St Andrews High School Delaware

[Karoline Oum]

Eachyear, during our fall and spring Family Weekends, we take time to celebrate our student artists and performers, and all our amazing Arts program has to offer. Click here to view our photo gallery from the 2023 Fall Family Weekend events.

Before the girls soccer team headed into the final game of the regular season, we caught up with the athletes to uncover the story behind their success. Hear from three key athletes on the unified style of play and the sense of self-belief that made their standout season possible.

In a few weeks, Cards Club will be back in action on campus, with returning Saints like Chris and Emma inducting our newest students into our community with SAS traditions like the Frosty Run, the Opening of School Square Dance, and this blossoming yet beloved tradition of playing cards on Tuesday nights.

The Academy of American Studies students also shared their own photos, capturing corner delis, rainy highways, quaint bookstores, and more with the same students with whom they corresponded previously.

After the initial feedback of their photos, the students wrote poems about their senses of place associated with their photos. After getting feedback from their peers at their school, they sent their poems to their inter-school partners.

Cusick says that this project deepened her understanding of her students, as she discovered unknown passions for rowing or art or students who got up early just to watch the sun rise. It also helped Cusick connect to her personal mission and identity behind education.

I look forward to working in collaboration with colleagues, students, parents, and alumni to meet these broad goals and to reconnect. I welcome your ideas, your curiosity, and your honest feedback on our work together. I am deeply grateful for your generous support and am excited about all that is to come!

In fall 2019, Amos Hall, our STEM facility, reopened after a yearlong $13 million renovation. The renovation doubled lab space in the building and created dedicated space for robotics and computer science, and the entire building is now LEED-certified.

The building's heart is Engelhard Hall, our 516-seat performance space. We gather here regularly for student arts performances, performances & talks with visiting artists, and many other campus events.

Athletes utilize our weight room & cardiovascular fitness room for training sessions throughout each season, and visit with the sports medicine team in the adjacent rehab rooms for training advice and treatment as needed.

Founders Hall is the central and original building on campus. Constructed in 1929 and expanded to its present size in the mid-1950s, Founders is home to history, English, and modern language classrooms; the A. Felix duPont, Jr. Memorial Chapel, Forbes Theatre, and Irene duPont Library; and all of our boys dorms.

It was a shorter week already with events with the Saints returning from the long weekend break and was shortened on Saturday when all events were postponed because of the weather. While the weather outside was cold, the action inside was on fire!

As the coaches prowled from court to court, the hope was that the players would attempt to implement the personal game plans that each of them are developing. These game plans are the amalgam of our post game discussions from the last match and the work from practice. With Coach Pat on hand to assist with strategy, Charlie Lunsford was able to put together a good game plan with Jacob and, where Jacob had been consistently a point or two behind in his previous outing, today he was firmly ahead, with accurate serving onto the sidewall and thoughtful lifted balls into the back corner proving too much for his opponent. Jacob won his match 3 games to zero. A fine performance and excellent game plan execution.

Next door on court 3, Jack Cross was working on increasing the quality of his deep shots. Last time out Jack had become involved in too many scrappy front court rallies and found himself on the wrong end of them. Today after some discussions about how improving his deep shots opens up more and better opportunities to play short, Jack went to town! In some style, he quickly overcame his opponent 3-0 and prepared to help his coaching partner Grey Dugdale.

Grey Dugdale, had made a steady start on court 3, taking the first game 11-7 with good deep shots and by simply outlasting his opponent. Things looked like they might go the same way in the second game, but then the McDonogh player steadied his own ship and Grey made a few errors and found himself down, eventually losing that game 12-10. The McDonogh player took advantage in the third game. Grey then focused on executing the plan, winning the fourth game 11-4. He did and completely dominated, winning 11-3.

There were two matches left. Tony Jiang at 3, and he won a hard fought first game 14-12. Sadly though, he lost a very close second game 12-10 and was unable to execute the key element of his game plan which required him to volley the return of serve. He then lost the fourth game comfortably 11-4.

