Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School | |
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12650 Brooke Lane, Upper Marlboro, Maryland postal address 20772 United States | |
Coordinates | 38°49′59″N76°47′16″W / 38.83306°N 76.78778°W |
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School type | Public, high school |
Founded | 2006 |
School district | Prince George's County Public Schools |
NCES District ID | 2400510 |
NCES School ID | 240051001542 |
Principal | Taryn Washington |
Staff | 128 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 2,208 (2021–2022 [1] ) |
Student to teacher ratio | 17.25 [1] |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Blue and Yellow |
Nickname | Pumas |
Website | www |
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Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School is a public high school in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, with an Upper Marlboro postal address. [1] [2] A part of the Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS), it opened in the fall of 2006. [3]
As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the school is located in the Brown Station census-designated place. [4] During the 2010 U.S. Census, the school was located in the Westphalia CDP. [5] When it opened in 2006, it was not in any CDP established by the 2000 U.S. Census. [6]
Its namesake was Henry A. Wise Jr., the first African-American doctor admitted to practice at Prince George's Hospital and a Tuskegee Airman. [3] Taryn Washington is the principal in 2023. [7]
In 2022, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School has a 98.1% minority enrollment, the majority of students are Black. [8] In 2022, some 48% of students are economically disadvantaged. [8]
The total amount of money spent to build the school was $91.8 million, including $6.9 million for the gymnasium. [9] During the design process, PGCPS Chief of Schools Andre J. Hornsby successfully campaigned for the school district to add $6.5 million to the funding for the gym even though some of the members of the PG County Council believed that existing campuses should get the money for refurbishments. [2]
The school was scheduled to open in fall 2006, with 112 teachers and 1,900 students in grades 9-11. Monica Goldson was the schools first principal. [2]
From circa 2011 to 2014, the percentage of 9th grade students held back in grade declined by 15%. [3] In 2014 the Steve Harvey Neighborhood Awards gave Wise High the best high school award; the award winner is determined by a vote among a group of people. [3]
In 2021, a family sued Prince George's County Schools over their handling of an alleged campus sexual assault between a developmentally disabled 14-year-old girl and six boys. [10] The sexual assault was filmed and shared on social media, further causing trauma. [10]
In January 2023, a Wise High teacher 'inadvertently' sent sexually explicit photos to students, and action was taken by the administration to retract the message. [7] [11]
The school is on Brooke Lane, between Brown Station Road and Ritchie Marlboro Road, [2] in the Westphalia census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, with an Upper Marlboro postal address. [1] [12]
The campus had a cost of $92 million; the 55-acre (22 ha) campus includes a main building with 432,579 square feet (40,187.9 m2) of space. [2] The school has three computer laboratories, three lecture halls, and a greenhouse. Nick Anderson of The Washington Post wrote that many of the aspects of the design of Wise's campus were similar to that of Charles H. Flowers High School; he wrote that Wise's campus "far surpasses the other 21 major high school campuses in the county" and that only the Flowers main building "comes close to the quality of" the Wise high main building. [2]
The school also has the largest gymnasium of any non-university school in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area.[ citation needed ] The gymnasium has a capacity of 5,000 seats, making it the largest of any PGCPS school; the gym's second floor has a running track. [2] The attached parking lot has 525 spaces as of 2012. In 2012 The Washington Post reported that area community members complained that the parking lot was too small for use for major events; there was a desire to have the Wise gymnasium used for such events so the county government would not have to rent venues of similar sizes, and therefore spend less money. [9] The students also have an auxiliary gym as well as rooms for cardio fitness, aerobics, weights, and dance; the dance room has mirrors. [2]
The fine and performing arts facilities include a black box theater, a performing arts center with 950 seats, and a room for vocal music; Nick Anderson of The Washington Post stated that the acoustic system in the performing arts center is "similar to the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda." [2]
The school serves: [13] much of Westphalia CDP, [12] the towns of Upper Marlboro and Morningside, [14] [15] a section of the city of District Heights, [16] the CDPs of Marlboro Meadows, [17] Marlboro Village, [18] Melwood, [19] and Queensland, [20] and portions of the Brock Hall, [21] Camp Springs, [22] Clinton, [23] Croom, [24] Forestville, [25] Kettering, [26] and Rosaryville CDPs. [27] In addition it serves the base housing of Joint Base Andrews/Andrews Air Force Base and the associated Andrews AFB CDP. [28] It serves sections of the former Greater Upper Marlboro CDP. [29]
Accokeek, "at the edge of the hill" in Algonquin, is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The CDP is located on the Potomac River, borders Charles County and is approximately 17 miles from Washington. It is a part of the Washington metropolitan area. The population of the CDP, as of the 2020 United States Census was 13,927.
