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'{{Infobox school | name = Alexis I. duPont High School | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | logo = | motto = Stand Upright and Endure | established = 1893 | closed = | type = Public | principal = Kevin Palladinetti<ref>{{cite web|url=https://6abc.com/ai-dupont-high-school-delaware-wilmington-prom/10657820/|last=Vitarelli|first=Alicia|title=Delaware high school picks up tab for senior send-off event|date=2021-05-18|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> | founder = | faculty = 52 (FTE) (2019-2020) | enrollment = 807 (2019-2020) | grades = 9–12 | streetaddress = 50 Hillside Road | city = [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] | state = [[Delaware]] | zipcode = 19807 | country = USA | coordinates = | latitude = | longitude = | district = [[Red Clay Consolidated School District]]<br>Alexis I. duPont School District (1893-1978) | colors = Royal blue and gold <br>{{color box|#003896}} {{color box|#FDD017}} | athletics = Tigers | mascot = Bengal Tiger |conference = [[Blue Hen Conference]] - Flight B | yearbook = The Alexis | national_ranking = | website = [https://www.redclayschools.com/aihs Official Website] }} '''Alexis I. duPont High School''' (AI) is a [[public high school]] located in [[Greenville, Delaware]] with a [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] postal address.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://de01903704.schoolwires.net/Domain/132|title=Home|publisher=A. I. duPont High School|accessdate=2021-02-14|quote=50 Hillside Road, Wilmington, DE 19807}} - The school is not in the Wilmington city limits, as seen in a comparison with [https://www.wilmingtonde.gov:443/home/showpublisheddocument?id=364 the zoning map] as of February 2021. [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st10_de/place/p1031430_greenville/DC10BLK_P1031430_001.pdf See the map of Greenville CDP from the 2010 U.S. Census].</ref> It is one of the four schools offering grades 9–12 in the [[Red Clay Consolidated School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redclayschools.com/Page/521|title=School Directory|date=n.d.|access-date=2021-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705113301/https://www.redclayschools.com/Page/521|archive-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> 807 students were enrolled during the 2019–2020 school year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1001300&ID=100130000276|title=duPont (Alexis I.) High School|date=2020|access-date=2021-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705113517/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1001300&ID=100130000276|archive-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> Areas zoned to AI come from portions of [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] and several suburbs, including [[Greenville, Delaware|Greenville]], most of [[Hockessin, Delaware|Hockessin]], a portion of [[North Star, Delaware|North Star]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redclayschools.com/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=1183&dataid=1348&FileName=AIHS_2016.pdf|title=AIHS_2016.pdf|publisher=[[Red Clay Consolidated School District]]|accessdate=2021-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10003_new_castle/DC20SD_C10003.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: New Castle County, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2021-06-18}}</ref> and [[Centerville, Delaware|Centreville]], as well as nearby [[Breck's Mill Area|Breck's Mill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/468f8477-04d0-493d-abcf-d0290e2185bb|title=Breck's Mill Area|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|accessdate=2021-07-03|quote=Duplex Worker's House at 164-166 Breck's Lane}}</ref> In Wilmington, it serves the historic districts of [[Cool Spring Park Historic District|Cool Spring Park]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/3feb41dd-1639-4dc6-b0fd-26b94538d3ef/|title=Cool Spring Historic District|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=2021-07-04|quote=1000 Block Park Place, Wilmington, De.|page=10/60}} - Photograph # 5/30</ref> [[Delaware Avenue Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware)|Delaware Avenue]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/72b341f6-2fa5-4943-ab26-b8d944db83ca/|title=Delaware Avenue Historic District|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=2021-07-04|quote=1300 Delaware Avenue}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/667c727d-19dc-4729-9798-bc0ae084a2e3|title=Delaware Avenue Historic District (expansion)|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=2021-07-04|quote=1601 N. Broom Street}}</ref> and [[Wawaset Park, Wilmington, Delaware|Wawaset Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/86000008|title=Wawaset Park Historic District|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|accessdate=2021-07-04|quote=Bounded by Pennsylvania Ave., Woodlawn Ave., Seventh St., and Greenhill Ave.}} - Compare to zone map.