Christiana High School

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Christiana High School is a public high school in Newark, Delaware. Its enrollment at last count was roughly 1500 students. Christiana High school is known throughout the state for its clubs and academics. Its mascot is the Viking.

1 History
2 Curriculum
3 Students
4 Faculty
5 Extra-curricular activities
6 Notable student
7 External links

[edit] History

Founded in 1963, Christiana High School is one of three high schools in the Christina School District (the other two being Newark High School and Glasgow High School). Christiana High School is located on the outskirts of Newark, Delaware. It does not lie within city limits. It is less than a ten minutes drive from the University of Delaware.

[edit] Curriculum

Starting in the 2005/2006 school year, Christiana High School is implementing a higher standard of academics for incoming students. Students are now required to take four credits each of English, science, and math. The only core credit requirement not changed is social studies, where a total of three credits are still required.

Like all other high school students in Delaware, Christiana High School students are required to have 1.5 credits of Phys. Ed. /Health. Two years of a foreign language (French, Spanish, German) are required, and so is one year worth of computer literacy.

Miscellaneous requirements for graduation include a senior research project and one credit of community service.

Christiana High School helps students try to specialize in their future profession by having them follow a career pathway. Students are required to take at least three credits worth of a specific area of study. For example, students wishing to focus on agriculture in the future should take at least three of the thirteen agriscience classes offered. Christiana High School was also ranked 31 out of a total 33 Delaware High Schools For Academics

AP classes are becoming increasingly commonplace in Christiana High School. AP classes include English, physics, psychology, calculus, world history, environmental science, biology, and chemistry.

In 2004, Christiana High School and other high schools in the same district created “learning communities” for freshmen. This concept helps freshmen adjust from middle school to high school. Freshmen are split up into groups that are led by four core subject teachers, a concept reminiscent of middle school. However, the freshmen also have four more classes that are outside the small groups. This mixture of middle and high school allows the freshmen to become used to the new lifestyle by the time they’re sophomores. In addition to the “learning communities”, Christiana High School has also been defined as being a “Culinary and Hotel Management Institute” by the district. This is due to the high number of business and culinary classes present in the school. Classes include culinary arts, hotel management, business, financial record-keeping, JDEG (Jobs for Delaware Graduates), etc. 1

[edit] Students

As of the 2005 school year, there were approximately 1500 students in Christiana High School. There are a little over a hundred students who have made Christiana High School their choice school. This allows these students to live outside of the district yet still attend Christiana High School. There is also a 50 % Drop out rate among students2

[edit] Faculty

There are about 106 instructors who are a part of the school staff. This works out to there being roughly 16 students per teacher. A sizable minority of the staff (30%) has 20+ years of teaching experience. 3 However, this does not mean that the majority of the teachers are not qualified for their occupation. According to a profile of Delaware schools, 82% of the teachers in Christiana High School are highly qualified for their job. 4

[edit] Extra-curricular activities

Sports - Boys

Cross-Country
Baseball (Varsity, Junior Varsity, freshman)
Basketball (Varsity, Junior Varsity, freshman)
Football (Varsity, Junior Varsity, freshman)
Golf
Hockey (club)
Indoor Track (3’rd in 2005 state championship)
Soccer
Swimming
Outdoor Track (1’st in 2005 county championships, 3’rd in division for 2005 state championships)
Wrestling

Sports - Girls

Cheerleading **2006 Delaware State Champions in Super Large Varsity Competition**
Lacrosse
Cross-Country
Basketball (Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshman)
Field Hockey
Golf
Hockey (club)
Indoor Track
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Track and Field
Volleyball (Varsity, Junior Varsity, Freshmen)

Clubs, Organizations

Bible Club
Business Professionals of America
Chess Club
Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)
Future Farmers of America (won the most events of any school in the 2005 Delaware FFA contest)*Largest FFA membership in the State
German Club
JROTC
Kronika Yearbook
National Honor Society
Spanish Club
Student Government
Technology Student Association (TSA)
Viking Voice Newspaper
Viking Rugby Club