Marriotts Ridge High School

Marriotts Ridge High School is a public secondary school located in Marriottsville, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Howard County Public School System. The school was named after the town of Marriottsville, and the height of its location. The pre-opening name of Marriott's Ridge was later changed to Marriotts Ridge.[2] It is known for academic quality, music department, excellent theatre company, and its athletic teams.

Marriotts Ridge High School
Address
12100 Woodford Drive

Marriottsville, MD, 21104

United States
Coordinates39.3218°N 76.9341°W / 39.3218; -76.9341
Information
TypePublic High School
Motto"Exemplifying Excellence In All That We Do"
Established2005
PrincipalTammy Goldeisen
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,472[1]
CampusSuburban/Rural
Color(s)Metallic Silver   and Navy Blue  
MascotMustang
Websitemrhs.hcpss.org

The school is located in northern Howard County on Maryland Route 99, just east of Maryland Route 32, and north of Interstate 70. It is approximately 15 miles west of Baltimore and 25 miles north of Washington, DC. The school was planned to be built on the grounds of the Alpha Ridge Landfill, but a 3–2 council vote in 2002 redirected the building to a site across from Mount View Middle School.[3] Marriotts Ridge is a mirror image of both Long Reach High School and Reservoir High School. The school borders the districts for Glenelg High School, River Hill High School, Wilde Lake High School, Centennial High School, and Mount Hebron High School. In 2015, U.S. News & World Report ranked Marriotts Ridge as the No. 265 best high school nationwide and No. 7 statewide on its list of "America's Best High Schools".[4]

Recent achievements

Achievements in the 2011 school year include:

  • Overall Grand Champion in the Choral Division and Concert Band/Wind Ensemble division at OrlandoFest
  • Poms – Placed 1st and 3rd in MAPDA Competition

Achievements in the 2010 school year include:

  • Overall Grand Champion in Choir, Orchestra, and Band at East Coast Fiesta Val Music Competition[5]
  • Poms – State Champions

Principals
  • Pat Saunderson 2005–2011
  • Adrianne Kaufman 2011–2016
  • Tammy Goldeisen 2016–present

Athletics

Marriotts Ridge has won the following titles:

Boys' soccer
  • 2013 Boys' Soccer – County Champions
  • 2012 Boys' Soccer – County, Regional, State Champions, Undefeated (17–0)
  • 2011 Boys' Soccer – Regional, State Champions
  • 2010 Boys' Soccer – Regional, State Champions
  • 2009 Boys' Soccer – County, District, Regional, State Champions
  • 2008 Boys' Soccer – County, Regional Champions

Cheerleading
  • Winter 2018-19 Cheerleading – County Champions
  • Winter 2012–13 Cheerleading – County Champions
  • Winter 2011–12 Cheerleading – County Champions
  • Winter 2009–10 Cheerleading – County Champions

Football
  • 2019 Boys' Football – County Champions

Girls' soccer
  • 2010 Girls' Soccer – County Champions
  • 2013 Girls' Soccer – Regional Champions

Golf
  • 2017 Golf - State Champions, Individual Girl, Individual Boy, and Team Champions (Triple Crown)
  • 2016 Golf - State Champions, Boys' Team Undefeated
  • 2015 Golf - State Champions, Boys' Team Undefeated
  • 2014 Golf – State Champions, Boys' Team Undefeated
  • 2013 Golf – State Champions, Undefeated
  • 2012 Golf – State Champions
  • 2011 Golf – Girls' County Champions
  • 2010 Golf – District Champions

Lacrosse
  • 2018 Boys' Lacrosse - State Champions
  • 2017 Boys' Lacrosse - County Champions
  • 2014 Girls' Lacrosse – State Champions
  • 2013 Girls' Lacrosse – State Champions
  • 2013 Girls' Lacrosse – Regional Champions
  • 2011 Girls' Lacrosse – State Champions (The MRHS Girls Varsity lacrosse team won the Maryland state title in 2011 by a score of 8–4 against Century High School.[6])
  • 2010 Girls' Lacrosse – Regional Champions
  • 2007 Boys Lacrosse- Regional Champions

Ice hockey
  • 2019 Serio Cup Champions
  • 2018 Serio Cup qualifiers - Lost to Glenelg High School
  • 2017 Serio (Howard) Cup Champions
  • 2017 MSHL State Finalist
  • 2017 USA Hockey Nationals Qualifier – High School Division
  • 2016 USA Hockey Nationals Qualifier – High School Division
  • 2015 Howard Cup Champions
  • 2011 Howard Cup Champions

Robotics
  • 2012 State Alliance Champions
  • 2012–2015 Regional Champions

Volleyball
  • 2014 Volleyball – Regional Champions
  • 2011 Volleyball – Regional Champions
  • 2010 Volleyball – Regional Champions

Incidents
  • On February 3, 2017 at approximately 7:15 am, 10 minutes before school started, Marriotts Ridge High School was evacuated when a trash-can fire broke out in the boys' bathroom, apparently with an initial start from a paper towel holder.[7] No one was injured. As a result of the fire, students were sheltered at the nearby Mount View Middle School and classes were dismissed at 10:15 am. Howard schools spokesman John White said the fire was caused by a student and that disciplinary actions will follow, using the school system's Student Code of Conduct.'[7]

Club and Activities

Computer Science Club

The MRHS Computer Science Club (founded 2019) teaches and assists students with computer science and programming, getting young students interested in the field of computer science. Members learn how to develop and build software projects and solve programming puzzles. Teams will compete in competitions.

Students

The 2019–20 school year was the fifteenth anniversary of the school. The class of 2008 was the first graduating class of Marriotts Ridge High School. Marriotts Ridge is known for its strong academics with a drop out rate of .46% and 100% of students passing the Maryland High School assessment in the 2009–2010 school year. Marriotts Ridge has been ranked 14th out of 225 public high schools in Maryland.[8]

Student population[9]
2012–20131,223
2011–20121,271
2010–20111,305
2008–20091,230
2007–20081,186
2006–2007887
2005–2006577

Demographics

Listed below is the data collected from the 2019–20 school year regarding the student body's ethnic breakdown.[10]

Ethnicity Percentage of Total Students
American Indian/Alaskan <5.0%
Asian 37.2%
African American 9.2%
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <5.0%
Hispanic/Latino <5.0%
White 45.9%
Two or more races <5.0%

See also

References and notes
  1. "Marriotts Ridge High School Profile - 2019-20" (PDF).
  2. "A punctuated problem ; Marriottsville". The Baltimore Sun. 9 December 2004.
  3. Tanika White (28 February 2002). "Board rejects site for school Members dislike location near Alpha Ridge Landfill Decision a surprise Most likely place seen as Mount View, which opposes it". The Baltimore Sun.
  4. "Marriotts Ridge High School : Overview". Usnews.com. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2011-08-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Michaels, Andrew. "Marriotts Ridge High dismisses classes after restroom fire Friday morning". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  8. "Marriotts Ridge High School in Marriottsville MD". SchoolDigger.com. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  9. Source for ||13|0308|3|N|6|13|1|2|1|1|1|1|3 student population staticstics, Maryland State Department of Education
  10. "Marriotts Ridge High School Profile" (PDF).
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