</ref> In 2020, the high school was the site of the first [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|campaign]] event featuring Democratic presidential nominee [[Joe Biden]] and his running mate [[Kamala Harris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/joe-biden/2020/08/12/joe-biden-kamala-harris-give-remarks-a-i-dupont-high-school/3358061001/|title=Photos: Joe Biden, running mate Kamala Harris speak at A.I. du Pont high school|date=2020-08-12|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> ==History== Founded in 1893 under Principal A.R. Spade, Alexis I. duPont High School (AI) was originally a part of the Alexis I. duPont School District.<ref name=about>{{cite web|url=https://www.redclayschools.com/domain/216|title=About Us|publisher=Alexis I. duPont High School|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228065543/https://www.redclayschools.com/domain/216|archive-date=2021-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/161835463/|title=Prof. A.R. Spade, Prominent As Educator, Dead|date=1936-03-17 |newspaper=The News Journal|access-date=2021-07-05|page=5|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/156092673/|title=Notice of special election in the Alexis I. duPont School District|date=1974-06-03 |newspaper=The Morning News|access-date=2021-07-05|page=33|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> AI moved to its current location in 1966 from where Alexis I. duPont Middle School stands today.<ref name=about/> Both schools left the AI School District in 1978 and were moved into the short-lived New Castle County School District, which split into the [[Red Clay Consolidated School District|Red Clay Consolidated]], [[Brandywine School District|Brandywine]], [[Christiana School District|Christiana]], and [[Colonial School District (Delaware)|Colonial]] school districts in August 1981.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/160618902|last=Gorenstein|first=Nathan|title=New Castle County School Attendance Zones|date=1981-08-02 |newspaper=The Morning News|access-date=2021-07-05|page=B4A-B4C|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/157905967/|title=OPEN HOUSE|date=1978-09-08 |newspaper=The Morning News|access-date=2021-07-05|page=19|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ==Academics== In 2021, ''[[US News and World Report]]'' ranked AI #9,632 of more than 18,000 high schools nationally<ref name=usnews2021>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/delaware/districts/red-clay-consolidated-school-district/dupont-alexis-i-high-school-4631#:~:text=School%202021%20Rankings-,Dupont%20(Alexis%20I.),they%20prepare%20students%20for%20college.|title=Dupont (Alexis I.) High School |publisher=US News and World Report|date=2021|access-date=2021-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705121813/https://www.niche.com/k12/alexis-i-dupont-high-school-wilmington-de/rankings/|archive-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> and [[Niche (company)|Niche]] ranked it #1 of 56 schools in the state of Delaware.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.niche.com/k12/alexis-i-dupont-high-school-wilmington-de/rankings/|title=Alexis I. duPont High School|publisher=Niche|date=2021|access-date=2021-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705121813/https://www.niche.com/k12/alexis-i-dupont-high-school-wilmington-de/rankings/|archive-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> AI's graduation rate for the 2018–2019 academic year was 88%.<ref name=usnews2021/> ==Athletics== AI is a member of the [[Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association]] (DIAA) and as of 2017 participates in Flight B of the [[Blue Hen Conference]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wdel.com/news/newark-set-to-rejoin-flight-a-starting-in-2021-22/article_7f767610-43a8-11eb-8e71-a7ef9d91a45b.html|last=Greene|first=Sean|title=Newark set to rejoin Flight A starting in 2021-22|publisher=WDEL|date=2020-12-21|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tigerssports.com/contact|title=Contact Us|publisher=Alexis I. duPont High School|date=n.d.|access-date=2021-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705124425/https://www.tigerssports.com/contact|archive-date=2021-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/08/27/realignment-changes-blue-hen-conference-football/606490001/|last=Myers|first=Brad|title=Realignment changes Blue Hen Conference football|publisher=Delaware Online|date=2017-08-27|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> The following sports are playing within the DIAA league: football, cross country, field hockey, soccer, volleyball, basketball, swimming, wrestling, baseball, golf, lacrosse, softball, tennis, and track & field.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tigerssports.com/|title=Tigers Sports|publisher=Alexis I. duPont High School|date=n.d.|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> The ice hockey team is a Division I school within the [[High school ice hockey in Delaware|Delaware Scholastic Hockey Association]], which is hosted at the Patriot Ice Center in [[Newark, Delaware|Newark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kreezee.com/hockey/league/delaware-high-school-hockey-league/14270/teams|title=Team List|publisher=Delaware High School Hockey League|date=n.d.|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://patrioticecenter.com/hockey/dhshl/|title=DELAWARE HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE (DHSHL)!|publisher=The Patriot Ice Center|date=n.d.