BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE HIGH SCHOOL

'Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School' is a Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, public school named for two of the towns it serves along with Kensington and Silver Spring, Maryland. It is located at 4301 East-West Highway, in Bethesda, an unincorporated community in Montgomery County.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase is a part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
The school serves the Chevy Chase area and some areas considered to be "Bethesda." Several municipalities, including the towns of Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase View, Chevy Chase Village, and Somerset, and the villages of Chevy Chase Section Three, Chevy Chase Section Five, Martin's Additions, and North Chevy Chase, are assigned to Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.
In 2005 the school was ranked 29 in Newsweek Magazine's top 1000 High Schools in the U.S., and ranked 34th in the 2006 edition of the list. In the 2007 edition of the list BCC fell again, this time to 44th. BCC has fallen three consecutive years under the leadership of Principal Sean Bulson. It was also rated "Best School in America" by Time Magazine in 1960.
Begun as a two-story, 14-room facility on Wilson Lane, B-CC High School opened in its current location on East-West Highway in 1934 at 44,995 ft². New buildings or additions to existing buildings were constructed in 1936 at 36,515 ft², 1950 at 49,616 ft², 1952 at 22,396 ft², 1959 at 32,408 ft², 1966 at 29,023 ft², 1970 at 20,295 ft², 1975 at 8,378 ft² and 1976 at 9,616 ft² which the total was 253,242 ft².
Then, in the summer of 1994, parents, teachers, administrators, business people, and other supporters of B-CC High School formed the Community Coalition for Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School . Its charge was to re-engineer and refocus the high school in an increasingly urbanized and cosmopolitan area. CC-B-CC representatives were encouraged to think broadly and innovatively to create programs that would lead B-CC High School and Montgomery County Public Schools into the next century.
Because of this effort, in February 2002, B-CC High School re-opened its doors after a two-and-a-half year, multi-million dollar, comprehensive modernization that, among other things, combined the historic 1934 and 1936 structures into one building. It had a 213,499 ft² addition, 94,716 ft² of renovations of the original 1934, 1936 and part of the 1950 buildings, and 158,526 ft² of demolitions of most of the 1950 building, 1952, 1959, 1966, 1970, 1975, and 1976 buildings. The building now encompasses 308,215 ft².
The school now boasts 70 classrooms (67 regular classrooms and 3 special or alternative education classrooms), a media center with 30 computer workstations and TV studio and media production facilities, a greenhouse which was deemed structurally unsafe, a music laboratory and choral room, 2 gymnasiums and a weight training room, a 900-seat auditorium, and a cafeteria that serves breakfast and lunch. B-CC also has two "firsts" among Montgomery County Public Schools — a Cyber Café, opened in March 2003, and a state-of-the-art Language Lab, installed in the summer of 2004.
The Cyber Café and the Language Lab resulted from two major initiatives launched by the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Educational Foundation. Founded in 1996 by a group of parents, alumni, teachers, and business and civic leaders in the B-CC community, the Foundation raises funds for projects that further the tradition of excellence for students at B-CC, now and in the future.

Contents

Administrators

Student Government

Notable staff

Notable alumni

Academics

Theatre Department

Athletics

Feeder Schools

External links

Administrators

★ Principal: Sean Bulson

★ Assistant Principal: Dr. Adam Lockard

★ Assistant Principal: Ms. Angela Kessler

★ Student Support Specialist: Ms. Irina Ivasovic LaGrange

Student Government

★ President: Ben Bazyluk

★ Vice President: Battle Alex Beasley

★ Treasurer: James Kavanaugh

★ Corresponding Secretary: John Genova

★ Recording Secretary: Farid Van Der Mei

★ Parliamentarian: Vicky Grunberg

Notable staff

★ Colman McCarthy, peace studies teacher

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of B-CC:

★ Tracy Chevalier, author of ''Girl with a Pearl Earring''

★ Chet Culver, Governor of Iowa

★ Tommy Davidson, comedian and part of the cast of the TV show ''In Living Color''

★ Neal Fredericks, cinematographer, most notably for "The Blair Witch Project"

★ Joe Haldeman, noted science-fiction writer and author of "Forever War"

★ Robert Gordon, rockabilly singer

★ Laura Hillenbrand, author of ''

★ Neal Potter, County Executive of Montgomery County, 1990-1994

★ Jonathan I. Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems

★ Andy Serwer, journalist with ''Fortune'' magazine

★ Daniel Stern, comic actor noted for playing Marv, one of the burglars from the first two ''Home Alone'' movies.

★ Daniel Kessler, guitarist and founder of the band Interpol

★ Philip J. Kaplan, (aka Pud), notable internet personality and founder of Fuckedcompany.com and Adbrite

★ Nick Baily, music industry notable and Director at Shore Fire Media

★ Andy Duncan, founding member of the band OK GO

★ Jeff Raines and Rob Mercurio, founding members of the band Galactic

★ Joti Rockwell and Nathan Church Hubbard, founding members of the band Rockwell Church

Academics

B-CC offers a variety of educational programs including the Advanced Placement Program and the International Baccalaureate Program to its students.
In the Class of 2005, over 10% of the student body matriculated at Top 25 schools, including every Ivy League college.
Chips, is B-CC's award winning magazine, currently in its 70th edition, is ranked among the nations top 5% of Literary Magazines

Theatre Department

B-CC is a GRAMMY foundation signature school. This past year Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School won the Maryland State Theatre Society's award for best musical for its production of Urinetown.

Athletics

'Fall'

★ Football

★ Girl's soccer

★ Boy's soccer

★ Girl's Field hockey

★ Girl's Volleyball

★ Girl's Tennis

★ Cross Country

★ Cheerleading

★ Golf

★ Poms
'Winter'

★ Girl's Basketball

★ Boy's Basketball

★ Indoor Track and Field

★ Swimming and diving

★ Cheerleading

★ Wrestling

★ Ice Hockey
'Spring'

★ Girl's Lacrosse

★ Boy's Lacrosse

★ Boys Tennis

★ Girls Tennis

★ Baseball

★ Gymnastics

★ Outdoor Track and Field

★ Poms

★ Softball

★ Co-ed Volleyball
'Club Sports'

★ Chess Club

★ Crew (Rowing)

★ Juggling Club

★ Global Action Club

★ Ice Hockey

★ Debate

★ Rugby

★ Ultimate Frisbee

★ Squash

★ Young Democrats

Feeder Schools

Middle Schools

★ Westland Middle School (6-8)
Elementary Schools Feeding into Westland Middle School

★ Bethesda ES (K-5)

★ Chevy Chase ES (3-6)

★ North Chevy Chase ES (3-6)

★ Rock Creek Forest ES (PreK-5)

★ Rosemary Hills ES (PreK-2)

★ Somerset ES (K-5)

★ Westbrook ES (K-5)

External links

★ Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School