William Penn High School (Delaware)

William Penn High School

Principal	Jeffrey Menzer (Woody)
Motto	"Where excellence is the norm and the tradition."
Established	1921
School type	Public
Location	New Castle, Delaware
Enrollment	2200
Campus	Suburban
School colors	Cherry & Black
Nicknames	William Penn, Penn
Athletic Conference	Blue Hen Flight A
Website	Official website

William Penn High School, also known and referred to as William Penn or simply Penn is a four-year comprehensive, coeducational high school located in New Castle, Delaware, USA. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and a member of the Colonial School District. It is the largest high school in the state of Delaware. The school mascot is the Colonial.

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William Penn High School was established in 1849 and named after William Penn, who founded the Province of Pennsylvania which would later go on to become the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

The student population of William Penn is 75% black.

The school has a large selection of departments including those with classes mandatory for graduation as well as various elective courses. They are:

The William Penn Colonials participate in the Blue Hen Flight A Conference in Delaware. Active sports include:

William Penn hallways are epidemically congested, if a student has a class on the opposite side of the building it is likely he or she will not make it there on time even with the generosity (but impossibility) of a sprint through the halls.
Students have, at leisure, the ability to leave at virtually any point during the day, at any of the school's various exits. One of the school's main focal points of behavioral reinforcement is to stop tardiness and class-cutting, making the above a humorous topic among students who exercise this freedom daily.
William Penn (and Colonial School District as a whole) has very rarely, if ever, had a two- or one-hour late day or canceled school due to weather conditions. This is frequently a topic of chagrin and disgust to students who sit and watch other local schools, sometimes facing more pleasing conditions, have their days shortened or called off due to weather.