BRANDYWINE HIGH SCHOOL

'Brandywine High School' is a public secondary school located in Wilmington, Delaware. Currently, it has slightly over 1200 students.

Contents

Academics

Athletics

Fall

Winter

Spring

Activities

Notable Alumni

External links

Academics

In the 2006 Newsweek rankings, Brandywine ranked #751 on the list of Best Public High Schools [1]. The ranking calculates an index - the number of AP exams taken in 2005 divided by the number of graduating members of the class of 2005.

Athletics

Fall ★ Cross-Country ★ Field Hockey ★ Football ★ Boys Soccer ★ Volleyball ★ Cheerleading

Winter ★ Boys Basketball ★ Girls Basketball ★ Boys Swimming ★ Girls Swimming ★ Wrestling ★ Indoor Track ★ Winter Cheerleading

Spring ★ Baseball ★ Girls Soccer ★ Golf ★ Boy's Lacrosse ★ Girls Lacrosse ★ Softball ★ Boys Tennis ★ Girls Tennis ★ Track and Field

Activities

The BHS Drama department's 2005-2006 productions included the fall play ''Class Dismissed'', the musical ''Footloose'', and the annual student-directed One-Act festival. This year the BHS drama department put on a performance of Little Women, and in March the production of the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie will take place. The drama department is headed by Mrs. Kay Jolly, and the set building/crew for the productions are headed by her husband Mr. Roger Jolly.

Notable Alumni

★ Dennis Brockenborough, musician, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

★ Sean Patrick Thomas, actor, The District, Save the Last Dance

★ George Thorogood, musician, George Thorogood & the Delaware Destroyers.

★ John Gallagher Jr., Broadway actor, Spring Awakening, Rabbit Hole

External links

★ Brandywine High School website