Calvert High School is a

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, United States and is part of the Calvert County Public Schools.

Education

Along with many achievements in sports Calvert high school has had significant success in academic achievements. Such related activities include the success of the Vex robotics team. In 2014 one of its teams, 1670d, attended the world competition in

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. As of 2015, the total attendees of Calvert is 1,166 students total that make up grades nine through twelve. The attendance rate among these students is 93.8%. Out of these 1,166 student in 2015, 591 are female and 575 are male. 7% of students are receiving special services for Special Education. Calvert High's school mascot is the Cavalier. The sports teams compete in the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference. Calvert High's athletic rivals include the neighboring schools of Northern High School, Huntingtown High School, and Patuxent High School. In 2000, the Cavaliers captured the

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State Division 3A

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championship under the leadership of head coach Jerry Franks. In 2015, the Calvert High School Varsity Girls Soccer Team also added to Calvert's achievements by winning the Maryland 2A State Championship under the leadership of Dawn Lister and Damon Williams. Calvert High and Patuxent High are the only 2A schools in the county.

History

Before moving to its current campus in 1963, Calvert High School used to be along

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. The building once served as a building for Calvert Middle School, a public

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that serves as a

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of Calvert High. Calvert Middle School recently moved from that building and built a new school in Prince Frederick. In 1965,

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of the

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Public Schools led to Brooks High School — the county's then all-black high school — being merged with Calvert High. The campus is on Dares Beach Road and includes the main school building, a gym for basketball games, a

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stadium, a

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field,

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courts, a soccer field, a lacrosse and field hockey field, and a large

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used for school concerts and plays. Additionally, it also includes the Arthur Storer

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, named for the

resident and the original namesake of

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. A

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center is adjacent to the main school building.

Notable alumni

* Earl F. Hance (born 1955), Secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture * Thomas E. Hutchins, Maryland State Delegate, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Maryland State Police *

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(died 1972), member of the Maryland House of Delegates * George W. Owings III (1945–2023), Maryland State Delegate and Secretary of the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs

References

External links

Calvert County Public SchoolsCalvert High SchoolCalvert Cavaliers High School Sports
{{authority control Public high schools in Maryland Schools in Calvert County, Maryland Educational institutions established in 1963 1963 establishments in Maryland Prince Frederick, Maryland