|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> ==Student activities== ===Clubs=== As of 2021, AI officially recognizes the following clubs: astronomy club; after-school choir; [[Advancement Via Individual Determination]] (AVID), an academic support program for at-risk students; band and orchestra; band fronts; Black Student Union; [[Business Professionals of America]]; chess club; [[Communities in Schools]], a national support program for at-risk students; [[DECA (organization)|DECA]]; drama club; Environmental Action Committee; [[Family, Career and Community Leaders of America]]; [[Educators Rising]]; [[Gay–Straight Alliance]]; House Activities/Leadership; [[Math League]]; mock trial; [[National Honor Society]]; garden and urban agriculture club; [[Special Olympics|Project UNIFY]]; [[Science Olympiad]]; and the [[Technology Student Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redclayschools.com/domain/820|title=CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS|publisher=Alexis I. duPont High School|date=n.d.|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> ===Music=== The Tigers Marching Band has a long history of participating in musical, cultural, and sporting events around the world.<ref name=retirement>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockessincommunitynews.com/article/20120517/NEWS/305179978|last=Bouchat-Friedman|first=Danielle|title=Band director Paul Parets retiring after 36 musical years|date=2012-05-17|publisher=Community News|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> They have marched in the inaugural parades for [[Inauguration of Jimmy Carter|Jimmy Carter]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/01/20/the-big-parade-bands-floats-fighting-tigers-dog-teams-and-cavalry/75d6f5fa-4b13-4bb3-9aa5-651c22e3caa6/|last=Gorney|first=Cynthia|title=The Big Parade: Bands, Floats, Fighting Tigers, Dog Teams and Cavalry|date=1977-01-20|work=The Washington Post|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> [[Inauguration of George H. W. Bush|George H.W. Bush]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/01/21/students-happily-pass-up-classes-in-favor-of-real-life-history-lesson/f2bf240e-cf26-4746-afd5-a59358a33cfc/|last1=Gellman|first1=Barton|last2=Howard|first2=Alison|title=Students happily pass up classes in favor of real-life history lesson|date=1989-01-21|work=The Washington Post|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> and [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/news/article_20d20242-e2a6-5ac4-9a05-4969596b7a6e.html|title=List of participants in Tuesday's Inaugural Parade |date=2009-01-19|publisher=The Virginian Pilot|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> They appeared in [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena's]] [[Tournament of Roses Parade]] in 1990, 1995, 1999, 2004, and 2008 and are one of three bands outside of [[California]] to take part five times.<ref name=retirement/><ref name=govpub>{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2012-pt7/html/CRECB-2012-pt7-Pg9759.htm|title=Tribute to Paul L. Parets|date=2012|publisher=U.S. Government Publishing Office|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> Other notable appearances include: the [[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]] and [[Fiesta Bowl]] (2006, 2010); the [[Saint Patrick's Day#Ireland|St. Patrick's Day Parade]] in [[Dublin, Ireland]] (1993, 1997, 2000, and 2003); the 2002 [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Queen's Golden Jubilee]]; and [[New Year's Day#New Year's Day|New Year's Day parades]] in [[London's New Year's Day Parade|London]] (1989, 1992, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2012, and 2017) and [[Rome]] (2007).<ref name=retirement/><ref name=govpub/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockessincommunitynews.com/article/20090608/NEWS/306089977|last=Prado|first=Antonio|title=A.I. duPont class of 2009 celebrates accomplishments, maturity|date=2009-06-08|publisher=Community News|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> The Tiger Marching Band has attended the [[6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade]] in [[Philadelphia]] since at least 1979, the Macy's Thanksgiving parade in New York City and the Latin American and Christmas Parades in Wilmington for many years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/dupont-high-school-marching-band-042031306.html|title=A. I. Dupont High School marching band celebrating 4 decades of Thanksgiving Day Parade participation|date=2019-09-10|publisher=Yahoo|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wdel.com/news/a-i-duponts-band-to-represent-delaware-in-philadelphias-thanksgiving-day-parade/article_08c2da5e-11a9-11ea-98a9-a347e9a9be63.html|last=Greene|first=Sean|title=A.I. duPont's band to represent Delaware in Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day Parade|date=2019-11-28|publisher=WDEL|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://6abc.com/dupont-high-school-marching-band-thanksgiving-day/5525529/|title=A. I. Dupont High School marching band celebrating 4 decades of Thanksgiving Day Parade participation|date=2019-09-10|publisher=ABC6|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> Vocal music at A.I. consists of several different ensembles, including a concert and a chamber choir, designed to meet the variety of needs, talents, and interests of high school vocalists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aitigerchoirs.com/|title=Alexis I. duPont Tiger Choirs|date=n.d.