High Point High School
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High Point High School is a high school located in Beltsville
, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County, Maryland
, United States of America
, and built on the highest point in Prince George's County.
The school, serving children in grades 9 through 12, is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools
district system.
High Point serves a portion of the city of College Park
, and several unincorporated areas, including Adelphi
, Beltsville
, Landover
and Hyattsville
.
Some students live within walking distance of HPHS. Students do walk from their homes up to a 2-mile radius.
High Point students come from middle schools throughout Prince George's County. They hail predominately from Buck Lodge Middle School and Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, both in unincorporated Prince George's County. Originally, the students were bussed as well from Beltsville Junior High school which is now known as Beltsville Elementary School.
The boys soccer team was the 4A South Champion in 2009 and played eventual State Champion Whitman extremely close.
The baseball team is weaker than normal this year but in the past has enjoyed great success. In 2007 they were one of only two teams to beat eventual State Champion Eleanor Roosevelt, doing so in a 6-4 victory. But sadly, they have lost to Roosevelt ever since. How unfortunate, maybe next time Eagles!
In 2007 High Point has also seen impressive results in the number of students passing an AP exam with a score of 3 or above ranking 3rd (40.9%) in the Prince Georges County behind Eleanor Roosevelt HS (71.5%), and Bowie High School (44.8%).
High Point has also nearly doubled their Advanced Placement course offering totalling sixteen courses.
American Indian: 10
Asian American: 132
Caucasians: 189
Hispanic: 1088
African American: 907
High Point has the largest English Language Learner program of any school in Prince George's County. In the 2009-2010 school year there are approximately 425 students in that program. They are predominantly Spanish speakers from Mexico and Central America, with a few South Americans in the mix. African, European, and Asian languages and nationalities are also represented.
(2005, "High Point High in Beltsville Maryland, "School Snoop. http://www.schoolsnoop.com/SchoolDetail.asp?NCESSCH=240051001059&State=MD)
, photographer and videographer Robert Betz, former basketball star Vernon Butler, Political Activist R. Cecil Dennis, Raheem DeVaughn
, LTC. Michael C. Griffin, Elijah Joy
, Council Nedd II
, computer scientist Brian Reid, William Spencer, Pulitzer laureate Paula Vogel
, and Eric Wolfe, songwriter.
, R&B / Soul artist, whose album "The Love Experience" reached number 46 on the Billboard album chart.
Dave Brown, radio DJ at WWDC (FM)
(a.k.a. "DC101") in Washington, DC. Known on-air as "Young Dave Brown" or "YDB".
Vernon Butler, US Naval Academy basketball
player, 1983-1986. Second on Navy's all-time career scoring and rebounding lists. Was the first Navy men's basketball player to have his jersey retired. Scored the winning basket in the school's 1982 State Championship basketball victory over Len Bias and Northwestern High School.
Fred Funk
, former coach of University of Maryland golf team and PGA tour player.
Whyteout (AKA, Christopher Lieb), One of BET's 7 winners of Freestyle Friday
Brian Reid (1966), innovator of the early internet
, including email
, routers, firewall
s, and the idea of “virtual communities”; also worked on NASA
's Apollo program, the NASDAQ
stock exchange computer network, Bell Labs
, and was Director of Operations at Google
.
Doug Spearman
, Actor
Paula Vogel
(1969), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. She won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, How I Learned to Drive
.
Frank Cho
(1990), comic book writer and illustrator.
Richard Findley(1987), Prince George's County Police Officer - Firefighter at Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department. Richard was killed in the line of duty while operating as a police officer by a suspect who was driving a vehicle with stolen tags.
Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville is a census-designated place in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,691 at the 2000 census. Beltsville includes the unincorporated community of Vansville.-Geography:...
, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County, Maryland
Maryland
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...
, United States of America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and built on the highest point in Prince George's County.
The school, serving children in grades 9 through 12, is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools
Prince George's County Public Schools
The Prince George's County Public Schools system is a large school district administered by the government of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States and is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education...
district system.
