| High Point High School | |
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| Location | |
| 3601 Powder Mill Road, Beltsville, MD |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1954 |
| School district | Prince George's County Public Schools |
| Faculty | 225 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2283 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Eagles |
| Information | (301) 572-6400 |
| Website | http://www.pgcps.org/~hpoint |
High Point High School (HPHS) is a high school located in Beltsville, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America, and built on the highest point in Prince George's County.
The school, serving children in grades 9 through 12, is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools district system.
High Point serves a portion of the city of College Park, and several unincorporated areas, including Adelphi, Beltsville, Landover and Hyattsville.
Some students live within walking distance of HPHS. Students do walk from their homes up to a 2-mile radius.
High Point students come from middle schools throughout Prince George's County. They hail predominately from Buck Lodge Middle School and Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, both in unincorporated Prince George's County. Originally, the students were bussed as well from Beltsville Junior High school which is now known as Beltsville Elementary School.
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"High Point High School, in partnership with parents and the community, is dedicated to educating students from a variety of backgrounds and to maintaining a climate of high expectations. Our mission is to ensure that students will have the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in an ever-changing society."
The Eagles have a respectable athletic program seeing success in various sports over the years. The boys soccer team was the 4A South Champion in 2009 and played eventual State Champion Whitman extremely close. The baseball team is weaker than normal this year but in the past has enjoyed great success. In 2007 they were one of only two teams to beat eventual State Champion Eleanor Roosevelt, doing so in a 6-4 victory. But sadly, they have lost to Roosevelt ever since. How unfortunate, maybe next time Eagles!
Opened in 1954, High Point High School was originally going to be named Cherry Hill High School. However, after some thought, school officials decided to change the name to "High Point," because of the school's location on the highest point in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Over the past three years High Point has dramatically revamped their Advanced Placement program by more than doubling enrollment from 312 students to more than 745 students taking at least one AP course. High Point also features an AP Fair every winter showcasing the benefits of the Advanced Placement program, and course offerings.
In 2007 High Point has also seen impressive results in the number of students passing an AP exam with a score of 3 or above ranking 3rd (40.9%) in the Prince Georges County behind Eleanor Roosevelt HS (71.5%), and Bowie High School (44.8%).
High Point has also nearly doubled their Advanced Placement course offering totalling sixteen courses.
High Point's student population has continuously been noted by the state of Maryland and the Washington, DC Metro Area as one of great diversity. High Point the most ethnically diverse high school in the state of Maryland and one of the most diverse in the country. High Point Is Now Majority Hispanic as the African American has decreased somewhat with a 2009-2010 enrollment of :
American Indian: 10
Asian American: 132
Caucasians: 189
Hispanic: 1088
African American: 907
High Point has the largest English Language Learner program of any school in Prince George's County. In the 2009-2010 school year there are approximately 425 students in that program. They are predominantly Spanish speakers from Mexico and Central America, with a few South Americans in the mix. African, European, and Asian languages and nationalities are also represented.
(2005, "High Point High in Beltsville Maryland, "School Snoop. [1])
Noted alumni include: Dr. David Anderson, photographer and videographer Robert Betz, former basketball star Vernon Butler, Political Activist R. Cecil Dennis, Raheem DeVaughn, LTC. Michael C. Griffin, Elijah Joy, Council Nedd II, computer scientist Brian Reid,[1] William Spencer, Pulitzer laureate Paula Vogel, and Eric Wolfe, songwriter.
Raheem DeVaughn, R&B / Soul artist, whose album "The Love Experience" reached number 46 on the Billboard album chart.
Dave Brown, radio DJ at WWDC (FM) (a.k.a. "DC101") in Washington, DC. Known on-air as "Young Dave Brown" or "YDB".
Vernon Butler, US Naval Academy basketball player, 1983-1986. Second on Navy's all-time career scoring and rebounding lists. Was the first Navy men's basketball player to have his jersey retired. Scored the winning basket in the school's 1982 State Championship basketball victory over Len Bias and Northwestern High School.
Fred Funk, former coach of University of Maryland golf team and PGA tour player.
Whyteout (AKA, Christopher Lieb), One of BET's 7 winners of Freestyle Friday
Brian Reid (1966), innovator of the early internet, including email, routers, firewalls, and the idea of “virtual communities”; also worked on NASA's Apollo program, the NASDAQ stock exchange computer network, Bell Labs, and was Director of Operations at Google.[2]
Doug Spearman, Actor
Paula Vogel (1969), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. She won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, How I Learned to Drive.
Frank Cho (1990), comic book writer and illustrator.
Richard Findley(1987), Prince George's County Police Officer - Firefighter at Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department. Richard was killed in the line of duty while operating as a police officer by a suspect who was driving a vehicle with stolen tags.
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