Digital Harbor High School
| Digital Harbor High School | |
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| Address | |
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1100 Covington Street Baltimore, Maryland 21230 |
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| Information | |
| School type | Public, Magnet, Comprehensive |
| Motto | "Learning, Serving, and Leading through Technology" |
| Founded | 2002 |
| School district | Baltimore City Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Dr. Gregory Thornton [CEO] |
| School number | 416 |
| Principal | Shannon Mobley |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,115 (2015–16 SY) |
| Area | Urban |
| Color(s) |
Columbia Blue, Black, and White |
| Mascot |
RAM's (Random Access Memory), but the sports logo has an actual ram
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| Website | www |
Digital Harbor High School (formerly known as Southern High School) is a magnet high school located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is currently one of two secondary schools and a comprehensive high school that specializes in information technology of Baltimore.
The vision for Digital Harbor High School started in 2000 when then-Baltimore schools chief Carmen V. Russo wanted to create a high school for computer studies in downtown Baltimore. Southern High School was the chosen site for the new school because it had suffered low graduation rates and disorder in recent years. Its prime location near Inner Harbor in the gentrifying Federal Hill neighborhood made it an attractive choice for a magnet school drawing students from citywide. A planning committee convened and a multimillion-dollar renovation project was undertaken over a five-year period. The building was completely transformed, with approximately $50 million spent to renovate the campus, with $6 million allocated toward information technology and audio visual equipment.
The school was partially designed by the original principal, Michael Pitroff (2002-2005), who is said to be the "Father of Digital Harbor." In 2005, he was reassigned to be the Technology Department Head for the Baltimore school system. The pupil transition from the old Southern High School began in 2002 with the entering 9th graders inaugurating the new school. With the graduation of Southern High School's last Class of 2005, all grade levels for Digital Harbor High School were phased in and another school, the National Academy Foundation School, was also housed on its first floor.
The academic focus of the school has been on computers and information technology. Digital Harbor's school compass logo represents the curriculum is divided into four separated into 6 separate areas of study ("pathways") for students to choose from:
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