Albemarle High School is a public high school serving grades 9 through 12. It is a part of Albemarle County Public Schools and is located just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. The principal is Darah Bonham, appointed in 2019.
Albemarle High School | |
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2775 Hydraulic Road , 22901 United States | |
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School type | Public high school |
Motto | "Pursuing Victory With Honor" |
Founded | 1953 |
School district | Albemarle County Public Schools |
Superintendent | Matthew Haas |
Principal | Darah Bonham |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,992 (September 30, 2017) |
Color(s) | Red and Navy Blue |
Athletics conference | Jefferson District |
Team name | Patriots |
Rivals | Charlottesville Black Knights, Monticello Mustangs, Western Albemarle Warriors |
Feeder schools | Journey Middle School Lakeside Middle School Burley Middle School |
Website | Official Site |
Albemarle High School offers Advanced Placement and dual enrollment classes through nearby Piedmont Virginia Community College. High school students can also study at CATEC, a joint program with Albemarle County Public Schools and Charlottesville City Public Schools where classes are focused on technical education, as well as MESA, or the Math, Engineering, and Science Academy, where students take accelerated math and science courses.
Adult Education and LED programs are offered in the evening.
Examples include:
The program Math, Engineering, and Science Academy (MESA) opened for the 2009–2010 school year, inviting approximately 50 freshmen and 25 juniors. MESA offers an accelerated science and math curriculum, in which math and science are taught with an engineering and application focus. Collaborative project based learning, robotics, research and competitions are all part of the MESA environment. Students solve problems analytically and verify their results empirically through experimentation using tools including MATLAB, Autodesk Inventor and Microsoft Excel. In 2013, MESA students won the International Robotic Sailing Regatta beating every college team in attendance and advanced two students to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
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