John F. Kennedy High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)
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1901 Randolph Road Silver Spring, Maryland United States |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Established | 1964 |
| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |
| Principal | Mr. Joe Rubens, Jr. |
| Faculty | 94 (2013) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Co-Educational |
| Enrollment | 1853 (2013) |
| Campus | Southern Suburban |
| Color(s) | Forest green and vegas gold |
| Mascot | Cavalier |
| Rival | Wheaton High School |
| Yearbook | The Legacy |
| Website | www |
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John F. Kennedy High School is a public high school located in unincorporated in Montgomery County, Maryland. The school is within the Glenmont census-designated place, and has a Silver Spring mailing address.
The school is a part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Over 1,700 students are enrolled at Kennedy. Since the 2004-2005 school year Kennedy has been part of the Down County Consortium, which includes Montgomery Blair, Wheaton, Einstein, and Northwood High Schools. Kennedy's mascot is the Cavalier.
Several middle schools are part of a consortium and feed into Kennedy. Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School, Argyle Middle School, and Eastern Middle School are assigned specifically to Kennedy.
Opening its doors in 1964, Kennedy High School was originally going to be called "East Wheaton High School," but due to President John F. Kennedy's assassination in November 1963, the school took his name as its namesake. It initially enrolled students in 7th through 10th grades. By the fall of 1966, it enrolled students in 9th through 12th grades, and graduated its first full 12th grade class in the spring of 1967.
Kennedy's early history is that of an experimental school, with open classes, no grades, and no required attendance. The onus was on Kennedy's students to be self-motivated. Kennedy's rare approach to education gained international attention, but ultimately these trends did not become very popular in other schools. Kennedy itself ceased to use this format as some parents refused to send their children to Kennedy and demanded the school be shut down.
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