The Saints winter seasons resumed competitions last week on Friday evening when the junior varsity boys basketball team hosted MOT Charter School. While fans are not permitted at this time, it was great to see the teams back in action.

Elizabeth: My favorite moment swimming at St. Andrew's would definitely be breaking the 50 free record at DISCS sophomore year! That had been my main goal for the season, so it felt really good to achieve it.

Flynn: I have a few top moments and a favorite. One was my first start in lacrosse against Wilmington Friends my freshman year. Another was finding out I had been named Team MVP and First Team All-Conference, but my favorite moment was actually a loss. It was a home game against Tower Hill my junior year. It was the best game of my career and an emotional rollercoaster. I knew going into the game that I needed to play well for us to have a chance, I finished the game with 12 saves on 70.5% save percentage. Even though I played the best game of my life that day, I remember being almost in tears after the game. Feeling responsible for the loss, I thought back to each of the 5 goals I had let in, asking myself what I should have done differently to make that save. I think the reason that this is my favorite memory is because it was my best game but still not enough to win. I learned that day to be ok with failure but not content, to use it as motivation to be the best.

Sunny: It was the Stotesbury Cup my freshman year. In the semifinals, another boat pushed us out of our lane, preventing us from making the finals. We made a protest on the water but figured the judges did not see what happened. We were stunned that night at the hotel when the judges showed up to tell us they had reviewed the video and were creating a Lane 0 for us to compete in the Grand Finals! Coxing in Lane 0 meant I squished between Lane 1 and a 10 foot stone wall that went straight into the dock at the Finish Line. We came in 4th place, but the highlight for me was when I somehow managed to thread a needle in the last 20 strokes when Lane 0 went straight into the awards dock which I missed by a few feet.

After losing the multiple athletic seasons at SAS during your recruitment period, what did you do to market yourself? Did you have to get creative and try something new that athletes in the past did not have to do?

Cleo: It was hard trying to get recruited during Covid, having missed out on multiple athletic seasons, however, I had the opportunity over the summer to row for the Ready Set Row Development Camp. This camp helped me to recognize the mental obstacles in rowing and how to overcome them. Coach Lou Berl has been priceless, and she was instrumental in my recruitment process. I am very thankful for the time she took to reach out to college coaches.

Flynn: Losing my sophomore year was a massive blow to my recruitment effort. I knew that I would need to play Summer Ball if I wanted any chance to play in college. Amped Lacrosse out of Richmond, VA invited me to join their team and I jumped on the opportunity. The playing style is completely different and the competition is much higher. It was certainly an adjustment period, but each tournament was a new opportunity to demonstrate my skills. With the sidelines packed with D1 and D3 coaches I knew I needed to play my best, and after the first tournament I was lucky enough to have been contacted by Sewanee and the rest is history.

Gavin: To be completely honest, I did not plan on being recruited. I went through my junior year thinking that I would hopefully just walk onto a team in college. And until the middle of the summer before my senior year, that was the plan. When I went to a USRowing camp that summer, there were a lot of coaches from the best schools in the country. Even then, I just planned on working hard through the camp. But then the coaches started to reach out, I was interested and thought I could be recruited. The funny thing is, Brown was not at the camp, but one of the coaches from the camp gave my name to Coach Cooke, and we started talking from there. I would just say that being open to anything and working hard is what got me to where I am.

Allaire: Being here, I have grown to enjoy sports and want to continue playing sports, especially tennis, even after I graduate college. Who knows, maybe even coach or play in professional tournaments!

Elizabeth: My main takeaway is that you can work hard and do well in your sport while still maintaining other interests! Swimming will be a significant part of my college experience, but being involved in other aspects of campus life is important and possible.

Football The football team finished out their regular season against Wilmington Friends School on the road. Both teams had already secured their spot in the state tournament. The Quakers rushing attack came out strong against the Saints who were missing a few starters on the defense side of the ball. The Saints tried to hold them but the Quakers found the endzone early and often and were in control for most of the game. The Saints found the endzone late in the 4th quarter but it was not enough as Wilmington Friends won 8-48 to claim the DISC Championship title.

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