Catonsville High School
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| Motto | Tradition of Excellence |
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| Established | 1903 (original); 1952 (current) |
| Type | Public High School (9-12) |
| Location | Catonsville, Maryland, United States |
| District | Baltimore County Public Schools |
| Colors | Dark Blue and Yellow
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| Mascot | Comets |
| Website | http://catonsvillehs.bcps.org/history/index.htm |
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Catonsville High School (MMHS) is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is located on the southwest side of the county close to the Baltimore City border near Anne Arundel and Howard County just outside of the Baltimore Beltway.
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[edit] About the School
Catonsville High School is located on 421 Bloomsbury Avenue with a "Catonsville, Maryland" mailing address. The school was named after the area of Catonsville.
The original school can trace its roots to Catonsville School which formed in 1903. Students were taught at the original brick building until 1910 when a large new school was dedicated to help with overcrowding. In 1925, Baltimore County purchased land and buildings from the Catonsville Country Club with the intention of converting it to the new high school.
In 1954, a new building was dedicated at the school's present location. The school benefited form a 77,000 square foot expansion in 1999. There have been other upgrades and renovations to many of the other structures to keep the building as modern as possible.[1]
In 1936 and 1937, under the council of future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the NAACP unsuccessfully attempted to racially integrate the students at the high school.[2]
[edit] Students
In the last 10 years, the graduation rate at Catonsville High School has ranged from 94% in 1998 to a low of 63% in 2001.[3]
The student population has steadily increased over the past 15 years, from 1,094 in 1993 to 1,686 in 2007.
Student population (1993-2007): [4]
- 2008 1,728
- 2007 1,686
- 2006 1,619
- 2005 1,535
- 2004 1,457
- 2003 1,444
- 2002 1,400
- 2001 1,350
- 2000 1,363
- 1999 1,349
- 1998 1,342
- 1997 1,247
- 1996 1,182
- 1995 1,130
- 1994 1,102
- 1993 1,094
[edit] Sports
State Champions
- 1959 - Boys Cross Country[5]
- 1960 - Boys Cross Country
- 1964 - Boys Cross Country
- 1976 - Baseball, Class A
- 1979 - Volleyball, Class A [6]
- 1980 - Volleyball, Class A
- 1981 - Volleyball, Class A
- 1982 - Volleyball, Class A
- 1983 - Volleyball, Class A
- 1986 - Volleyball, Class A
- 1987 - Volleyball, Class B
- 1992 - Boys Basketball, Class 3A[7]
- 1993 - Girls Cross Country, Class 2A[8]
- 1996 - Girls Lacrosse, Class 2A-1A [9]
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Ernest J. Betz - member of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame[10]
- John W. E. Cluster, Jr., (1972) former member of Maryland House of Delegates
- Brian Jozwiak, (1981) - All-American football offensive lineman at West Virginia University; also played for NFL Kansas City Chiefs
- Vernon L. Neilson - Maryland District Court judge[11]
- Jeff Nelson - former Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners
[edit] References and notes
[edit] External links
- Catonsville High School Homepage Catonsville High School}
- Catonsville High School Alumni [11]
- maps.google.com [12]
