Pomonkey High School

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Pomonkey Junior-Senior High School
Address
3535 Livingston Road (currently Matthew Henson Middle School)

,
20640
Coordinates38°36′49.5″N 77°4′34″W / 38.613750°N 77.07611°W / 38.613750; -77.07611Coordinates: 38°36′49.5″N 77°4′34″W / 38.613750°N 77.07611°W / 38.613750; -77.07611
Information
School typePublic, All Black secondary school
Opened1958
Closed1969 (as a high school)
School districtCharles County Public Schools
PrincipalCharles J. Coates
Grades9–12
EnrollmentNo longer open
LanguageEnglish
CampusRural
Color(s)Blue and White
MascotRoaring Tiger

Pomonkey Junior-Senior High School was an all-black high school located in Indian Head, Maryland. From 1966 to 1969, it began to be integrated with the all white schools, Henry E. Lackey High School and La Plata High School. The old Pomonkey High School building was then re-opened as a public middle school in 1970, it was rededicated in 1970 as Matthew Henson Middle School.

See also[]

  • Matthew Henson Middle School


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