Forestville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 12,831. The community is a mixture of garden apartments, single-family homes, and shopping centers built mostly from the 1930s through 1970s, adjacent to the communities of District Heights, Suitland, Morningside, Westphalia and Camp Springs.
Greater Upper Marlboro is an area of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat. It was formerly a census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 18,720 at the 2000 census. However, the 2010 census divided the area into several smaller CDPs, including portions of Marlboro Meadows, Brock Hall, Marlboro Village, Queenland, and Croom.
Largo, located within Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland, is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,605 at the 2020 census.
Morningside is an incorporated town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,240. The town developed with the establishment of nearby Andrews Air Force Base and the federal Census Bureau. The government of the town is led by a mayor and town council. Morningside Elementary School and Benjamin Foulois Junior High School/Elementary/Creative and Performing Arts Academy (current) as well as Michael J Polley Neighborhood Park are located within the town limits. Morningside has one of the largest VFW posts (chapters) in the entire country. Morningside is also the city of license of one of Washington's most prominent radio stations, from the 1960s to the present, WJFK and WPGC-FM. Additionally, Morningside is home to one of the busiest volunteer fire departments in Prince George's County, Morningside VFD Station 827. In 2015, station 827 ran over 8,000 calls for service with 150 working fires in Morningside and the adjacent communities, and has garnered national recognition for their service to the community.
Rosaryville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located south of Cinton and Upper Marlboro beside U.S. Route 301. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,548. including housing developments and rural open space. It was named for a local Roman Catholic church. Close to Rosaryville are the Marlton housing development, Maryland Veterans Cemetery, the Southern Maryland Farmers Market, and Rosaryville State Park.
Upper Marlboro, officially the Town of Upper Marlboro, is the county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population within the town limits was 652, although Greater Upper Marlboro, which covers a large area outside the town limits, is many times larger.
Largo High School is a public High School in Largo census-designated place, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, it serves students of grades 9 to 12.
Bowie High School is a public high school in Bowie, Maryland, United States and a part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
Charles Herbert Flowers High School is a comprehensive science and technology magnet school located in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, adjacent to the Springdale census-designated place and with a Springdale postal address. It is part of the Prince George's County School System. Its principal is Dr. Gorman Brown.
Fairmont Heights High School (est.1950) is an American public comprehensive secondary school located in Landover, Maryland, just outside Washington D.C. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Two middle schools feed into Fairmont Heights. It is part of the School Board District 3.
Frederick Douglass High School (FDHS), is an American public high school established in 1935 and located in the Croom census-designated place of unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, with a mailing address of Upper Marlboro and near Upper Marlboro.
Suitland High School is a public school with in Prince George's County, Maryland, operated by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Brock Hall is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in eastern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located south of Largo and Bowie, and north of Upper Marlboro. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 13,181.
Marlboro Meadows is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,655. It was newly delineated for the 2010 census prior to which the area was part of the Greater Upper Marlboro census-designated place.
Marlboro Village is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 9,221.
Queensland is a census-designated place south of Upper Marlboro in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population of the CDP was 2,191 at the 2020 census. It was formerly known as Queenland until 2014 when its name was changed to Queensland and a small portion of its geography was transferred to Upper Marlboro.
Westphalia is a census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population of the CDP was 11,770 at the 2020 census.
The Beddow Schools is a private school in Maryland serving elementary school through high school with campuses in Prince George's and Charles counties: a secondary school in the Accokeek census-designated place and primary schools in the Fort Washington and Waldorf CDPs.
Brown Station is an census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 3,298.
Mailing Address: 12650 Brooke Ln Upper Marlboro, MD 20772