Century High School (Sykesville, Maryland)
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| Established | 2000 |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Category | Public School Grade (9-12) |
| Location | 355 Ronsdale Road, Sykesville, Maryland, United States |
| District | Carroll County Public Schools |
| Campus | 67.8 acres[1] |
| Colors | Emerald Green, Vegas Gold, Black and White
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| Mascot | Knights |
| Website | http://www.centuryhigh.org/ |
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Century High School is located in Sykesville, Maryland within the Carroll County Public School District . The school was built in 2000/2001 on 65 acres of land and cost $30 million to complete. The building is 204,161 square feet (18,967.2 m²) in size.[2]
The school's colors are emerald green, vegas gold, black, and white, and the mascot is a knight, chosen by the original principal, Dave Booz. The current principal is Andrew N. Cockley. As of September 21, 2007, Century's website had been revamped and uploaded onto the server.
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[edit] History
With the rapid growth of southern Carroll County, a new high school was required to alleviate overcrowding at the nearby Liberty High School and South Carroll High School.
[edit] Drama
The drama club at Century High School performed Beauty and the Beast as their 2007 musical, the first school in the county to do so. In the past, they have done The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Diary of Anne Frank, Annie, The Mouse that Roared, Winnie the Pooh, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Romeo and Juliet. CHS was the first school in Carroll County to have an outdoor theater for the school's Rude Mechanicals to perform on. The Rude Mechanicals is an acting troupe, named after the clowns in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. They perform Shakespeare skits both at Century and throughout the community. Century's state of the art Auditorium is considered to be one of the best high school facilities in the state.
[edit] Athletics
The Athletic Director is Randy Pentz. The girl's lacrosse team has appeared in the state finals all five years of their existence, winning three times (2004,2006,2007).
[edit] State Championships
- 2002 - Girls Soccer, Class 2A [3]
- 2003 - Girls Soccer, Class 2A
- 2003 - Boys Soccer [4]
- 2004 - Girls Lacrosse
- 2006 - Girls Lacrosse
- 2007 - Girls Lacrosse
[edit] In the News
According to the June 7, 2007 edition of The Gazette[6] newspaper, Century High School was ranked 789 out of 1200 in Newsweek Magazine's top 1200 schools in the United States. These schools are the top 5% of schools in the country.
[edit] Students
The student population at Century High School has been steadily rising over the past several years. Although, in the first year of its existence, only 9th and 10th graders attended the school. The second year of its existence, 9th, 10th, and 11th graders attended. It was not until 2004 that all four grade levels attended.
| 2007 | 1,258 |
| 2006 | 1,243 |
| 2005 | 1,209 |
| 2004 | 1,191 |
| 2003 | 874 |
| 2002 | 543 |
[edit] External links
- Century High's Official Website
- Century High's Drama Club
- Century High's Athletic Boosters
- Century High's Music Boosters
[edit] References
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