Concord High School (CHS) is a public secondary school located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States, with a Wilmington postal address. It is one of three high schools in the

Brandywine School District Brandywine School District (abbreviated BSD) is a public school district in northern New Castle County, Delaware in the United States. It serves Arden, Ardencroft, Ardentown, Bellefonte, Claymont, Edgemoor, Talleyville, - Talleyville is op ...

. There were 1,084 students enrolled in the fall for the 2019–2020 school year. Mark Mayer is the current principal of Concord High School.

History

CHS opened in 1967 in response to a rapidly rising population that produced too many students for Brandywine High School, then in the Alfred I. duPont District, to handle on its own. Upon opening, it was located on the same campus as Hanby Junior High and taught only ninth and tenth grades. Construction on CHS' own building was delayed due to a worker strike and did not open until January 1970, an entire semester after the planned date and still without its gym, auditorium, and swimming pool completed. During the delay, CHS was forced to leave Hanby and move temporarily into Brandywine High School's building; the two schools taught on a rotating basis: BHS students attended in the morning and CHS students attended in the afternoon.

Athletics

Concord is a member of Flight B of the

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in the

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(DIAA); the Raiders compete in Class 2A, District 1 for football. Concord fields a full slate of teams in all three sports seasons, including: crew, cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, volleyball, cheerleading, basketball, track, swimming/diving, wrestling, baseball, golf, lacrosse, and softball. Concord's Athletic Director is Larry Jacobs. Concord, and all high schools in the Brandywine School District, are partnered with

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to provide sports medicine services.

Notable alumni

* Justin Brown (born 1991, class of 2009), CFL wide receiver *

Terri Dendy Terri Dendy (born May 8, 1965) is a former American track and field athlete from Wilmington, Delaware. Dendy was ranked among the top ten women in the U.S. for the 400 meters event from 1986 through 1989 and again in 1993. She was an alternate o ...

(born 1965), former track and field athlete *

Vicki Huber Vicki Huber (born May 29, 1967) is a retired American middle distance and cross country runner. Biography Vicki Huber was born on May 29, 1967, in Wilmington, Delaware. Huber attended Concord High School where she began running as conditionin ...

(born 1967),

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middle-distance runner *

Mary Knisely Mary Knisely (born Schilly; May 29, 1959) is a retired middle- and long-distance runner from the United States. She set her personal best (8:42.84) in the women's 3000-meter run on 13 July 1987 at a meet in Nice. Knisely is a two-time US nationa ...

(born 1959), former middle- and long-distance running;

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champion at 3,000 meters * Luke Matheny (born 1976, class of 1993),

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-winning motion picture director, writer and actor *

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(born 1956, class of 1974), technology executive and philanthropist * Derrick Milano (born 1993, class of 2012),

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-winning songwriter * Javor Mills (born 1979), former

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player * Montell Owens (born 1984, class of 2002), former

fullback * Chip Reid (class of 1973), CBS news reporter * Adam Ruben (born 1979, class of 1997), author and

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host * Ron Suskind (born 1959), Pulitzer Prize winner (journalism) and author *

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(born 1990), NFL linebacker

References

External links

* {{authority control High schools in New Castle County, Delaware Public high schools in Delaware 1969 establishments in Delaware Educational institutions established in 1969