Dulaney High School is a secondary school in Timonium,

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, United States. The school serves a generally upper-middle class suburban community, with students from Timonium and surrounding areas in Baltimore County. It is situated on adjacent to Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

History

Built in the early 1960s, the school graduated its first senior class in 1965. As of 2015, Dulaney had reported a total enrollment of 1,851 students. The school is

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by the state of Maryland and is a member of the

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. There were 186 faculty members in the 2015–2016 school year. Various proposals to renovate or replace the school building were made in 2016 and 2017. County officials budgeted $40 million in 2017 to renovate and air condition the facility, but the plan was rejected when parents contended that an entirely new school should instead be considered. In response, the then-County Executive proposed that the fiscal year 2019 budget include planning for a new high school to ease overcrowding at Dulaney and other area high schools. Funding was not forthcoming, however, and the Baltimore County Board of Education renewed its capital budget request for Fiscal Included in the overall $216 million sought would be replacement buildings for Dulaney and

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Academics

Dulaney High school received a 65.8 out of a possible 100 points (65%) on the 2018–2019 Maryland State Department of Education Report Card and received a 4 out of 5 star rating, ranking in the 62nd percentile among all Maryland schools. In Baltimore County, Dulaney offers the highest number of

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courses."Dulaney High School Fact Sheet"
Retrieved November 2, 2007.

Students

The 2019–2020 enrollment at Dulaney High School was 1914 students.

Activities

Dulaney hosts more than 70 different clubs and organizations for its students. Among the clubs are: Peer Tutors, Science News Club, Girl Up, K-Pop Dance Club, Dance Team, Dulanians,

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, Sports Teams, and the National Honor Society. Dulaney also has a

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team and a

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team. The band marched in the 2011 and 2015 London New Year's Day Parades and has also marched several parades down

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in the

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Park and Epcot at

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, Florida and performed in the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Halftime Show.

Athletics

The Dulaney High School Lions have won the following Maryland State Championships:

State championships

Girls Cross Country *Class AA 1981 *4A 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 *3A 2001 Boys Cross Country *Class AA 1968, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983 *4A 2015, 2016 Field Hockey *Sportsmanship Award 2013 Golf *3A/4A 2000 Girls Soccer *4A-3A 1993 Boys Soccer *4A 1999 TIE Volleyball: *4A 1999, 2000, 2013 Girls Basketball *Class AA 1988 *Mildred Haney Murray Sportsmanship Award 1983, 1985, 1987 Girls Lacrosse *4A-3A 2005, 2006, 2016 Boys Lacrosse *4A-3A 1990, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 Girls Softball *Eugene Robertson Sportsmanship Award 2003 TIE Boys Track and Field *Class AA 1969

Awards and rankings

Dulaney was awarded the

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in 1995. In 2010, Dulaney was named No. 259 on ''

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'' magazine's "1,200 Top U.S. high schools" annual national survey.

Notable alumni

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, Olympic swimmer, Class of 1986 *

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, Internet engineer * Rjyan Claybrook Kidwell, founder of the music project Cex. *

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, Flautist * Sean Rush, Professional soccer player *

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, Folk musician/songwriter, Class of 1969 * Gregory R. Wiseman, NASA astronaut

References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Maryland Baltimore County Public Schools Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools Baltimore County, Maryland, landmarks Educational institutions established in 1962 Timonium, Maryland 1962 establishments in Maryland