Bowie High School (Maryland)

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Bowie High School
Address
Bowie High School (Maryland)
15200 Annapolis Road [1]

Bowie
,
Maryland [1]

United States
Coordinates 38°58′39″N76°44′34″W / 38.977388°N 76.742916°W / 38.977388; -76.742916
Information
Type Public High School
Established1965 [2]
School district Prince George's County Public Schools
PrincipalJoseph Kautzer [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,573
Color(s)Navy Blue, Burgundy and White
MascotSpike the Bulldog
YearbookBulldog
Website www1.pgcps.org/bowie

Bowie High School is a public high school in Bowie, Maryland, United States and a part of Prince George's County Public Schools.

Contents

It serves [3] Bowie, [4] Queen Anne CDP, [5] and portions of the Brock Hall, [6] Fairwood, [7] Glenn Dale, [8] and Woodmore CDPs. [9] It serves sections of the former Greater Upper Marlboro CDP. [10]

History

Bowie High School was built in 1965 in Bowie, Maryland. [2]

In 2005, PGCPS placed the 9th graders in the Belair annex in Bowie as the main school building was becoming overcrowded. [11] The main building remained overcrowded in 2018, as even after the move, the number of temporary buildings was to go down from 16 to 12. [12]

Academics

In 2007 Bowie High was among the top 5 percent of U.S. high schools for AP participation. [13] It also had a honors program for highly motivated students named the SUMMIT program, where 60 students take college level honor and AP courses to prepare them for college and career. [13]

Notable alumni

Drinking and drunk driving

In the 1980s, Bowie High School had a high rate of drinking and gained national attention. [31] In 1986, the school initiated programs to curb drunk driving after 15 students were killed in 1979 and 1980. [31] In 1986, another three were killed in a drunk driving crash on the Capital Beltway.In recent years, teenagers at Bowie HS are not drinking alcohol at nearly the same rate they were in the 70s or 80s. [31]

See also

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