Watkins Mill High School

Watkins Mill High School
Address
10301 Apple Ridge Road Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879 United States
Coordinates	39°11′1″N 77°12′58″W / 39.18361°N 77.21611°W / 39.18361; -77.21611Coordinates: 39°11′1″N 77°12′58″W / 39.18361°N 77.21611°W / 39.18361; -77.21611
Information
Type	Public
Established	1989
School district	Montgomery County Public Schools
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1449 (2013-14)
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue Orange
Nickname	Wolverines
Rival	Clarksburg, Gaithersburg
Newspaper	The Current
Website	School website
^[1]

Watkins Mill High School is located in Gaithersburg, an incorporated city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

The school is named after the Watkins family who owned a mill on the property. The school's colors are orange and blue. Watkins Mill is home to such programs as the International Baccalaureate Program, PLTW, and Academy of Finance. Watkins Mill is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. The vice principals are Charles Feamster, Cary Dimmick, and Kiera Bodden. The school opened in 1989 at 269,706 ft² with a 28,140 ft² addition in 1994 and a 3,733 ft² in 1999 with 300 ft² of renovation. The school now encompasses 301,579 ft².

Demographics

According to the Montgomery County Public Schools regulatory accountability report, the demographic breakdown of students is:^[1]

Ethnicity

African American: 37.5%
Hispanic: 36%
Non-Hispanic White: 12.6%
Asian: 9.6%
American Indian/Alaska native: <5%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific islander: <5%

Services

Students receiving free and reduced-price meals (FARMS): 50.1%
English for speakers of other languages (ESOL): 9.1%
Students receiving special education services: 12.9%

Sports

Watkins Mill High School offers the following sports:^[2]

Baseball (boys)
Basketball (boys & girls)
Bocce (coed)
Cheerleading (coed)
Cross Country (boys & girls)
Field Hockey (girls)
Football (boys)
Golf (coed)
Indoor Track (boys & girls)
Lacrosse (boys & girls)
Poms (girls)
Soccer (boys & girls)
Softball (girls)
Swim & Dive (boys & girls)
Tennis (boys & girls)
Track & Field (boys & girls)
Volleyball (boys & girls)
Wrestling (boys)
POM's (girls)

The school mascot is Wally the Wolverine.

In 2011, Watkins Mill won the 3A Maryland boys state soccer title.^[3]

Notable alumni

Justin Carter (born 1987) basketball player for Maccabi Kiryat Gat of the Israeli Premier League^[4]

References

1 2 "Watkins Mill High School - #545" (PDF). Retrieved June 10, 2014.
↑ Watkins Mill High School Wolverines Montgomery Village MD - Home Page
↑ "2014 MPSSAA Fall Record Book" (PDF). MPSSAA. p. 51. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
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External links

Watkins Mill High School website
Watkins Mill High School data at publicschoolreview.com
Watkins Mill High School Newspaper

Montgomery County Public Schools

Consortiums	DCC NEC

High Schools	Albert Einstein Bethesda-Chevy Chase Blake Winston Churchill Clarksburg Damascus Gaithersburg Walter Johnson John F. Kennedy Magruder Montgomery Blair Northwest Northwood Paint Branch Poolesville Quince Orchard Richard Montgomery Rockville Seneca Valley Sherwood Springbrook Wootton Whitman Watkins Mill Wheaton

Technical High Schools	Edison

Closed High Schools	Robert E. Peary Charles W. Woodward

Middle Schools	A. Mario Loiederman Argyle Benjamin Banneker Briggs Chaney Cabin John Col. E. Brooke Lee Earle B. Wood Eastern Forest Oak Francis Scott Key Gaithersburg Herbert Hoover John Poole John T. Baker Julius West Kingsview Lakelands Park Martin Luther King, Jr. Montgomery Village Neelsville Newport Mill North Bethesda Parkland Thomas W. Pyle Redland Ridgeview Robert Frost Roberto W. Clemente Rocky Hill Rosa M. Parks Shady Grove Silver Spring International Sligo Takoma Park Tilden Westland White Oak William Farquhar

Primary Schools	List of 131 Schools

Alternative Schools and Special Education	Alternative Programs Carl Sandburg Center Emory Grove Center Fleet Street Glenmont Hadley Farms Longview Mark Twain McKenney Hills Regional Institute For Children & Adolescents Rock Terrace Stephen Knolls

Montgomery County, Maryland high schools

Montgomery County Public Schools

Zoned schools	Albert Einstein Bethesda-Chevy Chase Blake Clarksburg Damascus Gaithersburg John F. Kennedy Magruder Montgomery Blair Northwest Northwood Paint Branch Poolesville Quince Orchard Richard Montgomery Rockville Seneca Valley Sherwood Thomas Sprigg Wootton Walt Whitman Walter Johnson Watkins Mill Wheaton Winston Churchill

Magnet/alternative schools	Thomas Edison High School of Technology

Independent schools

Secular private	Barrie School Bullis School German School Washington, D.C. Holton-Arms School Landon School Lycée Rochambeau Nora School

Religious	Academy of the Holy Cross Avalon School Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School Georgetown Preparatory School The Heights School Our Lady of Good Counsel High School St. Andrew's Episcopal School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

This list is incomplete.

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