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The '''Charter School of Wilmington''' is a high school in [[Wilmington, Delaware]] with approximately 1000 students. It was one of the first public/private [[charter school]]s in the [[United States|country]], opening in [[1996]].
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==History==
- Charter schools in Delaware were authorized by ''Delaware Code'', Title 14, Chapter five, enacted in 1995. The school is operated by a consortium of six companies: Astrazeneca, Christiana Care Health System, Conectiv, [[DuPont]], Hercules Incorporated and [[Verizon]].
- Located in [[Wilmington]], [[Delaware]], The Charter School of Wilmington was chartered by the [[Red Clay School District]], and was indirectly descended from an earlier 'Math and Science Academy' run by the Red Clay School District. The school is a [[college]] preparatory academy that focuses on mathematics and science, including [[statistics]], [[calculus]], [[chemistry]], [[biology]], [[physics]], [[geology]], and [[computer]] sciences. It uses the third floor and part of the second floor of the building that formerly housed '''Wilmington High School'''. It shares the building with the Cab Calloway School of the Arts and the James H. Groves Adult High School.
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- The Charter School of Wilmington is a member of the [[National_Consortium_for_Specialized_Secondary_Schools_of_Mathematics%2C_Science_and_Technology|National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science, and Technology]].

==Curriculum==
The curriculum at the Charter School focuses on college-preparatory mathematics and sciences, although the school has a strong humanities curriculum as well. The school features many [[Advanced Placement]] course offerings.

Required mathematics courses are the Integrated Math Series (Integrated Math 1, 2, and 3), AP Calculus AB, and AP Calculus BC. AP Statistics, Pre-Calculus, and Discrete Math can be taken in lieu of the calculus classes. 4 math courses are needed to graduate.

Required science courses are the Introduction to Science courses, three semester-long freshmen courses in Physics, Chemistry, and Geosystems. Sophomores are required to take full-year biology, while juniors are required to take full-year chemistry and seniors are required to take full-year physics. There are a variety of AP courses in each of the respective sciences available in lieu of the normal AP course. The Charter School of Wilmington offers AP Biology, AP Chemistry, an AP Physics C class that covers topics on both the Electrical/Magnetic and Mechanical curricula, and an AP Environmental Science course. Electives include a Digital Electronics Design Lab, a Robotics class, classes on astronomy, oceanography, anatomy, and forensics, an Introduction to Engineering course, a biogenetics course, and a Human Life Cycle course.

Required English courses are Freshman English, British Literature, American Literature, and World Literature. AP English Literature can be taken in lieu of senior World Literature. Electives include AP English Language, a course surveying world myths and legends, a set of Journalism classes that produce the student Blue Streak newspaper, Creative Writing and College Preparatory Writing courses, a Philosophy course, an Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations course, and a Shakespeare course.

Required social studies courses are Integrated Social Sciences, World History, and United States History. While AP United States History is offered in lieu of the standard US History class, sophomores cannot take the AP World History class in lieu of the standard World History class. Electives include standard and AP Economics classes, a military history class, courses on pre-Civil War and modern American history, a stock market lab, a standard psychology class, and AP United States Government and Politics.

A minimum of two years of foreign language is mandated. Many students elect to continue language studies, sometimes up until the AP level. Latin, French, and Spanish are offered up to the AP level.

A computer science elective is mandated by the graduation requirements. The Computer Science department at the school features Java and AP Computer Science classes. Other electives include a Data Analysis course, computer graphics and engineering drawing courses, and a course emphasizing network programming.

Due to their proximity and similar history, the Charter School of Wilmington and the Cab Calloway School of the Arts share several classes. Students attending the Charter School may take courses on museum studies, visual arts, drama, and the musical arts.

Delaware state standards mandate half a year of health education, as well as semester-long sophomore and junior gym classes. The school graduation requirements mandate a Technology Utilization class. A senior research project comprises a graduation requirement.

A challenge test administered to incoming freshmen allows prospective students to bypass mathematics classes up to Integrated Math III (allowing students to take calculus classes freshmen year), the Introductory Science courses, Technology Utilization, or the introductory foreign language courses.

The Charter School of Wilmington offers several [[University of Delaware]] courses taught with University curricula and professors. The UD MATH 243/302 Calculus 3 and Ordinary Differential Equations classes have been very successful, due to the high number of students who finish Calculus BC before their senior year. The school also introduced a UD CHEM 311/312- Survey of Organic Chemistry class during the 2004-2005 school year, and offered UD CISC 220- Data Structures- and UD HIST300- Women in American History- as semester classes for the 2005-2006 school year.

