Calvert County Public Schools
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Calvert County Public Schools is a public school district serving all of Calvert County, Maryland
. The district is governed by a six-person Board of Education
, five of which are elected by the public in non-partisan elections, and a student elected by the Calvert Association of Student Councils. The school district currently has 4 high schools, 6 middle schools, and 13 elementary schools.
school, and the Career & Technology Academy (formally known as the Calvert Career Center), a vocational education
center.
opened in late 2008. Additionally, there is ongoing debate as to the necessity of a fifth high school in St. Leonard
, although plans for such a school have yet to be approved.
Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It occupies the Calvert Peninsula which is bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River. Calvert County is part of the Southern Maryland region. Calvert County's residents are among the highest...
. The district is governed by a six-person Board of Education
Board of education
A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or higher administrative level....
, five of which are elected by the public in non-partisan elections, and a student elected by the Calvert Association of Student Councils. The school district currently has 4 high schools, 6 middle schools, and 13 elementary schools.
High schools
- CalvertCalvert High School (Prince Frederick, Maryland)Calvert High School is a public high school in Prince Frederick, Maryland and is part of the Calvert County Public Schools.The campus is on Dares Beach Road and includes the main school building, a field house for basketball and other sporting events, a football stadium, a baseball field, tennis...
, Prince Frederick, MarylandPrince Frederick, MarylandPrince Frederick is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States, not to be confused with the incorporated, and much larger, city of Frederick some to the northwest in Frederick County... - HuntingtownHuntingtown High SchoolHuntingtown High School is located at 4125 North Solomons Island Road, Huntingtown, Maryland , 20639. Completed and opened in 2004, HHS is currently home to some seventeen hundred students from grades 9 to 12...
, Huntingtown, MarylandHuntingtown, MarylandHuntingtown is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,436 at the 2000 census. The community is growing, with many large estate homes in small developments off of Maryland Route 2/4. It has a public high school called Huntingtown High. The... - NorthernNorthern High School (Owings, Maryland)Northern High School is a public secondary school located in the Owings, Maryland in Calvert County.The school is located directly next to Northern Middle School.-Statistics:...
, near DunkirkDunkirk, MarylandDunkirk is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,363 at the 2000 census. The area is very fast-growing, with many large estate homes. Considered one the wealthiest places to live inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area, with home prices...
and Owings, MarylandOwings, MarylandOwings is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,325 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Owings is located at .... - PatuxentPatuxent High SchoolPatuxent High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, USA. The school draws from the communities of Cove Point, the Chesapeake Ranch Estates, Drum Point and Solomons....
, Lusby, MarylandLusby, MarylandLusby is a place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was officially 1,666 at the 2000 census, although residents of the Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point community also use the Lusby zip code designation, making Lusby in fact a much larger community...
Middle schools
- Calvert, Prince Frederick, MarylandPrince Frederick, MarylandPrince Frederick is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States, not to be confused with the incorporated, and much larger, city of Frederick some to the northwest in Frederick County...
- Mill Creek, Lusby, MarylandLusby, MarylandLusby is a place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was officially 1,666 at the 2000 census, although residents of the Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point community also use the Lusby zip code designation, making Lusby in fact a much larger community...
- Northern, near DunkirkDunkirk, MarylandDunkirk is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,363 at the 2000 census. The area is very fast-growing, with many large estate homes. Considered one the wealthiest places to live inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area, with home prices...
and Owings, MarylandOwings, MarylandOwings is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,325 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Owings is located at .... - Plum Point, Huntingtown, MarylandHuntingtown, MarylandHuntingtown is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,436 at the 2000 census. The community is growing, with many large estate homes in small developments off of Maryland Route 2/4. It has a public high school called Huntingtown High. The...
- Southern, Lusby, MarylandLusby, MarylandLusby is a place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was officially 1,666 at the 2000 census, although residents of the Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point community also use the Lusby zip code designation, making Lusby in fact a much larger community...
- Windy Hill, Owings, MarylandOwings, MarylandOwings is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,325 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Owings is located at ....
Elementary school
- Appeal, Lusby, MarylandLusby, MarylandLusby is a place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was officially 1,666 at the 2000 census, although residents of the Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point community also use the Lusby zip code designation, making Lusby in fact a much larger community...
- Beach, Chesapeake Beach, MarylandChesapeake Beach, MarylandChesapeake Beach is a town in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. Its major attractions include a Railway Museum & Trail, the Chesapeake Beach Water Park, marinas, piers, charter boat fishing, and a Veterans Memorial Park...
- Barstow, Barstow, MarylandBarstow, MarylandBarstow is a small, rural unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland located immediately west of Prince Frederick. The community maintains its own separate zip code, 20610....
- Calvert, Prince Frederick, MarylandPrince Frederick, MarylandPrince Frederick is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States, not to be confused with the incorporated, and much larger, city of Frederick some to the northwest in Frederick County...
- Dowell, near Solomons, MarylandSolomons, MarylandSolomons is a community and census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,536 at the 2000 census...
- Huntingtown, Huntingtown, MarylandHuntingtown, MarylandHuntingtown is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,436 at the 2000 census. The community is growing, with many large estate homes in small developments off of Maryland Route 2/4. It has a public high school called Huntingtown High. The...
- Mt. Harmony, Owings, MarylandOwings, MarylandOwings is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,325 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Owings is located at ....
- Mutual, Port Republic, MarylandPort Republic, MarylandPort Republic is a small, rural community located inCalvert County, Maryland. It is approximately5 miles south of Prince Frederick, Maryland, the countyseat of Calvert County...
- Patuxent, Lusby, MarylandLusby, MarylandLusby is a place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was officially 1,666 at the 2000 census, although residents of the Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point community also use the Lusby zip code designation, making Lusby in fact a much larger community...
- Plum Point, Huntingtown, MarylandHuntingtown, MarylandHuntingtown is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,436 at the 2000 census. The community is growing, with many large estate homes in small developments off of Maryland Route 2/4. It has a public high school called Huntingtown High. The...
- St. Leonard, St. Leonard, MarylandSt. Leonard, MarylandSt. Leonard is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was officially 536 at the 2000 census, although residents of the Calvert Beach-Long Beach, Maryland community also use the St. Leonard zip code designation, making it in fact a much larger community...
- Sunderland, Sunderland, MarylandSunderland, MarylandSunderland is a small, rural community located in Calvert County, Maryland, approximately 5 miles south of Dunkirk, Maryland and 10 miles north of Prince Frederick, Maryland. Although Sunderland is not incorporated and does not have a central business district, it does have a zip code, 20689...
- Windy Hill, Owings, MarylandOwings, MarylandOwings is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,325 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Owings is located at ....
Other institutions
Other institutions under the Calvert County Public School district include Calvert Country School, a special educationSpecial education
Special education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...
school, and the Career & Technology Academy (formally known as the Calvert Career Center), a vocational education
Vocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
center.
Future schools
The district's twelfth elementary school, Barstow Elementary School in BarstowBarstow, Maryland
Barstow is a small, rural unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland located immediately west of Prince Frederick. The community maintains its own separate zip code, 20610....
opened in late 2008. Additionally, there is ongoing debate as to the necessity of a fifth high school in St. Leonard
St. Leonard, Maryland
St. Leonard is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was officially 536 at the 2000 census, although residents of the Calvert Beach-Long Beach, Maryland community also use the St. Leonard zip code designation, making it in fact a much larger community...
, although plans for such a school have yet to be approved.
External links
- http://www.calvertnet.k12.md.us/