Century High School (Sykesville, Maryland)

Century High School
Century High School
Address
	355 Ronsdale Road; Eldersburg, Maryland, Maryland 21784; United States
Coordinates	39°25′32″N 76°59′30″W / 39.42556°N 76.99167°W
Information
Type	Public Secondary
Established	2001
School district	Carroll County Public Schools
Category	Public School
NCES School ID	240021001161
Principal	Shannon Mobley
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,132
Campus	67.8 acres (274,000 m2)
Color(s)	Emerald green, gold, black and white
Mascot	Knights
National ranking	National Blue Ribbon School
Website	chs.carrollk12.org
	; Century High School Sign

Century High School is located in Eldersburg, Maryland, United States, within the Carroll County Public School District. The school was built in 2000–2001 on 65 acres of land and cost $21.2 million to complete. The building is 204,161 square feet in size.^[2]

The school's colors are emerald green, gold, black, and white, and the mascot is a knight, chosen by the original principal, Dave Booz after a community survey sent to parents and students in the district.

History

With the rapid growth of southern Carroll County, a new high school was required to alleviate overcrowding at the nearby Liberty High School and South Carroll High School. It was named Century High School because it was founded at the turn of the 21st century.^{[citation needed]}

Academic Team

Century High School currently^[when?] has an academic team and regularly participates in the local TV show, It's Academic.

Drama

The drama club at Century High School performed Beauty and the Beast as their 2007 musical, the first school in the county to do so. In the past, they have done The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, The Diary of Anne Frank, Annie, The Mouse That Roared, Winnie the Pooh, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Romeo and Juliet, It's A Wonderful Life, Cinderella, Little Women, Treasure Island, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Newsies, and White Christmas. In 2016, Century placed 2nd in the state at the International Thespian Society's Maryland State Festival with their performance of The Miracle Worker. CHS was the first school in Carroll County to have an outdoor theater for the school's Rude Mechanicals to perform on. The Rude Mechanicals is an acting troupe, named after the clowns in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. They perform Shakespeare skits both at Century and throughout the community.

Athletics

State championships

2002 - Girls Soccer, Class 2A^[4]
2003 - Girls Soccer, Class 2A
2003 - Boys Soccer^[5]
2004 - Girls Lacrosse^[6]
2006 - Girls Lacrosse^[7]
2007 - Girls Lacrosse^[7]
2009 - Girls Lacrosse^[7]
2009 - Girls Cross Country, Class 2A ^[8]
2010 - Girls Indoor Track^[9]
2010 - Girls Lacrosse^[7]
2010 - Girls Cross Country^[8]
2011 - Volleyball
2011 - Girls Indoor Track^[9]
2011 - Boys Indoor Track^[9]
2011 - Girls Cross Country^[8]
2013 - Boys Indoor Track^[9]
2013 - Boys Outdoor Track^[7]
2013 - Girls Soccer, Class 2A^[8]
2013 - Field Hockey^[8]
2015 - Boys Outdoor Track^[7]
2015 - Girls Lacrosse^[7]
2017 - Boys Indoor Track
2017 - Boys Outdoor Track^[7]
2017 - Girls Lacrosse ^[7]
2018 - Boys Indoor Track
2018 - Baseball^[7]
2019 - Volleyball
2019 - Boys Soccer^[8]

2021 - Girls Lacrosse
2022 - Girls Soccer

References

^ ^a ^b "Search for Public Schools - Century High (240021001161)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Maryland Property Database". Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-10-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ MPSSAA Girls Soccer Archived March 8, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
^ Century High website Archived September 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "2004 All-Metro Girls Lacrosse Teams". Baltimore Sun. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2024. in the Knights' 15-7 win over Southern-AA for the state Class 2A-1A crown.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "2020 MPSSAA Spring Record Book" (PDF). www.mpsaa.org. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Fall Record Book" (PDF). www.mpsaa.org. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Winter Record Book" (PDF). www.mpsaa.org. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

External links

Official website

[NCES-1] "Search for Public Schools - Century High (240021001161)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

[Maryland_Property_Database-2] "Maryland Property Database". Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2007-12-12.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-10-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] MPSSAA Girls Soccer Archived March 8, 2005, at the Wayback Machine

[5] Century High website Archived September 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[6] "2004 All-Metro Girls Lacrosse Teams". Baltimore Sun. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2024. in the Knights' 15-7 win over Southern-AA for the state Class 2A-1A crown.

[springrec-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "2020 MPSSAA Spring Record Book" (PDF). www.mpsaa.org. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[fall-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Fall Record Book" (PDF). www.mpsaa.org. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[winter-9] "Winter Record Book" (PDF). www.mpsaa.org. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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