Maurice J. McDonough High School

Last updated

Maurice J. McDonough High School
Location
Maurice J. McDonough High School
7165 Marshall Corner Road

Pomfret
,
Maryland
20675

United States
Coordinates 38°33′9″N77°2′9″W / 38.55250°N 77.03583°W / 38.55250; -77.03583
Information
School type Public, secondary school
MottoDocere Cognoscere et Excellere (To Teach, To Learn, To Excel)
Founded1977
School district Charles County Public Schools
PrincipalDarnell Russell
Teaching staff64.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1230 [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.17 [1]
LanguageEnglish, Spanish, French
CampusRural
ColorsPurple, Orange and White ███
Song"Purple Rain" by Prince
Athletics conference Southern Maryland Athletic Conference
MascotRams
Rival La Plata High School
NewspaperThe Rampage
Website www.ccboe.com/schools/mcdonough/

Maurice J. McDonough High School is a high school or secondary school in Pomfret, Maryland, United States and is run through the Charles County Public Schools system. It has approximately 1,230 students and 80 employees.

Contents

The school, built in 1976, [2] is named for Maurice James McDonough, who was an early educator in Charles County, Maryland. [3]

Sports

2A State football champions in 2010, coached by Luke Ethington, as well as state championship wins in 1983, 1985, and 1990. [4]

USBands 2A State Marching Band Champions in 2015, coached by Caitlin Dunleavy. [5]

The cheer team won the Class 1A state championship in 2023. [6]

MPSSAA 2A State Softball champions in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998. [7]

Vocational programs

McDonough, along with North Point High School, hosts Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs available to Charles County students. [8]

The following programs are hosted at McDonough:

Notable incidents

In September 1988, 78 students were injured following the collapse of bleachers during a back-to-school program. [12] [13]

In March 2024, detectives from the Charles County Sheriff's Office and the school resource officer investigated a "fight club" at the school after an assault and robbery occurred in a school bathroom. [14] Two students were arrested and charged second-degree assault and robbery. [15]

Notable alumni and faculty

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Maurice J. McDonough High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ "About Us". Charles County Board of Education. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Our School". Maurice J. McDonough High School. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  4. ↑ Hunt, John (December 6, 2010). "McDonough Wins 2-A State Football Championship". The Bay Net. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  5. ↑ Anfenson-Comeau, Jamie (November 13, 2015). "McDonough marching band division 2A state champs". SoMd News. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  6. ↑ "McDonough Rocks The Winter State Cheerleading Finals". TheBayNet. February 16, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ "MPSSAA Girls' Softball Championships" (PDF). Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Application Window For Career & Technical Education Programs Moves Up A Month This Year". The Bay Net. Charles County Public Schools. October 9, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  9. 1 2 "CTE application opens Nov. 22 for Grades eight and 10". Southern Maryland Online. November 19, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  10. ↑ "CASE CTE Program". Maurice J. McDonough High School. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ Higgins, David (October 14, 2023). "Charles County Public Schools Announces Opening of Application Window for Career and Technical Education Programs". Southern Maryland Chronicle. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  12. ↑ Price, Debbie; Reeves, Tracey (September 10, 1988). "BLEACHERS FALL, INJURING 78 MD. STUDENTS". The Washington Post . Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  13. ↑ West, Peter (September 21, 1988). "Maryland School Officials Seeking Reason for Collapse of Bleachers". Education Week . Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  14. ↑ Harris, Christopher. "'Fight club' under investigation at Maryland high school: 2 arrested". Fox 5 DC . Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Police Investigating "Fight Clubs" at McDonough High School and Robbery Related to Fight Earnings". Southern Maryland News Net. March 22, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Larry Johnson". Ohio State University . Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Donta Jones". Huskers . Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  18. ↑ "JAMES MATTHEW (MATT) MORGAN". Maryland Manual On-Line. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  19. ↑ "McDonough graduate is in tune with Pentatonix". Southern Maryland News Net. November 6, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  20. ↑ "A.J. Wallace". ESPN . Retrieved January 6, 2026.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.