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This article is about a high school in Maryland. For the high school in Michigan, see Annapolis High School (Michigan).
Annapolis High School
Location
Map
2700 Riva Road
Annapolis, MD 21401
Information
TypePublic
Established1898
School districtAnne Arundel County Public Schools
PrincipalDonald Lilley
Staff~105
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,703 ~1,750
Color(s)Maroon,Navy Blue (white and black can be added to any school's colors)
MascotPanther
Information(410) 266-5240
Websitewww.annapolishigh.org


Annapolis High School is an American high school located in Anne Arundel County on Riva Road, near the city of Annapolis, Maryland.

Founded in 1898, Annapolis was the first public high school to open in Anne Arundel County and among the first in the state of Maryland. The school originally occupied a handsome brick building in downtown Annapolis, but the post World War I surge in population led to the construction of a new school that stood on the outskirts of the city within shouting distance of Wiley H. Bates "Colored" High School. Only in the mid-1960s, more than a decade after the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education ruling, was Annapolis High desegregated. Soon thereafter, Bates High School was renamed/repurposed into Bates Junior High School in 1966 and became racially integrated. (The original Bates High School Building at 1101 Smithville Street served as a public school until the early 1981 when Bates Middle School moved to the former Annapolis Senior High School campus. Recently the Bates High School Building has been repurposed into 71 senior housing units, a senior center, a boys and girls club. It also houses a museum dedicated to Wiley H. Bates, a man who emerged from slavery into a successful business man. Bates High School was named for him because of his generous donations and support that enabled the school to be built.) In 1979, Annapolis High moved to its present location outside the city limits; its former buildings now house Bates Middle School and the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.

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Academically it is noted for its recently established International Baccalaureate program. (The other two IB schools in the county are Meade Senior High School and Old Mill High School.) AHS is also noted for its English for Speakers of Other Languages program, adding to the diversity of the school. After failing to meet federal standards for six straight years, AHS made AYP—adequate yearly progress—in 2008.[1]

AHS also has a long and storied athletic history, including its football team that dates to 1899 (with a winning percentage of nearly 70%), a boys' basketball program that has made more "Final Four" appearances than any high school in Maryland, and lacrosse programs for boys and girls that have won numerous state championships.

In 2008, the Annapolis High School Boy's swimming team won their regional meet.[2] AHS feeder middle schools 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.

Annapolis High School's math team has been the winner of AACC's High School math competition for three years (2006 - 2007, 2007-2008, and 2008 - 2009) and has been in the top three for 4 years (spring of 2006 to spring of 2009).[3]

Zero-basing Controversy

In fall 2007, the school's teachers and staff were forced to re-apply for their jobs by the Anne Arundel County Board of Education. As a result, over three quarters of the teachers and staff did not come back, along with a group of "AYP Specialists" and other support staff whose job focuses primarily on making sure the school meets state and federal standards at any cost, which it did in 2008.[4] Instructional staff received a $1,500 bonus for meeting AYP. Controversy remains about the ethics of giving cash rewards, particularly during tough economic times, for meeting a standard which is in part determined by manipulable factors, such as graduation rate. Particularly, there is concern about about weakening academic standards brought about by pressure to graduate all students.

Athletics

Fall Sports: Football, Field Hockey, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Cross Country, Volleyball, Sailing, Golf

Winter Sports: Wrestling, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Indoor Track, Men's Swimming, Women's Swimming, Men's Hockey

Spring Sports: Men's Lacrosse, Women's Lacrosse, Tennis, Baseball, Softball, Men's Gymnastics, Women's Gymnastics, Outdoor track, Sailing

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ http://www.annapolishigh.org/pc_a.htm
  2. ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-15351124.html
  3. ^ http://ola4.aacc.edu/kehays/high_school/default.htm
  4. ^ http://www.annapolishigh.org/pc_a.htm

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