Old Mill High School

Old Mill High School is an American public high school in Millersville, Maryland, United States serving students in grades 9 through 12. It was occupied in 1975 and is administered by Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS). The school was built to alleviate over-crowding at Arundel and Severna Park High Schools. The school has no walls and no roofs in some classrooms, only partitions to separate their classrooms. Along with Annapolis High School and Meade Senior High School, Old Mill Senior High is one of the three IB World Schools in Anne Arundel County. The school building also houses the high school's two feeder schools, Old Mill Middle School North and Old Mill Middle School South. The school mascot is the patriot.

Old Mill High School
Location
600 Patriot Lane
Millersville, Maryland

United States
Coordinates39°7′22″N 76°37′42″W
Information
TypePublic, Secondary
Established1975
School districtAnne Arundel County Public Schools
PrincipalStacey Smith
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,105 (September 2014)[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Red, White, and Blue
MascotPatriot
WebsiteAACPS website, School website

Academics

Old Mill High School is a public, magnet school located in Millersville, MD. It has 2,105 students in grades 9-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 16 to 1. According to state test scores, 92% of students are at least proficient in math and 91% in reading.[2]

Since 1977,[3] Old Mill has been accredited by the Commission on Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association. Newsweek Magazine also ranked Old Mill in their 2007 Top 1300 Public High Schools in the Country List, at #773.[4]

Old Mill High School ranks 106th out of 170 schools in Maryland on School Digger.

International Baccalaureate (IB)

Old Mill High School has been an IB World School since April 2005.[5] It offers the IB Diploma Programme, preceded by the Extended Learning Program (ELP), or more commonly known as Pre-IB.[6] The school offers a variety of standard level (SL) and higher level (HL) courses. The IB program is coordinated in Old Mill by Mrs. Sutherin and Mrs. Romanoski, and Ms. Klimes is the guidance counselor for all the IB students.

Old Mill High School is currently an IB Middle Years Programme candidate school, with the intention being that Old Mill will be 'whole-school' International Baccalaureate eventually. This is in conjunction with the two other IB World Schools currently in place in Anne Arundel County, Annapolis High School and Meade High School.

Other Programs

Extracurricular activities

Students at Old Mill Senior High School are encouraged to participate in extracurricular, community, social and professional development organizations including:

  • Student Government Association
  • Band
  • Chess Club
  • Chorus
  • Dance Company
  • FBLA
  • FHA
  • FLES/FLEX
  • Foreign Language Club
  • Freshman Scholars
  • Gay-Straight Alliance
  • International Thespian Society
  • International ESOL Club
  • It's Academic
  • Junior Statesmen of America
  • Key Club
  • Ladies of Excellence
  • Literary Magazine (Illuminations)
  • Marching Band
  • Math Club
  • Mathematics Engineering and Science Achievement
  • Mock Trial
  • Model United Nations
  • Modern Music Masters Honor Society (Tri-M)
  • Music Program (including color guard flags, concert band, jazz band, marching band, orchestra and stage band)
  • Musical Production
  • National Art Honor Society
  • National Honor Society
  • National Science Honor Society
  • National French Honor Society
  • National Spanish Honor Society
  • S.W.A.N. Club
  • Newspaper (The Patriot Echo)
  • Patriots Achieving Total Success
  • Patriot Players Theatre Company (PPTC)
  • People for Animal Welfare
  • Photography Club
  • Junior Statesmen of America
  • TSA (Technology Student Association)
  • Pom Squad
  • Renaissance
  • Robotics Club
  • Salsa Club
  • Sailing Club
  • Shutter Society
  • Steel Drum Band
  • Video Game Production Club

Athletics

The Old Mill Patriots participate in a variety of interscholastic sports and activities, including:

Notable alumni

School staph infections

In October 2007, Old Mill High School was listed as one of four high schools in Anne Arundel County that had outbreaks of staph infections. 28 cases of the infection have also been reported at Severna Park High School, Glen Burnie High School, and Chesapeake High School.[10]

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References
  1. "OFFICIAL ACTUAL SEPTEMBER 2014 ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENTS" (PDF). Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Planning Office. 5 December 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016.
  2. "Explore Old Mill High School". Niche. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  3. CSS-MSA Status: Old Mill High School Archived October 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Old Mill High". SchoolDigger. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  5. "International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) Old Mill High School". IBO. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  6. "International Baccalaureate Program/Extended Learning Program (ELP) at Anne Arundel County Public Schools". Aacps.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-08. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  7. Mark Ribbing (1998-04-30). "Yurie founder chases dreams". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  8. "The Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building: At A Glance". Eng.umd.edu. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  9. "1994 Gubernatorial Election". MD State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  10. WBAL News
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