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Broadneck High School

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Broadneck High School
Contact Information Broadneck High School

1265 Green Holly Drive

Annapolis, MD 21401

(410) 757-1300

Established 1982
Principal
School Type Public
School District Anne Arundel County Public Schools [1]
Enrollment 2,400
School Hours 7:17am - 1:55pm
Mascot Bruin
School Color(s) Maroon and Grey
School Motto Respect, Rigor, Responsibility
Rival School Severna Park High School Falcons
Coeducational Yes
Grade Levels 9-12
School Newspaper Tribruin


Broadneck High School is a school in the United States, located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on Green Holly Drive, near the cities of Annapolis, Cape St. Claire, and Arnold. The Bruin is the school's mascot. It is one of the newer schools in the county. It is known for the breadth of its Advanced Placement program. The Broadneck Bruins are rivals with the nearby Severna Park High School Falcons. BHS feeder middle schools are Severn River Middle School, and Magothy Middle School. In 2006, Newsweek ranked Broadneck 194th among high schools in the nation. The school is a part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system.


Athletics

Broadneck High School's athletics teams are the Bruins and Lady Bruins and their colors are maroon and grey, as defined by the school's first athletic director, Mr. Timothy McMullen. The school has won numerous state and local championships.

  • The current athetic director is Mr. Ken Kazmarek.
  • In 2002, a student led fan organization, titled the "Kazmaniacs" after the school's athletic director, was created to support Bruin athletics and, primarily, the basketball program. The Kazmaniacs were known for their loud cheers, and for often heckling other schools' players. Initially, the school provided T-shirts to the organization. The Kazmaniacs were forcibly disbanded in 2006 for showing poor sportsmanship, but former members dressed in black and filled the student sections in protest.

Lacrosse

  • The Bruins won the Maryland State Championships in the back-to-back years of 1992 and 1993.

Football

  • The Bruins made it to the Maryland State Championships during the 2003-2004 school year.

Wrestling

  • The Bruins won the Maryland State Championships during the 1987-1988 school year.

Marching band

The Marching Bruins have been in competition for over 20 years but have become larger, and more successful, over the past ten. In recent years they have secured chapter (local) championships, state championships, and have placed in the top 10 bands at the Atlantic Coast Championships, a Tournament of Bands sanctioned program.

  • In 2002, The Marching Bruins placed 5th in Group IV at the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships.
  • The band is currently directed by Mrs. Sandra Balderson and Mr. Matthew Heist.
  • The Marching Bruins were the Chapter IX Group IV Champions in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.

Cross country

  • The Lady Bruins won the Maryland State Championships during the 2003-2004 school year.
  • The boys won the Maryland State Championships during the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years.

Bruin mascot

Bruin Pride is supported by the school's bruin mascot, an honorary position that traditionally passed down by a senior in each graduating class.

  • The Bruin Mascot for the 2001-2002 school year was Matthew Depont.
  • There was no Bruin Mascot for the 2002-2003 school year.
  • The Bruin Mascot for the 2003-2004 school year was Jeffrey A. Haines.
  • The Bruin Mascot for the 2004-2005 school year was Brian Hoffman.
  • There was no Bruin Mascot for the 2005-2006 school year.
  • The Bruin Mascot for the 2006-2007 school year is the rambunctious John X. Feliccia XVII.

Clubs

FBLA/DECA

  • Joe Contarino was President from 2004 to 2005.
  • Alex Hamil was President from 2005 to 2006.

Latin Club

It's Academic

Robotics Club

Key Club

SADD

Foereign Language Club

SGA

  • The current President is Mike Hall.
  • Jeb Smith is President of the Junior class. He is a brilliant leader.

Math Team

Trivia

  • The class of 2006 threw a rave party in D-Hall way on the last day of school as a senior prank. The party was complete with a DJ, lights, and a large soundsystem. Graduation practice was delayed half an hour because of the chaos.
  • In 2002, after drugs were found by police in student vehicles in the Chestnut Tree Drive parking lot, the school was mentioned on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in a joke linking the school's high SAT test scores to drug use.
  • The class of 2003 secured a large inflatable penis to the roof of the school as a senior prank.
  • The class of 1991 hoisted a working port-a-john into a tree and released 91 mice into the school as pranks.
  • The class of 1990 covered the entire flagpole with tires as a prank.
  • Famous overseas athelete Max Palmer graduated in 2000.
  • Monument honoring the dedicated patronage of Lee Nover erected in 1995 after wholly funding the Anime Club's sixth consequtive annual state wide Fairy-Tail drive for underdeveloped young adults.
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