Middletown High School (Maryland)

Last updated
Middletown High School
Address
Middletown High School (Maryland)
200 Schoolhouse Drive

Middletown
,
Frederick
,
Maryland
21769

United States
Coordinates 39°26′47″N77°32′04″W / 39.44639°N 77.53444°W / 39.44639; -77.53444
Information
Type Public
Established1888
School board Frederick County Public Schools
SuperintendentCheryl Dyson
PrincipalBernard Quesada
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,135 (2018-19) [1]
Campus typeRural
Colour(s)Orange, Black   
Slogan"A Tradition of Knowledge, Creativity, Strength, Leadership."
Athletics conferenceMPSSA Class 2A
West Region
MascotKnights
PublicationRT Magazine
NewspaperThe Round Table
YearbookChestnut Burr
Feeder schoolsMiddletown Elementary

Middletown Primary Myersville Elementary Wolfsville Elementary

Middletown Middle

Contents

Athletic leagueMonocacy Valley Athletic League (MVAL)
Piedmont Conference
Website https://education.fcps.org/mhs/

Middletown High School is a high school located in Middletown, Maryland, United States. First established in 1888, the school opened in its current building in April 1974.

Student activities

MHS offers 162 sports teams in 125 sports,[ citation needed ] visual and performing arts, academic societies, agriculture and club organizations. Many extracurricular clubs, including an Academic Team, Physics Club, Model UN, National Honors Society, Science National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honors society, Future Business Leaders of America, Nu Delta Alpha Dance Honors Society, Mock Trial, Drama Club, TBA Improv Troupe, National English Honors Society, Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society, Student Government Association (SGA), FFA, Gay-Straight Alliance, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Music

The school's band are called the "Marching Knights" and since 2002 have been directed by Matthew Shearer. In 2006 the band placed 4th at the James Madison University Parade of Champions.[ citation needed ] They also received the award for best colorguard in their class.[ citation needed ] In the fall of 2014, the Marching Knights became US Bands Group IIIA MD State Champions at the State Championship at Towson University.[ citation needed ]

Athletics

The school's colors are orange and black, and athletic teams are known as the “Knights.”

Maryland (MPSSAA) State Titles
Boys Track and Field 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1985, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004[1] [2]
Boys Cross Country 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984 [3]
Girls Cross Country 1981, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 [3]
Girls Soccer 1990, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012 [3]
Girls Field hockey 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991 [3]
Boys Soccer 1973, 1980, 1993, 2015, 2016 [3]
Girls Basketball 1978, 1989, 1993, 2006 [4]
Football 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019 [3]
Golf 1996, 2009, 2017 [3]
Girls Track and Field 2000, 2007, 2008 [2]
Girls Indoor Track 2008, 2009 [4]
Boys Indoor Track 2003, 2007 [4]
Girls Swimming 2008 [4]
Baseball2017 [5]

Academic programs

In 2003 MHS implemented the county's first APEX (Advanced Placement Experience) program for a select group of Freshmen. Students in the program commit to taking a minimum of six AP courses in high school, beginning in the sophomore year. Because of the school's emphasis on AP courses the number of students taking AP exams in the past two years has nearly doubled. MHS was also the county's first high school to establish a Freshman Academy to maximize student achievement during the often-difficult transition from Middle to High School. As of the 2006-2007 School Year, The Advisement Programme was terminated for reasons unknown to the general public at MHS.

Notable alumni

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baltimore City College</span> School in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Baltimore City College, known colloquially as City,City College, and B.C.C., is a college preparatory school with a liberal arts focus and selective admissions criteria located in Baltimore, Maryland. Opened in October 1839, B.C.C. is the third-oldest active public high school in the United States. City College is a public exam school and an International Baccalaureate World School at which students in the ninth and tenth grades participate in the IB Middle Years Programme while students in the eleventh and twelfth grades participate in the IB Diploma Programme.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Springbrook High School</span> Public secondary school in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Springbrook High School is an American public high school, located in Montgomery County, Maryland, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It is located within the White Oak census-designated place, and has a Silver Spring mailing address. It is between the Colesville and White Oak communities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Penncrest High School</span> School in Media, PA, Pennsylvania, United States

Penncrest High School is a public four-year comprehensive high school in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. It is a part of the Rose Tree Media School District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aviano Middle/High School</span> Department of Defense Education Activity secondary school

Aviano Middle/High School is a Department of Defense Education Activity secondary school located on the Italian owned NATO Air Base in Aviano, Italy which hosts the 31st Fighter Wing. The majority of students are dependents of active duty military personnel, DoD employees, contractors and diplomats, although a small percentage are children of other English speaking expatriates or local Italian residents.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dulaney High School</span> Public high school in Timonium, Maryland, United States

Dulaney High School is a secondary school in Timonium, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school serves a generally upper-middle class suburban community, with students from Timonium and surrounding areas in Baltimore County. Dulaney is a Blue Ribbon School and ranked No. 259 nationwide in Newsweek magazine's 2010 survey of top public high schools in the U.S. It is situated on 45 acres (18 ha) adjacent to Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. Their main rival is Towson High School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rockville High School (Maryland)</span> Public school

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oakland Mills High School</span> Public high school in Columbia, Maryland, United States

Oakland Mills High School was established in 1973 as one of the first high schools to serve the planned developed new U.S. town of Columbia, Maryland area, established by James Rouse and his Rouse Company in 1967 in Howard County, midway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. It is part of the Howard County Public Schools system (HCPSS).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loch Raven High School</span> Public secondary school in Towson, Maryland, United States

Loch Raven High School is a high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

