Bowie High School is a public high school in Bowie, Maryland

Bowie, Maryland

Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...

. It is part of Prince George's County Public Schools

Prince George's County Public Schools

The Prince George's County Public Schools system is a large school district administered by the government of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States and is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education...

.

Academics

Bowie High School has the second highest student SAT

SAT

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 average in Prince George's County, and is rated second on The Washington Post's

The Washington Post

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 Advanced Placement Challenge Index

Challenge Index

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. Bowie High School is also affiliated with FIRST Robotics, having competed 4 years. In 2010, they unfairly won the "Best Rookie Team award" because they were not rookies, they had competed before. Bowie High is also among the top 5 percent of U.S. high schools for AP

Advanced Placement Program

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 participation.

Notable alumni

• Alessandro Battilocchio
  Alessandro Battilocchio
  Alessandro Battilocchio is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliamentfor Central with the Socialist Party New PSI , which has apparently not joined the...
  
  , Italian politician
• Michael Beasley
  Michael Beasley
  Michael Paul Beasley, Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . He plays both forward positions, and shoots his jump shot left-handed, though he is also ambidextrous...
  
  , NBA basketball player
• Eva Cassidy
  Eva Cassidy
  Eva Marie Cassidy was an American vocalist known for her interpretations of jazz, blues, folk, gospel, country and pop classics. In 1992 she released her first album, The Other Side, a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown, followed by a live solo album, Live at Blues Alley in 1996...
  
  , vocalist and musician
• JC Chasez, singer-songwriter
• Kathie Lee Gifford
  Kathie Lee Gifford
  Kathie Lee Gifford is an American television host, singer, songwriter and actress, best known for her 15-year run on the talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin...
  
  , entertainer
• Todd
  Todd Hicks
  Todd Hicks was an American soccer left back who played in the National Professional Soccer League, USISL and USL Second Division. He coaches youth soccer. And currently lives in Hanover, PA...
  
   and Andy Hicks, Pro soccer players
• Paul Reed Smith
  Paul Reed Smith
  Paul Reed Smith , is a luthier and the founder and owner of PRS Guitars.Smith is originally from Bowie, Maryland. He made his first guitar while at St. Mary's College of Maryland, and continued to build guitars after he finished college, making them one at a time, one a month...
  
  , owner of PRS Guitars.
• Erik Imler
  Erik Imler
  Erik Bradley Imler is a former soccer defender from the United States. He won national championships while playing at the University of Virginia before becoming part of the US team that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.-Youth and college:Imler grew up in Maryland, attending Bowie...
  
  , Olympic and Pro soccer player
• Mark Jonas
  Mark Jonas
  Mark Jonas is an American soccer midfielder who had a twelve year professional career in the U.S. indoor and lower division outdoor leagues. He earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1991....
  
  , Pro soccer player
• John Kaleo
  John Kaleo
  John Kaleo is a retired American football quarterback in the Arena Football League for the Albany Firebirds , Cleveland Thunderbolts , St...
  
  , Arena Football League quarterback
• Brad Schumacher
  Brad Schumacher
  Bradley Darrell Schumacher is a two-time, two-sport Olympian from the United States. He was part of two gold medal swimming relay teams at the 1996 Olympics...
  
  , Olympic gold-medal swimmer and water polo Olympian

External links

• Bowie High School website