Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
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| Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (B-CC) |
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| Established | 1926 |
| Type | Public Secondary |
| Principal | Sean Bulson |
| Students | 1,675 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
| District | Montgomery County Public Schools |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Baron |
| Yearbook | The Pine Tree |
| Newspaper | The Tattler |
| Website | Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School |
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School is a Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, public school named for two of the towns it serves along with Kensington and Silver Spring, Maryland. It is located at 4301 East-West Highway, in Bethesda, an unincorporated community in Montgomery County.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase is a part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
The school serves the Chevy Chase area and some areas considered to be "Bethesda." Several municipalities, including the towns of Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase View, Chevy Chase Village, and Somerset, and the villages of Chevy Chase Section Three, Chevy Chase Section Five, Martin's Additions, and North Chevy Chase.
In 2005 the school was ranked 29 in Newsweek Magazine's top 1000 High Schools in the U.S., and ranked 34th in the 2006 edition of the list. It was also rated "Best School in America" by Time Magazine in 1960.
Begun as a two-story, 14-room facility on Wilson Lane, B-CC High School opened in its current location on East-West Highway in 1934 at 44,995 ft². New buildings or additions to existing buildings were constructed in 1936 at 36,515 ft², 1950 at 49,616 ft², 1952 at 22,396 ft², 1959 at 32,408 ft², 1966 at 29,023 ft², 1970 at 20,295 ft², 1975 at 8,378 ft² and 1976 at 9,616 ft² which the total was 253,242 ft².
Then, in the summer of 1994, parents, teachers, administrators, business people, and other supporters of B-CC High School formed the Community Coalition for Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School . Its charge was to re-engineer and refocus the high school in an increasingly urbanized and cosmopolitan area. CC-B-CC representatives were encouraged to think broadly and innovatively to create programs that would lead B-CC High School and Montgomery County Public Schools into the next century.
Because of this effort, in February 2002, B-CC High School re-opened its doors after a two-and-a-half year, multi-million dollar, comprehensive modernization that, among other things, combined the historic 1934 and 1936 structures into one building. It had a 213,499 ft² addition, 94,716 ft² of renovations of the original 1934, 1936 and part of the 1950 buildings, and 158,526 ft² of demolitions of most of the 1950 building, 1952, 1959, 1966, 1970, 1975, and 1976 buildings. The building now encompasses 308,215 ft².
The school now boasts 70 classrooms (67 regular classrooms and 3 special or alternative education classrooms), a media center with 30 computer workstations and TV studio and media production facilities, a greenhouse, a music laboratory and choral room, 2 gymnasiums and a weight training room, a 900-seat auditorium, and a cafeteria that serves breakfast and lunch. B-CC also has two "firsts" among Montgomery County Public Schools — a Cyber Café, opened in March 2003, and a state-of-the-art Language Lab, installed in the summer of 2004.
The Cyber Café and the Language Lab resulted from two major initiatives launched by the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Educational Foundation. These two projects specifically were led by B-CC parents Lucy Swartz and Jil Sneider. Founded in 1996 by a group of parents, alumni, teachers, and business and civic leaders in the B-CC community, the Foundation raises funds for projects that further the tradition of excellence for students at B-CC, now and in the future.
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[edit] Administrators
- Principal: Sean Bulson
- Assistant Principal: Ms. Karen Lockard
- Assistant Principal: Ms. Angela Kessler
- Student Support Specialist: Ms. Irina Ivasovic LaGrange
[edit] Student Government
- President: Tommy Kramer
- Vice President: Patrick Eagan-Van Meter
- Treasurer: Jonathan "Ernie" Batselos
- Corresponding Secretary: Grace Ambrose
- Recording Secretary: Kate Holley
- Parliamentarian: Avishek Panth
[edit] Notable staff
- Colman McCarthy, peace studies teacher
- Warren Richard, European History teacher
- Jonathan Virden, English and Journalism teacher, newspaper advisor
[edit] Notable alumni
Notable alumni of B-CC:
- Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring
- Neal Potter, County Executive of Montgomery County, 1990-1994.
- Daniel Stern, comic actor noted for playing Marv, one of the burglars from the first two Home Alone movies.
- Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend
- Jonathan I. Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems
- Tommy Davidson, comedian and part of the cast of the TV show In Living Color
- Joe Haldeman, noted science-fiction writer and author of "Forever War"
- Chet Culver, Governor of Iowa
- Neal Fredericks, cinematographer, most notably for "The Blair Witch Project"
[edit] Academics
B-CC offers a variety of educational programs including the Advanced Placement Program and the International Baccalaureate Program to its students.
In the Class of 2005, over 10% of the student body matriculated at Top 25 schools, including every Ivy League college.
Chips, is B-CC's award winning magazine, currently in its 70th edition, is ranked among the nations top 5% of Literary Magazines
[edit] Theatre Department
B-CC is a GRAMMY foundation signature school. This past year Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School won the Maryland State Theatre Society's award for best musical for its production of Urinetown.
[edit] Sports
Fall
- Football
- Girl's soccer
- Boy's soccer
- Girl's Field hockey (The girls' field hockey team won nine consecutive state championships starting in the mid-1990s, a national record.)
- Girl's Volleyball
- Girl's Tennis
- Cross Country
- Cheerleading
- Golf
- Poms
Winter
- Girl's Basketball
- Boy's Basketball
- Indoor Track and Field
- Mock Trial
- Swimming and diving
- Cheerleading
- Wrestling
- Ice Hockey (regional champs 2006-2007)
Spring
- Girl's Lacrosse
- Boy's Lacrosse
- Boys Tennis
- Girls Tennis
- Baseball
- Gymnastics
- Outdoor Track and Field
- Poms
- Softball
- Boy's Volleyball
- Co-ed Volleyball
Club Sports
- Chess Club
- Juggling Club
- Global Action Club
- Ice Hockey
- Debate
- Rugby
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Squash
- Novice Men/Varsity Women/Varsity Men Crew
[edit] Feeder Schools
- Westland Middle School (6-8)
- Bethesda ES (K-5)
- Chevy Chase ES (3-6)
- North Chevy Chase ES (3-6)
- Rock Creek Forest ES (PreK-5)
- Rosemary Hills ES (PreK-2)
- Somerset ES (K-5)
- Westbrook ES (K-5)
