Broadneck High School

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Location
Broadneck High School
1265 Green Holly Drive Annapolis, MD 21401
Information
School district	Anne Arundel County Public Schools [1]
Principal	Lucinda Hudson
Enrollment	2,400
Type	Public, Coeducational
Grades	9-12
Motto	Respect, Rigor, Responsibility
Mascot	Bruin
Color(s)	Maroon and Grey
Established	1982
Rival	Severna Park High School Falcons
Newspaper	Tribruin

Broadneck High School is a school in the United States, located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on Green Holly Drive, near the cities of Annapolis and Arnold. The Bruin is the school's mascot. It is one of the newer schools in the county. It is known for the breadth of its Advanced Placement program. The Broadneck Bruins are rivals with the nearby Severna Park High School Falcons. BHS feeder middle schools are Severn River Middle School, and Magothy Middle School. The school is a part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system and is the district's test school for the classes of Linear Algebra and Calculus III.

[edit] Academics

[edit] Newsweek Ratings

Newsweek annually rates American high schools based on the ratio of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students in the school to the number of graduating seniors that year. [2]

In 2008, Broadneck was ranked 211th. [3]
In 2007, Broadneck was ranked 338th. [4]
In 2006, Broadneck was ranked 197th. [5]
In 2005, Broadneck was ranked 184th. [6]

[edit] Advanced Placement

Broadneck is an Advanced Placement Certified school. [7] Broadneck was also been named an Anne Arundel County Public Schools Advanced Placement Distinguished High School in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

[edit] Athletics

Broadneck High School's athletics teams are the Bruins and Lady Bruins and their colors are maroon and grey, as defined by the school's first athletic director, Mr. Timothy McMullen. The Broadneck Bruins are rivals with the Severna Park High School "Falcons" and the Annapolis Senior High School "Panthers". The school has won numerous state and local championships. The current athetic director is Mr. Ken Kazmarek.

[edit] Lacrosse

The Bruins won the Maryland 4A State Championship in 1987 and in the back-to-back years of 1992-1993, and 1996-1997. More recently, the Bruins won the Anne Arundel County Championship in 2001. The Lady Bruins won the State title in 2002.

[edit] Basketball

The Bruins won the Boys County Championship Game over Rival Annapolis High School 61-60. The Bruins are the 2006-2007 Anne Arundel County Champions. The Last Bruins Boys A.A.Co. Championship was 1997.

[edit] Football

The Bruins made it to the Maryland State Championships during the 2003-2004 school year. The Bruins made it to the State Semifinals in the 06-07 year and lost to Suitland, Under Coach Jeff Herrick.

[edit] Wrestling

The Bruins won the Maryland State Championships during the 1987-1988 school year.
The Bruins were co-champions for the County Championship during the 1990-91 year.
The Bruins won the both County and Region Championships during the 2005-2006 year.
The Bruins were State semi-finalists, losing to eventual state champions La Plata.
The Bruins ended Hammond's 31 match win streak with a 33-31 win at Bowie Duals.
The Bruins set the team win record with 20 wins in 2005-2006. Their season record was 20-2, with losses to Old Mill and La Plata.

[edit] Golf

The Bruins won the 2006 District championship defeating Severna Park.

[edit] Tennis

The Bruins won the county championship during the 2006 season and sent 7 of their 9 teams to play in the Regional Event.
The Bruins won the county championship for the 2007 season as well. Sending 7 of their 9 teams to Regionals again, the Bruins won the Regional Championship.

[edit] Cheerleading

For the past 7 years they have placed 3rd or better in county competitions.
In 2005 and 2006, they placed 1st place in the county competition and went to reginals where they placed 3rd.

[edit] Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey at Broadneck is an unsanctioned varsity sport. It consists of one Varsity team. It is in its seventh year of existence, and operates out of the McMullen Ice Arena at Navy . The team finished 5-6 for the 06-07 season, and is currently 3-0 to start the 07-08 season.

[edit] Marching band

The marching band is known as the "Marching Bruins." They are directed by Matthew Heist. They compete in TOB (Tournament of Bands). The band is made up of roughly 125 members. The Marching Bruins are known through out TOB for their Music Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble. They are also known for their DCI (Drum Corps International) like Drill.

[edit] Achievements

The band won the Chapter IX Champions in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
The band placed in the top ten at ACC's in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
The band placed 6th place at ACC's in 2002 and 2006.
The band has placed first numerous times at the Maryland State Tournament of Bands.

[edit] Past Shows

2007-2008: Rain
2006-2007: Dimensions of light
2005-2006: Planet Earth
2004-2005: Battle Chess
2003-2004: Pearl Harbor
2002-2003: Roman Images
2001-2002: Into the Storm
2000-2001: Matrix
1999-2000: Knights of the Round Table

[edit] Past Musicals

2007-2008: Anything Goes
2006-2007: Crazy For You
2005-2006: Footloose
2004-2005: Carousel
2003-2004: Tommy
2002-2003: Fiddler On The Roof
2001-2002: Mame
2000-2001: South Pacific
1999-2000: The Music Man
1998-1999: Bye Bye Birdie
1997-1998: How To Succeed...

