Allegany High School

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Allegany High School
Address
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900 Seton Drive Cumberland , Maryland 21502 United States
Coordinates	39°39′19″N 78°47′43″W / 39.65528°N 78.79528°W / 39.65528; -78.79528Coordinates: 39°39′19″N 78°47′43″W / 39.65528°N 78.79528°W / 39.65528; -78.79528
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1887
Principal	Heidi Laupert
Faculty	43.3 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	671 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.5:1[1]
Color(s)	Blue and white
Nickname	Campers
Website	www.acpsmd.org/Domain/359

Allegany High School is a public high school in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, United States. Allegany High School was built as Allegany County High School in 1887, hence it is often referred to as 'Alco'.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 671 students and 43.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.5:1. There were 252 students (37.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 30 (4.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1] Students were 93% white, 5% African-American and 2% Asian.

History[]

Allegany High School was initially a secondary education school held in the Maryland Avenue Schoolhouse. The school had many different locations including the building on Greene Street, which was used as a combined middle/high school until the spring of 1926. At that time, the building now known as Allegany High School had been completed and was prepared to accept Greene Street’s high school students. Middle school students remained on Greene Street until the school later burned down in 1932. “Camp Hill,” the site of the present day Allegany, was a federal army camp during the Civil War.

The “Camper” mascot is a source of much confusion. The most widely accepted theory is that Civil War General Lew Wallace and his men began calling the site "Campobello" that during their time here. The word Campobello is derived from Latin, meaning "camp of war".

Athletics[]

State championships[]

Girls Cross Country:

• 2A Individual 3.0 miles 1991^[2]
• 1A 1997, 1998^[3]
• 1A Individual 3.0 miles 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007^[4]

Boys Cross Country:

• Class A Individual 2.5 miles 1969^[5]
• Class A 1970^[6]
• 2A 1993^[7]
• 2A Individual 3.0 miles 1995, 1996^[8]
• 1A Individual 3.0 miles 2002, 2010^[9]

Football:

• Class B 1978, 1980, 1983^[10]
• 2A 1988, 1989, 1991^[11]
• 1A 2001^[12]
• 1AW 2005^[13]

Girls Basketball:

• Mildred Haney Murray Sportsmanship Award 1999^[14]
• 1A 2000^[15]

Boys Basketball:

• Pre-MPSSAA 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937 ^[16]
• Class A 1947, 1950, 1954, 1963^[17]
• Class AA 1964^[18]
• Class B 1993^[19]
• Jack Willard Sportsmanship Award 1993^[20]

Baseball:

• 2A 1989, 1990^[21]

Softball:

• 1A 1999, 2010^[22]

Extracurricular activities[]

The 'Alco White' Mock trial team is one of the many organizations in the school. In the 2005–2006 season, the team won the circuit and the regional championships, advancing to the Maryland state Mock Trial Final Four competition in April 2006. The 2006–2007 team lost in the finals to Severn School. The 2007–08 team advanced to the semi-finals, but were defeated by Severna Park. The 2008-2009 team won the Maryland State Mock Trial Championship, the program's first state title after making it to the final four in the previous three competitions.^[23]

The Allegany marching band is currently under the direction of Larry T. Jackson, and is a part of the Tournament of Bands circuit, which covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and Virginia. The band had a chapter championships winning streak of 17 years and has finished in the top 10 at the Atlantic Coast Championships for the past 19 seasons. The team finished in 2nd place in 2015 (For Whom the Bell Tolls with a 97.15) and 3rd place finalists in 2016 (Across the Divide with a 95.65).

In addition to the band programs the school sponsors indoor color guard and indoor percussion groups. The Allegany Visual Ensemble was the 2011 Winter Guard International Pittsburgh Regional Scholastic Regional A Champions.

Notable alumni[]

• Rod Breedlove - NFL Player^[24]
• Earle Bruce - Former Ohio State Head Football Coach^[25]
• Eddie Deezen – Actor
• Jim Gaffney - NFL Player^[26]
• Frances Hughes Glendening^[27] (1969) – former First Lady of Maryland
• Aaron Laffey – Major League Baseball pitcher^[28]
• William H. Macy – Actor ^[29]
• Tommy Mont - American educator, university administrator, college football coach, and National Football League (NFL) player
• Mark Baker - Actor

See also[]

• List of high school football rivalries (less than 100 years old)
• List of high schools in Maryland

References[]

External links[]

• Allegany High School Official site