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{{About|a high school in Maryland|the high school in Michigan|Annapolis High School (Michigan)}}
{{About|a high school in Maryland|the high school in Michigan|Annapolis High School (Michigan)}}
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{{Infobox school
|name = Annapolis High School
|name = Annapolis High School
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|established = 1896
|established = 1896
|grades = 9-12
|grades = 9-12
|enrollment = 2,000
|enrollment = 2,200
|enrollment_as_of = September 2018
|enrollment_as_of = September 2018
|staff = 150
|staff = 150
|principal = Patrick Gelinas<ref name=aacps>{{cite web|url=https://www.aacps.org/Page/1232|title=Annapolis High School|accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref>
|principal = Audra Whayland<ref>{{cite web |title=Annapolis High School |url=https://www.aacps.org/Page/1232 |website=Anne Arundel County Public Schools |access-date=June 23, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
|nickname = The Fighting Panthers
|nickname = The Fighting Panthers (football) <br /> The Running Panthers (basketball) <br /> The Whamming Panthers (lacrosse)
|campus = Large [[suburb]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2400060&ID=240006000037|title=Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Annapolis High|website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref>
|campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
|colors = Maroon, Navy Blue {{color box|maroon}}{{color box|navy}}
|colors = Maroon, Royal Blue {{color box|maroon}}{{color box|royal blue}}
|yearbook = The Wake<ref>[http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/Annapolis-High-School/95020/?page=2 1986 Annapolis High School Yearbook]</ref>
|yearbook = The Wake<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/Annapolis-High-School/95020/?page=2|title=1986 Annapolis High School Yearbook}}</ref>
|newspaper = The Anchor
|newspaper = The Panther Spot
|publication = ''Perception'' (literary magazine)
|publication = ''Perception'' (literary magazine)
|accreditation = [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]]
|accreditation = [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]]
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|coordinates = {{coord|38|58|27|N|76|33|53|W|display=inline,title}}
|website = [http://www.annapolishighschool.org/ School website]
|website = [http://www.annapolishighschool.org/ School website]
|footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=OFFICIAL ACTUAL SEPTEMBER 2014 HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS|url=http://www.aacps.org/html/schol/2014actual.pdf|publisher=Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Planning Office|accessdate=5 January 2015|date=December 5, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012504/http://www.aacps.org/html/schol/2014actual.pdf|archivedate=5 March 2016}}</ref>
|footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=OFFICIAL ACTUAL SEPTEMBER 2014 HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS|url=http://www.aacps.org/html/schol/2014actual.pdf|publisher=Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Planning Office|access-date=January 5, 2015|date=December 5, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012504/http://www.aacps.org/html/schol/2014actual.pdf|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref>
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'''Annapolis High School''' is an American [[high school]] located in the [[Parole, Maryland|Parole]] [[census-designated place]] in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]], [[Maryland]], near [[Annapolis]].<ref>"[http://www.aacps.org/html/schol/High/Anhs.asp Annapolis High School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501102124/http://www.aacps.org/html/schol/High/Anhs.asp|date=May 1, 2007}}." [[Anne Arundel County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on October 6, 2012. "2700 Riva Road Annapolis, MD 21401"</ref><ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2460325_parole/DC10BLK_P2460325_004.pdf 2010 Census Block Map Parole CDP, Md. No. 4]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140316183636/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2460325_parole/DC10BLK_P2460325_004.pdf Archive]) [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on October 6, 2012.</ref> It is part of the [[Anne Arundel County Public Schools]] system and is accredited by the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]]. In 2013, Newskweek ranked Annapolis as one of the top 2,000 high schools in the country.
'''Annapolis High School''' is an American [[high school]] located in the [[Parole, Maryland|Parole]] [[census-designated place]] in [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]], [[Maryland]], United States, outside [[Annapolis]].<ref>"[http://www.aacps.org/html/schol/High/Anhs.asp Annapolis High School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501102124/http://www.aacps.org/html/schol/High/Anhs.asp|date=May 1, 2007}}." [[Anne Arundel County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on October 6, 2012. "2700 Riva Road Annapolis, MD 21401"</ref><ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2460325_parole/DC10BLK_P2460325_004.pdf 2010 Census Block Map Parole CDP, Md. No. 4]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140316183636/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2460325_parole/DC10BLK_P2460325_004.pdf Archive]) [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on October 6, 2012.</ref> It is part of the [[Anne Arundel County Public Schools]] system and is accredited by the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]]. In 2013, Newsweek ranked Annapolis as one of the top 2,000 high schools in the country.


