Crossland High School

Crossland High School
Location
6901 Temple Hills Road Temple Hills, Maryland United States
Coordinates	38°47′41″N 76°55′49″W / 38.79472°N 76.93028°W / 38.79472; -76.93028Coordinates: 38°47′41″N 76°55′49″W / 38.79472°N 76.93028°W / 38.79472; -76.93028
Information
Type	Public
School district	Prince George's County Public Schools
Principal	Charles Thomas
Faculty	97.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,017[1]  (2005-06)
Student to teacher ratio	20.8[1]
Color(s)	Red, Gold, Black and White
Mascot	Cavaliers
Website	www.pgcps.org/~crossld

Crossland High School is a public secondary school located in Temple Hills, Maryland. The school serves about 2,000 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Crossland is named after a prominent early Maryland family. The vocational wing was dedicated by President Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1967.

In popular culture

The high school in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is called Crossland High School.

Notable alumni

• Mark Davis, Dallas radio talk show host and newspaper columnist, class of 1975
• Durrell "Tank" Babbs, R&B singer^[2]
• Israel Bell, gospel singer^{[citation needed]}
• Julian Peterson, NFL football player^[3]
• Walt "The Wizard" Williams, NBA basketball player^[4]
• Stephen Tyrone Johns, Security officer who died in the line of duty in the 2009 Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting.
• Peter Bergman, Daytime television actor, currently Jack on CBS' The Young and the Restless. Crossland Class of 1971
• Pierre Edwards, Actor, comedian. Crossland Class of 1985.
• Jess Atkinson, place kicker, Washington Redskins.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Crossland High". National Center for Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=240051001017&ID=240051001017. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
2. ^ Julian Rubinstein (1993-09-19). "Cariaga Leads Largo to Flawless Start". The Washington Post. 
3. ^ "SEAHAWKS 35 REDSKINS 14". The Washington Post: pp. D07. 2008-01-06. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/05/AR2008010503062.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
4. ^ Josh Barr (2005-03-10). "For Crossland, a Victory Worth Savoring". The Washington Post: pp. PG25. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20660-2005Mar9.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 

• "About Us". Crossland High School. Archived from the original on 2008-01-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20080107011955/http://www.pgcps.org/~crossld/about.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20.