Appoquinimink High School

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Appoquinimink High School
Address
Appoquinimink High School
1080 Bunker Hill Road

,
Delaware
19709

United States
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School typePublic
Established2008(15 years ago) (2008)
School district Appoquinimink School District
CEEB code 080094
PrincipalSam Postlethwait
Faculty105 (FTE) (2019-2020)
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,697 (2019-2020)
MascotJaguars
Website www.appohigh.org

Appoquinimink High School (AHS) is a public high school in Middletown, Delaware. It is a part of the Appoquinimink School District. [1]

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Construction of the two-story building began in 2006 [2] and ninth grade students were housed in the former Alfred G. Waters School building for the duration of the construction. [3] Felecia Duggins was selected as school principal in May 2007 and the campus' stadium and 1,067-seat fieldhouse opened that fall. [2] [4] Administrators gave students at Everett Meredith and Louis L. Redding middle schools the choice between the jaguars, pirates, and titans for the new high school's mascot; the most popular choice was the jaguar. [5]

The school opened in 2008 and has a capacity of 1,600 students.

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