Broadneck High School

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Broadneck High School

Contact Information	Broadneck High School 1265 Green Holly Drive Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 757-1300
Established	1982
Principal	Lucinda Hudson
School Type	Public
School District	Anne Arundel County Public Schools [1]
Enrollment	2,400
School Hours	7:17am - 1:55pm
Mascot	Bruin
School Color(s)	Maroon and Grey
School Motto	Respect, Rigor, Responsibility
Rival School	Severna Park High School Falcons
Coeducational	Yes
Grade Levels	9-12
School Newspaper	Tribruin

Broadneck High School is a school in the United States, located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on Green Holly Drive, near the cities of Annapolis and Arnold. The Bruin is the school's mascot. It is one of the newer schools in the county. It is known for the breadth of its Advanced Placement program. The Broadneck Bruins are rivals with the nearby Severna Park High School Falcons^{[citation needed]}. BHS feeder middle schools are Severn River Middle School, and Magothy Middle School. The school is a part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system.

Contents 1 Academics 1.1 Newsweek Ratings 1.2 Advanced Placement 2 Athletics 2.1 Lacrosse 2.2 Basketball 2.3 Football 2.4 Wrestling 2.5 Golf 2.6 Tennis 2.7 Ice Hockey 2.8 Marching band 2.8.1 Achievements 2.8.2 Direction 2.9 Cross country 2.10 Sailing Team 2.11 Soccer 2.12 Swimming 2.13 Bruin mascot 3 Clubs 4 Trivia 5 See Also 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Academics

[edit] Newsweek Ratings

Newsweek annually rates American high schools based on the ratio of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students in the school to the number of graduating seniors that year. [2]

• In 2006, Broadneck was ranked 197th. [3]
• In 2005, Broadneck was ranked 184th. [4]

[edit] Advanced Placement

Broadneck is an Advanced Placement Certified school. [5] Broadneck was also been named an Anne Arundel County Public Schools Advanced Placement Distinguished High School in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

[edit] Athletics

Broadneck High School's athletics teams are the Bruins and Lady Bruins and their colors are maroon and grey, as defined by the school's first athletic director, Mr. Timothy McMullen. The school has won numerous state and local championships. The current athetic director is Mr. Ken Kazmarek.

[edit] Lacrosse

• The Bruins won the Maryland 4A State Championship in 1987 and in the back-to-back years of 1992-1993, and 1996-1997. More recently, the Bruins won the Anne Arundel County Championship in 2001.

[edit] Basketball

• The Bruins won the Boys County Championship Game over Rival Annapolis High School 61-60. The Bruins are the 2006-2007 Anne Arundel County Champions. The Last Bruins Boys A.A.Co. Championship was 1997.

[edit] Football

• The Bruins made it to the Maryland State Championships during the 2003-2004 school year.

[edit] Wrestling

• The Bruins won the Maryland State Championships during the 1987-1988 school year.
• The Bruins were co-champions for the County Championship during the 1990-91 year.
• The Bruins won the both County and Region Championships during the 2005-2006 year.
• The Bruins were State semi-finalists, losing to eventual state champions La Plata.
• The Bruins ended Hammond's 31 match win streak with a 33-31 win at Bowie Duals.
• The Bruins set the team win record with 20 wins in 2005-2006. Their season record was 20-2, with losses to Old Mill and La Plata.

[edit] Golf

• The Bruins won the 2006 District championchip defeating Severna Park.

[edit] Tennis

• The Bruins won the county championship during the 2006 season and sent 7 of their 9 teams to play in the Regional Event.

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Ice Hockey at Broadneck is an unsanctioned varsity sport. It consists of only a varsity team and a practice squad. It is in its sixth year of existence, and is looking to find a home at the new Brigade Complex at the Naval Academy. The team finished 5-6 for the 06-07 season

[edit] Marching band

The marching band is known as the "Marching Bruins."

[edit] Achievements

• The band won the Chapter IX Champions in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.
• The band placed in the top ten at ACC's in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

[edit] Direction

The band is directed by Mr. Matthew Heist and Mrs. Sandra Balderson.

[edit] Cross country

• The Lady Bruins won the Maryland State Championships during the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 school year.
• The boys won the Maryland State Championships during the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years.

[edit] Sailing Team

• The Broadneck Sailing Team offers an opportunity for students to sail competitively against other schools in the county and state, as well as the region.
• This team consists of a Varsity and JV team. There is also a program where students new to the sport can learn how to sail, in the Novice/Beginner program.
• This team practices in the Severn River, right off of Annapolis.
• The Broadneck Sailing Team is not yet sanctioned.
• The Sailing Team was the Central League champion for fall 2006.

[edit] Soccer

The 2005 Bruin Soccer team made it to the State Championship winning the County and Region Championship on their way.

[edit] Swimming

In the inaugural year of Anne Arundel County Swimming, Broadneck placed 3rd in the County and Region 4A Championships. The Bruins placed 8th and the Lady Bruins placed 6th at the State Championships.

[edit] Bruin mascot

Bruin Pride is supported by the school's bruin mascot, an honorary position that traditionally passed down by a senior in each graduating class.

[edit] Clubs

Clubs at Broadneck High School include:

• FBLA/DECA
• Latin Club
• Strategic Gaming Club
• It's Academic
• Robotics Club
• Outdoor Science Club
• Key Club
• SADD
• Foreign Language Club
• SGA
• Math Team – In the 2006-2007 school year, the team took 3rd place in the annual High School Mathematics Competition sponsored by Anne Arundel Community College.[6]
• National Honors Society
• Interact Club
• Tri-M Music Honor Society
• Dance Company
• Art Club
• Gay-Straight Alliance
• Craft Club
• Anime Club

[edit] Trivia

• In 2002, after drugs were found by police in student vehicles in the Chestnut Tree Drive parking lot, the school was mentioned on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in a joke linking the school's high SAT test scores to drug use.^{[citation needed]}
• In 2003, students Andrew Ascione, David Bennett, and Aaron Schulman won top team project at the prestigious Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for their project "BEACON: Analytical Instrumentation Software for Identifying Fluorescent Oligonucleotides Used in Encoded Microbeads" [7]
• In 2006, Danna Thomas won third place at the prestigious Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her project "Cell Survival, Genomic Instability, and Bystander Effect Induced by Ionizing Radiation"
• In 2007, Danna Thomas was recognized as a semi-finalist in the United States in the prestigious INTEL Science Talent Search, also nicknamed the "Junior Nobel Prize"
• Broadneck High School is the test school for the classes of Linear Algebra and Calculus III in Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

[edit] See Also

• Anne Arundel County Public Schools

[edit] External links

• Broadneck High School
• Anne Arundel County Public Schools
• FBLA

[edit] References

• Matthews, Jay. The Complete List of the 1,000 Top US Schools - Newsweeks America's Best High Schools. 10 March 2007 [8].
• Matthews, Jay. The Complete List: 1,200 Top US Schools - Newsweeks America's Best High Schools. 10 March 2007 [9].
• Matthews, Jay. FAQ: Top High Schools - Newsweek America's Best High Schools. 10 March 2007 [10].
• Anne Arundel: Advanced Programs Available in High School. 10 March 2007 [11].
• Hudson, Lucinda. Principal's Corner. What's Bruin. Issue 7 (2007): 2. [12].
• Hayes, Kathy E. February 12, 2007 Results. 10 March 2007 [13].