Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School
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Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School (#510) is a secondary public school located in Rockville
(Montgomery County
), Maryland
.
Magruder is named for Colonel Zadok Magruder
, a Revolutionary War patriot and farmer. He was colonel in command of part of the Maryland militia and helped establish Montgomery County's government in 1776. The school is called simply "Magruder" by its students.
The school first opened in 1970 at 149533 sq ft (13,892 m²), with 8th, 9th and 10th graders. In 1971, the same student body became 9th, 10th and 11th graders. The first graduating class was the Class of 1973 and numbered approximately 300.
Major additions were added in 1974 (69000 sq ft (6,410.3 m²)), 1994 (47151 sq ft (4,380 m²)), and 2000 (31178 sq ft (2,897 m²) of additions, 10519 sq ft (977 m²) of renovation of the 1994 addition, and demolition of 1384 sq ft (129 m²) of the 1994 addition). The building now totals 295478 sq ft (27,451 m²).
Magruder has an International Studies Partnership with Hage Geingob High School in Windhoek, Namibia.
Learning Academies:
Students who opt for one of these programs will focus on that field and be better prepared for a career
in that area.
, good citizenship and responsibility in students who may or may not choose a military
career. Included in its programs are a drill team
, color guard
, academic/leadership teams and a raider team. In addition, in 2006, the Magruder JROTC program was awarded the title "Honor Unit with Distinction", the highest honor a JROTC unit can earn. MSG Jackson is the AI.
, mathematics
, and test-taking skills. also, it does not help at all.
In 2010, Magruder was listed in Newsweek
magazine as the 481st highest-rated school in the country.
The 2010 graduation rate at Magruder High School was 90.5%.
Magruder features, alongside the National Honors Society, societies in:
As well as the engineering academy "Project Lead the Way".
Magruder offers a wide range of courses from regular to honors to AP classes. The percentage of students receiving a 3 or higher on the AP College Board exams is high and is above average compared to the rest of the state and the nation. SAT scores among students are also above average.
In the 2010 graduating class, 80.1% of students expected to go to college or training, 14.5% to college and employment, 1.6% directly to employment, and 2.2% to the military. Graduating classes from Magruder High School accumulate over $5 million in scholarships each year.
Although Magruder has not produced a state title in Women's Volleyball, it has created one of the top volleyball programs in the state under head coach Scott Zanni, often ranking in the Washington Post Top 10 and the Montgomery County Gazette Top 5.
The Boy's Varsity Soccer Team has also been a consistent Top Ranker in the DC Metro Area as well as Nationally.
Rockville, Maryland
Rockville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a major incorporated city in the central part of Montgomery County and forms part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The 2010 U.S...
(Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...
), Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
.
Magruder is named for Colonel Zadok Magruder
Zadok Magruder
Colonel Zadok Magruder was a farmer and Revolutionary War patriot.Magruder was a dedicated worker in the resistance against England, as were many in the Magruder family...
, a Revolutionary War patriot and farmer. He was colonel in command of part of the Maryland militia and helped establish Montgomery County's government in 1776. The school is called simply "Magruder" by its students.
The school first opened in 1970 at 149533 sq ft (13,892 m²), with 8th, 9th and 10th graders. In 1971, the same student body became 9th, 10th and 11th graders. The first graduating class was the Class of 1973 and numbered approximately 300.
Major additions were added in 1974 (69000 sq ft (6,410.3 m²)), 1994 (47151 sq ft (4,380 m²)), and 2000 (31178 sq ft (2,897 m²) of additions, 10519 sq ft (977 m²) of renovation of the 1994 addition, and demolition of 1384 sq ft (129 m²) of the 1994 addition). The building now totals 295478 sq ft (27,451 m²).
Magruder has an International Studies Partnership with Hage Geingob High School in Windhoek, Namibia.
Academics
The school hosts many innovative programs:Learning Academies:
- LeadershipLeadershipLeadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Other in-depth definitions of leadership have also emerged.-Theories:...
- Arts & Humanities
- EducationEducationEducation in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
- FinanceFinance"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
- EngineeringEngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
- ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
Students who opt for one of these programs will focus on that field and be better prepared for a career
Career
Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person's "course or progress through life ". It is usually considered to pertain to remunerative work ....
in that area.