==History==
==History==
Founded in 1896,<ref name="High School Heroes">{{cite web|url=http://heritagebooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HBI&Product_Code=G2521&Category_Code=md|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711163710/http://heritagebooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HBI&Product_Code=G2521&Category_Code=md|url-status=dead|archivedate=July 11, 2011|title=High School Heroes: A Century of Education and Football at Annapolis High School, 1896-2003|year=2004|publisher=Heritage Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usna.edu/History/facultygood.htm|title=Jane E. Good, Associate Professor, USNA History Department|work=(see section: Major Scholarly Work (local history))|publisher=USNA.edu|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528104501/http://www.usna.edu/History/facultygood.htm|archivedate=May 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6waAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=annapolis+high+1896&source=bl&ots=mrL5EO8FQE&sig=rHaJ2r4oDqMLyIgKkzRdezqmChs&hl=en&ei=OOUxTLP-DIT78Aai2IDJCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=annapolis%20high%201896&f=false|title=School Board v. Henkel et al.|year=1911|publisher=Google Books: Reports of the Court of Appeals of Maryland}}</ref> Annapolis High was the first public high school to open in Anne Arundel County and among the first in the state of [[Maryland]]. Though nearby [[Arundel High School]] was founded earlier in 1854, it was run as a private school until 1926. 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 High School|Wiley H. Bates]] "Colored" High School. In the mid-1960s — more than a decade after the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court's]] ruling in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' — Annapolis High and Bates High were desegregated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/03/28-35/Eric-Hartley-Segregation-symbol-now-brings-unity.html|title=Segregation symbol now brings unity|date=March 28, 2010|publisher=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120310000840/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/03/28-35/Eric-Hartley-Segregation-symbol-now-brings-unity.html|archivedate=2012-03-10|via=[[archive.is]]|access-date=2010-04-23}}</ref> Soon thereafter, the Wiley H. Bates High School became Annapolis Middle School for grades 9 and 10 in 1966-67 and Bates Junior High School for grades 7 to 9 in 1968. In 1979, Annapolis High moved to its present location on Riva Road outside the city limits. Its former buildings now house Bates (which has been a grades 6 to 8 middle school since 1989) and the [[Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts]].
Founded in 1896,<ref name="High School Heroes">{{cite web|url=http://heritagebooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HBI&Product_Code=G2521&Category_Code=md|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711163710/http://heritagebooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HBI&Product_Code=G2521&Category_Code=md|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2011|title=High School Heroes: A Century of Education and Football at Annapolis High School, 1896-2003|year=2004|publisher=Heritage Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usna.edu/History/facultygood.htm|title=Jane E. Good, Associate Professor, USNA History Department|work=(see section: Major Scholarly Work (local history))|publisher=USNA.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528104501/http://www.usna.edu/History/facultygood.htm|archive-date=May 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6waAAAAYAAJ&q=annapolis+high+1896&pg=PA97|title=School Board v. Henkel et al.|year=1911|last1=Court Of Appeals|first1=Maryland}}</ref> Annapolis High was the first public high school to open in Anne Arundel County and among the first in the state of [[Maryland]]. Though nearby [[Arundel High School]] was founded earlier in 1854, it was run as a private school until 1926. 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 High School|Wiley H. Bates]] "Colored" High School. In 1966 — more than a decade after the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court's]] ruling in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' — Annapolis High and Bates High were desegregated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/03/28-35/Eric-Hartley-Segregation-symbol-now-brings-unity.html|title=Segregation symbol now brings unity|date=March 28, 2010|newspaper=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120310000840/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/03/28-35/Eric-Hartley-Segregation-symbol-now-brings-unity.html|archive-date=March 10, 2012|via=[[archive.is]]|access-date=April 23, 2010}}</ref> Soon thereafter, the Wiley H. Bates High School became Annapolis Middle School for grades 9 and 10 in 1966-67 and Bates Junior High School for grades 7 to 9 in 1968. In 1979, Annapolis High moved to its present location on Riva Road outside the city limits. Its former buildings now house Bates (which has been a grades 6 to 8 middle school since 1989) and the [[Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts]].


