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Denbigh High School
Address
259 Denbigh Boulevard Newport News, Virginia, 23608 USA 37°07′34″N 76°32′53″W / 37.12611°N 76.54806°W / 37.12611; -76.54806Coordinates: 37°07′34″N 76°32′53″W / 37.12611°N 76.54806°W / 37.12611; -76.54806
Information
School type	Public high school
Founded	1966
School district	Newport News Public Schools
Superintendent	Ms. Ashby Kilgore
Director	Mr. Horace Underwood Aviation Academy
Principal	Mr. Michael Cromartie
Assistant principals	Mrs. Marylin Sinclair-White Mrs. Claudia Hines Mrs. Audrey Mitchell Mr. Robert Parsons Mr. Yiotis Tsigaridas
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,510 [1]"Newport News Public Schools Demographic Snapshot". Newport News Public Schools. http://sbo.nn.k12.va.us/schools/demographics/allschools.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-06. </ref> (October 2009)
Language	English
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Red, White, and Blue
Athletics conference	Virginia High School League Peninsula District Eastern Region
Mascot	Patriots
Rival	Woodside High School Menchville High School
Website	http://denbigh.nn.k12.va.us http://avi.nn.k12.va.us Aviation Academy

Denbigh High School is a high school in Newport News, Virginia. Denbigh carries grades nine through twelve and has an enrollment of approximately 1,500 students. This school was rated "Fully Accredited" by the Virginia Department of Education for the 2005-2006 school year. Denbigh is the only host to the Aviation program in all of Newport News Public Schools.

Denbigh High school is represented by their mascot, the Patriot. Recently the known mascot picture of the Patriot was changed to a star with 'Patriots' across it. Rumors of possibly changing from the 'Patriots' and adapting a different mascot have been circulating, but nothing has been confirmed. Their colors are red, white, and blue. It also has top rated sports teams throughout the region. This school was opened in the fall of 1965 with grades 8-11 and the Junior class of that year became the first Senior class the following year. The class of 1970 was the first class to go through all five years at Denbigh. For a time Newport News had 5 year high schools and Denbigh (the northernmost of the cities high schools) had 8-12th grades. The class of 1968 presented, as a memorial, a step from the first Denbigh school.

Denbigh is also one of two sites in Newport News that hosts SAT testing, and also hosts the ACT testing.

Denbigh High School and other NNPS have a Telecommunications Program. It allows interested student to go out and shoot live football and basketball games. Students experience reporting, producing, camera work, editing etc. The choral and band programs have won numerous awards in local, regional, state, and national competitions.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Denbigh High School Band 3 Alumni 4 References 5 External links 6 Denbigh High School Band

[edit] Demographics

As of October 2009 ^[1]

Category	Enrollment	Percentage
Total Enrollment	2061	100%
Gender
Male	894	43.4%
Female	1167	56.6%
Ethnicity
Native American	22	1.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	74	3.6%
Black	1113	54.0%
Hispanic	182	8.8%
White	641	31.1%
Unspecified	29	1.4%
Special Education	213	10.3%
Talented and Gifted	155	7.5%
Economically Disadvantaged	696	33.8%

[edit] Denbigh High School Band

The Denbigh High School Band has received many high honors throughout the years. Numerous Grand Champion Awards, 1st Place Finishes in the captions of Marching, Music, Color Guard, Percussion, and General Effect, “Best Pit Crew” Awards, Spirit Awards, and Superior Ratings line the Band Room\’s walls. However, most notably of the high honors received by the DHS Band was the privilege to play in the Inaugural Parade for former President Clinton. The Denbigh High School Marching Patriots received several awards in 2009, including 2nd place overall out of 7 bands at the Kecoughtan Warrior Classics. The band currently holds 52 students.

[edit] Alumni

• Renowned bass guitarist Victor Wooten graduated in 1982 from Denbigh High.
• Patrick Rocky, Meteorologist at WTKR-TV, Norfolk, Virginia.
• Brother Joe Wooten, renowned keyboardist,graduated in 1979.^[2]
• Renowned video producer Nik Long graduated from Denbigh High.
• Former WAVY-TV and WTKR news anchor/reporter Leslie "Les" Smith graduated from Denbigh High ^[3]

Others who have graduated from Denbigh High School include: Tony Vinson (RB for Towson University and then several NFL and NFL Europe teams), Antoine Bethea (Indianapolis Colts), Ed Tomlin (DB University of Maryland and Under Armor Director of Football Development), and Mike Tomlin (Head Coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers).

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Denbigh High School Homepage
• Denbigh High School Alumni Reunion website
• Denbigh High School Band website

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[edit] Denbigh High School Band

The Denbigh High School Band has received many high honors throughout the years. Numerous Grand Champion Awards, 1st Place Finishes in the captions of Marching, Music, Color Guard, Percussion, and General Effect, “Best Pit Crew” Awards, Spirit Awards, and Superior Ratings line the Band Room\’s walls. However, most notably of the high honors received by the DHS Band was the privilege to play in the Inaugural Parade for former President Clinton. The Denbigh High School Marching Patriots received several awards in 2009, including 2nd place overall out of 7 bands at the Kecoughtan Warrior Classics.