The journey commences for the Class of 2010. The bags are packed; the Chichester diploma ready to serve as aboarding pass to some future destination. Packed are cherished memories of classes, proms, plays, athletic victories - even a few unused "Eagle bucks." Carefully folded are the family, friends, counselors, and favorite teachers never far from our hearts. In each compartment find love, laughter, tears, and compromises shared with classmates. There is no charge to check a bag with the Chichester Eagle displayed proudly on the outside. This bag is guaranteed to pay dividends as it guides these travelers through life. So "Grab Your Bag…It’s On!"

"Bonus miles" in the form of over 100 merit scholarships, valued at over $220,000 will assist the graduates in the first miles of their journey. Over $42,000 was awarded by local businesses and professional organizations at the annual Awards Night ceremony. Class of 2010 will unpack in dormitories at such prestigious institutions of higher learning as Franklin and Marshall College, Penn State University Park, University of Maryland, Florida Institute of Technology, Drexel University, and Fairleigh Dickinson College.

Sixty-seven percent of the Class of 2010 will enroll in post secondary programs ranging from a few months to four-year pre-professional Bachelor’s degree programs. A few will book connecting flights to graduate programs upon completion of pre-professional studies. Some will venture only a few miles to local colleges, while others will expand their horizons to the Carolinas, Florida, Ohio, Washington D.C., and West Virginia. Family and community ties will keep many students close by. Eight students will enroll at Neumann University, seven at Widener University, and two at Drexel University. The affordable tuition at state and community colleges has enticed thirty-seven students to attend Delaware County Community College and two to attend Delaware Technical and Community College. Eleven graduates will attend West Chester University, three will enroll at Kutztown University, two at Millersville, and three at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students will attend East Stroudsburg, Bloomsburg, Cheyney, and California Universities. The Commonwealth Universities have attracted a whopping twenty three graduates to Penn State, five to Temple University, and two each to Lincoln University and the University of Pittsburgh.

The Class of 2010’s most popular majors include biology, business, criminal justice, healthcare, and communications. Many women, students of diverse ethnic backgrounds, and special needs students have opted for non-traditional science and engineering careers, utilizing both the skills and the inspiration received in Chichester classrooms. The class includes seven prospective engineers with mechanical, electrical, aerospace, and industrial concentrations. Seven students will embark on a teaching career.

Allied health careers and pre-professional science majors have attracted twenty-one students. Health majors include such specialties as healthcare management, sleep disorders, medical technology, radiology (four students), ultrasound technology, dental hygiene, nursing (five students), pre-dentistry, and occupational therapy. Increased awareness of healthy lifestyles will encourage students to major in athletic training and sports medicine.