Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

• Westland MS • Bethesda ES • Somerset ES • Rock Creek Forest ES (Spanish immersion) • Westbrook ES • Silver Creek MS • Chevy Chase ES (3–5) • North Chevy Chase ES (3–5) • Rock Creek Forest ES (non-immersion) • Rosemary Hills ES (Pre-K–2) == History ==

20th century B-CC High School was founded as a two-story, fourteen-room facility on Wilson Lane in 1926. In 1935, the school opened at its current location on East-West Highway in a building designed by Howard Wright Cutler. From 1946 to 1950, the B-CC building was used as the first home of Montgomery Junior College—today's Montgomery College, the county's public community college. During its first school year, the college had about 175 students. • 1936: • 1950: • 1952: • 1959: • 1966: • 1970: • 1975: • 1976: These additions brought the total school area to . In the summer of 1994, parents, teachers, administrators, business people and other supporters of B-CC High School formed the Community Coalition for Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. Its charge was to re-engineer the high school to better suit its increasingly urbanized and cosmopolitan area. CC-B-CC representatives were encouraged to think broadly and innovatively to create programs that would lead B-CC High School and MCPS into the twenty-first century. Because of this effort, from 1999 to 2002, B-CC High School underwent a $41 million comprehensive modernization project that, among other things, combined the historic 1935 and 1936 structures into one building. ==Facilities==

The school has 80 classrooms, a media center with 30 computer workstations and TV studio and media production facilities, a greenhouse, a music laboratory and choral room, two gymnasiums and a weight training room, a 900-seat auditorium, and a cafeteria that serves breakfast and lunch. B-CC also has two "firsts" among Montgomery County Public Schools: a Cyber Café, opened in March 2003, and a Language Lab, installed in the summer of 2004. In 2008, B-CC High School was equipped with 80 digital classroom Promethean boards. ==Activities and academics==

As of 2024, B-CC is the 10th-ranked high school in Maryland and the 590th-ranked nationally, according to U.S News and World Report. B-CC students average a score of 1203 on the SAT, with 610 in verbal and 593 in math. In the 2022-23 school year, B-CC High School offered over 110 clubs and student organizations. In 2013, the school's physics team won the state championship. ==Athletics==

B-CC fields more than 25 athletic teams, known as the Battlin' Barons. Fall sports • Cheerleading • Cross country (girls): Maryland 4A state champions, 2011, 2012, 2024 • Cross country (boys): Maryland 3A state champions, 2007 • Field hockey: State champions 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2004 • Football • Golf • Poms: Mid-Atlantic Champions, 2013 • Rowing (boys) (club sport) • Rowing (girls) (club sport) • Soccer (boys): State champions, 1980, 1982, 1984, 2001, 2007, 2017 • Soccer (girls): State champions, 2001, 2004; State, 2008, 2009; Ranked 48th in the nation; State champions, 2010, 2011 • Sailing (club sport) • Tennis (girls): • Volleyball (girls) • Handball Winter sports • Basketball (boys): State champions: 1959, 1984 • Basketball (girls) • Bocce: Maryland state champions, 2013, 2015, 2016 • Cheerleading • Ice hockey (club sport): MSHL State champions: 2021 • Indoor track (girls): State champions, 1980, 2008 • Indoor track (boys) • Poms • Swimming and diving • Wrestling Spring sports • Baseball • Gymnastics: State champions, 2007–2010 • Lacrosse (boys) • Lacrosse (girls) • Outdoor track & field • Rowing (boys) (club sport) • State champions: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 • National finalists: 2000 (2nd), 2001 (1st), 2003, 2004 (3rd), 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017 (1st), 2018, 2019 (3rd), 2022 (1st) • Rowing (girls) (club sport) • State champions: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, • Softball • Tennis (boys): State champions: 2015 (doubles); • Volleyball (boys) • Volleyball (coed) • Ultimate frisbee (club sport): State champions: 2014, 2015, 2016 Rivalries B-CC's closest athletic rivalry is with Walt Whitman; games between the schools are sometimes dubbed "Battle of Bethesda." It also has a growing rivalry with the other public school in Bethesda, Walter Johnson. == Notable alumni ==

B-CC has had many notable alumni in politics, business, academia, sports, and media. Government and politics • Andy Billig, Washington state senator from the 3rd District • David Boren, U.S. Senator and Governor of Oklahoma; President of University of Oklahoma • Howard A. Denis, Maryland State Senator, 1977–1994 • Wallace E. Hutton (born 1929), member of the Maryland House of Delegates • L. Craig Johnstone, U.S. Ambassador to Algeria, and Deputy-High Commissioner for Refugees • Peter Jo Messitte, federal judge • Peter Navarro, Counselor to the President of the United States • Neal Potter, county executive of Montgomery County, 1990–1994 Business • Philip J. Kaplan, tech entrepreneur • Frank Radice, media businessman, former president of National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences • Jonathan I. Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems Academia • Alfredo Jocelyn-Holt Letelier, Chilean historian • John D. Hoffman, Manhattan Project chemist • David Stuart, Mayanist scholar, youngest recipient of MacArthur Fellowship "genius grant" Sports • Mitchell Bobrow, karate fighter, 1969 All American Karate Grand Champion Madison Square Garden • Moise Fokou, football player, linebacker for NFL's Tennessee Titans • Frank Funk, MLB player (Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Braves) • Bill Guckeyson, 1937 NFL Draft; killed as a fighter pilot in World War II; namesake of the school's athletic field • Collin Martin, former Major League Soccer midfielder for D.C. United • Elliana Pogrebinsky, figure skater • Joe Urso, arena football player (Baltimore Blackbirds, Chesapeake Tide, Maryland Maniacs) • Ethan White, former Major League Soccer defender for D.C. United Arts and entertainment • Martin Blank, playwright, screenwriter, and producer • Gaelan Connell, star of the movie Bandslam • Tommy Davidson, comedian, cast member of TV series In Living Color • John Duffey, bluegrass musician • Neal Fredericks, cinematographer, The Blair Witch Project • Robert Gordon, rockabilly singer • Si Kahn, singer and songwriter • Daniel Kessler, guitarist and founder of the band Interpol • David Simon, creator and executive producer of HBO series The Wire • Richard K. Spottswood, musicologist and actor • Becky Stark, actress and lead singer of Lavender Diamond • Daniel Stern, actor, appeared in two Home Alone movies • Vicky Tiel, fashion designer Media and journalism • Rita Braver, TV broadcaster, CBS News correspondent • John Harwood, Chief White House correspondent for CNN • Ken Kashiwahara – Emmy-winning television journalist • Austin H. Kiplinger, journalist and philanthropist • Charles Lane, columnist for The Washington Post; former editor of The New Republic'' magazine • Andy Pollin, radio personality, sports talk station WTEM • Peter Rosenberg, radio and TV personality, Hot 97 • Andy Serwer, journalist and former managing editor of Fortune magazine • Carol Stuart Watson, illustrator and publisher, co-founder of The Georgetowner Books • Tracy Chevalier — author of Girl with a Pearl Earring • Joe Haldeman — science-fiction writer, author of The Forever War • Matthew Zapruder — poet, The Pajamaist == Notable staff ==

• Colman McCarthy — peace studies teacher == References ==