Manchester Valley High School
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Manchester Valley High School is a high school located in Manchester
Manchester, Maryland
Manchester, Maryland, is a small incorporated town in Northeastern Carroll County, Maryland located on the Eastern coast of the United States of America just South of the Pennsylvania State line and North of Baltimore, Maryland...

, Carroll County
Carroll County, Maryland
Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 167,134. It was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton , signer of the American Declaration of Independence. Its county seat is Westminster....

, 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...

 on the eastern coast of the United States of America.

Manchester Valley is located at 3300 Maple Grove Road. The school mascot is the Maverick
Wild Horse
The wild horse is a species of the genus Equus, which includes as subspecies the domesticated horse as well as the undomesticated Tarpan and Przewalski's Horse. The Tarpan became extinct in the 19th century, and Przewalski's Horse was saved from the brink of extinction and reintroduced...

, and the school colors are Navy Blue and Silver. The school is a part of the Carroll County Public Schools
Carroll County Public Schools (Maryland)
Carroll County Public Schools is a school district based in Westminster, Maryland.CCPS is the ninth largest in the state of Maryland. More than 27,000 students are enrolled in the county's public schools....

 system. The principal is Randy J. Clark.

History

Manchester Valley High School was designed by Grimm and Parker Architects and opened for students in August 2009 relieving overcrowding at nearby North Carroll High School
North Carroll High School
North Carroll High is a high school located in Hampstead, Maryland, in Carroll County.North Carroll is located at 1400 Panther Drive. The school mascot is a panther, and the school colors are red, white, and black. The school is a part of the Carroll County Public Schools system...

 in Hampstead, Maryland
Hampstead, Maryland
Hampstead is a town in Carroll County in the U.S. state of Maryland. The population was 5,060 at the 2000 census. Hampstead School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.-Geography:Hampstead is located at ....

. North Carroll had approximately 1,600 students however the building was designed with a student capacity of 1,339. Manchester Valley accepted around 800 students from North Carroll, bringing their student population down to about 60 percent. A new school community boundary was created to decide how to split students from North Carroll to Manchester Valley. The school was designed to have a student capacity of 1,294 pupils for grades 9 through 12. In its first year of operations the school only accepted students in grades 9 though 11 allowing seniors to graduate with their peers at North Carroll High School. Its first graduating class was on June 1, 2011. The schools first principal is Randy Clark who served as principal at Francis Scott Key High School
Francis Scott Key High School
Francis Scott Key High School is a four-year public high school in Union Bridge in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The school is located near the west-central section of Carroll County.-About the School:...

 in Union Bridge, Maryland
Union Bridge, Maryland
Union Bridge is a town in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The population was 989 at the 2000 census.Much of the town was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Union Bridge Historic District in 1994.-Geography:...

 before being selected for the job.

The school's mascot, the Maverick, a wild horse, was licensed from Mercy College
Mercy College (New York)
Mercy College is a private, non-profit liberal arts college with its main campus in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and satellite locations throughout southeastern New York, including the Bronx, Manhattan, White Plains and Yorktown...

 in Dobbs Ferry, New York
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Dobbs Ferry is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 10,875 at the 2010 census.The Village of Dobbs Ferry is located in, and is a part of, the town of Greenburgh...

. Manchester Valley uses the structured academy model that is already in use at Century High School
Century High School (Sykesville, Maryland)
Century High School is located in Eldersburg, Maryland within the Carroll County Public School District. The school was built in 2000/2001 on of land and cost $30 million to complete. The building is in size....

 in Sykesville, Maryland
Sykesville, Maryland
Sykesville is a town in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,197 at the 2000 census.-History:The land on which Sykesville sits started out as part of a Springfield Estate, owned by wealthy Baltimore shipbuilder William Patterson...

 and Winters Mill High School
Winters Mill High School
Winters Mill High School is the newest high school in Westminster, Maryland, United States, and it opened in August 2002.Winters Mill High School is in the Carroll County Public Schools system. It is an academy high school designed for a functional capacity of 1,200 students...

 in Westminster, Maryland
Westminster, Maryland
Westminster is a city in northern Maryland, United States. It is the seat of Carroll County. The city's population was 18,590 at the 2010 census. Westminster is an outlying community within the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA, which is part of a greater Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV...

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Fall Sports
  • Varsity Football Boys
  • 9th Grade Football
  • Varsity Boys Soccer
  • JV Boys Soccer
  • Varsity Girls Soccer
  • JV Girls Soccer
  • Varsity Cheer leading
  • Varsity Volleyball
  • JV Volleyball
  • Varsity Field Hockey
  • JV Field Hockey
  • Girls Cross Country
  • Boys Cross Country
  • Golf

Winter Sports
  • Varsity Boys Basketball
  • JV Boys Basketball
  • 9th Grade Boys Basketball
  • Varsity Girls Basketball
  • JV Girls Basketball
  • 9th Grade Girls Basketball
  • Wrestling
  • Varsity Cheer Leading
  • Indoor Track

Spring Sports
  • Varsity Boys Baseball
  • JV Boys Baseball
  • Varsity Girls Softball
  • JV Girls Softball
  • Varsity Girls Lacrosse
  • JV Girls Lacrosse
  • Asst. Girls Lacrosse
  • Varsity Boys Lacrosse
  • JV Boys Lacrosse
  • Asst. Boys Lacrosse
  • Girls Tennis
  • Boys Tennis
  • Girls Track & Field
  • Boys Track & Field
  • Asst. Track & Field


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