Cape Henlopen High School

Cape Henlopen High School is a public high school in Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The school is part of the Cape Henlopen School District and is located between Savannah Road and King's Highway. Cape Henlopen's school colors are bright gold and Columbia blue. Its mascot is Thor the Viking.In the 2009-10 school year, there were 1,222 students enrolled at the high school. Ethnically, the students that year were 70.5% White, 20.5% African American, 6.2% Hispanic, 1.9% Asian American, and 1% American Indian.The Cape Henlopen School District Superintendent is Dr. David Robinson. Other members of the Cape Henlopen Board of Education are Dr. Sarah Wilkinson, Esthelda Parker Selby, SGT Spencer Brittingham, Camilla Conlon, Dr. Pete Coveleski, Noble Prettyman, and Sandy Minard.HistoryThe original Cape Henlopen High School opened in 1971. It was a combination of three area schools that housed their high school grade levels with other grades: Rehoboth School, Lewes School, and Milton School.The district began construction of a new building to house Cape Henlopen High School in 1974. In September 1976, the new Cape Henlopen High School opened on Kings Hwy. The school was a model of 1970s architecture and echoed the educational sentiment of the day that called for minimal distraction in a classroom. The school's very few windows were positioned in places where it would be difficult for students to gaze out of them during classroom time. It was possible for a student to enter the building at the beginning of the school day and not see the sunshine again until he or she left at the end of the school day. Over time the sentiments of educators changed, and, because the school was showing its age, when construction began on the new school (located on the same property of the current school) in 2007, the decision was made to make it as bright a place as possible.