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
The JROTC program at Magruder instills leadershipLeadership
Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Other in-depth definitions of leadership have also emerged.-Theories:...
, good citizenship and responsibility in students who may or may not choose a military
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
career. Included in its programs are a drill team
Drill team
A drill team can be one of four different entities:# A Military Drill Team is marching unit that performs routines based on military drill. Military drill teams perform either armed or unarmed....
, color guard
Color guard
In the military of the United States and other militaries, the color guard carries the National Color and other flags appropriate to its position in the chain of command. Typically these include a unit flag and a departmental flag...
, academic/leadership teams and a raider team. In addition, in 2006, the Magruder JROTC program was awarded the title "Honor Unit with Distinction", the highest honor a JROTC unit can earn. MSG Jackson is the AI.
George B. Thomas, Sr. Learning Academy Saturday School
The GBTLA Saturday School started at Magruder in the 2005-2006 school year. The goal of the program is for the students to attain grade level proficiency in reading, language artsLanguage arts
Traditionally, the primary divisions in the language arts are Literature and Language, where language in this case refers to both linguistics, and specific languages....
, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, and test-taking skills. also, it does not help at all.
Students
In the 2008-2009 school year, the 1,971 students at Magruder were 43.4% white, 19.4% African American, 23.0% Hispanic, 14.0% Asian, and 0.3% Native American.In 2010, Magruder was listed in Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
magazine as the 481st highest-rated school in the country.
The 2010 graduation rate at Magruder High School was 90.5%.
Magruder features, alongside the National Honors Society, societies in:
- ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
- FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
- SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
- Math
- MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
As well as the engineering academy "Project Lead the Way".
Magruder offers a wide range of courses from regular to honors to AP classes. The percentage of students receiving a 3 or higher on the AP College Board exams is high and is above average compared to the rest of the state and the nation. SAT scores among students are also above average.
In the 2010 graduating class, 80.1% of students expected to go to college or training, 14.5% to college and employment, 1.6% directly to employment, and 2.2% to the military. Graduating classes from Magruder High School accumulate over $5 million in scholarships each year.
Athletics
Magruder High School Athletics is one of many storied programs within Montgomery County, MD. As attested by the number of Regional & State Champions it has produced, Magruder has become a part of the top echelon of elites in the entire state. The school continues to be a powerhouse in Women's Volleyball, Men's Soccer, as well as Field Hockey and Men's Ice Hockey. In previous years, the Magruder Men's Basketball team was also a top-notch competitor. In more recent years, however, the team has not had the same level of success as it had in previous years.- 1972 Maryland Golf State Champions
- 1973 Maryland Golf State Champions
- 1984 Maryland Women's Field Hockey State Champions
- 1984 Maryland B Football State Champions
- 1986 Maryland A Football State Champions
- 1987 Maryland Women's Indoor Track State Champions
- 1987 Maryland 2A Football State Champions
- 1990 Maryland 4A Women's Field Hockey State Champions
- 1990 Maryland 4A West Team Wrestling Regional Champions
- 1996 Maryland 4A Women's Field Hockey State Champions
- 1997 Maryland 4A Co-Ed Curling Universal Champions
- 1997 Maryland Poms State Champions
- 1998 Maryland Poms State Champions
- 1998 Wrestling State Champion Tony Howard - 140 lbs
- 1998 Maryland 4A Women's Field Hockey Regional Champions
- 1999 Wrestling State Champions
- 2001 Maryland 4A Basketball State Champions
- 2001 Maryland 4A Men's Soccer State Champions
- 2002 Maryland Poms State Champions
- 2003 Maryland 4A Men's Basketball Regional Champions
- 2004 Maryland 4A West Region Women's Volleyball Champions and State Finalists
- 2005 Wrestling State Champion Zach Tolbert - 112 lbs
- 2005 Wrestling State Champion Cam Watkins - 135 lbs
- 2005 Wrestling State Champion John Holloway - 189 lbs
- 2005 Maryland Poms State Champions
- 2005 Maryland 3A/4A State Wrestling Championship Finalists
- 2005 Maryland 4A West Region Men's Soccer Champions
- 2006 Men's Varsity Soccer Team finished regular season undefeated
- 2006 Women's Varsity Volleyball Team finished regular season undefeated
- 2005 Montgomery County Division III Women's Cross Country Champions
- 2006 Wrestling State Champion John Holloway - 215 lbs
- 2006 Maryland Poms State Champions
- 2006 All Gazette Swimming Second Team - Ben Mechak, Matt Thomas
- 2006 Swimming County Champion - Ben Mechak (100 back)
- 2007 Maryland 4A Men's Basketball Regional Champions and State Finalists
- 2007 Battle O' Baltimore finalist
- 2007 All Gazette Soccer First Team - Michael Lansing, Justin Lee, Alex Lee, Draymond Washington
- 2007 Maryland 4A Men's Soccer Regional and State Champions going undefeated at 19-0 and was ranked in the Top 10 in the nation.
