Montgomery Blair High School
| Montgomery Blair High School | |
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51 University Boulevard East Silver Spring, Maryland 20901-2451 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°1′5″N 77°0′41″W / 39.01806°N 77.01139°WCoordinates: 39°1′5″N 77°0′41″W / 39.01806°N 77.01139°W |
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| Type | Public (Magnet) Secondary |
| Motto |
Crescens Scientia (To Expand Knowledge) |
| Established | 1925 |
| Opened | 1935 |
| Oversight | Montgomery County Public Schools |
| Principal | Renay C. Johnson |
| Faculty | approx. 330 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 2,796 |
| Campus size | 42-acre (170,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Athletics | 23 varsity sports |
| Athletics conference | MPSSAA Montgomery County League |
| Team name | Blazers |
| Newspaper | Silver Chips |
| Yearbook | Silverlogue |
| Literary magazine | Silver Quill |
| Website | www.mbhs.edu |
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Montgomery Blair High School (MBHS) is a public high school located in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
The school was named after Montgomery Blair, a lawyer who represented Dred Scott in his United States Supreme Court case and who served as Postmaster General under President Abraham Lincoln. It originally opened in 1925 as Takoma Park-Silver Spring High School. In 1935, however, Montgomery Blair High School opened at 313 Wayne Avenue, a location overlooking Sligo Creek, now occupied by Silver Spring International Middle School. In 1998, the campus moved two miles (3 km) north to the Kay Tract, a long-vacant tract of land adjacent to the Capital Beltway.
The school has two magnet programs: the Math/Science/Computer Science Magnet and the Communication Arts Program (CAP), which draw students from both the Silver Spring area and across Montgomery County, and make up approximately 15% of Blair's student population. It is a member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology (NCSSSMST).
Prior to the 2010 U.S. Census the school was within the Silver Spring census-designated place, but as of 2015 it now resides in the Four Corners CDP.
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