Brandywine High School is a public secondary school located near Talleys Corner in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States, with a 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. - Compare to the city map. Its boundary also includes much of Claymont census-designated place, - Compare to the school boundary maps. and parts of the Edgemoor CDP. - Compare to the school boundary maps. 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.
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.W. Barksdale Maynard, Buildings of Delaware (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008): 32.
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, U.S. News & World Report ranked Brandywine #5,392 out of almost 24,000 public schools across the United States, and Niche ranked it in the top 50% best public schools for athletes in New Castle County.
The school was recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program for the 1982–1983 school year.Blue Ribbon Schools Program
Appearances in media First lady Jill Biden spoke from the classroom in which she formerly taught (room 232) for her remote address to the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Her husband Joe Biden was in the high school at the moment he formally was nominated for president during the convention.
Notable alumni
Dexter Boney, former basketball player in the National Basketball Association and Continental Basketball Association Dennis Brockenborough, trumpet player for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones 1990–2000 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 Lori Van Sickle, professional golfer Steven Hall, recording artist known professionally as Nirosta Steel
Notable faculty Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States 2009–2017, First Lady of the United States 2021–present
References
External links Brandywine High School website Video clips of Brandywine music and drama performances