Smyrna High School is a 9–12 public high school in
Smyrna, Delaware
Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the Census Bureau, as of 2010, the population of the town is 10,023.
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History
The school graduated its first class in 1894.
Until the mid-1990s Smyrna was considered a farm community with a small rural school. The school was built in 1970 to accommodate 2,500 students, but the total student body was about 800 in 1976 - having about 250 graduating seniors. The town has experienced a wave of economic expansion since then. As of 2017, the
Smyrna School District
The Smyrna School District is a public school district in northern Kent County and extreme southern New Castle County, Delaware in the United States. The district is based in Smyrna.
Geography
The Smyrna School District serves the northern portio ...
had doubled in population, and as a result Smyrna High School had become Delaware's eighth largest high school, with a greatly expanded academic curriculum and facilities.
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"Rise of a Delaware town — unified by its high school football team"
WHYY-TV
WHYY-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Wilmington, Delaware, United States, serving as the primary PBS member station for the Philadelphia area. It is owned by WHYY, Inc., alongside NPR member station WHYY-FM 90.9. WHYY-TV a ...
, October 4, 2017.
Campus
The school moved to its current campus on Duck Creek Parkway in 1970 with the opening of the new Smyrna High School, having moved from the former
John Bassett Moore High School on South Street.
[ The campus underwent a $61 million renovation in 2006.
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Accreditation
The school was accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in 1931.
Program
The school has a program for students considering a career in education.
Notable alumni
* Leddie Brown, professional football running back
* William Carson Jr., state representative
* Nolan Henderson, quarterback
* Armani White, rapper
Athletics
Smyrna High School competes in the Henlopen Conference of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) is an organization that oversees and regulates interscholastic athletics in the US State of Delaware. The DIAA is headquartered at the John W. Collette Education Resource Center in Dover.
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(DIAA), with 42 teams in 23 sports.
The boys' school athletics program had historically been known mainly for its wrestling program, but Smyrna's population growth brought greater success in football and other sports. A dramatic last-second defensive stop gave Smyrna the 2015 Division 1 state football championship in an upset win over Wilmington's perennial state power Salesianum School; Symrna followed up the next year with state championships in football and boys' basketball.
State championships
* Softball: 1993, 2018
* Track and Field:
**Boys Outdoor Division II: 1990, 1991
**Girls Outdoor Division I: 2013
* Football: 2015, 2016, 2017 2022
* Basketball (boys): 2017
* Dual Team Wrestling:
** Division II: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2005
** Division I: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
References
External links
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High schools in Kent County, Delaware
Smyrna, Delaware
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