New Town High School (Maryland)

New Town High School
Address

4931 New Town Blvd. Owings Mills , Maryland United States
Information
Type	Public High School (9-12)
Motto	"Today we learn; Tomorrow we lead"
Established	2003
Founder	Margaret I. Spicer (2003-2006)
School district	Baltimore County Public Schools
Principal	James Martin
Grades	9-12
Campus	64 acres (260,000 m²) ^[1]
Color(s)	Burgundy and Gold
Mascot	Titan
Website	newtownhs.bcps.org
New Town High School

New Town High School (NTHS) is a four-year public magnet high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is located on the northwest side of the county west of I-795 in Owings Mills, Maryland.

About the school

New Town High School was constructed in 2003 and is located at 4931 New Town Boulevard in Owings Mills, Maryland, across the street from New Town Elementary School. NTHS was built, in part, to ease overcrowding issues in neighboring schools within the district. The district borders that of Franklin High School, Owings Mills High School, Pikesville High School, and Randallstown High School.

Former principals

2003-2006: Dr. Margaret Spicer
2006-2010: Barbara Cheswick
2010–2014: Sam Mustipher
2014-2018: Kevin Whatley

Cisco Networking Academy

NTHS is one of many utilized Cisco NetRider Substations around Maryland and the United States. Howard Jackson is the local leader of the NTHS NetRider Division.

Academics

New Town High school received a 50.6 out of a possible 90 points (56%) on the 2018-2019 Maryland State Department of Education Report Card and received a 3 out of 5 star rating, ranking in the 38th percentile among all Maryland schools.^[2]

Students

The 2019–2020 enrollment at New Town High School was 1168 students.^[3]

The graduation rate at NTHS was 92% in 2006 (the first year that data is available).^[4] The school opened to freshman and sophomore students for the 2003-04 academic year. Each successive year, another class was enrolled until a full population consisting of four grade levels was established. The enrollment statistics are 92% African-American, 3.8 Caucasian, and 2.8% Asian/Pacific Islander.

Student population^[5]

2008: 947
2007: 1,019
2006: 960
2005: 710
2004: 437

Graduation ceremonies

The Class of 2006 was New Town High School's first graduating class. Graduation regalia consists of a gold cap and gown for female graduates and a burgundy cap and gown for male graduates. The tassel is burgundy and gold for both genders. Like all Baltimore County Public Schools graduation ceremonies, New Town High School graduation ceremonies take place at Towson University's SECU Arena.

Athletics

New Town High School's mascot and colors were established after a student vote when the school first opened. By a near-unanimous vote, the mascot chosen was the Titan, and the colors selected were burgundy, black, and gold. Since its establishment, the school has won a total of 14 varsity state championships (individual and team), 16 varsity regional championships, 19 varsity division championships, five junior varsity county championships, and six junior varsity division championships.^{[citation needed]} Individuals and teams from New Town have also finished runner-up in the varsity state finals five times.^{[citation needed]}

State championships

Girls Basketball

2A 2017^[6]

Boys Basketball

1A 2007, 2015^[6]
2A 2016^[6]

School publications

The Titan Chronicle is New Town High School’s student newspaper.^[7] It serves as an open forum to inform and reflect the opinions of students and the New Town High School community. The first academic adviser of The Titan Chronicle was BCPS English teacher, Rebecca Plovan. She taught journalism at New Town High School up until 2006 when she transferred to Owings Mills High School. In 2006, a new hire in the English department, Adam Carney, took over as the paper's academic adviser. He brought with him new concepts for the paper including changes in design, layout, content, and even took a class vote to have the publication's name changed to The Titan Times. The new name stuck for a brief period but was eventually reverted to The Titan Chronicle.