==Academics==
==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|Newsweek's]] ''America's Best High Schools'' list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools/list.html|title=America's Best High Schools: The List|year=2010|work=Newsweek}}</ref> Annapolis is noted for its [[IB Diploma Programme|International Baccalaureate]] (I.B.) program<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacps.org/admin/templates/elp.asp?articleid=406&zoneid=55|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120223726/http://www.aacps.org/admin/templates/elp.asp?articleid=406&zoneid=55|url-status=dead|archivedate=January 20, 2010|title=International Baccalaureate Programs|publisher=AACPS.org}}</ref> — one of three county schools with the program (the other two being [[Meade Senior High School|Meade]] and [[Old Mill High School|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.
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|Newsweek's]] ''America's Best High Schools'' list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools/list.html|title=America's Best High Schools: The List|year=2010|work=Newsweek}}</ref> Annapolis is noted for its [[IB Diploma Programme|International Baccalaureate]] (I.B.) program<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacps.org/admin/templates/elp.asp?articleid=406&zoneid=55|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120223726/http://www.aacps.org/admin/templates/elp.asp?articleid=406&zoneid=55|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 20, 2010|title=International Baccalaureate Programs|publisher=AACPS.org}}</ref> — one of three county schools with the program (the other two being [[Meade Senior High School|Meade]] and [[Old Mill High School|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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacc.edu/newsonline/2010/02/release10133.cfm|title=Severn School Wins 5th Round, Annapolis High is No. 1|date=March 3, 2010|publisher=AACC.edu}}</ref>
The Annapolis High math team has won the Anne Arundel County High School Mathematics Competition four years straight (2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacc.edu/newsonline/2010/02/release10133.cfm|title=Severn School Wins 5th Round, Annapolis High is No. 1|date=March 3, 2010|publisher=AACC.edu}}</ref>


Annapolis High publishes a school newspaper (''The Anchor''), a yearbook (''The Wake''), a literary & arts magazine (''Perception''), and produces a newscast (''Pantherama/P:tv'').
Annapolis High publishes a school newspaper (''The Anchor''), a yearbook (''The Wake''), a literary & arts magazine (''Perception''), and produces a newscast (''Pantherama/P:tv'').


==Performing and Visual Arts (PVA) School==
==APEX Arts Magnet Program School==
Beginning the 2012-2013 school year, Annapolis High School, along with [[Broadneck High School]] became the Performing and Visual Arts (PVA) high schools of Anne Arundel County. PVA is the now newest option of Magnet programs Anne Arundel County has to offer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalgazette.com/cg2-arc-140531gn-pva-20140531-story.html|title=Anne Arundel students willing to commute for the arts |work=The Capital|author=Zoe Read|date=May 31, 2014|accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref> Magnet Programs of Choice are optional advanced programs of studies, each specializing and emphasizing instruction in their own areas of interest. PVA's focuses delve into honing and strengthening artistic craft and talent. Students residing in Anne Arundel County have the opportunity to try out for the PVA,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacps.org/admin/articlefiles/320-PVA%20HS%20Overview.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114131519/http://www.aacps.org/admin/articlefiles/320-PVA%20HS%20Overview.pdf|url-status=dead|archivedate=January 14, 2016|title=PVA High School Program Overview|accessdate=October 10, 2015}}</ref> and if they pass their audition, they attend either Annapolis or Broadneck High School, depending on which branch of the PVA they audition for. The branches of the PVA that Annapolis houses are Creative Writing, Fine/Digital Visual Art, Dance, Film, Technical Production/Arts Management and Theatre. All branches of Broadkneck PVA are affiliated with a field of Music.
Beginning the 2012–2013 school year, Annapolis High School, along with [[Broadneck High School]] became an APEX Arts Magnet Program School (formerly the Performing and Visual Arts (PVA) high schools) of Anne Arundel County. APEX Arts is the now newest option of Magnet programs Anne Arundel County has to offer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalgazette.com/cg2-arc-140531gn-pva-20140531-story.html|title=Anne Arundel students willing to commute for the arts |work=The Capital|author=Zoe Read|date=May 31, 2014|access-date=April 19, 2018}}</ref> Magnet Programs of Choice are optional advanced programs of studies, each specializing and emphasizing instruction in their own areas of interest. APEX Art's focuses delve into honing and strengthening artistic craft and talent. Students residing in Anne Arundel County have the opportunity to try out for APEX Arts,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacps.org/admin/articlefiles/320-PVA%20HS%20Overview.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114131519/http://www.aacps.org/admin/articlefiles/320-PVA%20HS%20Overview.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2016|title=PVA High School Program Overview|access-date=October 10, 2015}}</ref> and if they pass their audition, they attend either Annapolis or Broadneck High School, depending on which branch of APEX Arts they audition for. The branches of APEX Arts that Annapolis houses are Creative Writing, Fine/Digital Visual Art, Dance, Film, Technical Production/Arts Management and Theatre. All branches of Broadkneck APEX Arts are affiliated with a field of Music.


County PVA program high school students from both Annapolis and Broakneck collaborate and continue their art studies at a separate building, Studio 39 [http://www.aacpsadvancedstudies.org/aacps/Magnet/Performing%20and%20Visual%20Arts/Studio%2039/About%20Studio%2039/] in down-town Historic Annapolis. Here students are given instruction by professionals in the art world, in additional after school classes. Students also perform shows, create art installations, and put up art galleries that are viewable to the public.
County APEX Arts program high school students from both Annapolis and Broadneck collaborate and continue their art studies at a separate building, Studio 39 [http://www.aacpsadvancedstudies.org/aacps/Magnet/Performing%20and%20Visual%20Arts/Studio%2039/About%20Studio%2039/] in downtown Historic Annapolis. Here students are given instruction by professionals in the art world, in additional after school classes. Students also perform shows, create art installations, and put up art galleries that are viewable to the public.


