Atholton High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Atholton High School
logo =

Motto:"We've Got What It Takes established = 1966
type = Public Secondary| principal = Marcia Leonard
students = 1,376 (2006)
grades = 9–12
address= 6520 Freetown Road
city = Columbia
state = MD
country = USA
district = Howard County Public Schools
campus = dean
colors = Green and White color box|#006633 color box|#FFFFFF
mascot = Raiders
newspaper = Raider Review
website = http://www.howard.k12.md.us/ahs/

Atholton High School is a high school in Columbia, Maryland and is a part of the Howard County public school system. The school opened in 1966 and hosts a JROTC program. [http://www.hcpss.org/files/profile_hs_Atholton.pdf] The mascot is the Raider, and colors are green and white. [http://atholtonboosters.org/]

It features extensive sports facilities, including a large open-air football field. It has a large drama program, with its own dedicated stage, auditorium and related rooms. Over the years it has hosted many programs and talent shows, held outside of school hours and attended by students and parents alike.

The second floor of the main building hosts multiple science labs.

tudents

Atholton's student population has been in flux over the past 15 years. As Howard County's population has grown rapidly in the past 25 years, one can expect that new schools will been built and existing schools populations will continue to grow, then drop as as the students are shifted to the new schools. Atholton is currently a 3A school.

The student population as of 2007 is 0.1% Native American, 15.6% African-American, 13.3% Asian, 67.8% Caucasian, and 3.1% Hispanic. [Maryland Report Card [http://mdreportcard.org/Demographics.aspx?K=130509&WDATA=School#enrollment] ]

Athletics

Atholton has won the following state championships:

* 2007 - Girls' Basketball [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/wintersports/girlsbasketball/Girls%20State%20Basketball%20Champions.pdf] ]
* 2007 - Tennis Mixed Doubles
* 2006 - Boys' Indoor Track 3A-2A [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/wintersports/boysindoortrack/Boys%20Indoor%20Track%20State%20Champions.pdf] ]
* 2005 - Girls' Track & Field [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/springsports/girlstrackandfield/Girls%20Track%20and%20Field%20Champions.pdf] ]
* 2004 - Boys' Soccer - [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/boyssoccer/boys%20soccer%20champs%202007.pdf] ]
* 2002 - Baseball [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/springsports/baseball/Baseball%20State%20Champions.pdf] ]
* 2001 - Girls' Track & Field
* 1998 - Boys' Indoor Track 2A-1A
* 1997 - Boys' Indoor Track 2A-1A
* 1997 - Boys' Track & Field [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/springsports/boystrackandfield/Boys%20Track%20and%20Field%20Champions.pdf] ]
* 1996 - Boys' Track & Field
* 1995 - Boys' Indoor Track 2A-1A
* 1995 - Tennis Mixed Doubles [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/springsports/boystennis/Mixed%20Doubles%20State%20Champions.pdf] ]
* 1990 - Boys' Soccer
* 1989 - Girls' Volleyball [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/volleyball/state%20champs%20after%202007.pdf] ]
* 1989 - Boys' Cross Country [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/boysxcountry/State%20Champions.pdf] ]
* 1989 - Girls' Cross Country [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/assets/fallsports/girlsxcountry/State%20Champions.pdf] ]
* 1988 - Girls' Volleyball
* 1988 - Girls' Cross Country
* 1987 - Girls' Cross Country
* 1967 - Boys' Cross Country

Notable Alumni

* Greg Hawkes, singer for The Cars
* Allan Kittleman, Maryland State Senator

References and notes

External links

* [http://www2.hcpss.org/ahs/ Website]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=atholton+high+school&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.424342,77.167969&ie=UTF8&ll=39.189525,-76.880929&spn=0.006079,0.00942&t=h&z=17&om=1 Image on Google Maps]