Brandywine High School Explained

Brandywine High School
Type:	Public
Principal:	Rebecca Reggio
Faculty:	63.5 (FTE) (2020-2021)
Enrollment:	940 (2020-2021)
Grades:	9–12
Address:	1400 Foulk Road
State:	Delaware
Zipcode:	19803
Country:	United States
Ceeb:	080158
Newspaper:	The Brandywine Line
Yearbook:	Azurean
Colors:	Blue and white
Mascot:	Bulldog
Conference:	Blue Hen Conference - Flight B
Picture2:	Brandywine Bulldog.png

Brandywine High School is a public secondary school located near Talleys Corner^[1] in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, with a Wilmington postal address.^{[2] [3]} Although the school is not within the Wilmington city limits, it does serve some parts of the city north of the Brandywine River.^[4] It is a part of the Brandywine School District.^[2]

There were 940 students enrolled in the fall for the 2020–2021 school year.^{[2] [5]} Rebecca Reggio is the current principal of Brandywine High School.^[6]

History

Brandywine High School was established in 1958. Its building was designed by Wilmington architects Whiteside, Moeckel & Carbonell in the International Style and completed in 1959.^[7]

Athletics

Brandywine is a member of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA).^[8] The Bulldogs compete in Flight B of the Blue Hen Conference with a full slate of teams in all three sports seasons:^[9] 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.^[10]

Recognitions

In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked Brandywine #5,392 out of almost 24,000 public schools across the United States^[11] and Niche ranked it in the top 50% best public schools for athletes in New Castle County.^[12]

The school was recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program for the 1982–1983 school year.^[13]

Appearances in media

• First lady Jill Biden spoke from the classroom in which she formerly taught at the school (room 232) for her remote address to the 2020 Democratic National Convention.^[14] Biden's husband Joe Biden was in the high school at the moment he formally was nominated for president during the convention.^[15]

Notable alumni

• Dexter Boney,^[16] former basketball player in the National Basketball Association and Continental Basketball Association
• Dennis Brockenborough, trumpet player for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones from 1990 to 2000
• John Gallagher Jr., Tony Award-winning actor best known for Spring Awakening
• Joan Goodfellow, film, television, and stage actress; mezzo-soprano
• Sean Patrick Thomas, actor
• George Thorogood, musician known for hits such as "Bad to the Bone"
• Christopher Voigt, synthetic biology pioneer and MIT professor
• Ben Warheit, Emmy-nominated actor, comedian, and writer, Late Night with Seth Meyers

Notable faculty

• Jill Biden,^[14] Second lady of the United States 2009 - 2017, first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) 2021 - present

External links

• Brandywine High School website
• Video clips of Brandywine Music and Drama performances

Notes and References

1. News: From wagon path to office corridor. Davidson. Henry F.. 1983-01-13. The Morning News. 2021-07-05. 1–2. Newspapers.com.
2. Web site: Brandywine High School. 2021. NCES. 2021-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20210705161909/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1001240&ID=100124000242. 2021-07-05. live.
3. Web site: Home. Brandywine High School. 2021-06-21. 1400 Foulk Road Wilmington, DE 19803.
4. Web site: Registration and Enrollment: 2012-13 Feeder Patterns.
5. Web site: State Report Cards - Delaware Department of Education. 2020-09-04. reportcard.doe.k12.de.us.
6. Web site: Meet the Principal. n.d.. Brandywine School District. 2022-09-13.
7. W. Barksdale Maynard, Buildings of Delaware (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008): 32.
8. Web site: DIAA State Championships 2020 Fall 12-23-20. 2020-12-23. 2021-07-05. Delaware Department of Education.
9. Web site: Several schools concerned as potential vote approaches for Delaware football restructuring. Greene. Sean. 2021-01-21. 2021-07-05.
10. Web site: Bulldogs Sports. n.d.. 2021-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20201102055731/https://www.bulldogssports.com/. 2020-11-02.
11. Web site: Brandywine High School. 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210705163819/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/delaware/districts/brandywine-school-district/brandywine-high-school-4618. 2021-07-05. U.S. News & World Report. 2021-07-05.
12. Web site: Brandywine High School Rankings. n.d.. Niche. 2021-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20210705164040/https://www.niche.com/k12/brandywine-high-school-wilmington-de/rankings/. 2021-07-05.
13. http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program
14. Web site: Holveck . Brandon . DNC in Delaware: Delaware officials to sue USPS and more updates . Delaware Online . The News Journal . 18 August 2020 . 18 August 2020.
15. 1295911877034348545. MSNBC. Joe Biden formally nominated as 2020 Democratic presidential candidate at #DemConvention . 19 August 2020.
16. Web site: Dexter Boney. n.d.. Real GM. 2021-07-05.