Dulaney High School Explained

Dulaney High School
Streetaddress:255 East Padonia Road
City:Timonium
State:Maryland
Zipcode:21093
Country:United States
Coordinates:39.4608°N -76.6131°W
Type:Public high school
Opened:1965
District:Baltimore County Public Schools
Superintendent:Darryl L. Williams
Principal:Samuel Wynkoop
Nickname:Lions
Newspaper:The Griffin
Yearbook:The Heritage
Campus:Suburban
Colors:Red, Black, and White
Feeders:Ridgely and Cockeysville middle schools
Publication:Sequel
Picture Caption:The school's Blue Ribbon School of Excellence

Dulaney High School is a secondary school in Timonium, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school serves a generally upper-middle class suburban community, with students from Timonium and surrounding areas in Baltimore County. It is situated on 45acres adjacent to Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

History

Built in the early 1960s, the school graduated its first senior class in 1965. As of 2015, Dulaney had reported a total enrollment of 1,851 students.[1] The school is accredited by the state of Maryland and is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling. There were 186 faculty members in the 2015–2016 school year.[2]

Various proposals to renovate or replace the school building were made in 2016 and 2017. County officials budgeted $40 million in 2017 to renovate and air condition the facility, but the plan was rejected when parents contended that an entirely new school should instead be considered.[3] In response, the then-County Executive proposed that the fiscal year 2019 budget include planning for a new high school to ease overcrowding at Dulaney and other area high schools. Funding was not forthcoming, however, and the Baltimore County Board of Education renewed its capital budget request for Fiscal Included in the overall $216 million sought would be replacement buildings for Dulaney and Towson High School.[4]

Academics

Dulaney High school received a 65.8 out of a possible 100 points (65%) on the 2018–2019 Maryland State Department of Education Report Card and received a 4 out of 5 star rating, ranking in the 62nd percentile among all Maryland schools.[5]

In Baltimore County, Dulaney offers the highest number of Advanced Placement courses.[6]

Students

The 2019–2020 enrollment at Dulaney High School was 1914 students.[7]

Activities

Dulaney hosts more than 70 different clubs and organizations for its students.[6] Among the clubs are: Peer Tutors, Science News Club, Girl Up, K-Pop Dance Club, Dance Team, Dulanians, Key Club, Sports Teams, and the National Honor Society. Dulaney also has a VEX Robotics team and a First Robotics team. The band marched in the 2011 and 2015 London New Year's Day Parades[8] [9] and has also marched several parades down Main Street, USA in the Magic Kingdom Park and Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida and performed in the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Halftime Show.[10]

Athletics

The Dulaney High School Lions have won the following Maryland State Championships:

State championships

Girls Cross Country

Boys Cross Country

Field Hockey

Golf

Girls Soccer

Boys Soccer

Volleyball:

Girls Basketball

Girls Lacrosse

Boys Lacrosse

Girls Softball

Boys Track and Field

Awards and rankings

Dulaney was awarded the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1995.[14] In 2010, Dulaney was named No. 259 on Newsweek magazine's "1,200 Top U.S. high schools" annual national survey.[15]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dulaney High – School Profile. February 2, 2016. Dulaney High School. Baltimore County Public Schools.
  2. Web site: Staff Directory – Dulaney High. dulaneyhs.bcps.org. February 2, 2016.
  3. News: Solomon. Libby. Franchot will address aging county high schools. Towson Times (edition of the Baltimore Sun). October 4, 2017. 10.
  4. News: Boteler, Cody. County requests state money for Towson, Dulaney high schools. Towson Times. August 14, 2019. 10.
  5. https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Graphs/#/ReportCards/ReportCardSchool/1/H/1/03/0872/0 Dulaney High 2018 – 2019 School Report Card
  6. http://dulaneyhs.bcps.org/about/facts.html "Dulaney High School Fact Sheet"
  7. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=240012000373 Search for Public Schools
  8. "Dulaney Band Gets Set to Play in London". December 24, 2010. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-12-24/news/bs-md-dulaney-band-20101223_1_london-trip-band-day-parade Accessed June 14, 2013.
  9. "Dulaney High bands invited to perform in London". September 23, 2013. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/towson/ph-tt-brits-at-dulaney-0925-20130923,0,4692641.story Accessed September 29, 2013.
  10. "Dulaney's Lion's Roar Marching Band performs at Sugar Bowl". January 23, 2013. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/lutherville/ph-tt-neighbor-timonium-nickel-0123-20130115,0,1147292.story Accessed September 29, 2013.
  11. Web site: 2019 MPSSAA Fall Record Book.
  12. Web site: 2019–20 MPSSAA Winter Record Book.
  13. Web site: 2020 MPSSAA Spring Record Book.
  14. http://www.bcps.org/schools/blue_ribbon.html "Blue Ribbon Schools in Baltimore County"
  15. http://www.newsweek.com/content/newsweek/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools/list.html
  16. News: Glauber. Bill. Baltimore's 'other' swimming star toils in Nall's record-sized shadow. The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. June 21, 2019. July 12, 1992.