Odessa High School (Delaware)

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Odessa High School
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Odessa High School (Delaware)
570 Tony Marchio Dr

Townsend, Delaware
19734

United States
Coordinates 39°26′18″N75°39′04″W / 39.43834°N 75.65102°W / 39.43834; -75.65102
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Type Public
Established2020(5 years ago) (2020)
School district Appoquinimink School District
CEEB code 080018
PrincipalVeronica "Voni" Perrine
Teaching staff61.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment917 (2022–2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.03 [1]
Color(s)Green and yellow [2]
   
MascotDucks
Website www.odessahs.org

Odessa High School is a public high school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware. It has a Townsend postal address, [3] while its name refers to nearby Odessa. It is a part of the Appoquinimink School District. The ducks are the mascot.

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It is a part of the Fairview K-12 Campus, which is on a former corn field and also includes the Old State Elementary School and Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center. [4] It shares its building with Cantwell's Bridge Middle School. [5]

History

The Appoquinimink district began developing the complex circa 2010. [4]

The district selected the duck mascot in 2017. [6] The building had a cost of $148 million. Groundbreaking began in January 2018. [5]

Construction completed in fall 2020 and opened with grade 9 students. As the COVID-19 pandemic in Delaware occurred, the initial students did virtual learning. The athletic teams began in November 2020. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Odessa High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Colors | University Communications". University of Oregon Brand and Style Guide. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Home". Odessa High School. Retrieved July 5, 2021. 570 Tony Marchio Drive, Townsend, DE 19734
  4. 1 2 Parrish, Amanda (October 14, 2020). "This Delaware district is reinventing the way it does school". Middletown Transcript. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Groundbreaking for new school building next week". Middletown Transcript. January 18, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ducks chosen as mascot for new Odessa High School". Middletown Transcript. November 15, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  7. ↑ Parrish, Amanda (December 14, 2020). "New school, new sports: Odessa High fall coaches let players set culture for first season". Middletown Transcript. Retrieved July 5, 2021.


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