New Town High School (Maryland)


New Town High School is a four-year public 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

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

Students

The graduation rate at NTHS was 92% in 2006. 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
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.

Sports

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, 16 varsity regional championships, 19 varsity division championships, five junior varsity county championships, and six junior varsity division championships. Individuals and teams from New Town have also finished runner-up in the varsity state finals five times.
State Championships:
The Titan Chronicle is New Town High School’s student newspaper. 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.