Pikesville High School

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Pikesville High School (PHS) is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools consolidated school district. The school was opened in 1964 as Pikesville Senior High School with grades 10-12 and was renamed in the mid-1980s as part of a county-wide grade realignment.

About the School

The school is located in the community of Pikesville, just inside Baltimore County to the northwest of Baltimore City. It is located on the corner of Smith Avenue and Labyrinth Road. The school's district borders Towson High School, Dulaney High School, Owings Mills High School, New Town High School, Randallstown High School, Milford Mill High School, and Woodlawn High School.

Pikesville High School was organized in September, 1964 by the Board of Education of Baltimore County to meet the needs of the suburban community that it now serves. The school opened with a student population of 670 tenth and eleventh graders. It now has approximately 925 students in grades nine through twelve.The school and campus land was owned for many years by Dr. William Wyse. Born in Pikesville in 1866, Dr. Wyse practiced medicine in the area for fifty-seven years. The extensive planting of oak trees bordering the walkway in front of the school was once a carriage drive leading to Dr. Wyse’s large, rambling, brick home.

In 2005, Pikesville High was named as one of the top 100 America's best high schools. [cite journal |title=The 100 Best High Schools in America |journal=Newsweek |date=May 16, 2005 ]

tudents

The graduation rate at Pikesville is fairly high, having been steady at 89%-95% between 1996 and 2007. [Maryland Report Card [http://www.mdreportcard.org/StatDisplay.aspx?PV=26|12|03|0371|3|N|6|1|1|2|1|1|1|1|3] ] The current graduation rate of Pikesville High is 83%.Fact|date=July 2008 Though the student population has lowered in the past few years, it did steadily rise from the early 1990s until 2003 when it peaked.

Photo Gallery

ports

State Champions
* 1986 - Baseball, Class B
* 2000 - Golf, Class 2A-1A [MPSSAA Golf [http://www.mpssaa.org/gr/champions/golf.pdf] ]
* 2001 - Golf, Class 2A-1A
* 2001 - Boys Lacrosse, Class 2A-1A [MPSSAA Lacrosse [http://www.mpssaa.org/gr/champions/laxboy.pdf] ]
* 2004 - Boys Lacrosse, Class 2A-1A

State Finalists
* 2006 - Girls Lacrosse, Class 1A2A
* 2007 - Girls Lacrosse, Class 1A2A

Extra-Curricular Activities

Pikesville boasts many clubs and teams, including Spanish club, Jewish Culture Club, Interact, Key Club, Young Democrats and Republicans, Jewelry Club, Math Club, and Science Club. Many of the teams include Model UN, Model OAS, It's Academic, and Model Congress.

In recent years, the It's Academic team went far into the competitionFact|date=February 2008 . The Model Congress and Forensic/Debate teams each respectively are recognized as the top in the regionFact|date=February 2008, and Model Congress has continuously qualified for Nationals in Houston and Milwaukee.

Notable Alumni

* Miša Aleksić - Riblja Čorba bass guitarist.
* David Felinton - Mayor of Huntington, West Virginia (2001 to present).
* Sharon Goldner - award-winning short-story writer.
* Karen Hesse - author.
* Jeffrey Kluger - author of "Lost Moon: the Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13", the basis of the movie "Apollo 13".Baltimore County Public School Alumni [http://www.bcps.org/board/alumni/] .]
* Ken Mehlman - former chairman of the Republican National Committee (2005 to 2007). [Distinguished Alumni of the Pikesville High School [http://pikesvillehs.bcps.org/activity_folder/activity_pages/alumni.htm#mehlman] .]
* Marc E. Platt - producer of "Legally Blonde".
* Mike Sager, - best-selling author.
* Bert Vogelstein, M.D. - oncologist who has been nominated for Nobel Prize in medicine.
* Larry Wachs - radio host.
* Ellis Weiner - author and humorist for National Lampoon and Spy Magazine.
* Bobby Zirkin, Maryland State Senator.

"Fictional Alumni"
* John Munch - detective on

References and notes

* See also List of Schools in Baltimore County, Maryland

External links

* Pikesville High School website [http://pikesvillehs.bcps.org/index.htm]
* maps.google.com [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pikesville+high+school&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.285401,77.167969&ie=UTF8&ll=39.377527,-76.698614&spn=0.006295,0.00942&t=k&z=17&om=1]