- 2007 All Gazette Swimming Second Team - Ben Mechak
- 2007 Swimming Coach of the Year - Amy Weiss
- 2007 All Gazette Basketball First Team - Donald Robinson (G)
- 2008 Maryland 4A Men's 13 IQ Soccer Regional Champions and State Semi-Finalists with 11-3-4 record.
- 2008 Maryland 4A West Women's Volleyball Regional Champions
- 2008 Maryland 4A West Team Wresting Regional Champions
- 2008 Girls Swimming and Diving Division II Champions
- 2008 Women's Metros Diving Champion Brittany Powell
- 2008 All Gazette Basketball First Team - Stefan Fiels (F)
- 2009 Women's Metros Diving Champion Brittany Powell
- 2009 All Gazette First Team Diver Brittany Powell
- 2009 All-Gazette Volleyball Player of the Year/All Met First Team - Michelle Fowle (OH)
- 2009 Volleyball Coach of the Year - Scott Zanni
- 2009 All Gazette Ice Hockey First Team - Jon Freel (F)
- 2009 All Gazette Field Hockey First Team - Colleen Harwood (F)
- 2010 Wrestling State Champion Parke Overmiller- 119 lbs
- 2010 Girls Swimming and Diving Division III Champions
- 2010 County Swimming Champion - Josh Heller (50 free)
- 2010 Maryland 4A West Field Hockey Regional Champions
- 2010 Maryland 4A West Boy's Soccer Regional Champions
- 2010 Maryland 4A Boy's Soccer State Champions
- 2010 All Gazette Field Hockey Player of the Year - Colleen Harwood (F)
Although Magruder has not produced a state title in Women's Volleyball, it has created one of the top volleyball programs in the state under head coach Scott Zanni, often ranking in the Washington Post Top 10 and the Montgomery County Gazette Top 5.
- 2004 4A State Finalists (22-3 Record), ranked #4 by the Washington Post.
- 2009 4A State Finalists (24-1 Record), ranked #7 by the Washington Post, #1 by the Gazette.
- 2008 4A State Semifinalists (22-2 Record), ranked #5 by the Washington Post, #2 by the Gazette.
- 4A West Region Champions 2004, 2008, & 2009.
- The Women's Volleyball team won 8 county titles in 9 years from 2001-2009 (none in 2002).
- The Women's Volleyball team has won 7 Magruder Invitational titles with 5 consecutive titles in 2006-2010 in the tournament's 13 year history.
- The team boasts a 219-41 record (as of November 15, 2010) composing of the past 11 seasons with 20 or more wins in the last seven seasons (2003–2009).
- The 2006 and 2009 teams finished the regular season undefeated at 20-0 and 23-0, respectively.
- The Women's Volleyball team has been ranked in the Washington Post's Top 10 in the past 7 of 8 seasons.
The Boy's Varsity Soccer Team has also been a consistent Top Ranker in the DC Metro Area as well as Nationally.
- 2010 4A State Champions, finishing with a 16-1-2 record. Ranked 7th in the DC Metro Area.
- In 2007, the Boy's Soccer Team went undefeated at 19-0 and won the 4A West Region Championship as well as the Maryland Class 4A State Title. It was in the same season that Magruder was ranked 7th nationally, and 1st in the DC Metro Area.
- In 2001, the Boy's Soccer Team won its first Class 4A State Title
- The Boy's Soccer Team suffered its first losing season in over a decade in Fall 2009.
- The Boy's Soccer Team has hosted and won the Doug Abel Tournament several times.
- Several players from Magruder continue to play at the NCAA Division I level.
Notable alumni
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, NBC4 sports anchor - Scott Foster, NBA referee
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