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River Hill High School

River Hill High School

Public high school in Clarksville, Maryland, United States

River Hill High School is a public high school in Clarksville, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Howard County Public School System.

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River Hill High School was awarded a "gold medal" by U.S. News & World Report.[1] It was recognized by BusinessWeek as having the "Best Overall Academic Performance" in Maryland.[2] It was also ranked 4th of 225 High Schools in the State of Maryland as of 2018.[3]

It was rated the 165th best school in the nation by US News in 2013.[4]

Students

River Hill High School opened in 1996. The school population peaked in 2002 with 1,755 students, but has steadily decreased with the opening of several other local high schools in Howard County to ease the population strain on existing schools.

Student population[5]
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Principals

  • Scott Pfeifer 1996-2004
  • Bill Ryan 2004-2010
  • Nick Novak 2010–2015
  • Kathryn McKinley 2015–2020
  • Mikaela Lidgard 2020–2023
  • Robert Motley 2023-present

Awards

River Hill was named by the U.S. Department of Education a National Blue Ribbon School in 2007, one of only 40 high schools to receive that honor.[6]

It is the home of Alliance Rocket, co-winners of the SPHERES Challenge 2011 Championship on the International Space Station.[7]

Notable alumni

References and notes

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    MD: Best High Schools Archived 2009-06-15 at the Wayback Machine. USNews.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-06.
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    "Top Maryland High Schools | Best High Schools | US News". www.usnews.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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    "National Rankings Best High Schools". US News. 2012. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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    "No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools Program" (PDF). U.S. Department of Education web site. November 5, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
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    "NASA - Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites-Zero-Robotics". Nasa.gov. December 6, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
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    "River Hill safety Beau Brade caps career as Howard County football Defensive Player of the Year". Baltimore Sun. 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
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    "Michael Campanaro: Released off IR". cbssports.com. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
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    "Kevin Johnson, CB for the Cleveland Browns". Nfl.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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    "Donovan Pines - Men's Soccer - University of Maryland Athletics". umterps.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
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    Page, Lane (June 3, 2015). "Brothers, Howard natives, moved to Hollywood to follow their dreams". Baltimore Sun. Howard County Times. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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