==Athletics==
==Athletics==
Annapolis High has a [[American football|football]] program dating back to 1896<ref name="High School Heroes"/> that has won state titles;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1996/09/12-34|title=In Line For Glory: Annapolis line hopes to bring back triumphant ways|date=September 12, 1996|publisher=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120310000846/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1996/09/12-34|archivedate=2012-03-10|access-date=2010-07-05}}</ref>{{when|date=January 2015}} a boys' [[basketball]] program<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2005/12/14-28|title=Boys' basketball: Brady sets mark with 593rd victory|date=14 December 2005|publisher=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120310000902/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2005/12/14-28|archivedate=2012-03-10|via=archive.is|access-date=2010-07-05}}</ref> — that has won several state titles;<ref name="The Capital">{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/hig/2010/02/24-46/Panthers-ease-to-district-basketball-championship.html|title=Panthers ease to district basketball championship|date=February 24, 2010|work=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310000917/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/hig/2010/02/24-46/Panthers-ease-to-district-basketball-championship.html|archivedate=March 10, 2012}}</ref>{{when|date=January 2015}} and boys' and girls' [[lacrosse]] programs dating back to 1929<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laxswami.com/daffy.html|title=Daffy Russell, legendary lacrosse coach, dies at 91|date=August 31, 2001|work=The Capital|access-date=March 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713191931/http://www.laxswami.com/daffy.html|archive-date=July 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> that have won numerous state championships.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2003/05/21-29|title=Boys lacrosse: Annapolis boys save best for 3A-2A title|date=May 21, 2003|publisher=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310000933/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2003/05/21-29|archivedate=March 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-892573.html|title=Annapolis's Quest Ends With 7-5 Win|date=May 26, 1994|work=The Washington Post}}{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2000/05/17-27|title=Class act leads Annapolis with winning stick legacy|date=May 17, 2000|work=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120310000942/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2000/05/17-27|archivedate=2012-03-10|via=archive.is|access-date=2010-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1998/05/28-35|title=Heart of Annapolis - Ludlam, Hart inspire Panthers' run to title|date=May 28, 1998|publisher=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120310000956/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1998/05/28-35|archivedate=2012-03-10|access-date=2010-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2002/05/16-36|title=Mays leads Annapolis|date=May 16, 2002|publisher=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310001004/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2002/05/16-36|archivedate=March 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1998/05/27-08|title=Dirks, Taylor directed teams to lacrosse titles|date=May 27, 1998|work=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324185345/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1998/05/27-08|archivedate=March 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1999/05/26-30|title=Annapolis girls defend title|date=1999-05-26|publisher=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324185353/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1999/05/26-30|archivedate=March 24, 2012}}</ref>{{when|date=January 2015}} Annapolis has also won state championships in girls' gymnastics (1989).{{cn|date=January 2015}}
Annapolis High has a [[American football|football]] program dating back to 1896<ref name="High School Heroes" /> that has won state titles;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1996/09/12-34|title=In Line For Glory: Annapolis line hopes to bring back triumphant ways|date=September 12, 1996|newspaper=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120310000846/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1996/09/12-34|archive-date=March 10, 2012|access-date=July 5, 2010}}</ref>{{when|date=January 2015}} a boys' [[basketball]] program<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2005/12/14-28|title=Boys' basketball: Brady sets mark with 593rd victory|date=December 14, 2005|newspaper=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120310000902/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2005/12/14-28|archive-date=March 10, 2012|via=archive.is|access-date=July 5, 2010}}</ref> — that has won several state titles;<ref name="The Capital">{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/hig/2010/02/24-46/Panthers-ease-to-district-basketball-championship.html|title=Panthers ease to district basketball championship|date=February 24, 2010|work=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310000917/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/hig/2010/02/24-46/Panthers-ease-to-district-basketball-championship.html|archive-date=March 10, 2012}}</ref>{{when|date=January 2015}} and boys' and girls' [[lacrosse]] programs dating back to 1929<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laxswami.com/daffy.html|title=Daffy Russell, legendary lacrosse coach, dies at 91|date=August 31, 2001|work=The Capital|access-date=March 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713191931/http://www.laxswami.com/daffy.html|archive-date=July 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> that have won numerous state championships.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2003/05/21-29|title=Boys lacrosse: Annapolis boys save best for 3A-2A title|date=May 21, 2003|newspaper=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310000933/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2003/05/21-29|archive-date=March 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-892573.html|title=Annapolis's Quest Ends With 7-5 Win|date=May 26, 1994|work=The Washington Post}}{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2000/05/17-27|title=Class act leads Annapolis with winning stick legacy|date=May 17, 2000|work=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120310000942/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2000/05/17-27|archive-date=March 10, 2012|via=archive.is|access-date=March 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1998/05/28-35|title=Heart of Annapolis - Ludlam, Hart inspire Panthers' run to title|date=May 28, 1998|newspaper=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120310000956/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1998/05/28-35|archive-date=March 10, 2012|access-date=July 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2002/05/16-36|title=Mays leads Annapolis|date=May 16, 2002|newspaper=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310001004/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2002/05/16-36|archive-date=March 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1998/05/27-08|title=Dirks, Taylor directed teams to lacrosse titles|date=May 27, 1998|work=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324185345/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1998/05/27-08|archive-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1999/05/26-30|title=Annapolis girls defend title|date=May 26, 1999|newspaper=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324185353/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/1999/05/26-30|archive-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref>{{when|date=January 2015}} Annapolis has also won state championships in girls' gymnastics (1989).<ref>{{cite news |title=1989 ALL-MET SPRING GYMNASTICS |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/05/25/1989-allmet-spring-gymnastics/e6ed5e3b-bf86-423d-bfe9-90b263621d27/ |access-date=June 18, 2024 |work=The Washington Post |date=May 24, 1989|quote=Annapolis------Team won Maryland state}}</ref>