==Students==
The student body is made up of 936 students as of 2005, including students from seven area public school districts as well as from Catholic and other independent schools. 32% of the students come from other private schools. There is a dress code for students, who must wear a school shirt with khaki pants. However, the last Friday of each month is always scheduled to be a casual, dress-down day with modesty as a consideration. 98% of students attend college upon graduation; approximately half of each graduating class go on to the University of Delaware, in both the regular and Honors programs, but there are also students and past alumni who attend such schools as [[Yale]], [[Harvard]], [[Dartmouth]], [[Princeton University]], [[MIT]], [[CalTech]] and [[Stanford]]. Individual students have won many state and national awards in mathematics, general science, biology, physics, French, Spanish, Latin and forensics competitions. In addition, students have also gained recognition in the humanities departments ([[Odyssey of the Mind]]) and sports (Girls' Varsity Soccer State Champions 2005) [http://www.charterschool.org/information.php?charter=factsheet]

==Faculty==
The student to teacher ratio is 18:1, and teachers have an average class size of 24 students. Members of Charter's faculty were Delaware's English Teacher of the Year in 1997, Delaware's History Day Teacher of the Year in 2002, Conservation Teacher of the Year in 1999 and received the Science/Math Excellence in Teaching Award from the Science Alliance in 1999.

==Extra-curricular activities==
===Clubs===
*Academic Bowl (State champion 2003, 2004, 2005; 14th place nationally in 2004; 13th place nationally in 2005 at NAQT HS NCT.)
*Amnesty International
*Art Club
*Bible Study Group
*Charter Mentoring Buddy Program
*Chess Club
*Chinese Culture Club
*Debate Club
*Drama Club
*Engineering Competition Team (First place nationally in TEAMS contest 2005)
*Engineering/Robotics Club
*Envirothon Team (First place in state 1999, 2000, 2002-2004; 8th place nationally in 2000)
*French National Honor Society
*Future Educators of America Club
*Improvisational Theater Club
*In-school Seminar Series
*International Club
*Italian Club
*Japanese Culture and Language Club
*Key Club (Community Service)
*Knitting Club
*Latin Club
*Learning Lunches
*Literary Magazine
*Math League (Won first place for both divisions in state competitions 2000 through 2004; ranked first in the [[United States]] 2001-2003)
*Math Modeling Teams (National Outstanding Paper in the 2001 High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling)
*Mock Trial Law Team
*Model United Nations Club
*National Honor Society
*Newspaper (Members won most awards in state in 2004 Journalism contest)
*Odyssey of the Mind (First place 2002-2004)
*Peer Leaders
*Science Olympiad Team (Won first in state, 2000-2004)
*Senior Council
*Spanish Club
*Spanish National Honor Society
*Student Council
*Video Game Club
*Yearbook
*Y.E.L.L.
*Young Democrats Club
*Young Republicans Club

===Music===
*A Capella Club
*Concert Band
*Jazz Band
*Marching Band
*Red Clay Secondary Orchestra
*Red Clay Select Orchestra
*Red Clay String Quartet


===Sports===
====Boys====
*Base (Varsity, JV)
*Golf
*Lacrossity, JV, Freshman)
*Swimming
*Tennis
*Track, Indoor & Outdoor
*Volleyball (Va
*Wrestling (Vay, JV)

====Girls====
*Basketball (Varsity, JV, Freshman)
*Cheerleading, Fall and Winter (Varsity, JV)
*Cross Country
*Lacrosse (Varsity, JV)
*Soccer (Varsity, JV)
*Softball (Varsity, JV, Freshman)
*Swimming
*Tennis
*Track, Indoor & Outdoor
*Volleyball (Varsity, JV, Freshman)

===Club sports===
*Fencing Club
*Martial Arts Club
*Roller Hockey Club
*Ski Club
*Table Tennis Club

==Awards==
*Top-scoring high school on the Delaware Math Assessments (1998-2004)
*Top-scoring high school on the Delaware Reading Assessments (1998-2004)
*Top-scoring high school on the Delaware Writing Assessments (1999-2004)
*Top-scoring high school on the Delaware Science Assessments (2000-2004)
*Top-scoring high school on the Delaware Social Studies Assessments (2000-2004)
*Highest SAT score average in the state
*First place in State Math League Competitions and Invitational for categories 9 and 10-12
*First place in National Math League Press Competition

==External links==
*[http://www.charterschool.org/ Charter School of Wilmington website]
*[http://www.charterskool.com/ CharterSkool.com], student-run unofficial website and forum
*[http://my.highschooljournalism.org/de/wilmington/charter/ The Blue Streak], student newspaper
*[http://www.charterschool.org/downloads/statereport.pdf Report to the State of Delaware on the school] (PDF)
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.753202,-75.588191&spn=0.007145,0.010664&t=k Satellite Image] (Google Maps)

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