Poolesville High School
| Poolesville High School | |
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The PHS Falcon, the school's mascot, chosen to represent truth, honor, and loyalty. | |
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Poolesville, Maryland United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°8′36″N 77°25′6″W / 39.14333°N 77.41833°WCoordinates: 39°8′36″N 77°25′6″W / 39.14333°N 77.41833°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public (Magnet) Secondary |
| Established | 1911 |
| Principal | Timothy Short |
| Number of students | 1,235 |
| Color(s) | Black and Gold |
| Website | Poolesville High School |
Poolesville High School is a public high school located in Poolesville, Maryland. It is home to a Global Ecology Studies Program; a Science, Math, Computer Science Program and a Humanities Program. It is also currently the number one school in the state of Maryland, as rated by Newsweek Magazine.
History
The core of the building was built in 1911 as an elementary school. The school housed Poolesville's middle school and high school up until 1997 when John Poole Middle School was built.[1] Poolesville's first graduates were seven students in 1920.[2]
From the school's inception until 2002, the school's mascot was an Indian, and its logo was the profile of an Indian warrior in full head-dress. In 2001, amidst some controversy, the school's students and Poolesville Community voted on whether to keep the Indian mascot or to change the school's mascot to a Falcon. Although the students and community elected to keep the Indian as the school mascot, at the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year the Maryland Bureau of Indian Affairs overruled the vote. Beginning the 2002-2003 school year, the students voted to change the school's mascot a Falcon.
Academics
Starting in the 2006-2007 school year, honor students in northern Montgomery County ("upcounty") have the opportunity to become a part of one of three "houses": Global Ecology; Humanities; or Science, Math, and Computer Science. Students who test to get in the Magnet Houses are "certificate" and are required to take the standard courses. Students who do not test in, but still go to Poolesville High School are able to become a part of a house called Independent Studies, but are "non-certificate" and can choose to take specialized courses. The science department has been voted the number one department for the past five years.
Demographics
| Year | Enrollment | Native American/ Alaskan Native |
% | Asian/ Pacific Islander |
% | African American |
% | White | % | Hispanic | % |
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| 2009-10 | 1150 | 6 | 0.5 | 243 | 21.1 | 70 | 6.1 | 768 | 66.8 | 63 | 5.5 |
| 2008-09 | 1049 | 8 | 0.8 | 186 | 17.7 | 60 | 5.7 | 750 | 71.5 | 45 | 4.3 |
| 2007-08 | 1012 | 8 | 0.8 | 127 | 12.6 | 50 | 4.9 | 790 | 78.0 | 37 | 3.7 |
| 2006-07 | 939 | 5 | 0.1 | 69 | 7.34 | 54 | 5.8 | 777 | 82.7 | 34 | 3.6 |
| 2005-06 | 861 | 3 | 0.2 | 32 | 3.44 | 46 | 5.3 | 757 | 87.9 | 23 | 2.7 |
| 2004-05 | 825 | 4 | - | 35 | 3.34 | 35 | 4.2 | 728 | 88.2 | 23 | 2.8 |
| 2003-04 | 776 | 3 | 0.1 | 35 | 3.21 | 29 | 3.7 | 696 | 89.7 | 13 | 1.7 |
| 2002-03 | 753 | 3 | 0.2 | 28 | 2.98 | 23 | 3.1 | 682 | 90.6 | 17 | 2.3 |
Transportation
10 buses service Poolesville HS for base-area students.
Sports
Poolesville fields teams in 18 different sports including:
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Cheerleading
- Field Hockey
- Football
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- Poms
- Skateboarding
- Snowboarding
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Nearby schools
- Montgomery Blair High School
- Richard Montgomery High School
- Clarksburg High School
- Damascus High School
- Northwest High School
External links
- Poolesville High School
- Global Ecology Studies Program
- Maryland High School Sports and Projected Enrollment
References
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