==Zero-basing controversy & academic turnaround==
==Zero-basing controversy & academic turnaround==
After the school's standardized test scores failed to meet federal [[Adequate Yearly Progress]] (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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2007/06/08-34|title=66 teachers returning to Annapolis High School|date=June 8, 2007|work=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324185428/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2007/06/08-34|archivedate=March 24, 2012}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://annapolishigh.org/MainPageNews/AHS%20makes%20AYP.doc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317074651/http://annapolishigh.org/MainPageNews/AHS%20makes%20AYP.doc|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-03-17|title=One Year After Overhaul, Annapolis High School Meets State Adequate Yearly Progress Targets (MS Word file)|publisher=AnnapolisHigh.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Entity.aspx?k=024013|title=AYP Results|publisher=MdReportCard.org|accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-03-07/news/bal-ar.annapolis07mar07_1_12-month-schedule-middle-years-program-summer-school|title=Annapolis high school staff returns to 10-month schedule; schedule change reflects successful turnaround|date=March 7, 2010|work=The Baltimore Sun|accessdate=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420074706/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-03-07/news/bal-ar.annapolis07mar07_1_12-month-schedule-middle-years-program-summer-school|archive-date=April 20, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and increased the number of students who passed the Maryland School Assessment 34 percentage points in English and 19 points in math.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-04-14/news/bs-md-ar-annapolis-principal-award-20100414_1_don-lilley-secondary-school-principals-students|title=Annapolis High principal wins state award|date=April 14, 2010|work=The Baltimore Sun|accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/04/15-20/Annapolis-High-principal-named-best-in-state.html|title=Annapolis High principal named best in state|date=April 15, 2010|work=The Capital|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324185445/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/04/15-20/Annapolis-High-principal-named-best-in-state.html|archivedate=March 24, 2012}}</ref> As of the 2011-12 school year, Annapolis High did not make AYP despite extensive efforts by teachers to do so.
Adequate Yearly Progress is no longer a current measuring tool for schools. After the school's standardized test scores failed to meet federal [[Adequate Yearly Progress]] (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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2007/06/08-34|title=66 teachers returning to Annapolis High School|date=June 8, 2007|work=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324185428/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2007/06/08-34|archive-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://annapolishigh.org/MainPageNews/AHS%20makes%20AYP.doc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317074651/http://annapolishigh.org/MainPageNews/AHS%20makes%20AYP.doc|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 17, 2012|title=One Year After Overhaul, Annapolis High School Meets State Adequate Yearly Progress Targets (MS Word file)|publisher=AnnapolisHigh.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Entity.aspx?k=024013|title=AYP Results|publisher=MdReportCard.org|access-date=April 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/03/07/annapolis-high-school-staff-returns-to-10-month-schedule/|title=Annapolis high school staff returns to 10-month schedule; schedule change reflects successful turnaround|date=March 7, 2010|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420074706/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-03-07/news/bal-ar.annapolis07mar07_1_12-month-schedule-middle-years-program-summer-school|archive-date=April 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and increased the number of students who passed the Maryland School Assessment 34 percentage points in English and 19 points in math.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/04/14/annapolis-high-principal-wins-state-award/|title=Annapolis High principal wins state award|date=April 14, 2010|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=April 19, 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/04/15-20/Annapolis-High-principal-named-best-in-state.html|title=Annapolis High principal named best in state|date=April 15, 2010|work=The Capital|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324185445/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/04/15-20/Annapolis-High-principal-named-best-in-state.html|archive-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> As of the 2011–12 school year, Annapolis High did not make AYP despite extensive efforts by teachers to do so. Adequate Yearly Progress was discontinued in 2015.


