Poolesville High School

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Established 1911 Phone +1 240-740-2400 Founded 1911		Principal Deena Levine Number of students 1,194 Colors Black, Gold
Type Public (Magnet) Secondary Website Poolesville High School Address 17501 W Willard Rd, Poolesville, MD 20837, USA District Montgomery County Public Schools Similar Montgom Blair High School, Oakdale High School, Urbana High School, MoCoRe, South Hagersto High Sch

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Poolesville High School is a public whole magnet high school located in Poolesville, Maryland. It is home to the Global Ecology Program, the Humanities Program, the Science, Math, Computer Science (SMCS) Program and the Independent Studies Program (ISP).

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History

The core of the building was built in 1911 as an elementary school. The school housed Poolesville's middle school and high school up until 1997 when John Poole Middle School was built. Poolesville's first graduates were seven students in 1920.

From the school's inception until 2002, the school's mascot was an Indian, and its logo was the profile of an Indian warrior in full head-dress. In 2001, amidst some controversy, the school's students and Poolesville Community voted on whether to keep the Indian mascot or to change the school's mascot to a Falcon. Although the students and community elected to keep the Indian as the school mascot, at the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year the Maryland Bureau of Indian Affairs overruled the vote. Beginning the 2002–2003 school year, the students voted to change the school's mascot to a Falcon.

Academics

Starting in the 2006-2007 school year, honor students in northern Montgomery County ("upcounty") have the opportunity to become a part of one of three magnet programs called "houses": Global Ecology; Humanities; or Science, Math, and Computer Science. Students test into high school during their last year of middle school and, if accepted and enrolled, are "certificate" students and are required to take the standard courses pertaining to their specific program. Students who do not test in, but still go to Poolesville High School, are able to become a part of a house called Independent Studies, but are "non-certificate" and can choose to take specialized courses. Poolesville High School was recently ranked Washington Post's #1 Most Challenging High School in Maryland, U.S. News' #3 Best High School in Maryland, and Newsweek's #1 Top High School in Maryland.

Transportation

Because Magnet students come from anywhere within upper Montgomery County, 18 buses service out-of-area students to and from the high school. For Poolesville local students, there are 9 buses.