Edgewood High School (EHS) is a four-year public

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in Edgewood in

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, United States. The school is located in the southern portion of the county near

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. It is home to the

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program for Harford County, as well as the

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and the Teacher Academy of Maryland (TAM) programs.

About the School

Facilities

The former Edgewood High School building was on slightly more than and according to Maryland state records, the primary structure was built in 1954. Since that time, it was renovated or added to five times, in the years 1958, 1967, 1969, 1975, and 1996. With the recent population growth in Harford County, combined with the expected population growth due to BRAC, it was decided to build a new school building on the same grounds. Completed in 2010, the new building is and increases the student capacity by 361 seats, to 1380. The building was opened for the 2010–2011 school year. The demolition and removal of the former building was completed by the end of the 2010–2011 school year.

Programs

Fine Arts

Music and the arts are programs at Edgewood High School. The school is known for its musical and theater productions, and in 2003, the Edgewood High School band was selected by

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to perform there. Edgewood's high school instrumental program currently has approximately 210 members, and the vocal program numbers approximately 120. The department also offers courses in

music theory Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "Elements of music, ...

, as well as beginning and advanced

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

, and

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

classes. The department produces two or three

concert A concert, often known informally as a gig or show, is a live performance of music in front of an audience. The performance may be carried by a single musician, in which case it is sometimes called a recital, or by a musical ensemble such as an ...

s per year for each ensemble, with the winter concert combining the ensembles, and the spring concerts divided by the parts of the department (

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

l, other

instrumental An instrumental or instrumental song is music without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through Semantic change, semantic widening, a broader sense of the word s ...

, and

choral A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

Magnet Programs

IB Diploma Program

Edgewood High School is one of the elite schools offering the International Baccalaureate degree program. Freshman application is available to Grade 8 students.

Academy of Finance

In March 1998, the Maryland Department of Education joined with the

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to develop local partnerships between businesses and schools to create programs that combine work experience with classroom learning. AcadFinancePromo

Students

The graph below shows student enrollment at Edgewood, and its general climb since 1993: Edgewood's attendance rate of over 90% is rated "high", according to the Maryland Department of Education's report card for the school. However, the graduation rate is approximately 75%, which the faculty is working diligently to improve. About 9% of the students receive special services, a number considered high by state standards. Larissa Santos was recognized at 2014 Maryland High School Principal of the Year until she was placed on Administrative Leave by Harford County Public Schools in July 2016 while under investigation. Ms. Santos resigned in July 2016 shortly after being placed on Administrative Leave and was replaced by Mr. Kilo Mack. Harford County Public Schools refused to comment on the investigation of Ms. Santos and her placement on Administrative Leave or if criminal activity was involved.

Feeder system

Edgewood High School is fed by one middle school within the district. In turn, Edgewood Middle School is fed by students from 6 elementary schools: * Abingdon Elementary * Edgewood Elementary * Paca/Old Post Elementary * Deerfield Elementary * William S James Elementary * Riverside Elementary Of these schools, all students from Abingdon Elementary School and Deerfield Elementary School will attend Edgewood High School, provided that they do not exercise a boundary exception, move, or transfer to a magnet program. In addition, 71% of the students from Edgewood Elementary School, 95% of the students from William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary School, and 30% of the students from William S. James Elementary School are districted to Edgewood High School. Also, approximately 1% of the students from neighboring Magnolia Elementary School will come to Edgewood, but the vast majority of students in that school attend

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Athletics

Edgewood makes a variety of teams available to its students. Among the sports offered are

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softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

, and

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, as well as

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

lacrosse Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

, and

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. Edgewood also sponsors

cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense Physical exercise, physical activity. It can be performed to motivate s ...

wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

, indoor and outdoor track, and cross country teams. Edgewood's mascot is the

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Notable alumni

* Dudley Bradley – NBA player * Charles Bradley – NBA player *

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– author and publisher * David Drake (actor) – actor *

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– actor * Chris Robinson – film and video director *

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– actor * Deonte Banks – football player

References and notes

External links

Edgewood High School website
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