W. E. B. Du Bois High School

W. E. B. Du Bois High School of Environmental Science (officially referred to as W. E. B. Du Bois High School) was a public high school located in northeast Baltimore, Maryland. The school was named after sociologist and civil-rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois, Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois. The school was situated in the former Northern High School (Baltimore, Maryland), Northern High School and shared the structure with the Reginald F. Lewis High School. The school was closed in the summer of 2015 by Baltimore City Public Schools as part of its 21st Century Building project.

Curriculum

W. E. B. Du Bois High School served students in Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore City, grades 9 through 12. The school specialized and emphasized in the focus of Environmental science. It had 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 High School, Reginald Lewis and Samuel Banks high school, Samuel Banks high schools, following the breakup of Northern High School (Baltimore, Maryland), 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 Lewis High School, 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.

Notable alumni

*Jahmar Young (born 1986), basketball player in the Liga Leumit (basketball), Israeli National League

References

External links

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W.E.B. Du Bois High School - Maryland Report Card

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Defunct high schools in Maryland
2002 establishments in Maryland
Educational institutions established in 2002
2015 disestablishments in Maryland
Educational institutions disestablished in 2015