Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Explained

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Country:United States
Zipcode:20814
Motto:Learn, Think, Serve, Be Responsible
Ceeb:210250
Principal:Shelton L. Mooney[1]
Teaching Staff:130.40 FTE (2022-23)
Grades:9–12
Enrollment:2,335 (2022–23)
Ratio:17.91:1 (2022-23)
Campus:Small city
Colors:Blue and gold
Conference:MPSSAA 4A
Mascot:Battlin' Baron[2]
Rival:Walt Whitman High School[3]
Publication:Chips
Newspaper:The Tattler
Yearbook:The Pine Tree

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (B-CC) is a public high school in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is named for two of the towns it serves; it also serves Kensington and Silver Spring. It is located at 4301 East-West Highway, in Bethesda.

Bethesda-Chevy Chase is within the Montgomery County Public Schools system. The school serves the Chevy Chase and Bethesda areas 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. It also serves small populations in Silver Spring and Kensington.

Schools within the Bethesda-Chevy Chase cluster

History

B-CC High School was founded as a two-story, fourteen-room facility on Wilson Lane in 1926. In 1935, the school opened at its current location on East-West Highway in a building designed by Howard Wright Cutler.[5]

From 1946 to 1950, the B-CC building was used as the first home of Montgomery Junior College - today's Montgomery College, the county's public community college.[6] [7] [8] During its first school year, the college had about 175 students.

Over the years, new buildings were erected and existing buildings enlarged, including:[9]

These additions brought the total school area to 253242square feet.

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 the high school to better suit its 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 MCPS into the twenty-first century.[10]

Because of this effort, from 1999 to 2002, B-CC High School underwent a $41 million comprehensive modernization project that, among other things, combined the historic 1935 and 1936 structures into one building. It had a addition, of renovations of the original 1935, 1936 and part of the 1950 buildings, and of demolitions of most of the 1950 building, 1952, 1959, 1966, 1970, 1975, and 1976 buildings. This brought the campus area to .

In 2018, B-CC opened a addition with 34 new classrooms, a new dance studio, and more offices, bringing the campus to a total of of area.[11]

Facilities

The school has 80 classrooms, a media center with 30 computer workstations and TV studio and media production facilities, a greenhouse, a music laboratory and choral room, two 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 Language Lab, installed in the summer of 2004. In 2008, B-CC High School was equipped with 80 digital classroom Promethean boards.

Activities and academics

As of 2024, B-CC is the 10th-ranked high school in Maryland and the 590th-ranked nationally, according to U.S News and World Report.[12]

B-CC students average a score of 1203 on the SAT, with 610 in verbal and 593 in math.[13]

In the 2022-23 school year, B-CC High School offered over 110 clubs and student organizations.[14]

In 2013, the school's physics team won the state championship.[15]

Athletics

B-CC fields more than 25 athletic teams, known as the Battlin' Barons.

Fall sports

Winter sports

Spring sports

Rivalries

BCC's closest rivalry is with Walt Whitman in what is often dubbed as the "Battle of Bethesda."[34] It also has a growing rivalry with the other public school in Bethesda, Walter Johnson.[35]

Notable alumni

B-CC has had many notable alumni in politics, business, academia, sports, and media.[36] [37]

