Gaithersburg High School
Gaithersburg High School (GHS) is located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Part of Montgomery County Public Schools, the school was founded in 1904 as "Gaithersburg School" and offered grades K-12. Since 2013, the school resides at 101 Education Blvd and currently offers education for those in grades 9–12. Both Forest Oak Middle School and Gaithersburg Middle School feed into the high school.[4]
| Gaithersburg High School | |
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101 Education Boulevard , 20878 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°08′07.72″N 77°11′40.90″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | "Knowledge is power!"[1][2] |
| Established | 1904 |
| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |
| Principal | Cary D. Dimmick[3] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 2,388 |
| Classes offered | Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Cosmetology, Hospitality and Tourism, Project Lead The Way Biomedical Science, Academy of Finance (AoF), Academy of Information Technology (AoIT) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and gold |
| Mascot | Trojans |
| Rival | Clarksburg High School Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School Quince Orchard High School Watkins Mill High School |
| Newspaper | The Blue & Gold |
| Yearbook | Sail On |
| Feeder schools | Forest Oak Middle School and Gaithersburg Midde School |
| Website | Gaithersburg High School |
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History
Gaithersburg High School was established in 1904. In 1951, a new school building was built. In 2007, a new wing was added to that building. From 2011 to 2013, a new school building was built on the grounds of the former, which was demolished with the exception of the parts of the building that were built in 2007. The pre-2007 parts of the old building were demolished and the new school building was integrated into the 2007-added parts of the building. The school's address from 1951 to 2013 was 314 South Frederick Avenue.[5] Before 2013, the school building was sized at 68,184 square feet (1.5653 acres). On July 1, 2018, Cary D. Dimmick was appointed as the new principal of Gaithersburg High School, replacing Christine Handy-Collins.[6]
2011–2013 renovations
In the summer of 2011, construction began on a new school building. The project added to the wing built in 2007 and included renovations to that wing. A limited amount of student parking was available at the time because the new building was constructed on the old student lot. The project was completed in time for the beginning of the 2013–14 school year.[7][8][9]
Sports
State champions
- 1961 Boys Cross Country[10]
- 1965 Boys Track and Field[10]
- 1966 Boys Track and Field[10]
- 1971 Boys Cross Country[10]
- 1986 Boys Track and Field[10]
- 1986 Football
- 1992 Football
- 1998 Boys Basketball
- 1998 Boys Track and Field[10]
- 2000 Boys Track and Field[10]
- 2000 Football
- 2000 Boys Cross Country[10]
- 2002 Boys Track and Field[10]
- 2005 Girls Volleyball
- 2009 Boys Indoor Track & Field
- 2011 Girls Basketball State Champions
- 2012 Girls Basketball State Champions[10]
- 2015 Boys Varsity Baseball State Champions
Notable alumni
- Jodie Turner-Smith, actor[11]
- Tony Greene, NFL defensive back[12]
- Floyd Cunningham, president of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary
- Jeanine Cummins, best-selling author.
- Guy Prather, NFL linebacker
- Eddie Stubbs, Grand Ole Opry announcer, DJ, fiddler, bluegrass historian
- David O'Connor, Olympic equestrian
- Tom McHale, NFL offensive guard[13]
- Mark Schenker, songwriter, producer, musician[14]
- Judah Friedlander, comedian and actor
- J. Maarten Troost, author
- Alice Shaw, physician[15]
- Dominique Dawes, Olympic gymnast
- Tosin Abasi, guitarist
- Hank Fraley, NFL center
- Logic, rapper
- Malcolm Miller, NBA player
- Ed. Rodriguez, Longtime Washington/Baltimore Broadcaster, now on WMAL Radio
- John Erdlitz, Morning Radio Show Host, WOOF, Dothan AL
- Frank Velasquez, C.E.O Firmware IT Solutions LLC | Martial Arts Practitioner in Kenpo, Karate, and Hanpul.
References
- https://yb.cmcdn.com/yearbooks/b/d/6/d/bd6daa43f0f1463553341c9646cd18d1/440/0001.jpg?h=5600e801d6a645d5c4d62cca59fb758e
- https://yb.cmcdn.com/yearbooks/9/9/0/9/9909cb5c53afcf23e3b023818e2b52f3/440/0001.jpg?h=b5ecfcc9128532028d960566beaabfd6
- "Principal's Page". Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- "Gaithersburg High School - #551" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- "Gaithersburg High School". January 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- "School Notes: Gaithersburg High's New Principal Is Coming from Sligo Middle". Bethesda Magazine. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
- http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/gaithersburghs/news/New%20GHS%20Map%20-%20All%20Floors.pdf
- https://www.facebook.com/wapolynh. "New Gaithersburg High building reflects growth in Montgomery". Washington Post.
- Gaithersburg High School (3 October 2012). "New Building Construction Update 2012" – via YouTube.
- http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/publications/WinterRecordBook.pdf%5B%5D
- Essedarius Vol. 10 (2004 ed.). Gaithersburg, MD: Gaithersburg High School. 2004. p. 26.
- PressBox: HS Then & Now: For Abiamiri, Draft Day Was Just Gorgeous. Pressboxonline.com (2007-05-03). Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
- Sail On (1981 ed.). Gaithersburg, MD: Gaithersburg High School. 1981. p. 105.
- "Kix Band". www.facebook.com.
- II, Thomas H. Maugh (5 June 2011). "Lung cancer drug crizotinib sharply increases survival in patients with a specific gene mutation" – via LA Times.
