Rising Sun High School

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Rising Sun High School is a high school located in North East, MD.

1 Administration
2 History
3 Principals
4 Arts
5 Athletics
6 External links

[edit] Administration

Principal: George Larson Assistant Principal: Anne Gellrich Assistant Principal: Paul Fox Assistant Principal: George Klusak

[edit] History

Rising Sun High School opened in 1931 on Pearl Street in Rising Sun, Maryland. The School remained in that location until 1991 when it moved to its current location on Tiger Drive in North East, MD. The old building now serves as Rising Sun Middle School.

[edit] Principals

Terrill Stammler, 1983-2004
Bruce Connors, 2004-2006
George Larson, 2006

[edit] Arts

The school features Cecil County art curriculum including classes such as:

Ceramics
Photography
Graphic Design
Painting
Drawing
Studio and Advanced Placement Program courses

Teachers

Alicia Henry
Annette Moore
Karen Mueller

[edit] Athletics

Baseball
Boy's Basketball
Girl's Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Football
Golf
Boy's Lacrosse
Girl's Lacrosse
Boy's Soccer
Girl's Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track
Volleyball
Wrestling

Rising Sun belongs to the Upper Chesapeake Bay Area Conference, featuring teams from both Cecil County and Harford County.

In recent years, Rising Sun's athletic department has seen success from its field hockey, volleyball, and wrestling programs, with numerous division 1A state titles. In 2007, Rising Sun won its first ever State wrestling title, going 18-0 in dual meets, winning both the 1A/2A state dual title, and taking the state title at the State Tournament. Currently the Rising Sun wrestling team has over 25 straight dual meet wins going back to last year. The field hockey program also won a state title, as did the volleyball program, placing the state title count at 4 for the 2006/2007 school year.