Government and politics

Business

Academia

Sports

Arts and entertainment

Media and journalism

Books

Notable staff

Notes and References

  1. Web site: B-CC HS Administration . Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School . June 30, 2020.
  2. Web site: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School . Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. June 13, 2019.
  3. Web site: Friedman . Mia . The Battle of Bethesda escalates . 2024-01-24 . The Black and White.
  4. Division of Capital Planning, Montgomery County Public Schools. Superintendent's Recommended FY 2025 Capital Budget and the FY 2025–2030 Capital Improvements Program - Chapter 4: Bethesda-Chevy Chase Cluster. Accessed 31 May 2024
  5. News: Offutt . Bill . The long, and generally happy, history of B-CC (Part 1) . The Gazette . November 4, 1998 . January 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190130053236/http://www.gazette.net/gazette_archive/1998/199844/bethesda/news/a45914-1.html . January 30, 2019 . dead.
  6. Donnell, Thomas J. O. (September 11, 1946). "6 New Junior Colleges in State to Open: Tuition Fee Presents Problem In Establishing Any In City". The Baltimore Sun. p. 28.
  7. Strasser . William C. Jr. . August 1992 . Montgomery College in Its Formative Years, 1946-1979 . live . The Montgomery County Story . Montgomery County Historical Society . 35 . 3 . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://montgomeryhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Vol35No3_MCStory.pdf . 2022-10-09 . 2021-03-04.
  8. "Ex-Teacher Made Dean Of Junior College". The Baltimore Sun. May 31, 1946. p. 8.
  9. News: Offutt . Bill . The long, and generally happy, history of B-CC (Part 2) . The Gazette . December 2, 1998 . January 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190130053211/http://www.gazette.net/gazette_archive/1998/199848/bethesda/news/a46464-1.html . January 30, 2019 . dead.
  10. News: Schulte . Brigid . At Md. High School, a Rebuilding and Rebirth . The Washington Post . February 2, 2002.
  11. News: Gaines . Danielle E. . Take a Look Inside the New Addition at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High . Bethesda Magazine . July 27, 2018.
  12. Web site: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School . 6 June 2024 . U.S. News and World Report.
  13. Montgomery County Public Schools. Schools at a Glance - Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. Accessed 6 June 2024
  14. Web site: B-CC HS Clubs . Montgomery County Public Schools . February 22, 2024.
  15. 2013 Physics Olympics Results Web site: 2013 Physics Olympics Scores . December 10, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131212170847/http://www.physics.umd.edu/PhysOlympics/2013scores.html . December 12, 2013.
  16. Web site: History Records - Bethesda Chevy Chase High School Field Hockey | VNSports . Bccfieldhockey.stackvarsity.com . April 18, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141210003545/http://bccfieldhockey.stackvarsity.com/history/trecords.asp . December 10, 2014 . dead.
  17. Web site: B-CC Crew - History . B-CC Crew . August 14, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231857/http://bccrowing.net/history/. July 14, 2014. dead.
  18. Web site: 2016 Maryland State High School Rowing Championships May 1, 2016 . row2K . August 12, 2022.
  19. News: Bethesda-Chevy Chase sweeps through Maryland state rowing championships, May 2, 2016 . Washington Post . August 12, 2022.
  20. Web site: Maryland State Rowing Championships, April 30, 2017 - Chestertown, MD. row2K . August 12, 2022.
  21. Web site: 2019 Maryland and Delaware High School Rowing Championships, April 27th, 2019. row2K . August 12, 2022.
  22. News: Bethesda-Chevy Chase boys, Whitman girls capture state rowing titles, April 30, 2022 . Washington Post . August 12, 2022.
  23. Web site: Stotesbury Cup Regatta, May 20, 2016 To May 21, 2016 . Regatta Central . August 14, 2022.
  24. Web site: Stotesbury Cup Regatta, May 19, 2017 To May 20, 2017 . Regatta Central . August 14, 2022.
  25. Web site: Stotesbury Cup Regatta, May 18, 2018 To May 19, 2018 . Regatta Central . August 14, 2022.
  26. Web site: Stotesbury Cup Regatta, May 17, 2019 To May 18, 2019 . Regatta Central . August 14, 2022.
  27. Web site: Stotesbury Cup Regatta, May 20, 2022 To May 21, 2022 . Regatta Central . August 14, 2022.
  28. Web site: 2015 Stotesbury Cup Regatta, Official Results (Saturday, May 16). Stotesbury Cup Regatta . August 14, 2022.
  29. Web site: Montgomery County claims four state tennis titles . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150930013232/http://www.gazette.net/gazettecms/story.php?id=14788 . September 30, 2015 . September 18, 2015.
  30. News: Tennis: Wootton rallies late to tie Whitman, Bethesda-Chevy Chase for county title . . September 18, 2015.
  31. Web site: 2014 USAU High School State Results . USAU . August 28, 2014.
  32. Web site: Maryland High School Boys State Championships . USAU . January 23, 2016.
  33. Web site: 2016 Maryland High School Boys State Championship . play.usaultimate.org. June 14, 2016.
  34. Web site: Bromberger . Nate . B-CC Girls Basketball Wins the Battle of Bethesda . 2024-05-31 . The Tattler.
  35. Web site: Storer . Ned . WJ sports rivalries heating up . 2024-05-31 . The Pitch.
  36. Web site: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Alumni . Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Educational Foundation . 28 January 2020.
  37. News: Mansfield . Virginia . All-Class Reunion: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Graduates Celebrate Their Alma Mater's 55th Year . The Washington Post . June 4, 1981 . MD3.
  38. News: 2012 Election Center: Andy Billig . The Spokesman-Review . August 2012.
  39. News: Smith . Mary . 75 facts about OU President David Boren for his 75th birthday . OU Daily . April 21, 2016.
  40. News: Dominitz . Nathan . Athletics Stay a Culver Tradition . The Washington Post . July 19, 1984.