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
*[[Joseph W. Alton]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/an/former/html/msa02680.html |title=Joseph W. Alton, Jr., County Executive, Anne Arundel County, Maryland |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=[[Maryland State Archives]] |access-date=September 12, 2021 |date=October 18, 2018}}</ref> sheriff and state senator
*[[Larry Beavers]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/roster/larry-beavers/86ce4d02-cf04-47a0-a89a-955790020445/|title=Players: Larry Beavers, #18 Wide Receiver|year=2010|publisher=NewOrleansSaints.com|accessdate=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804133000/http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/roster/larry-beavers/86ce4d02-cf04-47a0-a89a-955790020445/|archive-date=2017-08-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panthers.com/team/roster/larry-beavers/00a7e858-0545-47c5-8331-4d1aea697b64/|title=Player Roster: Larry Beavers, #16 Wide Receiver|year=2009|publisher=Panthers.com|accessdate=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420074741/http://www.panthers.com/team/roster/larry-beavers/00a7e858-0545-47c5-8331-4d1aea697b64/|archive-date=2018-04-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[National Football League|NFL]] pro football player for the [[New Orleans Saints]] and formerly the [[Carolina Panthers]].
*[[Bill Belichick]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=506|title=Bill Belichick: Official New England Patriots Biography|year=2010|publisher=Patriots.com|accessdate=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420080243/http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=506|archive-date=April 20, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.patriots.com/news/2004/02/18/belichick-steals-show-annapolis-banquet|title=Belichick steals show at Annapolis banquet|date=February 18, 2004|publisher=Patriots.com|accessdate=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419215200/http://www.patriots.com/news/2004/02/18/belichick-steals-show-annapolis-banquet|archive-date=2018-04-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> head football coach of the [[New England Patriots]].
*[[Larry Beavers]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/roster/larry-beavers/86ce4d02-cf04-47a0-a89a-955790020445/|title=Players: Larry Beavers, #18 Wide Receiver|year=2010|website=neworleanssaints.com|access-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804133000/http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/roster/larry-beavers/86ce4d02-cf04-47a0-a89a-955790020445/|archive-date=August 4, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panthers.com/team/roster/larry-beavers/00a7e858-0545-47c5-8331-4d1aea697b64/|title=Player Roster: Larry Beavers, #16 Wide Receiver|year=2009|website=panthers.com|access-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420074741/http://www.panthers.com/team/roster/larry-beavers/00a7e858-0545-47c5-8331-4d1aea697b64/|archive-date=April 20, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> former [[National Football League|NFL]] pro football player for the [[New Orleans Saints]] and the [[Carolina Panthers]].
*[[Bill Belichick]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=506|title=Bill Belichick: Official New England Patriots Biography|year=2010|website=patriots.com|access-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420080243/http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=506|archive-date=April 20, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.patriots.com/news/2004/02/18/belichick-steals-show-annapolis-banquet|title=Belichick steals show at Annapolis banquet|date=February 18, 2004|website=patriots.com|access-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419215200/http://www.patriots.com/news/2004/02/18/belichick-steals-show-annapolis-banquet|archive-date=April 19, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> head football coach at the [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|University of North Carolina]], former head coach of the [[New England Patriots]]. Eight time [[Super Bowl]] champion.
*[[Sally Brice-O'Hara]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-coast-guard-admiral-20120428-story.html|title=The Interview: Sally Brice-O'Hara|work=The Baltimore Sun|author=Candus Thomson|accessdate=April 19, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> 27th [[Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard|Vice-Commandant]] of the [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]].
*[[Sally Brice-O'Hara]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-coast-guard-admiral-20120428-story.html|title=The Interview: Sally Brice-O'Hara|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|first=Candus |last=Thomson|access-date=April 19, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> 27th [[Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard|Vice-Commandant]] of the [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]].
