Annapolis High School

Infobox School

name=Annapolis High School
type=Public
location=2700 Riva Road
Annapolis, MD
information=[phone]
established=1898
grades=9-12
enrollment=1,712
principal=Mr. Donald R Lilley
mascot=Panthers
colors=Maroon and blue.
district=Anne Arundel County Public Schools
website= [http://www.annapolishigh.org www.annapolishigh.org]

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

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 theBates 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 ofhis 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.

tatistics

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. 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.

AHS feeder middle schools are Bates Middle School and Annapolis Middle School; however, because of its magnet program, students are also bused in from other parts of the county.

Athletics

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

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

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

Notable Alumni

* Bill Belichick, head football coach of the New England Patriots
* Robert A. Costa, member of Maryland House of Delegates.
* Craig Byrne, Webmaster & Author, "Smallville" companion books
* Al Laramore, All time wins leader in Anne Arundel county in football (156-68-2), only coach in Maryland history to win a state championship in three sports (Football, Basketball, Lacrosse)
* John Brady, head basketball coach, All time leader in wins at a public school in Maryland history

External links

* [http://www.annapolishigh.org Website maintained by the school]
* [http://www.aacps.org/html/schol/High/Anhs.asp AACPS webpage for Annapolis High]
* [http://mdreportcard.org/StatDisplay.aspx?PV=35|H|02|4013|3|N|6|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|3 2006 Maryland Report Card: Anne Arundel County]
* [http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=979876 - Annapolis Sr. High]