Paint Branch High School

Infobox Secondary school
name=Paint Branch High School


established = 1969
type = Public secondary
students = 1784 (2008)
mascot = Panther
colors = Burgundy & Gold
city = Burtonsville
state = Maryland
country = USA
website = [http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/paintbranchhs/ www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/paintbranchhs]
grades = 9-12
motto = Excellence Through Effort
address = 14121 Old Columbia Pike
yearbook =
newspaper =
principal = Jeanette Dixon
oversight = Montgomery County Public Schools
campus = Suburban

Paint Branch High School is a high school located in Burtonsville, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland.

It is named after the Paint Branch creek. The school was founded in 1969 and is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools System. The school lies on Old Columbia Pike, between Briggs Chaney and Greencastle Road. The school's address is 14121 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD 20866.

Paint Branch, once a rural high school now deep in the heart of suburban sprawl, is a member of the Northeast Consortium schools in Montgomery County. As a member of the Consortium, the school's signature program focuses on Science and Media education. The panther is the school's mascot, and the school song is 'Hail to the Panthers', which is sung to the tune of 'Hail to the Redskins'. The school's colors are burgundy and gold, also the same as the Washington Redskins.

Notable Alumni

* Duane Ashman - former NFL player
* Darnell Dockett - Played football at Florida State University, Currently plays in the NFL for the Arizona Cardinals
* Tracy Jackson - former NBA player
* Eun Yang - television news anchor
* Dan Berlin - Radio Broadcaster-Currently on the air in Dallas, TX

Awards

* Awarded the "Blue ribbon Award" in 2000

External links

* [http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/paintbranchhs/ Paint Branch High School Website]
* [http://my.highschooljournalism.org/md/burtonsville/pbhs/ "Mainstream"] , the PBHS newspaper