*[[Donald Brown (defensive back)|Donald Brown]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/annapolis-front-center-at-hall-banquet/article_e5e72676-8941-528f-aa7f-c874fe13f6a6.html|title=Annapolis front, center at Hall banquet|publisher=capitalgazette.com|date=October 12, 2004|accessdate=August 2, 2014}}{{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/schools/high_schools.cgi?id=93ba06e4|title=Annapolis Alumni Pro Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=pro-football-reference.com|accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref> pro football player
*[[Donald Brown (defensive back)|Donald Brown]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilbon |first1=Michael |title=Maryland's Donald Brown: the Case of the Costly Transfer |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1983/09/23/marylands-donald-brown-the-case-of-the-costly-transfer/f50fb813-14af-4c2c-86c2-bffa2f59f74a/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=March 22, 2023 |date=September 23, 1983}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/schools/high_schools.cgi?id=93ba06e4|title=Annapolis Alumni Pro Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=pro-football-reference.com|access-date=April 19, 2018}}</ref> former [[National Football League|NFL]] pro football player
*[[Robert A. Costa]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14000.html|title=Robert A. Costa biography Biography|date=February 19, 2009|work=Maryland State Archives|publisher=Md.gov|accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref> Maryland legislator, member of [[Maryland House of Delegates]].
*[[Robert A. Costa]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14000.html|title=Robert A. Costa biography Biography|date=February 19, 2009|work=Maryland Manual On-Line|publisher=[[Maryland State Archives]]|access-date=April 19, 2018}}</ref> Maryland legislator, member of [[Maryland House of Delegates]].
*[[Roger Moyer]],<ref name=cityannapolis>{{cite news|title=City of Annapolis Mourns the Loss of Former Mayor|url=http://www.ci.annapolis.md.us/government/headlines/2015/01/10/city-of-annapolis-mourns-the-loss-of-former-mayor|work=City of Annapolis|date=January 10, 2015|accessdate=March 14, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115611/http://www.ci.annapolis.md.us/government/headlines/2015/01/10/city-of-annapolis-mourns-the-loss-of-former-mayor|archivedate=April 2, 2015}}</ref> politician, [[Mayor of Annapolis]] (1965–1973)
*[[Dan Ruland]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Bill Wagner|title=Ruland Put Up for Dukes' Hall of Fame|publisher=hometownannapolis.com|date=April 2, 2000|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/TOP/2000/04/02-11/COLLEGES-HIGH-SCHOOLS---Ruland-put-up-for-Dukes-Hall-of-Fame.html|accessdate=September 17, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324191212/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/TOP/2000/04/02-11/COLLEGES-HIGH-SCHOOLS---Ruland-put-up-for-Dukes-Hall-of-Fame.html|archivedate=March 24, 2012}}</ref> former professional basketball player
*[[Roger Moyer]],<ref name=cityannapolis>{{cite news|title=City of Annapolis Mourns the Loss of Former Mayor|url=http://www.ci.annapolis.md.us/government/headlines/2015/01/10/city-of-annapolis-mourns-the-loss-of-former-mayor|work=City of Annapolis|date=January 10, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115611/http://www.ci.annapolis.md.us/government/headlines/2015/01/10/city-of-annapolis-mourns-the-loss-of-former-mayor|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> politician, [[Mayor of Annapolis]] (1965–1973)
*[[Dan Ruland]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Bill |last=Wagner|title=Ruland Put Up for Dukes' Hall of Fame|newspaper=The Capital|date=April 2, 2000|url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/TOP/2000/04/02-11/COLLEGES-HIGH-SCHOOLS---Ruland-put-up-for-Dukes-Hall-of-Fame.html|access-date=September 17, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324191212/http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/TOP/2000/04/02-11/COLLEGES-HIGH-SCHOOLS---Ruland-put-up-for-Dukes-Hall-of-Fame.html|archive-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> former professional basketball player
*[[Andrea Seabrook]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8049/is_20070911/ai_n46391421/|title=NPR host proves you can go home again|date=September 11, 2007|work=The Capital}}</ref> radio reporter for [[National Public Radio]]
*[[Andrea Seabrook]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8049/is_20070911/ai_n46391421/|title=NPR host proves you can go home again|date=September 11, 2007|work=The Capital|publisher=[[Capital Gazette]]}}</ref> radio reporter for [[National Public Radio]]


