La Plata High School

Infobox School
name = La Plata High School


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streetaddress = 6035 Radio Station Road
zipcode = 20646
established = 1927
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grades = 9-12
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principal = Ms. Evelyn Arnoldcite web
url=http://www2.ccboe.com/schoolscenters/viewschool.cfm?id=54
title=Schools & Centers
publisher=Charles County Public Schools
accessdate=2007-12-22]
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staff = 150 +
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enrollment = 1,578
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colors = Navy Blue and White
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free_label = Feeder Schools
free_text = Piccowaxen, Somers
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city= La Plata
state= Maryland
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website = http://www.ccboe.com/laplata

La Plata High School is part of the Charles County Public Schools and is located in La Plata, Maryland, United States. The current school was built in 1979. Before that, it was in the building (built in 1964) which now holds Milton M. Somers Middle School. [cite web
url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19864-2005Jan19.html
title=Anticipating Growth, Charles Weighs New Government Building
first=Joshua
last=Partlow
publisher=The Washington Post
date=January 20, 2005
accessdate=2007-12-24
In turn, Milton Somers was housed until 1964 in the Government Building, on Baltimore Street.]

History

On November 9, 1926 the La Plata Elementary School was destroyed by a tornado that killed 13 students. [cite journal |url=http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0493(1926)54%3C462%3ATTISMN%3E2.0.CO%3B2&ct=1
title=The Tornado in Southern Maryland, November 3, 1926
author=Thomas R. Brooks
journal=Monthly Weather Review
publisher=American Meteorological Society
pages=462–462
volume=54, 11
date=November 1926
year=1926] [cite web
url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=930
title=La Plata Elementary School
publisher=The Historical Marker Database
date=February 3, 2007
accessdate=2007-12-18] That two room building was replaced by a new school that housed both an elementary and high school for La Plata. [citation
first=Jacqueline
last=Zilliox
year=2007
title=Charles County
publisher=Arcadia Publishing
isbn=0738544078]

Demographics

As of 2006, La Plata High School has an enrollment of 1615 students with a demographic profile of 72.6% White, 24% Black, 1.7% Asian or Pacific Islander 1.2% Hispanic, and 0.6% American Indian.cite web |url=http://www.schoolmatters.com/schools.aspx/q/page=sp/sid=46879
title=La Plata High School
publisher=School Matters |accessdate=2007-12-18]

Notable Alumni

*Aaron Escolopio is the current drummer of the band Wakefield. Former member of Good Charlotte.
*Larry Johnson, football player.
*William Daniel Mayer, former member of Maryland House of Delegates
*Paul Thomas, Joel Madden and Benji Madden are members of the band Good Charlotte. [cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/good_charlotte_young_hopeless_rich_and_famous|title=Young, Hopeless, Rich and Famous|last=Hoard|first=Chrisian|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=2003-04-09|accessdate=2007-12-18]
*Don Money, baseball player
*Daryl Thompson, baseball player

References

External links

[http://www.ccboe.com/laplata/ La Plata High School Homepage]