North Point High School

North Point High School
Address
2500 Davis Road
Waldorf, Maryland 20603
Coordinates 38°38′31″N 76°58′35″W / 38.64194°N 76.97639°W / 38.64194; -76.97639Coordinates: 38°38′31″N 76°58′35″W / 38.64194°N 76.97639°W / 38.64194; -76.97639
Information
School type Public, secondary school
Motto The real world starts here...
Create your own tomorrow!
Founded 2005
School district Charles County Public Schools
Principal Mr. Daniel Kaple
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 2,219[1]
Language English
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Red, black, gold, white                 
Mascot Eagles
Newspaper Eagle Eye
Website North Point High School website

North Point High School is a school for career and technology education (formerly science, technology, and industry). It is located in the far western area of Waldorf, Maryland, United States. At 311,000 square feet (28,900 m2) and with about 2,200 students enrolled, it is the largest high school in Charles County. It is also the second newest high school, having opened in 2005. Its mascot, the Eagle, was derived from the motto of Charles County, "The wild side of the Potomac... Where eagles soar!"

Technology

North Point has 17 career and technology education programs (formerly as STI for science, technology and industry). An estimated half of the student body is enrolled in one of these programs, while the other half receives a normal high school education.

The programs are as follows:

School of Advanced Technology and Engineering

  • Biotechnology
  • Cisco Networking Academy
    • Cisco is sponsoring a demonstration at North Point High School of its learning environment.Cisco.[2]
    • North Point High School offers the first of four classes in completion of the CCNP exam.[3]
  • Electronics
  • Engineering
  • Manufacturing

School of Technology

  • Automotive Technology
  • Collision Repair
  • Graphic Communications
  • Welding Technology

School of Construction Development

  • Carpentry
  • Drafting
  • Electrical Construction

School of Health and Protective Services

  • Cosmetology
  • Criminal Justice
  • Culinary Arts
  • Education Careers
  • Academy of Health Professions

Honors and awards

North Point's SkillsUSA chapter won medals at the SkillsUSA National Leadership Conference in June 2010. The group placed first (gold) in Industrial Motor control, and second (silver) in Culinary Arts. In its first year ever competing in quiz bowl, that team also brought home a gold medal.[4]

Athletics

  • North Point High School has 44 total sports ranging from the Freshman to the Varsity Levels, which compete in the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC). North Point competes in the class 4A division.
  • Until 2011, The Athletic Director for North Point was Aly Khan "A.K." Johnson, brother of Penn State Defensive Line Football coach Larry Johnson, and uncle of Larry Johnson Jr.

State Championships

  • The 2008 North Point CoEd Varsity Golf won the Maryland 2A State Title on October 23.
  • The North Point Boys Varsity Track teams have collected two state championships. In 2008, they won the Maryland 2A Outdoor Track and Field State Championship (in a tie with Walkersville High School on May 24. The following winter, they won the 2008/2009 Maryland 2A Indoor Track and Field State Championship on February 16.
  • In 2009, the Girls Varsity Outdoor Track and Field team won the Maryland 2A Outdoor Track and Field State Championship on May 23.
  • The 2010-2011 North Point's Boys Varsity Basketball Team Completed an undefeated 27-0 season with a win against Patterson Senior High in the Maryland 4A Boys Basketball State Championship game on March 12. North Point is the first team from the SMAC to win a state championship in Boys Basketball since 1972.
  • North Point hosts the wrestling state duals every year

References

  1. ↑ "Schools & Centers". Charles County Public Schools. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  2. ↑ "Cisco Announces Connected Learning Technology Blueprint for Schools". Cisco. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  3. ↑ "Charles County Career & Technology Center's Cisco Academy". Charles County Board of Education. Archived from the original on 27 December 2004. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  4. ↑ http://www.mdskillsusa.org/new/winners.html

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