Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (B-CC) is a

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. It is named for two of the towns it serves; it also serves

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and Silver Spring. It is located at 4301 East-West Highway, in Bethesda. In May 2012, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School was ranked #6 in the state of Maryland, and #151 in the nation. Bethesda-Chevy Chase is a part of Montgomery County Public Schools. The school serves the

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and Bethesda areas including the towns of

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; and the villages of Chevy Chase Section Three, Chevy Chase Section Five, Martin's Additions and North Chevy Chase. Schools within the Bethesda-Chevy Chase cluster include Westland Middle, Silver Creek Middle, Bethesda Elementary, Chevy Chase Elementary (3-5), North Chevy Chase Elementary (3-5), Rock Creek Forest Elementary, Rosemary Hills Elementary (Pre-K-2), Somerset Elementary, and Westbrook Elementary. Former feeder schools include Leland Junior High School (7-9) and Rollingwood Elementary (K-6).

History

Begun as a two-story, 14-room facility on Wilson Lane in 1926, B-CC High School opened at its current location on East-West Highway in 1935 at in a building designed by

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. New buildings or additions to existing buildings were constructed over the years: * 1936 – added * 1950 – added * 1952 – added * 1959 – added * 1966 – added * 1970 – added * 1975 – added * 1976 – added These additions made the total school area of . In the summer of 1994, parents, teachers, administrators, business people and other supporters of B-CC High School formed the Community Coalition for Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. Its charge was to re-engineer and refocus the high school in an increasingly

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area. CC-B-CC representatives were encouraged to think broadly and innovatively to create programs that would lead B-CC High School and Montgomery County Public Schools into the next century. Because of this effort, in February 2002, B-CC High School re-opened its doors after a two-and-a-half year, multimillion-dollar, comprehensive modernization that, among other things, combined the historic 1935 and 1936 structures into one building. It had a addition, of renovations of the original 1935, 1936 and part of the 1950 buildings, and of demolitions of most of the 1950 building, 1952, 1959, 1966, 1970, 1975, and 1976 buildings. The building now encompasses . In Fall 2018, B-CC opened a addition with 34 new classrooms, a new dance studio, and more offices.

Facilities

Television studio at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Bethesda, Maryland

The school has 80 classrooms, a media center with 30 computer workstations and TV studio and media production facilities, a greenhouse, a music laboratory and choral room, two gymnasiums and a weight training room, a 900-seat auditorium, and a cafeteria that serves breakfast and lunch. B-CC also has two "firsts" among Montgomery County Public Schools - a Cyber Café, opened in March 2003, and a Language Lab, installed in the summer of 2004. In 2008, B-CC High School was equipped with 80 digital classroom Promethean boards.

Athletics

B-CC fields more than 25 athletic teams, known as the Battlin' Barons.

Fall sports

* Cheerleading (2nd place in the county '09, 1st place in the county '11, Varsity - Division 1) * Cross country (girls') (2011 and 2012 Maryland 4A Girls' State Champions) * Cross country (boys') (2007 Maryland 3A Boys' State Champions) * Field hockey (State Champions 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2004; State Finalists 1987, 1989, 1991, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2014) * Football * Golf * Poms (2008 and 2011 County Champions, 2013 Mid-Atlantic Champions, 2018 3rd place in county, 2019 2nd place in county) * Rowing (boys') (club sport) * Rowing (girls') (club sport) * Soccer (boys') (State Champions 1980, 1982, 1984, 2001, 2007, 2017) * Soccer (girls') (State Champions 2001, 2004, State 2008, 2009; 48 place in the Nation; State Champions 2010, 2011; State Finalists 2012) * Sailing (club sport) * Tennis (girls') (County Division 1 Champions '09) * Volleyball (girls') * Handball

Winter sports

*Basketball (boys') (State Champions: 1959, 1984; Montgomery County Champions & MD State Finalist 1970) *Basketball (girls') *Bocce (2014, 2015, 2016 Division 4 Champions; 2014, 2015 Montgomery County Champions; 2013, 2015, 2016 Maryland State Champions) *Cheerleading *Ice hockey (club sport) *Indoor track (girls') (State Champions: 1980, 2008) *Indoor track (boys') *Poms *Swimming & diving *Wrestling

Spring sports

*Baseball *Gymnastics (State Champions 2007–2010) *Lacrosse (boys') *Lacrosse (girls') *Outdoor track & field *Rowing (boys') (club sport) **State Champions - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 **National finalists - 2000 (2nd), 2001 (1st), 2003, 2004 (3rd), 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 (1st), 2018, 2019 (3rd), 2022 (1st) *Rowing (girls') (club sport) **State Champions - 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 **National finalists - 2002 (2nd), 2003, 2004 (1st), 2005, 2007 (3rd), 2008, 2012 (3rd), 2013, 2014, 2015 (1st), 2016, 2017, 2019 (3rd), 2018, 2022 * Sailing (club sport) ** National Fleet Race Championship - 2021 (4th) *Softball *Tennis (boys') **County Champions- 2015 **State Champions-2015 (Doubles) *Volleyball (boys') 2015 *Volleyball (coed) *Ultimate frisbee (club sport) **State champions - 2014, 2015, 2016

Activities

B-CC High School offers more than 80 clubs and student organizations.

Academic

B-CC High School has a state championship varsity physics team.2013 Physics Olympics Results

Notable staff

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Notable alumni

B-CC has had many notable alumni over the years in politics, business, academia, sports, and media.

Government and politics

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, 2007-2011 * Howard A. Denis, Maryland State Senator, 1977–1994 * Daniel Dominguez, federal judge * William Frick, member of the

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, 2007–2019 * L. Craig Johnstone, U.S. Ambassador to

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* Peter Jo Messitte, federal judge *

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, Director of National Trade Council * Neal Potter, county executive of Montgomery County, 1990–1994 *

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Business

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Academia

* Alfredo Jocelyn-Holt Letelier, Chilean historian * John D. Hoffman, Manhattan Project chemist * David Stuart, Mayanist scholar, youngest recipient of

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Sports

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* Frank Funk,

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, Bluegrass Musician * Neal Fredericks, cinematographer, notably for ''

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'' movies * Vicky Tiel, fashion designer * Stefanie Zadravec, playwright

Media and journalism

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correspondent * John Harwood, Chief

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, journalist and philanthropist * Charles Lane, columnist for ''

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'; former editor of ''The New Republic'' magazine * Andy Pollin, radio personality, sports talk station WTEM * Peter Rosenberg, radio and TV personality, Hot 97 * Andrew Serwer, Andy Serwer, journalist and former managing editor of ''Fortune Magazine, Fortune'' magazine * Carol Stuart Watson, illustrator and publisher, co-founder of ''The Georgetowner'' * J.P. Finlay, Washington Football Team beat reporter, radio personality, sports talk station WJFK-FM

Books

* Tracy Chevalier, author of ''Girl with a Pearl Earring (novel), Girl with a Pearl Earring'' * Joe Haldeman, science-fiction writer, author of ''The Forever War'' * Laura Hillenbrand, author of ''Seabiscuit: An American Legend'' and ''Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Unbroken'' * A.M. Homes, author of ''The End of Alice'' * Michael Lowenthal, author of ''Avoidance (novel), Avoidance'' * Laurie Strongin, author of ''Saving Henry: A Mother's Journey'' * Matthew Zapruder, poet, ''The Pajamaist''

References

External links

* {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1926 Public high schools in Montgomery County, Maryland International Baccalaureate schools in Maryland 1926 establishments in Maryland Schools in Bethesda, Maryland