|access-date=2021-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801005906/http://aitigerchoirs.com/|archive-date=2015-08-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> The band is a student-run organization in which students, specifically an executive board of seniors, make nearly all of the governing decisions.<ref name=leadership>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aibands.com/staff/|title=Our Leadership|publisher=Alexis I. duPont High School Marching Band|access-date=2021-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705135745/https://www.aibands.com/staff/|archive-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> Paul L. Parets, who had been the high school's band director since 1976, retired in the spring of 2012.<ref name=retirement/> The band has since been directed by Richard F. Weaver III, who is a 1998 AI alumnus and joined the faculty in 2003.<ref name=leadership/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.delaware.gov/2019/09/27/state-to-name-2020-delaware-teacher-of-the-year/|last=May|first=Alison|title=State to name 2020 Delaware Teacher of the Year|publisher=Department of Education|website=Delaware News|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> ==Notable alumni== *[[Judge Reinhold]] (born 1957),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/164688543/|last=Cormier|first=Ryan|title=Wilmington's Judge Reinhold reminisces about Rockford Park, previews role on Finale of 'Arrested'|date=2006-02-10|newspaper=The News Journal|access-date=2021-07-05|page=45 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> actor * [[Elissa Schappell]] (born abt 1963),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/165096804|last=Soulsman|first=Gary|title=She's bringing out the spitfire in all of us|date=2011-11-21|newspaper=The News Journal|access-date=2021-07-05|page=B5|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> novelist, editor, essayist, and co-founder and editor of ''[[Tin House]]'' *[[Leo E. Strine, Jr.]] (born 1964),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://delawarebusinesstimes.com/news/waltz-strine-retire/|last=Waltz|first=Sam|title=Sam Waltz: Strine to Retire Soon?|date=2019-05-13|website=Delaware Business Times|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> former judge and Chief Justice in the [[Delaware Supreme Court]] *[[Jim Bundren]] (born 1974),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/159344574/|last=Tresolini|first=Kevin|title=Bundren picked by Miami|date=1998-04-21|newspaper=The News Journal|access-date=2021-07-05|page=23|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> former NFL player for the [[Cleveland Browns]] *[[Mangesh Hattikudur]] (born abt 1975),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/159374435|title=St. Mark's dominates Science Olympiad|date=1996-03-28|newspaper=The News Journal|access-date=2021-07-05|page=91|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> co-founder of ''[[Mental Floss]]'' magazine *[[Henry Milligan]] (born 1977),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.desports.org/inductees/1993/|title=1993 Inductees|date=n.d.|website=DE Sports|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> professional boxer *[[Jamie Natalie]] (born 1979),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/164922498|title=For the University of Delaware, it was a year of change|date=2000-12-31|newspaper=The News Journal|access-date=2021-07-05|page=32|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> retired gymnast; alternate to the [[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Men's events|2000 U.S. Men's Olympic gymnastic team]] *[[Jeremy O'Keefe]] (born 1980),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/157248901/|title=Alexis I. duPont|date=1995-02-23|newspaper=The News Journal|access-date=2021-07-05|page=89|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> filmmaker *[[Vincenza Carrieri-Russo]] (born 1984),<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/165555983/?terms=%22vincenza%2Bcarrieri-russo%22|title=AI Grad Receives Presidential Award|date=26 June 2003|newspaper=The News Journal|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Miss Delaware USA 2008 *[[Quadree Henderson]] (born 1996),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/2017/07/13/pitt-all-american-returnman-quadree-henderson-out-a-i-du-pont-high-has-bond-a-i-qb-and-cancer/451244001/|last=Tresolini|first=Kevin|title=Perfect 10s: Cancer fight strengthens bond between A.I. du Pont High quarterback, Pitt All-American|date=2017-07-13|website=Delaware Online|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> football player in the [[Canadian Football League]] K.J. Caron (Well known baker and Twitch Star) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.redclayschools.com/aihs School website] *[http://www.aibands.com/ Tiger Bands website] *[http://www.tigerssports.com/ Tiger Athletics homepage] {{Education in New Castle County, Delaware}} {{authority control}} {{coord|39.7775|-75.6015|region:US-DE_type:edu|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dupont, Alexis I. High School}} [[Category:High schools in New Castle County, Delaware]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1893]] [[Category:Public high schools in Delaware]] [[Category:1893 establishments in Delaware]]'