Alexis I. duPont High School
| Alexis I. duPont High School | |
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| Address | |
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50 Hillside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19807 USA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Stand Upright and Endure |
| Established | 1893 |
| School district | Red Clay Consolidated School District |
| Principal | Kevin Palladinetti |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,062 (2016-2017) |
| Color(s) | Royal blue and gold |
| Mascot | Bengal Tiger |
| Yearbook | The Alexis |
| Website | www.aiduponths.com |
Alexis I. duPont High School is a public high school located in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. It is one of the five high schools in the Red Clay Consolidated School District. There were 1,062 students enrolled in the fall for the 2016-2017 school year.http://www.edline.net/pages/RCAIMS/History
Founded in 1893, Alexis I. duPont (A.I.) moved to its current location in 1966, when the old high school was re-purposed as a middle school to handle grades 5 through 8. The students of A.I. come from Wilmington and its suburbs, including Hockessin, Centreville, Elsmere, Greenville, and Newport.
In 2008, A.I. ranked #388 in Newsweek's top 1300 high schools, which uses a ratio of the number of AP, IB and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school divided by the number of graduating seniors.
Every year before graduation, an awards night honors A.I.'s top students. The highest award presented is the prestigious Kuespert Excelsior Award, given to a graduating senior who best exemplifies the ideals of the school, through excellence in academics, leadership, community service, and athleticism.
A.I. is the only school in the state of Delaware with a working observatory, which is used by the earth sciences class and the astronomy club.
A.I., a member of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association, participates in Flight A of the Blue Hen Conference. The school competes in many sports. In 2007, A.I. sent four Spring Track women athletes, three seniors and a sophomore, to the National Track and Field Championships in North Carolina for the 4x400 meter race. In 2009, the A.I. football team went 10-0, outscoring opponents 380-20. In 2010 the A.I. boys' track team became 2010 Division One State Champions. In 2011 the girls soccer team defeated rival Charter School of Wilmington to win the State Championship.
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