Calvert High School (Prince Frederick, Maryland)

This article is about the school in Calvert County. For other uses, see Calvert School (disambiguation).
Calvert High School
Address
Map
520 Fox Run Blvd

Prince Frederick
,
Maryland

United States
Coordinates38°33′11″N 76°34′57″W / 38.55306°N 76.58250°W / 38.55306; -76.58250
Information
TypePublic Secondary
Motto"Involvement Equals Success"
Established1963 (present name)
School districtCalvert County Public Schools
PrincipalDarrel Prioleau
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,173 (2015-16)[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Blue and gold
  
Athletics conferenceSouthern Maryland Athletic Conference
MascotCavaliers
RivalPatuxent High School
NewspaperThe Courier
Websitechsweb.calvertnet.k12.md.us

Calvert High School is a public high school in Prince Frederick, Maryland, United States and is part of the Calvert County Public Schools.

The campus is on Dares Beach Road and includes the main school building, a gym for basketball games, a football stadium, a baseball field, tennis courts, a soccer field, a lacrosse and field hockey field, and a large auditorium used for school concerts and plays. Additionally, it also includes the Arthur Storer Planetarium, named for the Calvert County resident and the original namesake of Halley's Comet. A vocational education center is adjacent to the main school building.

Before moving to its current campus in 1963, Calvert High School used to be along Maryland Route 2/Maryland Route 4. The building once served as a building for Calvert Middle School, a public middle school that serves as a feeder school of Calvert High. Calvert Middle School recently moved from that building and built a new school in Prince Frederick. In 1965, desegregation of the Calvert County Public Schools led to Brooks High School — the county's then all-black high school — being merged with Calvert High.

Calvert High's school mascot is the Cavalier. The sports teams compete in the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference. Calvert High's athletic rivals include the neighboring schools of Northern High School, Huntingtown High School, and Patuxent High School. In 2000, the Cavaliers captured the Maryland State Division 3A American football championship under the leadership of head coach Jerry Franks. In 2015, the Calvert High School Varsity Girls Soccer Team also added to Calvert's achievements by winning the Maryland 2A State Championship under the leadership of Dawn Lister and Damon Williams. Calvert High and Patuxent High are the only 2A schools in the county.

Along with many achievements in sports Calvert high school has had significant success in academic achievements. Such related activities include the success of the Vex robotics team. In 2014 one of its teams, 1670d, attended the world competition in Anaheim, California.

As of 2015, the total attendees of Calvert is 1,166 students total that make up grades nine through twelve. The attendance rate among these students is 93.8%. Out of these 1,166 student in 2015, 591 are female and 575 are male. 7% of students are receiving special services for Special Education.

Notable alumni

  • Earl F. Hance (born 1955), Secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture[2]
  • Thomas E. Hutchins, Maryland State Delegate, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Maryland State Police[3]
  • F. Reynolds Mackie (died 1972), member of the Maryland House of Delegates[4]
  • George W. Owings III (1945–2023), Maryland State Delegate and Secretary of the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs[5]

References

  1. ^ "Calvert High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Ward, Tamara (2018-01-03). "Farmer, former ag secretary Hance runs for Calvert commissioner". Southern Maryland News. Archived from the original on 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  3. ^ "Thomas E. Hutchins". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  4. ^ "Littleton–Mackie". The Midland Journal. 1941-06-27. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ^ "George W. Owings III". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2022-03-29.