  41. Web site: Maryland State Senator Howard A. Denis . Society of Senates Past . Maryland State Archives . 28 January 2020.
  42. News: Peck . Louis . A Statewide Showdown In District 16 . Bethesda Beat . April 24, 2013.
  43. Web site: Peter J. Messitte, U.S. District Court Judge (Maryland) . Maryland Manual On-Line . Maryland State Archives . 28 January 2020.
  44. News: Trump's Trade Warrior Is the Most Unpopular Economist in the Class . May 2, 2017 . Peter . Coy . Bloomberg Businessweek . . June 13, 2019 . On Navarro’s first day at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, ....
  45. News: Allen . Henry . The Development of Neal Potter . The Washington Post . April 30, 1991.
  46. News: Barnes . Bart . Roger Titus, judge on Maryland's federal bench, dies at 77 . The Washington Post . March 6, 2019.
  47. News: Philip Kaplan . Dot-Com Flameouts . The Washington Post . April 23, 2002 . I went to Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School, graduated 1993..
  48. News: Mohammed . Arshad . Bowing Out and Letting Go Sun Co-Founder Deals With Handing Control to a New CEO . The Washington Post . May 3, 2006 . Jonathan Schwartz, 40, a 1983 graduate of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.
  49. News: John Drake Hoffman, 81 . The Washington Post . February 28, 2004.
  50. News: Conaway . James . David Stuart: At 18, Youngest Of the Fellows . The Washington Post . February 15, 1984 . D1.
  51. News: Beekman . Jennifer . Taekwondo honors for Holloway . The Gazette . March 28, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017101846/http://gazette.net/stories/032807/silvspo220346_32322.shtml . October 17, 2007 . 'This is really great,' said Bobrow, who graduated Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in 1967. . January 28, 2020 . live .
  52. News: Escaping the mountains . The Diamondback . Dec 31, 2018.
  53. Web site: Frank Funk . Baseball Almanac . 28 January 2020.
  54. Web site: A Social History of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School 1925–1980 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090727142400/http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/bcchs/aboutbcc/profile/history.html#Bill%20Guckeyson . July 27, 2009 . dead . Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School . . December 22, 2008.
  55. News: Goldstein . Steve . Bethesda Interview: Collin Martin . Bethesda Magazine . March 18, 2019.
  56. News: Pogrebinsky and Gudis have Junior Worlds in their sights . Amber . Lewis . Ice Musings . January 20, 2013.
  57. News: Seidel . Jeff . Milford Mill can't catch up after Barons' early scores 29-14 victory in mud goes to Bethesda-Chevy Chase . The Baltimore Sun . November 19, 1995.
  58. News: Goff . Steven . Ethan White steps up for D.C. United, his hometown team . The Washington Post . April 12, 2011.
  59. News: Ramanathan. Lavanya. From Basement to 'Bandslam'. The Washington Post. 2009-08-11.
  60. News: In Living Black-and-White: How Tommy Davidson's World Shaped His Very Funny Comedy . DeNeen . Brown . The Washington Post . February 18, 1996 . G1 .
  61. News: Chris Kaltenbach . Ann Hornaday . From 'Witch' to 'Dreamers'; Movies: Director of photography for the surprise summer hit turns to making a 'labor of love.' . The Baltimore Sun . October 15, 1999.
  62. News: Harrington . Richard . A Rocker and a Legend . The Washington Post . October 20, 1977.
  63. News: Krucoff . Carol . Issues: Singing Out . The Washington Post . April 26, 1982 . C5.
  64. News: Levy . Claudia . Class of '61 All Grown Up . The Washington Post . April 23, 1987 . MD1.
  65. News: Harrington . Richard . Interpol, Dressed for Success . The Washington Post . November 5, 2004.
  66. News: Judkis . Maura . David Simon of 'The Wire': Former high school muckraker . The Washington Post . March 28, 2012.
  67. News: Tsironis . Alex . The Most Famous Person From Each MoCo High School . MoCo Show . October 16, 2017.
  68. News: Hyde . Nina . Nina Hyde . Vicky Tiel, Reeling Them In . The Washington Post . February 14, 1988 . H3.
  69. News: Marks . Peter . Witnessing War Through 'Brown Eyes' . The Washington Post . October 19, 2008 . M1.
  70. News: Bob Barnett: Master of the Game . Eisler . Kim . Washingtonian Magazine . December 1, 2008.
  71. News: Rodgers . Bethany . School Notes . Bethesda Magazine . March 10, 2017 . Harwood, a Silver Spring resident and B-CC graduate, is the chief Washington correspondent for CNBC.
  72. News: Chowdhury . Maureen . BCC's Student Newspaper Hosts Panel Discussion on Supreme Court . Montgomery Community Media . April 7, 2016.
  73. News: Greenberg . Dan . Pollin's place is D.C. sports scene . The Gazette . November 4, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081108030354/http://www.gazette.net/stories/11042008/damaspo204734_32470.shtml . November 8, 2008 . January 28, 2020 . live .
  74. News: Richards . Chris . Peter Rosenberg: From Montgomery County to top of the hip-hop heap . The Washington Post . May 31, 2013.
  75. News: Andy Serwer . Julia Boorstin . 15 Minutes Of Obscene Wealth . Fortune Magazine . June 11, 2001.
  76. News: Carol Watson, 54, Area Publisher, Illustrator, Dies . The Washington Post . January 23, 1986.
  77. News: Wilwol . John . Book Review: "The Last Runaway" by Tracy Chevalier . Washingtonian Magazine . January 8, 2013.
  78. News: Wheaton . Kathleen . We Knew Them When . Bethesda Magazine . July 2008.
  79. News: Jaffe . Jody . Brave Hearts . Bethesda Magazine . March 2006.
  80. News: Weeks . Linton . On the Home Front . The Washington Post . September 1, 2002.
  81. News: Fingerhut . Eric . D.C. mom recounts her child's life, efforts to save him . Jewish Journal . May 13, 2010.
  82. Web site: About the Author: Matthew Zapruder '89 . Amherst College . 28 January 2020 . October 2011.
  83. News: Roberts . Tom . Colman McCarthy makes sure students learn peace . National Catholic Reporter . December 31, 2016.

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