North County High School is an

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high school located in

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, Maryland, United States. The school was established in 1990 as a result of the merger of Andover High School and Brooklyn Park High School. It later moved into the former Lindale Junior High School building, with Lindale moving to the former Andover site. The school mascot is the Knight and the school colors are silver, red and black, chosen by the school students and faculty of both Andover and Brooklyn Park High Schools. North County's rival is

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. It is the primary high school for students living in

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, Brooklyn Park, Ferndale, and portions of the

and Hanover areas. North County High School has a rigorous STEM Magnet Program, and the IT3 (International Trade, Transportation, and Tourism) Signature Program. The school has a multitude of college course offerings such as Advanced Placement. North County became one of the campuses for

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in 2012. In 2016, North County High School German teacher, Katrina Griffin, was named the 2017 National Language Teacher of the Year by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Sport programs

* Fall ** Cheerleading ** Cross Country ** Field Hockey **

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** Golf **

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** Volleyball * Winter ** Basketball ** Cheerleading ** Indoor Track ** Swimming ** Wrestling * Spring ** Baseball ** Lacrosse ** Softball ** Tennis ** Track and Field

Clubs/activities

North County High School offers varies after-school activity for students including:

Academic clubs

American Computer Science League ACSL, or the American Computer Science League, is an international computer science competition among more than 300 schools. Originally founded in 1978 as the Rhode Island Computer Science League, it then became the New England Computer Science Le ...

* Cyber Patriot * Don't Hate Collaborate * Environmental Club *

Envirothon NCF-Envirothon is an annual environmentally themed academic competition for high school aged students organized by the NCF-Envirothon a program of the National Conservation Foundation. The competition is held by the United States and Canada on a ...

* F.B.L.A *

German Honor Society The German National Honor Society or Delta Phi Alpha () (german: Deutsche Ehrenverbindung), is the sole post-secondary national honorary society for German studies in the United States. According to the organization, the honor society seeks to "r ...

* It's Academic *

Key Club Key Club International, also called Key Club, is an international service organization for high school students. As a student-led organization, Key Club's goal is to encourage leadership through serving others. Key Club International is the hig ...

* Math Team * Mock Trial * Model United Nations *

National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS) is a nationwide organization for high school students in the United States and outlying territories, which consists of many chapters in high schools. Selection is based on four criteria: scholarship (academic achi ...

National Art Honor Society The National Art Honor Society was established in 1978 in the United States by the National Art Education Association for high school students grades 9-12 from the National Art Honor Society. The NAEA also offers a National Junior Art Honor Soci ...

* Science Olympiad *

Spanish Honor Society Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

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* Technology Student Association

Fine arts clubs

* Botball * Drama Club * Gaming Club * Film Club *

Literary Magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

* Multi-Ethnic Club * Newspaper (Knightline) * Stage Crew * Travel & Tourism * Yearbook * Webmaster * National Art Honor Society

Music clubs

* Band Boosters *

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Concert band A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion famil ...

* Guitar Ensemble *

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* Marching band * Orchestra

Notable alumni

Dan Patrick Dan Patrick may refer to: * Dan Patrick (ice hockey) (born 1938), Canadian ice hockey player * Dan Patrick (politician) (born 1950), Lieutenant Governor of Texas and political and sports radio journalist * Dan Patrick (sportscaster) (born 1956), Ame ...

(Andover High) - Texas Lt Governor * Montel Williams (Andover High) - Television Personality * Jim Spencer (Andover High) - Major League Baseball player * John C. Inglis (Andover High) - former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency * Diane Black (Warren) (Andover High) US Congresswoman Tennessee *

Lloyd Keaser Lloyd Weldon "Butch" Keaser (born February 9, 1950) is an American former wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, for the United States. Keaser was born in Pumphrey, Maryland. He wrestled for the United States Naval Academy and was a ...

(Brooklyn Park High) - Wrestling Olympic silver medalist (1976) and World Champion Gold medalist (1973) *

Trevelin Queen Trevelin Marleto Queen (born February 25, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Osceola Magic of the NBA G League. He played college b ...

- National Basketball Association player

References

External links

NCHS School Information 2008 on AACPS website

Public School Review on NCHS

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