Wheaton High School

Wheaton High School
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Location
Wheaton, Maryland USA
Information
Type	Public
Established	1954
School district	Montgomery County Public Schools
Principal	Dr. Debra K. Mugge
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,465 (2014)
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Crimson and Gold
Mascot	Knight
Rival	John F. Kennedy High School
Yearbook	The Lance
Website	Wheaton High School

Wheaton High School is an American four-year public high school in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located in the unincorporated Wheaton/Glenmont section of Montgomery County, near Silver Spring, about 5 miles north of Washington, D.C..

The high school is a part of the Montgomery County Public School system and a member of its Downcounty Consortium. The school is named for the Wheaton area, which is in turn named for Frank Wheaton (1833-1903), a career officer in the Union Army who rose to the rank of major-general while serving before, during, and after the Civil War.

The school is also physically connected to the Thomas Edison High School of Technology, named in honor of the famous American inventor.

Academies

Wheaton High School has four main academies of education: The Academy of Biosciences and Medicine, the Academy of Engineering (voted the top CTE program in Maryland), the Academy of Information Technology, and the Academy of International Global and Cultural Studies.

Magnets

The Wheaton High School magnet program was launched at the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year. There are two magnet programs, Biomedical and Engineering.

Biomedical

Rigorous math, science, medicine sequence of courses.
Hands-on, collaborative approach to learning.
Exploration into disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
Challenge of solving problems in forensic science.

Engineering

Rigorous math, science, engineering sequence of courses.
Hands-on, collaborative approach to learning.
Gives the opportunity to use 3D Software used by companies such as Lockheed Martin and Intel.
Trains in using the design process to solve problems through innovation.

Music

The Institute of Global and Cultural Studies has a state of the art digital music lab featuring 34 new iMac computers and Roland Fp-4 keyboards equipped with studio microphones and such software as Garageband, Logic, Final Cut, Sibelius, and Synthesia. The lab is unique in music education because it incorporates the composition, production, and performance of popular music styles like electronic music and rap into the curriculum.

Sports

The school mascot is the Wheaton Knight, representative of valor, chivalry, and bravery.

Wheaton's athletic teams have brought home several state championships. The football team captured a 2A state championship in 1996 and was a state finalist in 1994. It also was state semifinalist in 1979 and 1980. A decade earlier, before the state championship system was implemented, Wheaton earned back-to-back county co-championships in football by upending highly ranked Richard Montgomery in the season finales of both 1969 and 1970. The girls basketball team won state championships in 1985, 1997 and 1998. It also was state finalist in 1976 and 1982. The boys gymnastics teams of the 1970s, coached by Bernie Michels, regularly dominated competition in Montgomery County.

Wheaton's main rival is John F. Kennedy High School which is located down Randolph Road. The rivalry is fueled by the schools' close proximity to one another. The Wheaton-Kennedy competitive rivalry is one of the oldest in Montgomery County. Wheaton's main rival in the 1960s was Richard Montgomery High School, in Rockville, Md. (Montgomery County, Maryland)|

Fall sports

Winter sports

Wheaton High School has produced several titles in Winter Sports to include multiple boys and girls basketball State Championships and Wrestling State Champions. In Wrestling, Wheaton has the longest running tradition of state qualifiers in the entire state of Maryland that has not been broken since 1970. The next closest in comparison is Damascus High School with a 27-year-long run from 1982-2009

Spring sports

Renovation

Plans are being made for the current Wheaton High School building and the adjoined Thomas Edison High School of Technology to be entirely reconstructed where Wheaton's football and baseball fields are currently located. Since other schools are too full to accommodate Wheaton's current student body, the original building will not be demolished until the new buildings are completed. Debate has taken place about whether to construct the high schools separately or joined like their current state. However, site planners have generally preferred for the buildings to be built separately. Wheaton High School had its last home football game during the 2012-2013 season before construction began on the site where the football field was located. Construction was scheduled to begin during the 2013-2014 school year.^[1]

In January 2016 the school took up residence in the new building located at the corner of Randolph Road and Dalewood Drive.

Project-Based Curriculum

Along with the upcoming renovation, curriculum changes are being integrated into Wheaton High. The current Engineering and Biomedical Magnets are curriculums based on Project Lead The Way (PLTW) standards. This is the basis for a project-based curriculum which is to be integrated into as many subjects as possible. This project-based curriculum will give students more hands-on projects and fewer lectures and quizzes. If successful, the curriculum technique is expected to influence other high schools in the Montgomery County school system. ^[2]

Alumni

One notable alumnus of Wheaton High School is rock star Joan Jett who gained fame with her bands, The Runaways and The Blackhearts. Jett attended Wheaton High School briefly in the early 1970s before moving to L.A. to launch her music career. Another notable Wheaton High School alumni is Debra Monk, class of 1967. Debra has gained fame as a Broadway Star, movie actress, and singer. Her awards consist of: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. Debra has been nominated for the following awards: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.

References

External links

Montgomery County Public Schools

Consortiums	DCC NEC

High Schools	Albert Einstein Bethesda-Chevy Chase Blake Winston Churchill Clarksburg Damascus Gaithersburg Walter Johnson John F. Kennedy Magruder Montgomery Blair Northwest Northwood Paint Branch Poolesville Quince Orchard Richard Montgomery Rockville Seneca Valley Sherwood Springbrook Wootton Whitman Watkins Mill Wheaton

Technical High Schools	Edison

Closed High Schools	Robert E. Peary Charles W. Woodward

Middle Schools	A. Mario Loiederman Argyle Benjamin Banneker Briggs Chaney Cabin John Col. E. Brooke Lee Earle B. Wood Eastern Forest Oak Francis Scott Key Gaithersburg Herbert Hoover John Poole John T. Baker Julius West Kingsview Lakelands Park Martin Luther King, Jr. Montgomery Village Neelsville Newport Mill North Bethesda Parkland Thomas W. Pyle Redland Ridgeview Robert Frost Roberto W. Clemente Rocky Hill Rosa M. Parks Shady Grove Silver Spring International Sligo Takoma Park Tilden Westland White Oak William Farquhar

Primary Schools	List of 131 Schools

Alternative Schools and Special Education	Alternative Programs Carl Sandburg Center Emory Grove Center Fleet Street Glenmont Hadley Farms Longview Mark Twain McKenney Hills Regional Institute For Children & Adolescents Rock Terrace Stephen Knolls

Montgomery County, Maryland high schools

Montgomery County Public Schools

Zoned schools	Albert Einstein Bethesda-Chevy Chase Blake Clarksburg Damascus Gaithersburg John F. Kennedy Magruder Montgomery Blair Northwest Northwood Paint Branch Poolesville Quince Orchard Richard Montgomery Rockville Seneca Valley Sherwood Thomas Sprigg Wootton Walt Whitman Walter Johnson Watkins Mill Wheaton Winston Churchill

Magnet/alternative schools	Thomas Edison High School of Technology

Independent schools

Secular private	Barrie School Bullis School German School Washington, D.C. Holton-Arms School Landon School Lycée Rochambeau Nora School

Religious	Academy of the Holy Cross Avalon School Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School Georgetown Preparatory School The Heights School Our Lady of Good Counsel High School St. Andrew's Episcopal School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

This list is incomplete.

Coordinates: 39°3′40.1″N 77°3′58.7″W / 39.061139°N 77.066306°W / 39.061139; -77.066306

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