Walt Whitman High School | |
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Address | |
7100 Whittier Boulevard , 20817 United States | |
Coordinates | 38°58′53″N77°07′33″W / 38.981447°N 77.12574°W |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | 1962 |
School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |
NCES District ID | 2400480 [1] |
CEEB code | 210271 |
NCES School ID | 240048000941 [2] |
Principal | Robert Dodd |
Teaching staff | 116.80 FTE (2021-22) [2] |
Grades | 9–12 [2] |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrollment | 2,018 (2022-23) [2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 17.28 (2022-23) [2] |
Campus type | Small city [2] |
Color(s) | Black, white, and Columbia blue |
Mascot | Vikings |
USNWR ranking | 104 (2021) [3] |
Newspaper | The Black & White |
Yearbook | Saga |
Website | www |
Walt Whitman High School is a public high school located in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. It is named after the 19th-century American poet Walt Whitman. The school serves grades 9-12 for the Montgomery County Public Schools system.
The school opened in the fall of 1962 with 1,418 students. Designed by local architectural firm McLeod, Ferrara & Ensign, it was built on 17 levels, with a central courtyard and a geodesic dome for its gymnasium. A Ford Foundation grant underwrote the design and construction of the dome. [4] [5]
In 1981, the school added a 1,176-seat auditorium. In 1992, the school demolished the geodesic dome and all other buildings except the auditorium, and constructed a new school building, which opened in the fall of 1993. [6] [7]
In 2021, the school completed a 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) addition, including 18 new classrooms, which opened with the start of the 2021-22 school year. [8]
The school has an active FIRST Robotics Competition team. [9]
The Black & White is the school's student-run newspaper. The National Scholastic Press Association Hall of Fame inducted the paper in 1991. [10] Whitman is also notable for having the country's only student-run psychology journal. The journal circulates to over 1,000 psych teachers around the country. [11]
Whitman fields sports teams in the fall, winter, and spring. The school competes as the Vikings and is part of Montgomery County public school sports. [12] The football field is named after long-time principal Jerome Marco. [13]
The school has won 11 soccer state championships, including two back-to-back titles in 2018-2019. [14] In 2021, the girls' soccer team won the state championship. [15]
In 2006, the boys' basketball team defeated Eleanor Roosevelt 39-38 to win the school's only state title. [16] That season, Whitman leading scorer Michael Gruner was named co-gazette player of the year alongside NBA superstar Kevin Durant. [17]
The boys' tennis team has also won state titles in 2009, 2014, and 2019. [18]
The girls' basketball team won the state title in 2016, their second overall. [19]
The school also has a rowing crew team that has made honorable wins in Regattas.
Whitman maintains rivalries with many of its neighboring schools. Its fiercest rival is Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, [20] but Whitman is also rivals with Churchill and Walter Johnson. [21] [22]
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