Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School

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Mergenthaler Vocational - Technical Senior High School

Address
3500 Hillen Road Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States
Website
http://mergenthaler.baltimorecityschools.org/index.asp
Information
School number	410
School district	Baltimore City Public School System
Superintendent	Nancy Grasmick
Area trustee	Janice McCoy
Principal	Marge Reyment
Vice principal	Brenda Parker
School type	Public
Grades	9-12
Language	English
Area	Urban
Mascot	Mustangs
Colors	Gold and Royal Blue
Founded	1953
Enrollment	1,434 (2006)

Mergenthaler Vocational - Technical Senior High School, commonly referred to as Mervo, is a public high school in Baltimore, Maryland. Mervo opened in 1953 as a vocational-technical school, and is named after Ottmar Mergenthaler. The school, according to its website, uses its curriculum to educate students to function in an industrial and challenging technological society.[1]

[edit] Academics

Mergenthaler is a citywide career technology school. Upon graduation, according to the school, it hopes to have students are prepared to:

enter a trade school
enter two or four year college
or enter the world of work

Often, Mergenthaler graduates use their career technology expertise in the work world as a means to finance themselves through college.

[edit] Athletics

The school competes in Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association Class 3A competitions.

As of the 2006-2007 school year, the sports offered at the school have varsity and junior varsity sports that include:

Football
Soccer
Cross Country
Modern Dance
Basketball
Wrestling
Indoor Track and Field
Volleyball
Baseball
Softball
Outdoor Track and Field
Tennis
Badminton
Lacrosse

[edit] Remodeling

The 400,000 square foot campus is undergoing a remodeling which will revamp the space to be "consistent with the educational and technological standards of the 21st century". The remodeling is being done by the firm of Buchart-Horn, with project management by the Whiting-Turner Company. The project will take approximately 30 months, and cost $23 million. The project will completely replace mechanical and electrical systems, and result in a safe, comfortable and visually pleasing environment, with a newly renewed interior and replacement of outdated equipment.

The school scenes in John Waters' 1988 film, Hairspray, were shot at Mervo.