Bowie High School is a public high school in Bowie, Maryland, United States and a part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
It serves[3] Bowie,[4] Queen Anne CDP,[5] and portions of the Brock Hall,[6] Fairwood,[7] Glenn Dale,[8] and Woodmore CDPs.[9] It serves sections of the former Greater Upper Marlboro CDP.[10]
Bowie High School was built in 1965 in Bowie, Maryland.[2]
In 2005, PGCPS placed the 9th graders in the Belair annex in Bowie as the main school building was becoming overcrowded.[11] The main building remained overcrowded in 2018, as even after the move, the number of temporary buildings was to go down from 16 to 12.[12]
In 2007 Bowie High was among the top 5 percent of U.S. high schools for AP participation.[13] It also had a honors program for highly motivated students named the SUMMIT program, where 60 students take college level honor and AP courses to prepare them for college and career.[13]
In the 1980s, Bowie High School had a high rate of drinking and gained national attention.[32] In 1986, the school initiated programs to curb drunk driving after 15 students were killed in 1979 and 1980.[32] In 1986, another three were killed in a drunk driving crash on the Capital Beltway.In recent years, teenagers at Bowie HS are not drinking alcohol at nearly the same rate they were in the 70s or 80s. [32]
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