Wilde Lake High School is a
secondary school located in
Columbia,
Maryland
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's Village of
Wilde Lake, United States, one of 12 public high schools in
Howard County.
The school is centrally located in Howard County, and its district borders that of
River Hill High School,
Marriotts Ridge High School,
Centennial High School,
Howard High School Howard High School may refer to:
* David T. Howard High School, a former high school in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
* Howard High School of Technology
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,
Oakland Mills High School
Oakland Mills High School was established in 1973 as one of the first high schools to serve the planned developed new U.S. town of Columbia, Maryland area, established by James Rouse and his Rouse Company in 1967 in Howard County, midway between ...
, and
Atholton High School.
History
Bids were requested by January 1970 for a 1,350-seat school to be built for an estimated $2.6 million. Opened in 1971 as a model school for the nation, it was Columbia's first high school. It had an open
doughnut-shaped design with "
open classroom
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Theory
The idea of the open classroom was that a larg ...
s," and was a model school for new teaching settings.
["Five Open Plan High Schools: A Report from Educational Facilities Laboratories"]
(1973) (archived at Texas A&M University).
In 1994, the original 910-student building, which did not meet current safety standards, was demolished. A new $20 million 1,200-seat building with a more traditional style was reconstructed on the same site by Cochran, Stephenson and Donkevoet. The new building, opened in 1996, replicates the open idea, with a central main street, and halls surrounding it and a bridge across the second floor.
Students
The racial makeup of the population during the 2017–2018 school year was 26.7% White, 43.8% Black or African American, 7.2% Asian, 14.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0% Native American, 0.4% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 7.4% two or more races.
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Jim Rouse Theatre
Wilde Lake has a modern 750-seat theater named for Columbia founder James Rouse
James Wilson Rouse (April 26, 1914 – April 9, 1996) was an American businessman and founder of The Rouse Company. Rouse was a pioneering American real estate developer, urban planner, civic activist, and later, free enterprise-based philanthr ...
, who went by "Jim".
Athletics
Wilde Lake High School has a number of sports teams for each season of the academic year, including football, soccer, golf, volleyball, basketball, and cross country. The school has won the following state championships:
Cross country
*1971 – Boys' cross country
*1996 – Girls' cross country
*1996 – Boys' cross country
*2005 – Boys' cross country
*2006 – Boys' cross country
*2007 – Boys' cross country
Football
*1985 – Football
*1990 - Football
*1991 – Football
*1992 – Football
*1997 – Football
*2010 – Football
Soccer
*1976 – Boys' soccer
*1981 – Boys' soccer
*1982 – Boys' soccer
*1983 – Boys' soccer
*1984 – Boys' soccer
*1991 – Boys' soccer
*1997 – Boys' soccer
*2019 – Boys' soccer
Basketball
*1985 – Boys' basketball
*1994 - Boys' basketball State Finalist
*1995 – Girls' basketball
Ice hockey
*2008 – State Finalist
Wilde lake no longer fields an independent ice hockey team. From 20112018, a co-op team with players from Oakland Mills and Hammond High Schools was formed, known as the “WHO”. In 2018, Centennial and Long Reach High Schools joined the WHO to form the Wolves.
Tennis
*1985 – Boys' tennis doubles
*1986 – Mixed doubles
*2001 – Mixed doubles
*2006 – Boys' tennis singles
Track and field
*1975 – Boys' track and field
In 2015, Carol Satterwhite, a physical education teacher at the Wilde Lake High School was selected for the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Hall of Fame.
Band program
The school has a band program consisting of groups including the marching band and wind ensemble.
The Paw Print
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of Wilde Lake High School.
Accommodations
Wilde Lake has a special education program. In addition to its programs for the disabled, Wilde Lake accommodates teen mothers through their in school daycare center.
Notable alumni
* Zach Brown (class of 2007) – American football player, free agent
*David Bentley Hart
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(class of 1982) – writer, theologian, and cultural critic
* Isaiah Coulter - attended freshman through junior year
*Dr. Terri L. Hill (class of 1977) - Maryland State Delegate, District 12
*Robert Kolker
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He is the author of ''Lost Girls'', a ''Ne ...
(class of 1987) – author and journalist
* Mark D. Levine (class of 1987) – Manhattan borough president
*Sara Lindsey
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Early life and career
Born in Washington, Lindsey ...
(class of 2007) – actress
*Laura Lippman
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Life and career
Lippman was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Columbia, Maryland. She is the daughter of Theo Lippman, Jr., a w ...
(class of 1977) – author and award-winning journalist
*Edward Norton
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Born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised ...
(class of 1987) – actor
*Maria L. Oesterreicher (Class of 1986) - Judge - first female Circuit Court Judge in the history of Carroll County Maryland
*John Overdeck
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(class of 1986) – hedge fund manager and philanthropist
* Elise Ray (Class of 2000) - Olympic Gymnast
*Lo-Fang
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(class of 2002) – musician
*Jim Traber
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(class of 1979) - Major League Baseball Player for the Baltimore Orioles
*Curtis Yarvin
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(class of 1988) – computer scientist, political philosopher, neoreactionary thinker
See also
* Howard County Public Schools
References
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Educational institutions established in 1971
Public high schools in Maryland
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Columbia, Maryland
1971 establishments in Maryland