[edit] Choral Program

From the schools opening in 1984 to 2003, the Broadneck High School chorus' were under the direction of Ms. Jane Daugherty. The chorus originally met, all men and women together, during the day as a regularly scheduled class. With the addition of 9th grade into High School and separated from Junior High in 1997, Ms. Daugherty created the Freshman Chorus. In the 2000-2001 school year, Ms. Daugherty separated men and women and had to choral classes each day - creating the Broadneck Chorus, Men's Chorus, and Women's Chorus. In the 2002-2003 school year, Ms. Daugherty created the Broadneck Chamber Choir, a choral group that received it's own class and was by audition only. After a long legacy of one of the most successful choral programs in the State of Maryland, Ms. Daugherty retired from her position as choral director and President of the Music Department at Broadneck in 2003. The 2003-2004 school year choral program was under the direction of Ms. Hill (later Mrs. Petty), a graduate of Brigham Young University, and Ms. Valerie Bennett, former choral director of Severn River Middle School. Mrs. Petty left after that school year to be the choral conductor at Arundel High School and Ms. Bennett remains the choral conductor at Broadneck High School today.

[edit] Cross country

The Lady Bruins won the Maryland State Championships during the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 school year.
The boys won the Maryland State Championships during the 1984-1985, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years.

[edit] Sailing Team

The Broadneck Sailing Team offers an opportunity for students to sail competitively against other schools in the county and state, as well as the region.
The team consists of a Varsity and JV team. There is also a program where students new to the sport can learn how to sail, in the Novice/Beginner program.
The team practices out of Severn Sailing Association (SSA) on the Severn River, right off of Annapolis. They compete locally in the Central League of the Middle Atlantic Scholastic Sailing Association (MASSA) and nationally under the authority of the Interscolastic Sailing Association (ISSA).
The Broadneck Sailing Team is not yet sanctioned.
The Sailing Team was the Central League champion for Fall 2006 and won the MASSA District Championship in Fall 2007.
The Sailing Team is one of Broadneck's most competitive teams, competing at more regional and national events than any other team at Broadneck.

[edit] Soccer

The 2005 Bruin Soccer team made it to the State Championship winning the County and Region Championship on their way.

The 2007 Bruin Soccer team held an undefeated regular season record of 13-0-1. They lost to Severna Park in the County Championships by a score of 3-2.

[edit] Swimming

In the inaugural year of Anne Arundel County Swimming, Broadneck placed 3rd in the County and Region 4A Championships. The Bruins placed 8th and the Lady Bruins placed 6th at the State Championships.

[edit] Baseball

1983, 1995 State Champions.

[edit] Gymnastics

Reinstated in 2000, the team scored its first county championship in 2003 and has continued to hold the title in 2004, 2005, and 2006

[edit] Volleyball

The Lady Bruins have won five state titles, eight region crowns and been to the state playoffs every year since 2000.

[edit] Bruin mascot

Bruin Pride is supported by the school's bruin mascot, an honorary position that traditionally passed down by a senior in each graduating class.

[edit] Clubs

Clubs at Broadneck High School include:

FBLA/DECA
Latin Club
Strategic Gaming Club
It's Academic
Robotics Club
Outdoor Science Club
Key Club
Ophelia Club
SADD
Foreign Language Club
SGA
Math Team – In the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years, the team took 3rd place in the annual High School Mathematics Competition sponsored by Anne Arundel Community College.[8]
National Honors Society
Computer Science Programming Club/Team - Placed 3rd and 22nd in 2007-08 Loyola College High School Programming Contest.[9]
Interact Club
Tri-M Music Honor Society
Hip Hop Dance Team
Dance Company
Art Club
Gay-Straight Alliance
Craft Club
Anime Club
Webmaster Club
Environmental Club
Concert Band
String Orchestra
Full Orchestra
Jazz Band
Percussion Ensemble
Male Ensemble
Women's Ensemble
Full Chorus
Vocal Ensemble
Spanish Conversations Club

[edit] Student Achievements

In 2003, students won top team project at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for their project "BEACON: Analytical Instrumentation Software for Identifying Fluorescent Oligonucleotides Used in Encoded Microbeads" ^[1]

In 2006, Danna Thomas won third place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her project "Cell Survival, Genomic Instability, and Bystander Effect Induced by Ionizing Radiation". In 2007, Thomas was recognized as a semi-finalist in the United States in the INTEL Science Talent Search, also nicknamed the "Junior Nobel Prize".^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, Natalie Green became the first Maryland Poetry Out Loud state champion, winning a scholarship and $500 for the school library.^[2]

[edit] Notable Alumni

Ken Walter- former NFL punter, won Super Bowl with Patriots (2)
Brooks Barnard- Former NFL punter. Played with the Bears and Patriots. Also played at the University of Maryland.

[edit] See also

Anne Arundel County Public Schools

[edit] External links

[edit] References

Matthews, Jay. The Complete List of the 1,000 Top US Schools - Newsweeks America's Best High Schools. 10 March 2007 [10].
Matthews, Jay. The Complete List: 1,200 Top US Schools - Newsweeks America's Best High Schools. 10 March 2007 [11].
Matthews, Jay. FAQ: Top High Schools - Newsweek America's Best High Schools. 10 March 2007 [12].
Anne Arundel: Advanced Programs Available in High School. 10 March 2007 [13].
Hudson, Lucinda. Principal's Corner. What's Bruin. Issue 7 (2007): 2. [14].
Hayes, Kathy E. February 12, 2007 Results. 10 March 2007 [15].

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