Seaford Senior High School

Seaford Senior High School is an American public high school in Seaford, Delaware. The school's attendance area includes the towns of Seaford, Blades, and a small portion of Bridgeville.[2]

Seaford Senior High School
Address
399 North Market Street

Seaford
,
Delaware
19973

United States
Coordinates38°39′06″N 75°36′49″W
Information
TypeSecondary Public
Motto"Pride Through Excellence"
Established1966 (1966)
SuperintendentDavid Perrington
CEEB code080140
PrincipalJason Cameron
Faculty88
Grades9th - 12th
Number of students815 (2016-17)[1]
Color(s)Blue and gold
  
Athletics conferenceHenlopen Conference - Southern Division
MascotBlue Jay
Websiteshs.seafordbluejays.org

History

Seaford Senior High School was established in 1966. The building was designed by Wilmington architects Martin & Wason.[3]

Academics

Students can choose from an array of academic courses from college-prep to Advanced Placement to prepare them for the college/university of their choosing. Teachers on the secondary level use the curriculum mapping process to align their content with the Delaware Content Standards, articulate instruction from grades 6–12, and coordinate assignments at each grade level.

For the graduating class of 2010, students taking the SAT scored an average of 474 in math and 460 in verbal for a combined score of 934.[4] This is compared with averages of 482+479=961 throughout the state and 516+501=1017 nationally.[5]

Athletics

All Seaford School District teams compete in the Henlopen Conference in middle school and high school sports. Seaford High School is one of the smallest schools in the conference, based on enrollment, and thereby competes in the Henlopen South.

Following outrage over the playing of Roseanne Barr's 1990 performance of The Star-Spangled Banner during the school's September 24, 2019 girls' volleyball match against Milford High School, the district apologized about this issue.[6][7][8]

Awards

The school won the AARP Ethel Percy Andrus Legacy Award, that recognises outstanding educational achievements, in 2008 for its Advanced Placement Incentive Program.[9]

The Corporation for National and Community Service recognised the school, in 2001 for its outstanding service-learning programs that integrates service into the curriculum.[10]

Notable alumni

Notes
  1. "Seaford Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sussex County, DE" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  3. "Wason, Donald Sturgeon" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 967.
  4. Delaware School Profiles - District/School Search
  5. Delaware School Profiles - District/School Search
  6. Casiano, Louis (September 27, 2019). "Delaware school district apologizes for playing Roseanne Barr's infamous national anthem". Fox News. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  7. Alamdari, Natalia (September 26, 2019). "Delaware school district apologizes after Roseanne Barr anthem rendition plays before volleyball match". USA Today. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  8. Duaine Hahn, Jason (September 27, 2019). "School Apologizes after playing Roseanne Barr's Infamous Version of National Anthem Before Game". People. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  9. "AARP Legacy Award Celebrates Seaford High School for Innovation in Education", PR Newswire, April 2, 2008.
  10. "Chase School Change Awards", Education Week, May 23, 2001.
  11. "LaCoss Gives Giants' Pen Night Off", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 18, 1990.
  12. "Fighting for First State families like mine". Stephanie Hansen: Democrat State Senate. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  13. "Seaford High School Alumni Yearbook", Seaford Senior High School, accessed 21 October 2009.
  14. "Obituary: Yuri Schwebler, Artist, Attended Del. Schools". Newspapers.com. The News Journal from Wilmington, Delaware. March 7, 1990. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
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