Concord High School (Delaware)

Concord High School is a public secondary school located in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, and is one of three high schools in the Brandywine School District. There were 1,084 students enrolled in the fall for the 2019–2020 school year.[1] Mark Mayer is the current principal of Concord High School.[2]

Concord High School
Address
2501 Ebright Rd

,
19810

United States
Information
TypePublic
Established1969
School districtBrandywine
PrincipalMark Mayer
Teaching staff70
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,084 (2019–20)
Color(s)Maroon and White    
Athletics conferenceBlue Hen Conference - Flight A
MascotRaider
Websitebrandywineschools.org/concord

Academics

Concord is a fully inclusive high school that offers a range of different levels of classes. Students can take classes at the Advanced Placement (AP), Honors, College Preparatory, Traditional, and Special Education levels, and a non-diploma track is also available. Concord offers 21 AP classes, the most of any school in the Brandywine School District.[3]

Courses that go beyond the AP level are also offered, including linear algebra and multivariable calculus.[4]

Student organizations

Students at Concord have the opportunity to join many curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities, including the following:

Athletics

Concord is a member of Flight A of the Blue Hen Conference in the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA).[14] The Raiders compete in Division I for sports in which the DIAA has split schools into divisions for playoffs or state championship meets. Concord fields a full slate of teams in all three sports seasons.[15]

An image of the mascot for the Concord Raiders.
  • Fall
    • Crew
    • Boys Cross Country
    • Girls Cross Country
    • Field Hockey
    • Football
    • Boys Soccer
    • Girls Volleyball
    • Fall Cheerleading
  • Winter
    • Boys Basketball
    • Girls Basketball
    • Boys Indoor Track
    • Girls Indoor Track
    • Boys Swimming/Diving
    • Girls Swimming/Diving
    • Wrestling
  • Spring
    • Baseball
    • Crew
    • Golf
    • Boys Lacrosse
    • Girls Lacrosse
    • Girls Soccer
    • Softball
    • Boys Tennis
    • Girls Tennis
    • Boys Track
    • Girls Track
    • Boys Volleyball

Concord's athletic director is Larry Jacobs.[16]

Concord, and all high schools in the Brandywine School District, are partnered with ATI Physical Therapy to provide sports medicine services.

Music and arts

Choirs

  • Freshmen Women's Choir[17]
  • Concert Choir[17]
  • Bella Voce (also known as Select Women's Chorus) — an audition-only choir for women[17]
  • Chorale — an audition-only group of the top 50 singers in Concord High School[17]
  • Madrigals — the top 20-25 voices from the Concord Chorale are selected for the Concord Madrigals, an a cappella group which is student-run and meets after school[17]
  • Sweet Adelines — a Barbershop for Women, an a cappella group that meets after school and is student-run[17]
  • Barbershop — the Men's Barbershop, an a cappella group that meets after school and is student-run[17]

Instrumental ensembles

  • Concert Band[18]
  • Symphonic Band, an auditioned ensemble[18]
  • Wind Ensemble, the top auditioned ensemble for instrumentalists at Concord[18]
  • Jazz Band, an after school Jazz ensemble[18]
  • Golden Raider Marching Band (GRMB)[18]
  • String Orchestra[19]

The Concord Players

The Concord Players typically put on a play in the fall and a musical in the spring. Previous performances include Singin' in the Rain, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Rumors, The Pajama Game, Charlotte's Web, Mame, You Could Die Laughing, Once Upon a Mattress, You Can't Take It with You, Anything Goes, Bone Chiller, Bye Bye Birdie, Meet Me In St. Louis, Legally Blonde, Shrek The Musical, Fools, Into the Woods, Noises Off, Disney's The Little Mermaid, You Can't Take It with You, The Music Man, You Can't Beat The House, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Play On!, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

History

In the 1960s, the area north of Wilmington (referred to as Brandywine Hundred) was growing rapidly. The school district (then known as the Alfred I. DuPont School district) was opening new schools as rapidly as possible. Soon, it became apparent that the one high school in the district, Brandywine High School, would not be able to handle the increase in students. The district decided to open a second high school rather than expand the existing one.

The student body for the new high school was developed slowly. At first, students from the existing two junior high schools (Forwood and Springer) were selected based on where they lived to attend the yet to be built high school. The first year (1967–68), Concord High School was held at the then new Hanby Junior High and consisted of 9th and 10th graders. The students met in the top floor while elementary students attended classes in the lower floor while their school was being built. The following year (1968–69), the student body was expanded to 9th, 10th and 11th grades and the elementary students were moved out to their new home.

During this period, the Concord High School building was under construction and planned to open in the fall of 1969. However, a worker strike and construction issues delayed its opening. Since the school was not completed, the student body now consisting of 10th through 12th grades was forced out of their temporary home at Hanby Junior High and into the Brandywine High School building on double sessions. Brandywine High School students attended their school in the morning, while the Concord students attended in the afternoon.

Concord High School finally opened in January 1970 and the first senior class graduated a few months later in June. Even though the school was open, construction was not completed in several areas including the gym, auditorium and swimming pool until the fall of 1970.

The first principal, Dr. William J. Bailey, promoted what was, at the time, a progressive environment that emphasized trust and responsibility among the students. Students were given then unheard of freedoms and responsibilities, which worked extremely well during the progressive periods of the late 1960s and early 1970s. For example, there was no dress code for students or teachers; there was a students' designated smoking area near the bus stops at the front of the building and a rotating schedule was in place with a free period which the students could use as they pleased, including listening to music in the cafeteria, reading in the library, or doing independent study in the classrooms. At one face-to-face between Dr. Bailey and the senior class Bailey was asked if there could be a "Senior Odd Day" at the school. Bailey paused, looked around the auditorium and jokingly said..."every day's senior odd day at this school." Some courses were offered on a non-graded basis, meaning students were placed depending on their abilities rather than their age. For example, English was offered in 5 levels of mastery and each level could have students from all three grades (10–12). Grading earned within each level was still the traditional A – F. Bailey left in the mid-1970s to become a professor of education at the University of Delaware.

Notable alumni

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