| North Point High School | |
| Motto: | The real world starts here... Create your own tomorrow! |
| Streetaddress: | 2500 Davis Road |
| City: | Waldorf |
| State: | Maryland |
| Zipcode: | 20603 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 38.6419°N -76.9764°W |
| District: | Charles County Public Schools |
| Principal: | Daniel Kaple |
| Fundingtype: | Public |
| Schooltype: | secondary school |
| Grades: | 9–12 |
| Language: | English |
| Newspaper: | Eagle Eye http://www.nphseagleeye.com |
| Campus: | Suburban |
| Mascot: | Eagle |
| Teaching Staff: | 123.20 (FTE) |
| Ratio: | 14.16 |
| Colors: | Red, black, gold, white |
| Founded: | 2005 |
| Enrollment: | 1867 (2023-24)[1] |
North Point High School is a school for career and technology education (formerly science, technology, and industry). It is located in the far western area of Waldorf, Maryland, United States. At 311000square feet and with about 2,000 students enrolled, it is the largest high school in Charles County. It is also the second newest high school, having opened in 2005. Its mascot, the Eagle, was derived from the motto of Charles County, "The wild side of the Potomac... Where eagles soar!"
Unlike most other high schools, which have all seven class periods per day, North Point (along with St. Charles high school in nearby St. Charles, Maryland) operates on a unique four-block A/B day schedule (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A on A days and 1B, 2B, 3B and 4B on B days), A days and B days occur every other day of the week, which allows for longer 1 hour and 20 minute class periods, rather than the standard 50 minute period in other schools.
At the start of the week, it would either be an A day or B day, depending on what day the previous Friday was (example: If Friday was a B day, Monday would be an A day). Classes begin at 8:05 a.m. and end at 2:50 p.m. every day.[2]
North Point has 16 Career and technical education programs (formerly as STI for science, technology and industry). An estimated half of the student body is enrolled in one of these programs, while the other half receives a normal high school education.[3]
The programs are as follows:
School of Advanced Technology and Engineering
School of Technology
School of Construction Development
School of Health and Protective Services
North Point's SkillsUSA chapter won medals at the SkillsUSA National Leadership Conference in June 2010. The group placed first (gold) in Industrial Motor control, and second (silver) in Culinary Arts. In its first year ever competing in quiz bowl, that team also brought home a gold medal.[4]
State Championships
Michael Simms, 2013-2017
Kimberly Hill, 2005-2013