Delcastle Technical High School

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Delcastle Technical High School
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Location
Delcastle Technical High School
1417 Newport Road

Newport
,
Delaware
19804

United States
Coordinates 39°43′35″N75°37′38″W / 39.7265°N 75.6271°W / 39.7265; -75.6271
Information
Type Vo-tech public high school
Established1969(56 years ago) (1969)
School district New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District
CEEB code 080170
PrincipalJustin Comegys
Teaching staff123.03 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,598 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio12.99 [1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Navy blue and white
  
Athletics conference Blue Hen Conference – Flight A
Team nameCougars
YearbookThe Artisan
Website delcastle.nccvt.k12.de.us

Delcastle Technical High School is a public vocational-technical high school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington, and is the largest of four high schools within the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District, which includes Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Hodgson Vo-Tech High School in Glasgow, and St. Georges Technical High School in St. Georges. [1] [2] It houses the administrative offices of its respective school district. [3]

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History

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Delcastle Technical High School

Delcastle opened in the fall of 1969 as the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School in response to an increased demand for vocational schools in Delaware. [4] [5] [6] As the county's only vocational-technical high school, it was overwhelmingly popular; by 1971, they were receiving applications from more than three times the number of students they had capacity for. [7] By 1973, the county began planning three additional vocational-technical schools to help handle the extreme interest in Delcastle. [8]

Academics

In addition to 10 credits within their chosen program, Delcastle students must meet Delaware core standards: 4 credits of English and math; 3 science and social studies credits; 2 language credits; 1 physical education credit; and 0.5 health credits. [9] Each of the career programs has its own required courses, which allows students to gain the most contextual education possible. [9] Ninth grade students have the opportunity to do rotations in different career areas so they can find the best fit. [10]

There are 24 career programs separated into six distinct areas at Delcastle: [11]

Delcastle also has partnerships with higher education institutions such as Delaware Technical and Community College, University of Delaware, Wilmington University so students can earn dual enrollment credits as well. [9] In 2017, more than 90% of those enrolled in college courses finished them successfully. [12]

Athletics

Delcastle is part of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association and compete in Blue Hen Conference, Flight "A". [13] [14]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Delcastle Technical High School". National Center for Education Statistics. n.d. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ "High Schools in New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District". U.S. News & World Report. n.d. Archived from the original on August 20, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Maps". n.d. Archived from the original on July 10, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Education enrollments up 31 pct". The Morning News. June 18, 1968. p. 17. Retrieved July 10, 2021– via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Harris, Jay (August 22, 1969). "Upstate vo-tech to open in Dec". The Morning News. p. 8. Retrieved July 10, 2021– via newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "School bus cost record $4.5 million". The Morning News. November 6, 1969. p. 32. Retrieved July 10, 2021– via newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Taylor, John H. Jr. (August 20, 1971). "Wilmington, Newark gets vo-ed OK: Both win full state funding". The Morning News. p. 17. Retrieved July 10, 2021– via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "$Millions boom career ed schools here: 3 more set for county". The News Journal. April 10, 1973. p. 31. Retrieved July 10, 2021– via newspapers.com.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Guide to course selection 2021-2022" (PDF). 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  10. ↑ "9th grade exploratory programs: Delcastle". n.d. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Career Program Overview". n.d. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Go Further, Faster at the Award Winning NCC Vo-Tech High Schools". October 12, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Delcastle - CougarsSports". n.d. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  14. ↑ Greene, Sean (December 21, 2020). "Newark set to rejoin Flight A starting in 2021-22" . Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  15. ↑ Frank, Martin (August 22, 2018). "Delcastle grad hopes to help NFL's Browns end losing ways" . Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Bill Johnson". MLB.com . n.d. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
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