Type Public Opened April 1974 Principal General Lee Jeffrey Mascot Knights | Established 1888 Superintendent Theresa Alban Phone +1 240-236-7400 Founded April 1974 | |
Address Schoolhouse Dr, Middletown, MD 21769, USA District Frederick County Public Schools | ||
Middletown High School is located in Middletown, Maryland. First established in 1888, the school opened in its current building in April 1974.
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2009-2010 School Profile
(source: FCPS School Data)
Student Activities
MHS offers 162 sports teams in 125 sports, visual and performing arts, academic societies, agriculture and club organizations. Many extracurricular clubs flourish, including an Academic Team, Physics Club, Model UN, National Honors Society, Science National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honors society, Future Business Leaders of America, Nu Delta Alpha Dance Honors Society, Mock Trial, Drama Club, TBA Improv Troupe, National English Honors Society, Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society, Student Government Association (SGA), FFA, Gay-Straight Alliance, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Publications
The school's yearbook, Chestnut Burr, was selected by Jostens Publishing Company as a national model, and has won numerous awards from the Publisher. Its newspaper, RT (Round Table) Magazine, has garnered several awards, including best newspaper in Frederick County Public Schools for the past 6 straight years, and 7 of the previous 8.
Music
The school's band are called the "Marching Knights" and since 2002 have been directed by Matthew Shearer. They were the United States Scholastic Band Association Group 2A champions in 2005 with their show "Rhapsody in Blue". In 2005, the band participated in the Gator Bowl music festival where they placed third in the field show contest and parade contest, and junior drum major Kristin Schellinger won the "Best Drum Major" award in the field show contest. In 2006, they scored above 90 for the first time in school history and set record scores for percussion and guard. In 2006 the band placed 4th at the James Madison University Parade of Champions, with drum majors Jessie O Sullivan and Kristen Schellinger. In 2008 they won with drum major Brianna Buckley. They also received the award for best colorguard in their class. In the fall of 2014, the Marching Knights became US Bands Group IIIA MD State Champions at the State Championship at Towson University.
Athletics
The school's colors are orange and black, and athletic teams are known as the “Knights.”
Wrestling team individual State Champions: Tucker Ziegler (2015) Judd Ziegler (2012) Chad Strube (2010 and 2009) Brandonn Johnson (2009) Andrew Presnell (2006)
Academic programs
In 2003 MHS implemented the county's first APEX (Advanced Placement Experience) program for a select group of Freshmen. Students in the program commit to taking a minimum of six AP courses in high school, beginning in the sophomore year. Because of the school's emphasis on AP courses the number of students taking AP exams in the past two years has nearly doubled. MHS was also the county's first high school to establish a Freshman Academy to maximize student achievement during the often-difficult transition from Middle to High School. As of the 2006-2007 School Year, The Advisement Programme was terminated for reasons unknown to the general public at MHS.