, Australia, Canada and Singapore. Biog ...

, playwright *

Yuri Schwebler Yuri "George" Schwebler (1942–1990), was a Yugoslavia-born American conceptual artist and sculptor. He was active in the arts in the 1970s in Washington, D.C. and most notably in February 1974, he transformed the Washington Monument into a sund ...

(class of 1962), conceptual artist and sculptor.

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* {{authority control High schools in Sussex County, Delaware Public high schools in Delaware Educational institutions established in 1966 1966 establishments in Delaware