Perry Hall High School

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Perry Hall High School
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Motto Respect • Responsibility • Integrity • Civility
Established 1963
Type Public Secondary
Principal Brian Gonzalez
Asst. Principal Stephen Arnold
Linda Becker
Robert Clary
Ryan Imbriale
Kathleen Watkins
Students 2302[1]
Grades 9-12
Location 4601 Ebenezer Road,
Perry Hall, Maryland, USA
District Baltimore County Public Schools
Campus Suburban
Colors Navy, Gold, and White

              
Mascot Gators
Emblem Image:Minicrest.JPG
Yearbook Hallways
Newspaper The Hallmark
Fight song
(1970)
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Website Perry Hall High School at bcps.org

Perry Hall High School is a growing high school established in 1963 and is the largest public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland[2]. Located in the northeastern Baltimore suburb of Perry Hall and serving the surrounding communities, such as Kingsville, it is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools system. Area middle schools that feed into Perry Hall High are Perry Hall Middle School and Pine Grove Middle School.

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[edit] Structure

Perry Hall High School
Perry Hall High School

When initially established, Perry Hall High School was located in the building which today is Perry Hall Middle School. The class of 1968 was the first class to graduate from the new and current building located just down the road. In 1973 construction started on a small addition to the front of the building[3]. This first addition was built adjacent to the library. Nine new classrooms were built to accommodate 350 more students and four new teachers. Renovations that took place in the same year included a team locker room, new biology and chemistry labs, and an addition to the faculty dining room. A three-story new addition had to be built in 1997 to fight overcrowding[4]. The new section has health and career education classrooms below ground level, tall music rooms and social science rooms at ground level, and foreign language and art rooms on the second floor. Because of the tall music rooms, the second floor of the new addition is actually a half story higher than the second floor of the main building. Currently there are portable classrooms situated outside the main building to alleviate the continuing overpopulation problem. The most recent addition was a hallway around the auditorium to alleviate the crowded junction on the first floor between the old and new wings.

[edit] History

The Harry Dorsey Gough coat of arms
The Harry Dorsey Gough coat of arms

Perry Hall High School was established in 1963 in the middle of a growing community. The doors opened on September 6th to sophomores and juniors to students that would have otherwise attended Parkville High School or Overlea High School. The first principal of Perry Hall High School was Maynard E. Keadle. Perry Hall High School's first graduates were members of the class of 1965. Within five years a second building was constructed to accommodate the high number of students in the area. The new building opened in the fall of 1967 to Perry Hall High School students while the original building became Perry Hall Junior High School, known as Perry Hall Middle School today.

The Perry Hall High School Alumni Association, founded in 2007, is currently planning and raising funds for Perry Hall's 50th anniversary.

Perry Hall High School


[edit] Alma Mater

Composed by Hal Hopsin:

“

Loyalty and honor to our alma mater,
Perry Hall we pledge ourselves to thee.
Thy great name we cherish, thy great fame shall never perish.
We shall always stand by thee.

As we raise the chorus to thy spirit glorious Banners waving hail thy colors bright.
Symbols of thy virtues,
Brotherhood and truth so dear,
Streams of navy, gold, and white.

Future holds a promise that shall always guide us,
As the farewell trumpet sounds its call.
Memories shall bind us,
Friendships true shall ever hold us.
Sing we ever, Perry Hall.

 ”

[edit] Overcrowding

A new lobby constructed with the addition.
A new lobby constructed with the addition.

A new addition replaced portable classrooms at Perry Hall High School in 1997, but by 2003 portable classrooms were needed once again. With Perry Hall High School being the most populated school in the Baltimore County public school system, the Perry Hall Improvement Association has started a petition to gather support for a new high school to be constructed in northeast Baltimore County[5].

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] Popular Culture

In 1987, the John Waters movie Hairspray was filmed at Perry Hall High School.

Perry Hall High School is shown in a DVD extra in "Heavy Metal Parking Lot", filmed before a Judas Priest concert in 1986. Its "star", known as Zebraman, is a PHHS graduate.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

There are many clubs and activities in the arts, languages, music, career interests, and recreation from which students may choose:

[edit] Academic

[edit] Art and Music

[edit] Athletics

The traditional rivals of Perry Hall High School's Gators are the Knights of nearby Parkville High School. Perry Hall has athletic teams for:

Perry Hall has won the following State Championships:

  • 1979 - Softball, Class AA
  • 1982 - Field Hockey, Class AA[6]
  • 1987 - Boys Cross Country, Class AA [7]
  • 1990 - Baseball, Class 4A
  • 1992 - Baseball, Class 4A
  • 1993 - Girls Cross Country, Class 4A [8]
  • 1994 - Baseball, Class 4A

[edit] Career

[edit] Dance

[edit] Journalism

[edit] Languages

[edit] Peer Guidance

[edit] Recreation

[edit] Religion

[edit] School Improvement

[edit] Theatre

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2007 Maryland Report Card: Baltimore County - Perry Hall
  2. ^ 2007 Maryland Report Card: Baltimore County
  3. ^ Hallmark Newspaper Vol. 10, No. 5.
  4. ^ .Councilman Vincent Gardina
  5. ^ Northeast booster
  6. ^ MPSSAA Field Hockey[1]
  7. ^ MPSSAA[2]
  8. ^ MPSSAA[3]

[edit] External links


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