News Archive

Sanford has selected three upper school students to take part in the annual HOBY State Leadership Seminars for Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Ten Sanford singers have been selected for the 2016 Delaware All-State Junior and Senior Choruses.

Sanford fall athletes and coaches have been recognized with numerous post-season honors.

On Wednesday, November 11th, seniors Carter Ayars, Mikey Dixon, and Taylor Sparks-Faulkner signed National Letters of Intent to continue their athletic careers in college.

Sanford Upper School’s Punkin Chunkin team chunked their way into third place in this year’s “Last Fling Pumpkin Sling” event, held on Saturday, October 10 at Pocono Raceway.

The Wilmington News Journal named senior field hockey player Carter Ayars “Athlete of the Week” for the week of September 21.

On September 13th, the Sanford community gathered on campus for ribbon cutting ceremonies for the newly renovated facilities in Irene S. du Pont Library and Pirnie Hall.

Ninth grader Jack Flairty was named Middle School Young Environmentalist of the Year by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) during a ceremony at the Delaware State Fair in July.

An ice cream outing and a round of mini-golf were just a few of the American activities in store for Sanford’s new international students when they arrived in Delaware in August.

Thirty-four Sanford students have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on college level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams.

This June, eight students and two chaperones from Sanford’s Service Club traveled to Managua, Nicaragua to work with the Center for Development in Central America.

Rising senior Matt Rosenthal will represent Delaware at this year’s Boys Nation program in Washington, D.C.

Senior Ivana Gatica was recently honored by the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) for her achievements as the Gold Key Portfolio winner for the Delaware Writing Region in this year’s Scholastic National Writing Awards.

The Sanford Middle School celebrated the end of another school year with Closing Exercises on Tuesday, June 2nd.

Caroline Cook and Ryan Friedman have been chosen to be a part of the Delaware Youth Leadership Network (DYLN) class of 2016.

Five Upper School students attended “County Day,” an opportunity to learn more about the workings of New Castle County government, in preparation for their upcoming participation in Boys State and Girls State programs.

The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Directors recently announced that Kelsey Mendell and Chase Rapine were among six winners of the 2015 Harry Roberts/Senior Scholar Athlete Awards.

Sanford Middle School’s band and choir ensembles received high honors during their trip to the “Music in the Parks” Festival competition at Hersheypark on Friday, May 8th.

Junior Alina Caulfield was recently recognized for representing Sanford this year on the Youth Philanthropy Board of New Castle County.

Sanford alumna Lisa Ross ‘82 recently spoke to Beth Whipple’s 6th grade science class about her unusual hobby: storm chasing.

The Sanford Osprey SeaPerch team took home top prize at the 10th annual Philly SeaPerch Regional competition on April 24th.

Sanford’s annual auction, held this year on Saturday, April 25th, raised $175,000 to support STEM initiatives on the school’s transforming campus.

Sanford team members brought their A game to this year’s Private School Science Olympiad competition on April 18th, earning the most medals of the 19 schools that competed.

Congratulations to several Spanish students who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2015 National Spanish Examinations.

Xiaoxi Wang has been named one of 565 semifinalists in the 2015 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

The Upper School faculty chose senior Chase Rapine to represent Sanford in 6abc’s 31st annual “Best of the Class” competition, which honors academically high-achieving seniors from around the region of northern Delaware, southeast Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.

On Saturday, March 7, two teams Upper School teams competed in the high school division of the Delaware Science Olympiad at Delaware State University in Dover.

Sanford students Trevor Schlack, Becca Goodier, Sam Stevenson, and Adrian Jenkins helped earn their robotics team, MOE365, recognition at a few recent events marking the start of competition season.

Fifth grader Matthew Kaser advanced to the final round and emerged eighth in the state at this year’s National Geographic Bee.

Sanford basketball star Eric Ayala’s career is about to go international.

Artwork created by several Sanford students was displayed during the month of March in celebration of Youth Art Month.

Sanford freshman Seungmuk "Luke" Oh has won national recognition in the prestigious Scholastic Art Award competition.

On Saturday March 7th, sixteen Sanford middle schoolers joined their peers from across the state to perform in the Delaware Children’s Honor Choir, directed this year by world-renowned conductor Dr. Anthony Trecek-King.

Sanford's boys' basketball team has earned a spot in the DIAA semifinals.

Sanford sophomore Brendan Lamey made school history Saturday, February 28th, when he won a state title in the DIAA Individual Wrestling Championship tournament, held at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes.

Matthew Kaser has qualified to compete in the Delaware National Geographic Bee, which will be held March 27 at Smyrna High School.

A Delaware sports milestone was set last week, when Sanford’s varsity wrestling team reached the finals of DIAA Dual-Meet Wrestling State Championship—the first Independent Conference school ever to do so.

Nationally ranked gymnast and Sanford seventh grader Zoë Collins recently earned high honors at two gymnastics competitions.

Every year Sanford seniors receive good news about college acceptances, and 2015 is no exception.

For the third year running, Sanford’s middle school literary magazine Meta4 has achieved a rating of “Excellent” from the National Council of Teachers of English’s Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines (PRESLM).

Eleven Sanford students earned recognition in this year’s Scholastic Writing Awards competition.

Twenty-six Sanford students were recognized for outstanding artwork in this year’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition.

On January 11th, eighth grader Taryn Jenkins received her Silver award as a Cadette Scout.

On December 15, a team of students in Sanford’s Intro to Business class won the high school division of the University of Delaware’s chapter of the “Stock Market Game.”

Nine Sanford singers have been selected for the 2015 Delaware All-State Junior and Senior Choruses.