Crossland High School

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Crossland High School
Location
6901 Temple Hills Road Temple Hills, Maryland United States
Coordinates	38°47′41″N 76°55′49″W / 38.79472°N 76.93028°W / 38.79472; -76.93028Coordinates: 38°47′41″N 76°55′49″W / 38.79472°N 76.93028°W / 38.79472; -76.93028
Information
Type	Public
School district	Prince George's County Public Schools
Principal	Theresa A. Moseley Fax, Ph.D., Principal
Faculty	97.0 (on FTE basis)^[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,017^[1] (2005-06)
Student to teacher ratio	20.8^[1]
Color(s)	Red, Gold, Black and White
Mascot	Cavaliers
Website	www.pgcps.org/~crossld

Crossland High School is a public secondary school located in Temple Hills, Maryland. The school serves about 2,000 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Crossland is named after a prominent early Maryland family. The vocational wing was dedicated by President Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1967.

In popular culture

The high school in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is called Crossland High School.

Notable alumni

Mark Davis, Dallas radio talk show host and newspaper columnist, class of 1975
Durrell "Tank" Babbs, R&B singer^[2]
Israel Bell, gospel singer^{[citation needed]}
Julian Peterson, NFL football player^[3]
Walt "The Wizard" Williams, NBA basketball player^[4]
Stephen Tyrone Johns, Security officer who died in the line of duty in the 2009 Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting.
Peter Bergman, Daytime television actor, currently Jack on CBS' The Young and the Restless. Crossland Class of 1971
Pierre Edwards, Actor, comedian. Crossland Class of 1985.
Jess Atkinson, Class of 1980, Placekicker for Univ. of MD and Washington Redskins. Former sports and newscaster for WRC4 and WUSA9 (Sports Director). Also Founder of 3 Penny Films.
Aaron Spears, actor Bold and the Beautiful
Andre'DJ Big Dooby Corley, artist, Disc Jockey former Semi Pro Football player, morgan state alumni

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Crossland High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
↑ Julian Rubinstein (1993-09-19). "Cariaga Leads Largo to Flawless Start". The Washington Post.
↑ "SEAHAWKS 35 REDSKINS 14". The Washington Post. 2008-01-06. pp. D07. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
↑ Josh Barr (2005-03-10). "For Crossland, a Victory Worth Savoring". The Washington Post. pp. PG25. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

"About Us". Crossland High School. Archived from the original on 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

v t e Prince George's County Public Schools

District Offices	14201 School Lane, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

High Schools	Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC Bladensburg Bowie Central Crossland Frederick Douglass DuVal Fairmont Heights Charles Herbert Flowers Forestville Friendly Gwynn Park High Point Largo Laurel Northwestern Oxon Hill Parkdale Potomac Eleanor Roosevelt Suitland Surrattsville Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr.

Middle Schools	Buck Lodge Charles Carroll Stephen Decatur Drew-Freeman Dwight D. Eisenhower Isaac J. Gourdine Greenbelt Gwynn Park Hyattsville Thomas Johnson Dr. Ernest Everett Just Kenmoor Kettering Martin Luther King, Jr. James Madison Thurgood G. Marshall Samuel Ogle Nicholas Orem Oxon Hill Benjamin Stoddert Benjamin Tasker Walker Mill William Wirt

PreK-8 Dedicated Magnet Schools	Benjamin D. Foulois Creative and Performing Arts Robert Goddard French Immersion Robert Goddard Montessori John Hanson French Immersion John Hanson Montessori Thomas G. Pullen Creative and Performing Arts

PreK-8 Elementary & Middle Schools	The Accokeek Academy Beltsville Academy William W. Hall Academy Andrew Jackson Academy Samuel P. Massie Academy Cora L. Rice / G. James Gholson K-8 Educational Complex

Elementary Schools	List of PGCPS Elementary Schools

Other	Magnet Programs & Centers

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