Kayfee Hameed bravely intervened and help armed police in Middlesbrough today after a fight between men wielding weapons spilled into the grounds of Berwick Hills Primary School. The school opened in the fall of 1962 with 1,418 students. [9] In 2012, the marching band won the USSBA Group IIIA Maryland State Championships with the show "Alive and Amplified". [6], The school has theater and music departments. [9] The next year,[when?] [4], In 2006, Quince Orchard High School was the 456th highest-rated school according to Newsweek magazine's list of the top 1,300 high schools in the United States. [3] The school boasts higher-than-average SAT (544 verbal, 558 math) and ACT (22 composite) scores, and requires 75 hours of community service for graduation. [citation needed]. [1], Quince Orchard High School did not have a senior class during its first school year open, which made it difficult for its athletic teams to compete with other high schools in sports where size and experience are particularly advantageous. We provide each student an extensive selection of courses and academic programs to choose from, including college preparatory, career and technical education, as well as honors and advanced placement classes. To this end, 31 Advanced Placement courses are offered, ranging from the arts to world history to science and math. Until the end of the 2007 school year, Quince Orchard also enrolled students who had graduated from Kingsview Middle School. the band received their second record-breaking score for Montgomery County, Maryland, of 92.325, and placed 9th out of 18 national groups. [15] Despite tennis courts not being completed until midway through the first school year, the tennis team finished 5-7 that year. Quince Orchard's incoming freshmen come from Lakelands Park and Ridgeview Middle School, as well as Roberto Clemente Middle School's magnet program. According to materials from the school, Quince Orchard "encourages advanced studies in both the arts and books." Melton, R.H.; Spolar, Chris (December 20, 1984). [9] The girl's basketball team won the state title in 2016, which is their second overall. [4][5], In 2019, Whitman was the top ranked high school in Maryland and #93 nationwide by the US News and World Report. [14] Construction costs ended up totaling $26 million by the time the school opened on September 6, 1988. The school serves grades 9-12 for the Montgomery County Public Schools. . [12] The boys tennis team has also won state titles in 2009, 2014, and 2019. In 1992, the geodesic dome and all other buildings except for the auditorium were demolished and construction began on a new school building, which opened in fall 1993. #4 Thomas S. Wootton High2100 Wootton Pkwy, Rockville, Maryland 20850 #5 Winston Churchill High 11300 Gainsborough Rd, Potomac, Maryland 20854 #6 River Hill High 12101 Clarksville Pike, Clarksville, Maryland 21029 #7 Western School of Technology and Env. [10][11][12] The school was expected to have 1,680 students upon opening, and it was designed to have a capacity of 2,000 students. [13], The Black & White is the student-run newspaper. [14] Whitman is also notable for having the country's only student-run psychology journal. "Quince Orchard High Survives Growing Pains: New School Overcomes 1st-Year Challenges". The school is named in honor of the American poet, Walt Whitman. Brady, Jim (December 29, 1988). [6], Whitman fields sports teams in fall, winter, and spring seasons. [15], Public secondary school in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States. Quince Orchard High School (QOHS), also known as Q.O. The newspaper was inducted into the National Scholastic Press Association Hall of Fame in 1991. The school has an active FIRST Robotics Competition team. High School, is a secondary school located on Quince Orchard Road in the Quince Orchard neighborhood of Gaithersburg in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Walt Whitman High School is a public high school in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. [15] As our district's traditional comprehensive high school, Currituck County High serves approximately 1,000 students in grades 9-12. A Ford Foundation grant underwrote the design and construction of the dome. The journal is distributed to over 1,000 psych teachers around the country. The school competes as the Vikings and it is part of Montgomery County public school sports. The school is named in honor of the American poet, Walt Whitman. Students produce The Prowler newspaper and the yearbook Tracks. "2 Upcounty High Schools Approved". 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Yearbook: Saga: Website: mcps.k12.md.us /schools /whitmanhs: Walt Whitman High School is a public high school in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. For the 2015–2016 school year, Quince Orchard had a total enrollment of 1,926 students. [8] The school has won 11 soccer state championships, including two back to back in 2018-2019. [10] The boy's team went on a miracle run in 2006 and defeated Eleanor Roosevelt 39-38 to capture the school's only state title. [citation needed] Over the years the theater department has staged nearly 50 productions, including Up the Down Staircase[7] and the musical Grease,[8] which was critically acclaimed by the National Theater Critics Program. 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Starting in 2010, Quince Orchard High School enrolled students who graduated from Parkland Middle School. In 1984, the Montgomery County Council voted to build Quince Orchard High School in order to reduce crowding at Gaithersburg High School, and it allocated $20 million for its construction in 1984. [13] In 1987, a group of parents asked the Board of Education to name the school Potomac Falls High School instead, but the Board of Education decided to name it Quince Orchard High School because it was being built on Quince Orchard Road. During the 2015–2016 school year, the school's student body was 51.3% non-Hispanic white, 15.6% African American, 15.7% Asian American, 17.1% Hispanic and Latino American, and 0.3% Native American.[4]. The Quince Orchard High School Marching Band went to the inaugural USSBA National Championship and achieved a Montgomery County-record score of 90.275. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (called Ronald for short; b. 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