Fallston High School is a public high school Fallston, Maryland, United States. It serves a thousand students of Harford County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Severna Park High School</span> Public school in Severna Park, Maryland, United States

Severna Park High School is a public high school in the United States located in the suburban CDP of Severna Park, Maryland. It is a part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system. SPHS opened its doors to students in 1959 and was the seventh public high school opened in Anne Arundel County.. Its principal is Lindsay Abruzzo. A new school was built on the same grounds, and opened in January 2017. The Falcons are sports rivals with nearby Broadneck High School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mt. Hebron High School</span> Public high school in the United States

Mt. Hebron High School is a public high school located in Ellicott City, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Howard County Public School System.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sparrows Point High School</span> Public school in the United States

Sparrows Point High is a comprehensive high school for students in grades 9–12 and is one of the 24 high schools in the Baltimore County Public Schools. The current enrollment is 795 with 27.6–29.0 students per class. The school was established in 1908 and is located on a 35-acre (140,000 m2) campus in the southeastern corner of Baltimore County on a peninsula, which juts out into the Chesapeake Bay. The staff includes three administrators, 60 teachers, three guidance counselors, one librarian, eight instructional assistants, and four clerical personnel. Sparrows Point High is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and by the Maryland State Department of Education. The school's colors are blue and gray and the mascot is the "Pointer".

Francis Scott Key High School is a four-year public high school in Union Bridge in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The school is located near the west-central section of Carroll County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pocomoke High School</span> Public high school in Pocomoke City, Maryland, United States

Pocomoke High School is a four-year public high school in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, United States. With the grades of 9–12 the school is a part of Worcester County Public Schools. It is one of four public high schools in Worcester County along with Stephen Decatur High School, Worcester Technical High School, and Snow Hill High School. Pocomoke is a Maryland State Blue Ribbon School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association</span>

Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA), is the association that oversees public high school sporting contests in the state of Maryland. Organized after World War II in 1946, the MPSSAA is made up of public high schools from each of Maryland's 23 counties and independent city of Baltimore City, which joined the association in 1993 when its public high schools withdrew at the orders of a new Superintendent of Public Instruction (schools) in the Baltimore City Public Schools from the earlier longtime athletic league, the Maryland Scholastic Association (M.S.A.) which was founded in 1919. The MSA had been composed of public high schools in the City of Baltimore and private / religious / independent schools on the secondary level in the City of Baltimore and its metropolitan area and the surrounding central Maryland region. It was one of the few state-level interscholastic athletic leagues in the nation composed of both public and private/religious/independent secondary schools. After the Baltimore City public high schools withdrew from the MSA, the remaining private/religious/independent schools conferred and organized two parallel regional/state-wide athletic leagues with sports competition and exercise activities with one for young men and the other for young women. These were the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland]] which endured today. All three state-wide athletic leagues, two for private/religious/independent secondary schools and one for co-ed public high schools exist today marrying on the proud traditions, memories and championships of the old Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) - one of the oldest state athletic leagues for secondary schools in the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Caroline High School</span> Public secondary school in Ridgely, Maryland, United States

North Caroline High School is located in Ridgely, Maryland, United States and is part of the Caroline County Public Schools (Maryland) system. It is one of two high schools in Caroline County. The school serves 1,114 in grades nine to twelve. Students generally live in the northern area of Caroline County in Ridgely, Greensboro, Denton, and a number of smaller towns. Lockerman Middle School serves as the feeder school.

West Boylston Middle/High School is a public high school located in West Boylston, Massachusetts, United States. In the 2012 rankings of U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools, West Boylston Middle/High School ranked at #41 within Massachusetts. The school serves grades 6-12 with a student to teacher ratio of 13:1.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baltimore City College boys' basketball</span> Basketball team in MD, US

The Baltimore City College boys' basketball team, known as the "Knights", or formerly, the "Collegians", "Castlemen", and "Alamedans", has represented Baltimore City College, commonly referred to as "City", the city of Baltimore's flagship public college preparatory school, for more than 100 years. One of the earliest results recorded in program history is a one-point overtime road loss to the University of Maryland Terrapins on January 25, 1913. City joined the Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) in 1919, and competed in the league for 73 years until it withdrew in 1992. As members of the MSA, the Knights won 12 boys' basketball championships.

Megan Gebbia is currently the head coach of the Wake Forest University women's basketball team, replacing Jen Hoover on May 26, 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baltimore City College athletics</span>

Interscholastic athletics at Baltimore City College date back over 120 years. Though varsity sports were not formally organized until 1895, interscholastic athletics became a fixture at the school earlier in the 19th century. In the late-1890s, City competed in the Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association (MIFA), a nine-member league consisting of colleges in Washington, D.C., and Maryland. City College was the lone secondary school among MIFA membership. The 1895 football schedule included St. John's College, Swarthmore College, the United States Naval Academy, University of Maryland, and Washington College. Between 1894 and 1920, City College regularly faced off against the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays and the Navy Midshipmen in lacrosse.

References

  1. "Middletown High". Frederick County Public Schools School Profiles. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "MPSSAA Spring Record Book" (PDF). Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-02.[ dead link ]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "MPSSAA Fall Record Book" (PDF). Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "MPSSAA Winter Record Book" (PDF). Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-02.[ dead link ]
  5. (PDF) https://www.mpssaa.org/assets/1/6/BSB_2A_17.pdf.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Middletown High alum Megan Gebbia named Wake Forest women's basketball coach," The Frederick (MD) News-Post, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  7. Goldberg, Stan. "More than just talking the talk," The Frederick (MD) News-Post, Thursday, May 31, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2022.