Annapolis High School
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Annapolis High School is an American high school
located in the city of Annapolis, Maryland
in Anne Arundel County
. It is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools
system and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
.
. The school originally occupied a brick building in historic, downtown Annapolis, but the post-World War I
population surge led to the construction of a new school that stood on the outskirts of downtown Annapolis within a short distance from Wiley H. Bates
"Colored" High School. In the mid-1960s — more than a decade after the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education
— Annapolis High and Bates High were desegregated. Soon thereafter, the Wiley H. Bates High School was renamed/repurposed into Annapolis Middle School for grades 9 and 10 in 1966-67, and then into Bates Junior High School for grades 7 to 9 in 1968. The original Wiley H. Bates High School building at 1101 Smithville Street served as a public school until early 1981 when Bates Middle School moved to the former Annapolis Senior High School campus. In 1979, Annapolis High moved to its present location on Riva Road outside the city limits. Its former buildings now house Bates Middle School and the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.
America's Best High Schools list. Annapolis is noted for its International Baccalaureate
(I.B.) program — one of three county schools with the program (the other two being Meade
and Old Mill
). The I.B. program is a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum for grades 11 and 12 that emphasizes critical thinking and features a strong international focus. The school also offers nearly every Advanced Placement (A.P.) class approved by the College Board
as well as an English for Speakers of Other Languages program.
Recently, the Annapolis High math team has won the Anne Arundel County High School Mathematics Competition four years straight (2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010).
Annapolis High publishes a school newspaper (The Anchor), a yearbook (The Wake), a literary & arts magazine (Perception), and produces a newscast (Pantherama/P:tv).
program dating back to 1896 that has won state titles and has an all-time winning percentage of nearly 70%; a boys' basketball
program — led by the all-time winningest coach in the history of Maryland public schools, John Brady — that has won several state titles, has made more state "Final Four" appearances than any other high school in Maryland, and has won a state-record 26 regional titles; and boys' and girls' lacrosse
programs dating back to 1929 that have won numerous state championships. Annapolis has also won state championships in wrestling (2008), boys' indoor track (2002), tennis (2000), and girls' gymnastics (1989).
Recently, in 2010, the boys' basketball team reached the county championship game for the sixth time since 1995. In 2008, the boys' swim team won the regional swim title and girls' track won the county title. 2009 the boys track team won the 3A east region title, and were runner-ups at the state championships.
The feeder middle schools for Annapolis High are Bates Middle School and Annapolis Middle School; however, because of its magnet program, students are also brought in from other parts of the county.
Field Hockey
Boys' Soccer
Girls' Soccer
Cross Country
Volleyball
Sailing
Golf
Girls' Basketball
Indoor Track
Wrestling
Boys' Swimming
Girls' Swimming
Boys' Hockey
Girls' Lacrosse
Tennis
Baseball
Softball
Boys' Gymnastics
Girls' Gymnastics
Outdoor Track
Sailing
Unified Bocce
(AYP) standards, Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell required the school's entire staff — including the principal, administrators, teachers, secretaries, and custodians — to reapply for their positions in the fall of 2007, a controversial move termed "zero-basing" that is one of several reform options authorized by the Maryland Department of Education and the federal No Child Left Behind law. As a result, around half of the teachers and staff did not return in 2008. The school also hired a group of "AYP Specialists" and other support staff to focus primarily on ensuring that the school's standardized test scores reached state and federal standards. Within 30 months of zero-basing, the school successfully made an academic turnaround and met AYP standards in two consecutive years and increased the number of students who passed the Maryland School Assessment 34 percentage points in English and 19 points in math. As a result of this turnaround, principal Don Lilley was named the state's best principal by the Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals in 2010. As of the 2011-12 school year, Annapolis High did not make AYP despite extensive efforts by teachers to do so.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in the city of Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...
in Anne Arundel County
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...
. It is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Anne Arundel County Public Schools is the public school district serving Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The AACPS school system is the 5th largest in Maryland, and the 46th largest in the United States. The district has over 5,000 teachers supporting a comprehensive curriculum from Pre-K through...
system and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
.
History
Founded in 1896, Annapolis High was the first public high school to open in Anne Arundel County and among the first in the state of MarylandMaryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. The school originally occupied a brick building in historic, downtown Annapolis, but the post-World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
population surge led to the construction of a new school that stood on the outskirts of downtown Annapolis within a short distance from Wiley H. Bates
Wiley H. Bates High School
Wiley H. Bates High School is a historic school building in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was completed in 1932, and replaced the original Annapolis Colored High School. The school building is named after Wiley H...
"Colored" High School. In the mid-1960s — more than a decade after the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 , was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which...
— Annapolis High and Bates High were desegregated. Soon thereafter, the Wiley H. Bates High School was renamed/repurposed into Annapolis Middle School for grades 9 and 10 in 1966-67, and then into Bates Junior High School for grades 7 to 9 in 1968. The original Wiley H. Bates High School building at 1101 Smithville Street served as a public school until early 1981 when Bates Middle School moved to the former Annapolis Senior High School campus. In 1979, Annapolis High moved to its present location on Riva Road outside the city limits. Its former buildings now house Bates Middle School and the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.
Academics
In 2010, Annapolis High was ranked as the 16th best high school in the state of Maryland (3rd in Anne Arundel County; 297th overall) in Newsweek'sNewsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
America's Best High Schools list. Annapolis is noted for its International Baccalaureate
IB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
(I.B.) program — one of three county schools with the program (the other two being Meade
Meade Senior High School
Meade Senior High School is a public secondary school for grades 9 through 12 located at Fort Meade, Maryland and is administered by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Since its opening in 1977, Meade High School has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools...
and Old Mill
Old Mill High School
Old Mill Senior High School is an American public high school in Millersville, Maryland serving students in grades 9 through 12. It was occupied in 1975 and is administered by Anne Arundel County Public Schools . The school was built to alleviate over-crowding at other schools in the area...
