Concord High School (CHS) is a public

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located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States, with a Wilmington postal address. It is one of three high schools in the

Brandywine School District Brandywine School District (abbreviated BSD) is a public school district in northern New Castle County, Delaware in the United States. It serves Arden, Ardencroft, Ardentown, Bellefonte, Claymont, Edgemoor, Talleyville, - Talleyville i ...

. There was a total of 1,014 students enrolled in the fall for the 2024–2025 school year. Kevin Palladinetti is the current principal of Concord High School. Its attendance boundary includes: parts of the City of Wilmington, and a small section of Ardentown.

History

CHS opened in 1967 in response to a rapidly rising population that produced too many students for

Brandywine High School Brandywine High School is a public secondary school located near Talleys Corner in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, with a Wilmington postal address. Although the school is not within the Wilmington city limits, it does serve some p ...

, then in the Alfred I. duPont District, to handle on its own. Upon opening, it was located on the same campus as Hanby Junior High and taught only ninth and tenth grades. Construction on CHS' own building was delayed due to a worker strike and did not open until January 1970, an entire semester after the planned date and still without its gym, auditorium, and swimming pool completed. During the delay, CHS was forced to leave Hanby and move temporarily into Brandywine High School's building; the two schools taught on a rotating basis: BHS students attended in the morning and CHS students attended in the afternoon.

Athletics

Concord is a member of Flight B of the Blue Hen Conference in the

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(DIAA); the Raiders compete in Class 2A, District 1 for football. Concord fields a full slate of teams in all three sports seasons, including: crew, cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, volleyball, cheerleading, basketball, track, swimming/diving, wrestling, baseball, golf, lacrosse, and softball. Concord's Athletic Director is Larry Jacobs.

Notable alumni

* Don Schiff (born 1955, class of 1974) musician/rock instrumentalist * Justin Brown (born 1991, class of 2009),

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wide receiver *

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(born 1965), former track and field athlete * Vicki Huber (born 1967), Olympic middle-distance runner *

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(born 1959), former middle- and long-distance running;

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champion at 3,000 meters * Luke Matheny (born 1976, class of 1993),

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-winning motion picture director, writer and actor * Scott A. McGregor (born 1956, class of 1974), technology executive and philanthropist *

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(born 1993, class of 2012),

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-winning songwriter *

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(born 1979, class of 1998), former

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player *

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(born 1984, class of 2002), former

fullback *

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(class of 1973),

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news reporter *

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(born 1979, class of 1997), author and

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host *

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(born 1959), Pulitzer Prize winner (journalism) and author * Paul Worrilow (born 1990), NFL linebacker

References

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* {{authority control High schools in New Castle County, Delaware Public high schools in Delaware 1969 establishments in Delaware Educational institutions established in 1969 Brandywine School District