Great Mills High School

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Great Mills High school
Seal of Great Mills High School(Trademark of Great Mills High School)
Motto "Forward Ever, Backwards Never"
Established 1929
Type Public Secondary
Principal Tracy Heibel
Students 1619 (2005-2006)
Grades 9–12
Location Great Mills, Maryland, ,USA
District St. Mary's County Public Schools
Campus Suburban
Colors Green and Gold
Mascot Hornets
Newspaper Hornet's Buzz
Faculty 149
Website Great Mills High School Official Link

Great Mills High School is a comprehensive public high school of 1600+ students in grades 9-12. It serves the community in the southern end of St. Mary's County, Maryland, at the confluence of the Potomac River, Patuxent River, and Chesapeake Bay. The area is a mixture of rural and suburban communities. Many of the families are employed by NAS Patuxent River, government contractors, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and others involved in the traditional agriculture and water related businesses. The ethnic population of the school reflects the community: 63% Caucasian, 31% African American, 1.3% Hispanic, 4.7% Other.

Great Mills High School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Maryland State Department of Education. Great Mills High School belongs to the St. Mary's County Public Schools system, and is associated with two other county high schools: Leonardtown High School and Chopticon High School.

Great Mills High School was founded in 1929, as one of the original high schools in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It has since expanded from a school house to a school building rolling on several acres, with a football, soccer, and field hockey field, and tied to a county pool next door. Great Mills High School is among the oldest continually operating school in St. Mary's County and the State of Maryland

Great Mills High School Athletics belong to the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference, and competes in Division 3A in the state competitions.

At Great Mills High School, student-athletes are known as the Hornets.


(From The Times April 2006 The Times Article)

The motto of Great Mills High School is "Forward Ever, Backwards Never."

[edit] Notable Alumni

Mike Bennett 1999

[edit] References

  1. ^ Maryland Manual, current Associate Judge on District Court[1]