Hancock Middle-Senior High School

{{Short description|Public school in Maryland, United States}}

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| name = Hancock Middle-Senior High School

| image = Hancock Middle-Senior High School entrance Washington County MD 2022-08-04 20-20-13.jpg

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| streetaddress = 289 W Main St

| city = Hancock

| state = Maryland

| zipcode = 21750

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|39|41|50|N|78|11|48|W|display=inline,title}}

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| principal = Jennifer Ruppenthal{{cite web | url=https://wcpsmd.com/schools/high-schools/hancock-high/staff-directory | title=Staff Directory - Hancock Middle-Senior High | Hancock, Maryland|accessdate=August 12, 2022 }}

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| type = Public

| grades = 612

| district = Washington County Public Schools

| mascot = Panther

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| sports = Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, and Bocce

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| colors = Blue {{Color box|Blue|border=darkgray}} and White {{Color box|White}}

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| ceeb = 210625

| us_nces_school_id = {{NCES School ID|240066001270|school_name = Hancock Middle-Senior High|access_date=9 January 2011}}

| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|2400660|district_name=Washington County Public Schools|access_date=9 January 2011}}

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| established = 1956

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| enrollment = 262

| enrollment_as_of = 2016

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.wcps.k12.md.us/hancock_high//index.html}}

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Hancock Middle-Senior High School, also known as Hancock High, is a public middle/high school (grades 6 to 12) in Hancock, Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its principal is Jenny Ruppenthal. It enrolls 262 students as of 2016 and School Day is 8:30 to 3:30.

Academic recognition

Hancock Middle-Senior High School was recently{{when|date=May 2022}} named in U.S. News & World Report's annual listing of the Best High Schools in the United States earning a Bronze Award for test scores consistently above state and national averages.[https://www.usnews.com/listings/directories/high-schools/index_html/state_id+MD/page_number+2/page_size+10/sort+alpha/name+/award+Bronze+Gold+Honorable%20Mention+Silver/school_name+/county+/detail+less]

Sports

Hancock Middle-Senior High School has 7 varsity athletic teams, they are:

= Fall Sports =

  • Football
  • Volleyball

= Winter Sports =

  • Boys Basketball
  • Girls Basketball
  • Indoor Track

= Spring Sports =

  • Baseball
  • Outdoor Track
  • Softball

In 1933, the boys soccer team won the state championship; however, the school no longer has a boys soccer team.

{{cite web | url=https://wcpsmd.com/schools/high-schools/hancock-high/athletics | title=Athletics - Hancock Middle-Senior High | Hancock, Maryland }}

{{cite web | url=https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/sports/2021/12/30/washington-county-public-schools-team-state-championships-history/9050069002/ | title=List of WCPS Team State Champions; Washington County, Maryland}}

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