Surrattsville High School

{{Infobox school

| name = Surrattsville High School

| address = 6101 Garden Drive

| city = Clinton

| state = Maryland

| zipcode = 20735

| district = Prince George's County Public School System

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|38|45|43|N|76|54|6|W|region:US-MD_type:edu|display=inline,title}}

| principal = Katrina Lamont{{cite web | url = https://www1.pgcps.org/Surrattsville/GENERAL-INFORMATION/ | title = Principal | website = Prince George's County Public School System | via = www1.pgcps.org | access-date = July 21, 2019}}

| faculty = 60.50 (FTE) (2016–17){{NCES School ID|240051001167|school_name=Surrattsville High|access_date=July 21, 2019|do_not_render=y}}

| ratio = 12.20 (2016–17){{R|nces_sch}}

| enrollment = 738 (2016–17){{R|nces_sch}}

| fundingtype = Public

| schooltype = High school

| gender = Co-ed

| grades = 9–12{{R|nces_sch}}

| conference =

| mascot = Hornets{{cite web |url=http://www.maxpreps.com/FanPages/HomeSchool.mxp/SchoolID-1a2ad222-7874-4952-8249-ebaaa752229d |title=Surrattsville Hornets |accessdate=2008-03-09}}

| colors = {{color box|#4CBB17}} Kelly Green
{{color box|white}} White

| established = {{Start date and age|1959}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.pgcps.org/surrattsville/}}

| module =

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Surrattsville High School or SHS is a public high school located in Clinton, Maryland, United States and is a part of the Prince George's County Public School System in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Surrattsville was the town of Clinton's original name, taken from Mary Surratt and her family, who once owned the property on which the school now stands.

History

In 2009, Sheryll Cashin said in The Failures of Integration: How Race and Class are Undermining the American Dream that Surrattsville High was one of several mostly black, mostly middle class PG County public high schools that was "decidedly underachieving: fewer than half of the seniors at these schools went on to attend four-year colleges in recent years."Cashin, Sheryll. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060203123543/http://www.americancity.org/article.php?id_article=135 The Dilemma of the Black Middle Class]." Issue 9 - Segregation & Integration - November 2005. The Next American City. Retrieved on November 7, 2011.

Athletics

The boys' basketball team had a good season in 2010.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

The baseball team reached the State Semifinals in 2010 before falling to Clear Spring.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Davin Meggett, son of former NFL player Dave Meggett, was part of a playoff appearance by the football team in 2007. The younger Meggett also played for the school baseball team. After leading the football team in the 2007 season, Tom Green left to be the football coach and athletic director Eleanor Roosevelt High School.

Surrattsville won the Maryland State Championship in 1962 and 1965, when it competed in the AA class, the largest at that time.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} The 1965 team defeated Allegheny HS, ranked number 3 in the nation and Parkville HS, ranked number 16 in back to back games to win the title.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} Each team had lost only once before losing to the Hornets. Robert Vaughn was the head coach of each state title team.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Notable alumni

Beth Bernobich {{nee|Elizabeth Witmeyer}}{{citation needed|date=October 2022|reason=Claire's hyperlink refers to another person}} — Lambda Literary Award-winning author
Harry Dunn — United States Capitol Police officer who responded to the January 6 attack{{Cite web|url=https://jmusports.com/news/2006/1/26/TWO_JMU_FOOTBALL_PLAYERS_JOIN_CANADIAN_LEAGUE_TEAM|title=TWO JMU FOOTBALL PLAYERS JOIN CANADIAN LEAGUE TEAM|website=James Madison University Athletics}}
Dan Foster — radio DJ and judge, Nigeria's Got Talent
Dennis Felton — Cleveland State basketball coach{{cite news |author=Mark Schlabach |title=Rebuilding Georgia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32362-2004Dec28.html |work=The Washington Post |date=December 29, 2004 |pages=D01}}
Marcia Gay Harden — Academy Award-winning actress (2001 Best Supporting Actress, Pollock){{citation needed|date=July 2019|reason=Need to cite a reliable source to verify she went to this school. IMDb is *not* a reliable source.}}
Davin Meggett — NFL running back (Houston Texans, Washington Redskins){{Cite web | url = http://www.redskins.com/news-and-events/article-1/Redskins-Promote-Williams-Sign-Meggett/a83dba63-8bee-4c36-aa64-1cf8b9596396 | title = Redskins Promote Williams, Sign Meggett | last = Tinsman | first = Brian | date = November 12, 2013 | website = Washington Redskins | via = redskins.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205103/http://www.redskins.com/news-and-events/article-1/Redskins-Promote-Williams-Sign-Meggett/a83dba63-8bee-4c36-aa64-1cf8b9596396 | archive-date = March 4, 2016}}
Thomas V. Miller Jr. — President of the Maryland Senate{{cite web |url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa01619.html |title=Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., Maryland Senate President |website=Maryland State Archives |accessdate=2008-03-09}}
Laura Wright ({{nee|Sisk}}) — soap opera actress in Guiding Light and General Hospital{{citation needed|date=July 2019|reason=Need to cite a reliable source to verify she went to this school. IMDb is *not* a reliable source.}}

References

External links

{{Official website}}

Category:Public high schools in Maryland

Category:Schools in Prince George's County, Maryland