High Point serves a portion of the city of College Park
College Park, Maryland
College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA. The population was 30,413 at the 2010 census. It is best known as the home of the University of Maryland, College Park, and since 1994 the city has also been home to the "Archives II" facility of the U.S...
, and several unincorporated areas, including Adelphi
Adelphi, Maryland
Adelphi is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,998 at the 2000 census...
, Beltsville
Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville is a census-designated place in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,691 at the 2000 census. Beltsville includes the unincorporated community of Vansville.-Geography:...
, Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
and Hyattsville
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
.
Some students live within walking distance of HPHS. Students do walk from their homes up to a 2-mile radius.
High Point students come from middle schools throughout Prince George's County. They hail predominately from Buck Lodge Middle School and Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, both in unincorporated Prince George's County. Originally, the students were bussed as well from Beltsville Junior High school which is now known as Beltsville Elementary School.
Mission statement
"High Point High School, in partnership with parents and the community, is dedicated to educating students from a variety of backgrounds and to maintaining a climate of high expectations. Our mission is to ensure that students will have the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in an ever-changing society."Athletics
The Eagles have a respectable athletic program seeing success in various sports over the years.The boys soccer team was the 4A South Champion in 2009 and played eventual State Champion Whitman extremely close.
The baseball team is weaker than normal this year but in the past has enjoyed great success. In 2007 they were one of only two teams to beat eventual State Champion Eleanor Roosevelt, doing so in a 6-4 victory. But sadly, they have lost to Roosevelt ever since. How unfortunate, maybe next time Eagles!
History
Opened in 1954, High Point High School was originally going to be named Cherry Hill High School. However, after some thought, school officials decided to change the name to "High Point," because of the school's location on the highest point in Prince George's County, Maryland.Advanced Placement Program
Over the past three years High Point has dramatically revamped their Advanced Placement program by more than doubling enrollment from 312 students to more than 745 students taking at least one AP course. High Point also features an AP Fair every winter showcasing the benefits of the Advanced Placement program, and course offerings.In 2007 High Point has also seen impressive results in the number of students passing an AP exam with a score of 3 or above ranking 3rd (40.9%) in the Prince Georges County behind Eleanor Roosevelt HS (71.5%), and Bowie High School (44.8%).
High Point has also nearly doubled their Advanced Placement course offering totalling sixteen courses.
- AP Art
- AP Human Geography
- AP US Government
- AP Psychology
- AP World History
- AP Biology
- AP Physics
- AP Chemistry
- AP Environmental Science
- AP Statistics
- AP Calculus AB
- AP English Literature
- AP English Language
- AP French Literature
- AP French Language
- AP Spanish Language
- AP Spanish Literature
Student Diversity
High Point's student population has continuously been noted by the state of Maryland and the Washington, DC Metro Area as one of great diversity. High Point the most ethnically diverse high school in the state of Maryland and one of the most diverse in the country. High Point Is Now Majority Hispanic as the African American has decreased somewhat with a 2009-2010 enrollment of :American Indian: 10
Asian American: 132
Caucasians: 189
Hispanic: 1088
African American: 907
High Point has the largest English Language Learner program of any school in Prince George's County. In the 2009-2010 school year there are approximately 425 students in that program. They are predominantly Spanish speakers from Mexico and Central America, with a few South Americans in the mix. African, European, and Asian languages and nationalities are also represented.
(2005, "High Point High in Beltsville Maryland, "School Snoop. http://www.schoolsnoop.com/SchoolDetail.asp?NCESSCH=240051001059&State=MD)
Noted Alumni
Noted alumni include: Dr. David AndersonDavid Anderson
David A. Anderson, is a former Canadian cabinet minister.Educated at Victoria College in Victoria, BC and the University of British Columbia, Anderson served as a foreign service officer in the Department of External Affairs between 1962 and 1968...
, photographer and videographer Robert Betz, former basketball star Vernon Butler, Political Activist R. Cecil Dennis, Raheem DeVaughn
Raheem DeVaughn
Raheem DeVaughn is an American singer and songwriter. His debut album, The Love Experience , reached No. 46 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It featured the singles "Guess Who Loves You More" and "You". His second album Love Behind the Melody was released in January 2008...
