Parkdale High School

Parkdale High School
Address
6001 Good Luck Road
Riverdale Park, Maryland 20737
United States
Coordinates 38°58′13″N 76°54′17″W / 38.97024°N 76.90461°W / 38.97024; -76.90461Coordinates: 38°58′13″N 76°54′17″W / 38.97024°N 76.90461°W / 38.97024; -76.90461
Information
School type Public, Magnet High School
Motto "Building a Brighter Future - One child at a Time!"
School district Prince George's County Public Schools
Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell
Principal Tanya Washington (2013-2016)
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 2,046
Language English
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Forest Green & Gold          
Mascot Parkdale Panthers
Rival Bladensburg High School
Yearbook Lair
Communities served Riverdale Park
Feeder schools Charles Carroll Middle School
William Wirt Middle School
Website www1.pgcps.org/parkdale/

Parkdale High School or PHS is a public magnet high school located at 6001 Good Luck Road, Riverdale Park, Maryland 20737. The September 2009 enrollment is approximately 2,172-students in grades nine through twelve. Parkdale's schools hours are from 7:45am until 2:25pm. There is a mandatory uniform policy in effect at this school. Parkdale is an International Baccalaureate (IB) magnet school and features a school-wide America's Choice School Design signature program. Charles Carroll Middle School and William Wirt Middle School feed into Parkdale.

International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program

Parkdale hosts the International Baccalaureate (IB) magnet program for the Northern-area of the county's school system. As of June 2010 Ms. Cheryl Logan is the new principal of Parkdale High School, replacing Mr. David P. Burton. On July 2013, Ms. Logan announced her departure from Parkdale. and on July 24, 2013, the community around the school was asked to attend an input meeting to select a new principal for the school. In the 2013-2014 school year, Tanya Washington was named the new principal of Parkdale High School.

Notable Alumni

Sugar Ray Leonard[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hernandez, Nelson (2009-06-02). "'You must be a fighter in Life". Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
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