Albert Einstein High School

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Albert Einstein High School
Einstein High School main entrance Kensington MD MCPS 2023-04-23 17-46-07.jpg
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Albert Einstein High School
11135 Newport Mill Road

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United States
Coordinates 39°02′22″N77°04′02″W / 39.0395°N 77.0672°W / 39.0395; -77.0672
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Type Public high school
Motto"The Place to Be"
Established1962;62 years ago (1962)
School district Montgomery County Public Schools
NCES School ID 240048000773 [1]
PrincipalMark Brown Jr. [2]
Teaching staff131 FTE (2022-23) [1]
Grades9–12
Gender Co-educational
Enrollment2,012 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.36 (2022-23) [1]
Campus Suburban
Color(s)Red, Columbia blue, and white
   
MascotTitans
NewspaperThe Nucleus
Website www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/einsteinhs

Albert Einstein High School (AEHS) is a four-year public high school in Kensington, Maryland, United States. It first opened in 1962 and is named after the German-born physicist Albert Einstein. [3] It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system.

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Academic programs

As a part of the Downcounty Consortium, Einstein offers five "academies", which are academic programs that concentrate in specific fields. These include the Academy of Finance, Business, and Marketing; the International Baccalaureate Program; the Visual and Performing Arts Academy; the Renaissance Academy; and recently the Teacher's Academy. It is also home to Montgomery County's Visual Art Center. [4]

Einstein is home to an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program, which approaches education from a global perspective and allows students to take high-level classes in pursuit of a specialized diploma. [5]

Notable alumni

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