). The I.B. program is a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum for grades 11 and 12 that emphasizes critical thinking and features a strong international focus. The school also offers nearly every Advanced Placement (A.P.) class approved by the College Board
College Board
The College Board is a membership association in the United States that was formed in 1900 as the College Entrance Examination Board . It is composed of more than 5,900 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations. It sells standardized tests used by academically oriented...
as well as an English for Speakers of Other Languages program.
Recently, the Annapolis High math team has won the Anne Arundel County High School Mathematics Competition four years straight (2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010).
Annapolis High publishes a school newspaper (The Anchor), a yearbook (The Wake), a literary & arts magazine (Perception), and produces a newscast (Pantherama/P:tv).
Athletics
Annapolis High has a long and storied athletic history, including a footballAmerican football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
program dating back to 1896 that has won state titles and has an all-time winning percentage of nearly 70%; a boys' basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
program — led by the all-time winningest coach in the history of Maryland public schools, John Brady — that has won several state titles, has made more state "Final Four" appearances than any other high school in Maryland, and has won a state-record 26 regional titles; and boys' and girls' lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
programs dating back to 1929 that have won numerous state championships. Annapolis has also won state championships in wrestling (2008), boys' indoor track (2002), tennis (2000), and girls' gymnastics (1989).
Recently, in 2010, the boys' basketball team reached the county championship game for the sixth time since 1995. In 2008, the boys' swim team won the regional swim title and girls' track won the county title. 2009 the boys track team won the 3A east region title, and were runner-ups at the state championships.
The feeder middle schools for Annapolis High are Bates Middle School and Annapolis Middle School; however, because of its magnet program, students are also brought in from other parts of the county.
Fall Sports
FootballField Hockey
Boys' Soccer
Girls' Soccer
Cross Country
Volleyball
Sailing
Golf
Winter Sports
Boys' BasketballGirls' Basketball
Indoor Track
Wrestling
Boys' Swimming
Girls' Swimming
Boys' Hockey
Spring Sports
Boys' LacrosseGirls' Lacrosse
Tennis
Baseball
Softball
Boys' Gymnastics
Girls' Gymnastics
Outdoor Track
Sailing
Unified Bocce
Zero-basing controversy & academic turnaround
After the school's standardized test scores failed to meet federal Adequate Yearly ProgressAdequate Yearly Progress
Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized...
(AYP) standards, Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell required the school's entire staff — including the principal, administrators, teachers, secretaries, and custodians — to reapply for their positions in the fall of 2007, a controversial move termed "zero-basing" that is one of several reform options authorized by the Maryland Department of Education and the federal No Child Left Behind law. As a result, around half of the teachers and staff did not return in 2008. The school also hired a group of "AYP Specialists" and other support staff to focus primarily on ensuring that the school's standardized test scores reached state and federal standards. Within 30 months of zero-basing, the school successfully made an academic turnaround and met AYP standards in two consecutive years and increased the number of students who passed the Maryland School Assessment 34 percentage points in English and 19 points in math. As a result of this turnaround, principal Don Lilley was named the state's best principal by the Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals in 2010. As of the 2011-12 school year, Annapolis High did not make AYP despite extensive efforts by teachers to do so.
Notable alumni
- Larry Beavers, NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
pro football player for the New Orleans SaintsNew Orleans SaintsThe New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
and formerly the Carolina PanthersCarolina PanthersThe Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...
. - Bill BelichickBill BelichickWilliam Stephen "Bill" Belichick is an American football head coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. After spending his first 15 seasons in the league as an assistant coach, Belichick got his first head coaching job with the Cleveland Browns in 1991...
, head football coach of the New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
. - Robert A. CostaRobert A. Costa-Background:Robert A. Costa is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, serving District 33B, which is located in Anne Arundel County. He defeated Democrat Mike Shay in the 2006 election. In 2002 he defeated Democrat Dotty Chaney to initially capture the seat of this newly created...
, Maryland legislator, member of Maryland House of DelegatesMaryland House of DelegatesThe Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...
. - Alex Hopmann, MLLMajor League LacrosseMajor League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :...
pro lacrosse player for the Denver OutlawsDenver OutlawsThe Denver Outlaws are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado. They began playing in the MLL in 2006 as an expansion team. From 2006 to 2008, they were in the Western Conference. With the MLL contraction in the 2009 season from 10 to 6 teams The...
. - Al Laramore, former head football coach at Annapolis High, all-time wins leader in Anne Arundel County in football (156-68-2), Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Fame member, only coach in Maryland history to win a state championship in three sports (football, basketball, lacrosse).
- Ruth MilkmanRuth MilkmanRuth Milkman is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles , where she is also director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations.-Education and career:...
, author, researcher, professor of sociology at UCLAUniversity of California, Los AngelesThe University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. - Dan RulandDan RulandDan Ruland is an American former expatriate professional basketball player who is actually best known for his college career at James Madison University between 1979–80 and 1982–83.-College:...
, former professional basketball player - Andrea SeabrookAndrea SeabrookAndrea Seabrook is an American radio reporter for NPR. She began hosting weekend broadcasts of that organization's signature news magazine All Things Considered on September 29, 2007, after six years of primarily reporting on the United States Congress for the same outlet...
, radio reporter for National Public Radio. - Brian Vetter, MLL pro lacrosse player for the Chesapeake Bayhawks.