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Allegany High School

For other schools with a similar name, see Alleghany High School (disambiguation) and Allegheny High School (disambiguation).

Allegany High School is a public high school in Cumberland, Maryland, United States. It is part of Allegany County Public Schools. Allegany High School was built as Allegany County High School in 1887, hence it is often referred to as 'Alco'.

Allegany High School
Address
Map
900 Seton Drive

Cumberland
,
Maryland
21502

United States
Coordinates39°39′19″N 78°47′43″W / 39.65528°N 78.79528°W / 39.65528; -78.79528
Information
Other nameAlco
Former nameAllegany County High School
TypePublic high school
Established1887
School boardAllegany County Board of Education
School districtAllegany County Public Schools
OversightMaryland State Department of Education
SuperintendentJeffrey S. Blank
PrincipalHeidi Laupert
Faculty43.3 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment671 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.5:1[1]
Color(s)   Blue and white
MascotCamper
NicknameCampers
Feeder schoolsBraddock Middle School
Websitewww.acpsmd.org/Domain/359

As of the 2014–2015 school year, the school had an enrollment of 671 students and 43.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.5:1. There were 252 students (37.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 30 (4.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1] Students were 93% white, 5% African-American and 2% Asian.

History

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Allegany High School was initially a secondary education school held in the Maryland Avenue Schoolhouse. The school had many different locations including the building on Greene Street, which was used as a combined middle/high school until the spring of 1926.

The old Allegany High located on Sedgwick Street that served the area for 93 years was demolished May 2022. Construction of the Sedgwick Street school started in 1925 with the doors opening in 1926.[2]

In the fall of 2018 the doors of the brand new Allegany High School located at 900 Seton Drive on the site of the former Sacred Heart Hospital on Haystack Mountain were opened. The new school cost $51 million.[3]

The “Camper” mascot is a source of much confusion. The most widely accepted theory is that Civil War General Lew Wallace and his men began calling the site "Campobello" that during their time here. The word Campobello is derived from Latin, meaning "camp of war".

Athletics

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State championships

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Girls' cross country:

  • 2A Individual 3.0 miles 1991[4]
  • 1A 1997, 1998[4]
  • 1A Individual 3.0 miles 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007[4]

Boys' cross country:

  • Class A Individual 2.5 miles 1969[4]
  • Class A 1970[4]
  • 2A 1993[4]
  • 2A Individual 3.0 miles 1995, 1996[4]
  • 1A Individual 3.0 miles 2002, 2010[4]

Football:

  • Class B 1978, 1980, 1983[4]
  • 2A 1988, 1989, 1991[4]
  • 1A 2001[4]
  • 1AW 2005[4]

Girls' basketball:

  • Mildred Haney Murray Sportsmanship Award 1999[5]
  • 1A 2000[5]

Boys' basketball:

  • Pre-MPSSAA 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937 [5]
  • Class A 1947, 1950, 1954, 1963[5]
  • Class AA 1964[5]
  • Class B 1993[5]
  • Jack Willard Sportsmanship Award 1993[5]

Baseball:

  • 2A 1989, 1990[6]

Softball:

  • 1A 1999, 2010[6]

Extracurricular activities

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The 'Alco White' mock trial team is one of the many organizations in the school. In the 2005–2006 season, the team won the circuit and the regional championships, advancing to the Maryland state Mock Trial Final Four competition in April 2006. The 2006–2007 team lost in the finals to Severn School. The 2007–08 team advanced to the semi-finals, but were defeated by Severna Park. The 2008-2009 team won the Maryland State Mock Trial Championship, the program's first state title after making it to the final four in the previous three competitions.[7]

The Allegany marching band was under the direction of Larry T. Jackson, and is a part of the Tournament of Bands circuit, which covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and Virginia. The band had a chapter championships winning streak of 17 years and has finished in the top 10 at the Atlantic Coast Championships for the past 19 seasons. The team finished in second place in 2015 ("For Whom the Bell Tolls" with a 97.15) and third place finalists in 2016 ("Across the Divide" with a 95.65). They won the Atlantic Coast Championships in November 2021 with "Gravity", a clean sweep - Best Music, Best Percussion, Best Visual and Best Auxiliary - a sweet send-off to Jackson's retirement at the end of the school year. The Marching Band repeated the feat in 2022 and 2023 under the direction of Kenneth Pfromm.

The school also sponsors indoor color guard and indoor percussion groups. The Allegany Visual Ensemble was the 2011 Winter Guard International Pittsburgh Regional Scholastic Regional A Champions.

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d School data for Allegany High, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  2. ^ Larry, Greg (3 May 2022). "Demolition of former Allegany High School underway". The Cumberland Times-News. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  3. ^ "Doors open at Allegany High School's new building". WDVM25 & DCW50 | Washington, DC. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 2019 MPSSAA Fall Record Book
  5. ^ a b c d e f g 2019-20 MPSSAA Winter Record Book
  6. ^ a b 2020 MPSSAA Spring Record Book
  7. ^ Staff. "Mock trial team state champions", Cumberland Times-News, April 28, 2009. Accessed October 16, 2017. "More than 130 public and private schools compete in this activity. This is the fourth year in a row that Allegany has made it to the final four in competition. This is the first state championship for Allegany High School and the third state championship for Allegany County with Bishop Walsh winning in 1990 and Westmar winning in 1991."
  8. ^ "Rod Breedlove". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Allegany High School" (PDF). Ohio State University. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Jim Gaffney Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Frances Hughes Glendening". whilbr.org. Western Maryland Regional Library. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  12. ^ "Aaron Laffey". Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  13. ^ Biography for William H. Macy at IMDb
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