Watkins Mill High School

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Watkins Mill High School
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Address
Watkins Mill High School
10301 Apple Ridge Road

Gaithersburg
,
Maryland
20879

United States
Coordinates 39°11′1″N77°12′58″W / 39.18361°N 77.21611°W / 39.18361; -77.21611
Information
Type Public
Established1989
School district Montgomery County Public Schools
PrincipalCarol Goddard
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,660 [1]  (2016–17)
Campus Suburban
Color(s)  Blue
  Orange
Nickname Wolverines
NewspaperThe Current
Website www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/watkinsmillhs/

Watkins Mill High School is located in Gaithersburg, an incorporated city in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Contents

The school is named after the Watkins family, who owned a mill on the property. The school's colors are orange and blue. Watkins Mill is home to such programs as the International Baccalaureate Program, PLTW, and Academy of Finance. Watkins Mill is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. The principal is Carol Goddard. [2] The school opened in 1989 at 269,706 ft² with a 28,140 ft² addition in 1994 and a 3,733 ft² in 1999 with 300 ft² of renovation. The school now encompasses 301,579 ft².

Demographics

According to the Montgomery County Public Schools regulatory accountability report, the ethnic demographic breakdown of students is: [1]

Ethnicity

Services

Sports

U.S. Army recruiting at Watkins Mill High School in Maryland, c. February 2022, 1.jpg
U.S. Army recruiting at Watkins Mill High School, c. February 2022 in Maryland, 2.jpg
U.S. Army recruiting at Watkins Mill High School in Maryland, c. March 2022.jpg
US Army recruiters at Watkins Mill High School

Watkins Mill High School offers the following sports: [3]

The school mascot is Wally the Wolverine.

In 2011, Watkins Mill won the 3A Maryland boys state soccer title. [4]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 "Watkins Mill High School - #545" (PDF). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "About Us" . Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Watkins Mill Athletics". watkinsmillathletics.org.
  4. ↑ "2014 MPSSAA Fall Record Book" (PDF). MPSSAA. p. 51. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Stories". gazette.net.
  6. ↑ "High school flashback with Paul Rabil". 12 July 2012.


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