Old Mill High School
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| Old Mill High School | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Millersville, Maryland |
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| Information | |
| School district | Anne Arundel County Public Schools |
| Principal | George Kispert |
| Enrollment |
2603 |
| Type | Public, Secondary |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Mascot | Patriot |
| Color(s) | Red, White, and Blue |
| Established | 1975 |
| Homepage | AACPS website |
Old Mill Senior High School is an American public high school in Millersville, Maryland serving students in grades 9 through 12. It was occupied in 1975 and is administered by Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS). The school was built to alleviate over-crowding at other schools in the area. Along with Annapolis High School, Old Mill Senior High is one of the two IB World Schools in Anne Arundel County. The school building also houses the high school's two feeder schools, Old Mill Middle School North and Old Mill Middle School South. The school mascot is The Patriot.
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[edit] Faculty (2006-2007)
Principal: Mr. Kispert
[edit] Academics
Since 1977[1], Old Mill has been accredited by the Commission on Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association. Newsweek Magazine also ranked Old Mill in their 2007 Top 1300 Public High Schools in the Country List, at #773.
[edit] International Baccalaureate (IB)
Old Mill High School has been an IB World School since April 2005. [2] It offers the IB Diploma Programme, preceded by the Extended Learning Program (ELP), or more commonly known as Pre-IB. [3] The school offers a variety of standard level (SL) and higher level (HL) courses.
[edit] Other Programs
[edit] Extracurricular activities
Students at Old Mill Senior High School are encouraged to participate in extracurricular, community, social and professional development organizations including:
- Band
- Chess Club
- Chorus
- Dance
- FBLA
- FHA
- FLES/FLEX
- Foreign Language Club
- Freshman Scholars
- Gay-Straight Alliance
- International Thespian Society
- International ESOL Club
- It's Academic
- Key Club
- Literary Magazine (Illuminations)
- Math Club
- Mathematics Engineering and Science Achievement
- Mock Trial
- Modern Music Masters Honor Society (Tri-M)
- Music Program (including color guard flags, concert band, jazz band, marching band, orchestra and stage band)
- Musical Production
- National Art Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- National French Honor Society
- National Spanish Honor Society
- Newspaper (The Patriot Echo)
- Patriots Achieving Total Success
- Patriot Players Theatre Company
- People for Animal Welfare
- Photography Club
- Pom Squad
- Renaissance
- Robotics Club
- Sailing Club
- Sisters In Action
- Steel Drum Band
- Video Game Production Club
[edit] Athletics
The Old Mill Patriots participate in a variety of interscholastic sports and activities, including:
[edit] Fall
[edit] Winter
[edit] Spring
- Baseball - 3x Maryland 4A State Champions
- Gymnastics
- Lacrosse
- Outdoor track and field
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Kirk McEwen - radio personality formerly on 98 Rock
- James E. Rzepkowski, (1989) former member of Maryland House of Delegates.
- Lester Speight, (1981) is an American football athlete who became a professional wrestler and then actor. Speight achieved significant recognition for his portrayal of Terry Tate: Office Linebacker in a series of Reebok commercials that first debuted during the 2003 Super Bowl.
- Regan Warfield - radio personality on Mix 106.5
[edit] School staph infections
- In October of 2007, Old Mill High School was listed as one of four high schools in Anne Arundel County that had outbreaks of staph infections. 28 cases of the infection have also been reported at Severna Park High School, Glen Burnie High School, and Chesapeake High School.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW(MD133) CSS-MSA Status: Old Mill High School
- ^ http://www.ibo.org/school/002322/ International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) Old Mill High School
- ^ http://www.aacps.org/html/press/elp/elp.html International Baccalaureate Program/Extended Learning Program (ELP) at Anne Arundel County Public Schools
- ^ WBAL News[1]
[edit] See also
- Anne Arundel County Schools
