School type Public, Comprehensive Closed 2015 Phone +1 410-396-6435 | Founded 2002 Mascot Black panther School number 418 | |
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Motto "Every Student College Ready" School district Baltimore City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Gregory Thornton [CEO] Address 2201 Pinewood Ave, Balti, MD 21214, USA District Balti City Public Schools Similar Reginald F Lewis High School, Paul Laurence Dunbar H, Harbor City High School, Western High School, Mergenth High School | ||
W. E. B. Du Bois High School of Environmental Science (officially referred to as W. E. B. Du Bois High School) is a public high school located in northeast Baltimore, Maryland. The school is named after sociologist and civil-rights activist Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois. The school is situated in the former Northern High School and shares the structure with the Reginald F. Lewis High School.
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Curriculum
W. E. B. Du Bois High School serves students in Baltimore City, grades 9 through 12. The school specializes and emphasizes in the focus of Environmental science. It has two Career and Technology Education Pathways of Agricultural & environmental science and Project Lead the Way (PTLW).
Extra curricular
In 2007, 5 students from Du Bois were selected to participate in the Baltimore Conservation Works program, a program employing local students in summer jobs related to conservation.
Students at Du Bois have also excelled in regional robotics competitions on the east coast. The Du Bois squad won the Rookie Inspiration Award at a competition in Annapolis, Maryland in March 2006 and was invited to demonstrate in Chicago, Illinois summer 2006, in front of the National Technical Association. 2 squad members were offered paid internships at NASA.
History
Du Bois was formed along with Reginald Lewis and Samuel Banks high schools, following the breakup of Northern high school by the Baltimore City Board of school commissioners. The strategy was to make high schools smaller to help increase the student teacher ratio, increase parental involvement and improve student safety.
Athletics and sports
The 2008 Panthers Football team for Du Bois won its first playoff game in school history against rival Reginald F. Lewis, 9–7. The team then lost to Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, 46-0, in the second round of the state playoffs, ending their season.