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Potomac High School (Oxon Hill, Maryland)

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Funding type
  
Public high school

Principal
  
Nathaniel R. Laney

Enrollment
  
1,067

Mascot
  
Wolverines

Number of students
  
1,067

Superintendent
  
Kevin M. Maxwell

Grades
  
9–12

Phone
  
+1 301-702-3900

Color
  
Blue and yellow

School district
  
Prince George's County Public Schools

Address
  
5211 Boydell Avenue, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, United States

District
  
Prince George's County Public Schools

Feeder school
  
Benjamin Stoddert Middle School

Similar
  
Oxon Hill High School, Suitland High School, West Potomac High Sch, DeMatha Catholic High Sch, HD Woodson High Sch

Potomac High School is a public high school located at 5211 Boydell Avenue, Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745. The principal is Nathaniel R. Laney. The approximate enrollment as of August 2010 stands at 1,216 students in grades nine through twelve. The school hours are from 7:45am to 2:25pm. Potomac operates on an alternating A/B-Day block schedule. There is a mandatory uniform policy at this school. Potomac features a school-wide America's Choice School Design signature program as well as an expansive "smaller learning communities" program, that essentially breaks the school down into smaller schools or "career academies".

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Smaller learning communities

School of Arts, Media, and Communications

  • Academy of the Arts - Dance
  • Academy of the Arts - Music
  • Academy of the Arts - Visual
  • School of Business Management and Finance

  • Academy of Finance
  • Academy of Business Management
  • School of Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism

  • Academy of Hospitality and Restaurant Management
  • School of Human Resource Services

  • Academy of Military Sciences
  • Teacher Academy of Maryland
  • School of Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology

  • Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Pre-Engineering Academy
  • Notable alumni

  • Dante Cunningham
  • Ronald Darby
  • Tavon Young
  • Dondre Echols
  • Gangster D
  • Monty Williams Kevin Hooks, actor & film director
  • References

    Potomac High School (Oxon Hill, Maryland) Wikipedia