Appoquinimink High School

Appoquinimink High School
Appoquinimink High School
Address
	1080 Bunker Hill Road; Middletown, Delaware 19709; United States
Information
School type	Public
Established	2008 (16 years ago)
School district	Appoquinimink School District
CEEB code	080094
Principal	Sam Postlethwait
Teaching staff	93.40 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,399 (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio	14.98
Mascot	Jaguars
Website	www.appohigh.org

Appoquinimink High School is a public high school in Middletown, Delaware. It is a part of the Appoquinimink School District.^[2]

Construction of the two-story building began in 2006^[3] and ninth grade students were housed in the former Alfred G. Waters School building for the duration of the construction.^[4] Felecia Duggins was selected as school principal in May 2007 and the campus' stadium and 1,067-seat fieldhouse opened that fall.^[3]^[5] Administrators gave students at Everett Meredith and Louis L. Redding middle schools the choice between the jaguars, pirates, and titans for the new high school's mascot; the most popular choice was the jaguar.^[6]

The school opened in 2008 and has a capacity of 1,600 students.

Notable alumni

Renee Bull,^[7] Miss Delaware 2015
Myles Cale, basketball player
A.J. English III,^[8] player in the Polish Basketball League

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Appoquinimink High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ "Appoquinimink High School". NCES. n.d. Archived from the original on 2021-07-05. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
^ ^a ^b Kemp, Al. "Crowd turns out to dedicate new Appoquinimink High School". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. p. B1. - See clipping from Newspapers.com
^ McVey, Shauna (2008-09-24). "Who are the people behind the Appoquinimink school names?". Middletown Transcript. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
^ Kemp, Al (2007-06-27). "A work in progress". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. p. 33. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
^ Kemp, Al (2007-06-27). "They are (clap, clap) the Jaguars". Wilmington, Delaware. p. 34. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
^ "NAACP Honors Teacher Laura Burnett, Student Megan Marchio, Grad Renee Bull". Appoquinimink High School. n.d. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
^ Phillips, Carron J. (2015-01-16). "A.J. English follows dad's basketball path". Delaware Online. Retrieved 2021-07-11.

External links

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[NCES-1] "Appoquinimink High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[2] "Appoquinimink High School". NCES. n.d. Archived from the original on 2021-07-05. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

[KempCrowd-3] Kemp, Al. "Crowd turns out to dedicate new Appoquinimink High School". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. p. B1. - See clipping from Newspapers.com

[4] McVey, Shauna (2008-09-24). "Who are the people behind the Appoquinimink school names?". Middletown Transcript. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

[5] Kemp, Al (2007-06-27). "A work in progress". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. p. 33. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.

[6] Kemp, Al (2007-06-27). "They are (clap, clap) the Jaguars". Wilmington, Delaware. p. 34. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.

[7] "NAACP Honors Teacher Laura Burnett, Student Megan Marchio, Grad Renee Bull". Appoquinimink High School. n.d. Retrieved 2021-07-11.

[8] Phillips, Carron J. (2015-01-16). "A.J. English follows dad's basketball path". Delaware Online. Retrieved 2021-07-11.

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