Century High School (Sykesville, Maryland)
Century High School is located in Eldersburg, Maryland, United States, within the Carroll County Public School District. The school was built in 2000–2001 on 65 acres (260,000 m2) of land and cost $21.2 million to complete. The building is 204,161 square feet (18,967.2 m2) in size.[2]
| Century High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
355 Ronsdale Road , 21784 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°25′32″N 76°59′30″W / 39.42556°N 76.99167°WCoordinates: 39°25′32″N 76°59′30″W / 39.42556°N 76.99167°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public Secondary |
| Established | 2001 |
| School district | Carroll County Public Schools |
| Category | Public School |
| Principal | Brian Booz |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1132 students[1] |
| Campus | 67.8 acres (274,000 m2)[2] |
| Color(s) | Emerald green, gold, black and white |
| Mascot | Knights |
| National ranking | National Blue Ribbon School[3] |
| Website | www |
Century High School Sign | |
The school's colors are emerald green, gold, black, and white, and the mascot is a knight, chosen by the original principal, Dave Booz.
History
With the rapid growth of southern Carroll County, a new high school was required to alleviate overcrowding at the nearby Liberty High School and South Carroll High School.[citation needed]
Academic Team
Century High School currently[when?] has an academic team and regularly participates in the local TV show, It's Academic.
Drama
The drama club at Century High School performed Beauty and the Beast as their 2007 musical, the first school in the county to do so. In the past, they have done The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, The Diary of Anne Frank, Annie, The Mouse That Roared, Winnie the Pooh, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Romeo and Juliet, It's A Wonderful Life, Cinderella, Little Women, Treasure Island, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Newsies, and White Christmas. In 2016, Century placed 2nd in the state at the International Thespian Society's Maryland State Festival with their performance of The Miracle Worker. CHS was the first school in Carroll County to have an outdoor theater for the school's Rude Mechanicals to perform on. The Rude Mechanicals is an acting troupe, named after the clowns in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. They perform Shakespeare skits both at Century and throughout the community.
Athletics
State Championships
- 2002 - Girls Soccer, Class 2A[4]
- 2003 - Girls Soccer, Class 2A
- 2003 - Boys Soccer[5]
- 2004 - Girls Lacrosse[citation needed]
- 2006 - Girls Lacrosse[citation needed]
- 2007 - Girls Lacrosse[citation needed]
- 2009 - Girls Lacrosse[citation needed]
- 2009 - Girls Cross Country, Class 2A [6]
- 2010 - Girls Indoor Track[citation needed]
- 2010 - Girls Lacrosse[citation needed]
- 2010 - Girls Cross Country[citation needed]
- 2011 - Volleyball
- 2011 - Girls Indoor Track[citation needed]
- 2011 - Boys Indoor Track[citation needed]
- 2011 - Girls Cross Country[citation needed]
- 2012 - Boys Indoor Track[citation needed]
- 2013 - Boys Outdoor Track[citation needed]
- 2013 - Girls Soccer, Class 2A[citation needed]
- 2013 - Field Hockey[citation needed]
- 2015 - Boys Outdoor Track[citation needed]
- 2015 - Girls Lacrosse[citation needed]
- 2017 - Boys Indoor Track
- 2017 - Boys Outdoor Track[citation needed]
- 2017 - Girls Lacrosse
- 2018 - Boys Indoor Track
- 2018 - Baseball[citation needed]
- 2019 - Volleyball
- 2019 - Boys Soccer[citation needed]
- 2021- Girls Lacrosse
- 2022- Girls Soccer
Students
References
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b . Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ MPSSAA Girls Soccer March 8, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Century High website September 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://www.mpssaa.org/assets/1/6/Fall_record_book_Record_Book.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ Maryland State Department of Education[dead link]
- ^ (PDF). www.carrollk12.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
External links
- Official website