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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070501102124/http://www.aacps.org/html/schol/High/Anhs.asp Anne Arundel Co. Public Schools webpage for Annapolis High]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070501102124/http://www.aacps.org/html/schol/High/Anhs.asp Anne Arundel Co. Public Schools webpage for Annapolis High]
*[http://mdreportcard.org/Assessments.aspx?K=024013&WDATA=school Maryland Report Card: Assessment]
*[http://mdreportcard.org/Assessments.aspx?K=024013&WDATA=school Maryland Report Card: Assessment]

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[[Category:Schools in Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]
[[Category:Schools in Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]

Latest revision as of 06:16, 30 December 2024

This article is about a high school in Maryland. For the high school in Michigan, see Annapolis High School (Michigan).

Annapolis High School
Address
Map
2700 Riva Road

Annapolis
,
Maryland
21401

United States
Coordinates38°58′27″N 76°33′53″W / 38.97417°N 76.56472°W / 38.97417; -76.56472
Information
TypePublic
Established1896
School districtAnne Arundel County Public Schools
PrincipalAudra Whayland[1]
Staff150
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,200 (September 2018)
CampusLarge suburb[2]
Color(s)Maroon, Royal Blue   
NicknameThe Fighting Panthers (football)
The Running Panthers (basketball)
The Whamming Panthers (lacrosse)
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
PublicationPerception (literary magazine)
NewspaperThe Panther Spot
YearbookThe Wake[3]
WebsiteSchool website
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Annapolis High School is an American high school located in the Parole census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, outside Annapolis.[5][6] It is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2013, Newsweek ranked Annapolis as one of the top 2,000 high schools in the country.

History

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Founded in 1896,[7][8][9] Annapolis High was the first public high school to open in Anne Arundel County and among the first in the state of Maryland. Though nearby Arundel High School was founded earlier in 1854, it was run as a private school until 1926. 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 1966 — more than a decade after the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education — Annapolis High and Bates High were desegregated.[10] Soon thereafter, the Wiley H. Bates High School became Annapolis Middle School for grades 9 and 10 in 1966-67 and Bates Junior High School for grades 7 to 9 in 1968. In 1979, Annapolis High moved to its present location on Riva Road outside the city limits. Its former buildings now house Bates (which has been a grades 6 to 8 middle school since 1989) and the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.

Academics

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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's America's Best High Schools list.[11] Annapolis is noted for its International Baccalaureate (I.B.) program[12] — 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.

The Annapolis High math team has won the Anne Arundel County High School Mathematics Competition four years straight (2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010).[13]

Annapolis High publishes a school newspaper (The Anchor), a yearbook (The Wake), a literary & arts magazine (Perception), and produces a newscast (Pantherama/P:tv).

APEX Arts Magnet Program School

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Beginning the 2012–2013 school year, Annapolis High School, along with Broadneck High School became an APEX Arts Magnet Program School (formerly the Performing and Visual Arts (PVA) high schools) of Anne Arundel County. APEX Arts is the now newest option of Magnet programs Anne Arundel County has to offer.[14] Magnet Programs of Choice are optional advanced programs of studies, each specializing and emphasizing instruction in their own areas of interest. APEX Art's focuses delve into honing and strengthening artistic craft and talent. Students residing in Anne Arundel County have the opportunity to try out for APEX Arts,[15] and if they pass their audition, they attend either Annapolis or Broadneck High School, depending on which branch of APEX Arts they audition for. The branches of APEX Arts that Annapolis houses are Creative Writing, Fine/Digital Visual Art, Dance, Film, Technical Production/Arts Management and Theatre. All branches of Broadkneck APEX Arts are affiliated with a field of Music.

County APEX Arts program high school students from both Annapolis and Broadneck collaborate and continue their art studies at a separate building, Studio 39 [1] in downtown Historic Annapolis. Here students are given instruction by professionals in the art world, in additional after school classes. Students also perform shows, create art installations, and put up art galleries that are viewable to the public.

Athletics

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Annapolis High has a football program dating back to 1896[7] that has won state titles;[16][when?] a boys' basketball program[17] — that has won several state titles;[18][when?] and boys' and girls' lacrosse programs dating back to 1929[19] that have won numerous state championships.[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][when?] Annapolis has also won state championships in girls' gymnastics (1989).[27]

Zero-basing controversy & academic turnaround

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Adequate Yearly Progress is no longer a current measuring tool for schools. After the school's standardized test scores failed to meet federal Adequate Yearly Progress (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.[28] 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[29][30][31] and increased the number of students who passed the Maryland School Assessment 34 percentage points in English and 19 points in math.[32] 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.[33] As of the 2011–12 school year, Annapolis High did not make AYP despite extensive efforts by teachers to do so. Adequate Yearly Progress was discontinued in 2015.

Notable alumni

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References

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  14. ^ Zoe Read (May 31, 2014). "Anne Arundel students willing to commute for the arts". The Capital. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
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  16. ^ "In Line For Glory: Annapolis line hopes to bring back triumphant ways". The Capital. September 12, 1996. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
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  25. ^ "Dirks, Taylor directed teams to lacrosse titles". The Capital. May 27, 1998. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012.
  26. ^ "Annapolis girls defend title". The Capital. May 26, 1999. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012.
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  31. ^ "Annapolis high school staff returns to 10-month schedule; schedule change reflects successful turnaround". The Baltimore Sun. March 7, 2010. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
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