, LTC. Michael C. Griffin, Elijah Joy
Elijah Joy
Elijah Joy Erik C. Nedd is an emcee, television host, singer, writer, vegan celebrity chef and green living advocate from Washington, DC. He is the founder of Organic Soul, Incorporated, a vegan lifestyle and multimedia company based in Takoma Park, Maryland. Organic Soul, Inc. was also a Green...
, Council Nedd II
Council Nedd II
Council Nedd II is an American political, religious and cultural commentator who serves as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Missionary Church, a Continuing Anglican body. Nedd is the first-born child of Council Nedd of Sumter, South Carolina and Gertrude D...
, computer scientist Brian Reid, William Spencer, Pulitzer laureate Paula Vogel
Paula Vogel
Paula Vogel is an American playwright and university professor. She received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, How I Learned to Drive.-Early years:...
, and Eric Wolfe, songwriter.
Famous alumni
Raheem DeVaughnRaheem DeVaughn
Raheem DeVaughn is an American singer and songwriter. His debut album, The Love Experience , reached No. 46 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It featured the singles "Guess Who Loves You More" and "You". His second album Love Behind the Melody was released in January 2008...
, R&B / Soul artist, whose album "The Love Experience" reached number 46 on the Billboard album chart.
Dave Brown, radio DJ at WWDC (FM)
WWDC (FM)
WWDC is a commercial radio station in Washington, D.C., broadcasting to the Washington, DC-Baltimore, Maryland area. WWDC airs an alternative rock format on 101.1 FM branded as DC101.-History:WWDC-FM signed on in 1947 as a beautiful music station...
(a.k.a. "DC101") in Washington, DC. Known on-air as "Young Dave Brown" or "YDB".
Vernon Butler, US Naval Academy basketball
Navy Midshipmen men's basketball
The Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team represents the United States Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland, in NCAA Division I college basketball...
player, 1983-1986. Second on Navy's all-time career scoring and rebounding lists. Was the first Navy men's basketball player to have his jersey retired. Scored the winning basket in the school's 1982 State Championship basketball victory over Len Bias and Northwestern High School.
Fred Funk
Fred Funk
Frederick Funk is an American professional golfer.Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980 with a degree in law enforcement. He turned professional in 1981, but worked as a golf coach at his alma mater from 1982 to 1988; he did not...
, former coach of University of Maryland golf team and PGA tour player.
Whyteout (AKA, Christopher Lieb), One of BET's 7 winners of Freestyle Friday
Brian Reid (1966), innovator of the early internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, including email
Email
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
, routers, firewall
Firewall (computing)
A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass....
s, and the idea of “virtual communities”; also worked on NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's Apollo program, the NASDAQ
NASDAQ
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stock exchange computer network, Bell Labs
Bell Labs
Bell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...
, and was Director of Operations at Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
.
Doug Spearman
Doug Spearman
Doug Spearman is an American actor. His career highlights include work on such television shows as Star Trek Voyager, The Drew Carey Show, The Hughleys, Charmed, Gideon's Crossing, MAD TV, Girlfriends and Profiler.Spearman grew up in Hyattsville, Maryland and attended Indiana University...
, Actor
Paula Vogel
Paula Vogel
Paula Vogel is an American playwright and university professor. She received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, How I Learned to Drive.-Early years:...
(1969), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. She won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, How I Learned to Drive
How I Learned To Drive
How I Learned to Drive is a play written by American playwright Paula Vogel. The play premiered on March 16, 1997 off-broadway at the Vineyard Theatre...
.
Frank Cho
Frank Cho
Frank Cho, born Duk Hyun Cho, is a Korean-American comic strip and comic book writer and illustrator, known for his series Liberty Meadows, as well as for books such as Shanna the She-Devil, Mighty Avengers and Hulk for Marvel Comics, and Jungle Girl for Dynamite Entertainment...
(1990), comic book writer and illustrator.
Richard Findley(1987), Prince George's County Police Officer - Firefighter at Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department. Richard was killed in the line of duty while operating as a police officer by a suspect who was driving a vehicle with stolen tags.