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Walter Johnson High School (also known as Walter Johnson or WJ) is a public upper secondary school located in the census-designated place of North Bethesda, Maryland (Bethesda postal address). The school was founded in 1956 and named after Walter Johnson, a famous baseball player who was also a native of Montgomery County, Maryland. The high school was the first to be named after a player of Major League Baseball. WJHS serves portions of Bethesda, North Bethesda, Potomac, and Rockville, as well as the towns of Garrett Park and Kensington. It is a part of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS).
History
The school first opened to grades 10-12 in 1956, and was named after the local baseball pitcher and politician, Walter Johnson. The school's original mascot and team name was The Spartans; as the student body chose the school colors based on the colors and name of Michigan State University, Spartans. The school mascot was named in 1963 as Mighty Moo, a dairy cow, named after the cows that roamed the fields before the school was built. After a 1987 consolidation with nearby Charles W. Woodward High School, Walter Johnson maintained its school colors of white and green, but adopted Woodward's mascot, "Wild Thing" the Wildcat.
Academics
Walter Johnson High School established their APEX-Reach Signature Program in 1996. This APEX-Reach Program leads students through a more rigorous curriculum through a combination of honors and Advance Placement (AP) classes.
The school offers Advance Placement (AP) classes since pre-1996 with a total 28 AP classes. Since the fall of 2023, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will pay for all AP and International Baccalaureate (IB) exams that students who take these courses will take.
WJ students average a score of 1192 on the SAT, with 604 on verbal and 588 on math.
As of 2024, Walter Johnson is the 15th-ranked high school in Maryland and the 855th-ranked nationally, according to U.S News and World Report.
Reconstruction
In 1960, sixteen more rooms were added to the school along ten more in 1964. Construction in the mid-1970s introduced the addition to a secondary gym and theater. In the merge with the Charles W. Woodward High School, more lockers, trophy cases, and seven portable classrooms were added.
At the start of the 2001-2002 school year began construction plans to renovate the school. The construction took ten years which include new installations like 19 more classrooms, 4 more science labs, a new cafeteria, stadium, media center, new gym, and new auditorium. The renovation also include the addition of more amenities like an art, music, and technology suite. The school's entrance was designed to have a glass ceiling decorated with 90 national flags respresenting the nationalities of the student population.
School Articulation Patterns
Walter Johnson serves two middle schools, each of which serve three elementary schools.
North Bethesda MS
Ashburton ES
Kensington Parkwood ES
Wyngate ES
Tilden MS
Farmland ES
Garrett Park ES
Luxmanor ES
= Expected Changes
=With overcrowding at many schools in the downcounty area, especially Walter Johnson, Woodward will be fully reopening with the goal of alleviating overcrowding at nearby schools. To address these concerns, MCPS has begun a boundary study that will affect up to eight high school service areas: Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Walter Johnson, Walt Whitman, and the five high schools within the Downcounty Consortium. The boundary changes are expected to take place at the start of the 2027-28 school year, when Northwood high school students will return to their expanded facility.
Activities
= Athletics
=The school offers a variety of sports with fall, winter, and springs sports. In the fall, the school offers cross country, field hockey, football, golf, pom pon, soccer, and volleyball. In the winter, the school offers baseketball, bocce, indoor track, swimming, and wrestling. In the spring, the school offers baseball, lacrosse, softball, tennis, track, and volleyball.
= Writing
=Walter Johnson has classes to support their literature with their own newspaper, The Pitch, as well as their own literary magazine, The Spectator. Their Yearbook is named The Windup.
= Music
=The school contains several ensembles for music like the Madrigals, Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Band, Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. These ensembles often perform for county and/or state competitions in various venues.
Walter Johnson also has their own musical productions, WJ STAGE, and along with it their own production crew.
Demographics
As of 2022-2023:
Notable alumni
Jonathan Allen, political journalist
Robb Austin, politician, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
David John Doukas, physician and medical ethicist
Anita Dunn, former advisor to President Barack Obama
Carol Dysinger, -professor, filmmaker, editor, Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject winner at the 92nd Academy Awards
Jeremy Ebobisse, professional soccer player for the Portland Timbers
Georgia Engel, actress
Florent Groberg, Medal of Honor recipient
Jonathan Hadary, actor
Jeffrey C. Hall, Nobel Prize in Medicine recipient, geneticist, and chronobiologist
Colleen Haskell, actress and Season One Survivor contenstant
Stephen Herek, film director and Broadway producer
John Michael Higgins, actor and director
Tommy Keene, singer and songwriter
Ariana Kelly, politician, Maryland House of Delegates
Candace Kovacic-Fleischer, law professor
John Kronstadt, district judge
Adriana Kugler, economist, member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, former executive director of the World Bank
Tim Kurkjian, ESPN baseball reporter and analyst
Roy Lee, film producer
Jeffrey S. Lehman, former Cornell University president, scholar, and attorney
Nils Lofgren, rock musician
Rudy Maxa, host and producer of PBS travel shows
Matt McCoy, actor
Caroline Miller, professional soccer player
Matt Murray, journalist, editor-in-chief of The Washington Post
Alain Nu, mentalist and magician
Jody Olsen, Peace Corps director
Carl Pope, former Sierra Club executive director
James Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author
Tommy Smith, U.S. National Rugby Sevens player
Cal Thomas, syndicated columnist, radio commentator, and author
Brian Transeau, electronic musician and composer
David J. Williams, science fiction and video game creator
Gedion Zelalem, professional soccer player, New York City FC
Gerald Zerkin, senior assistant federal public defender who defended Zacarias Moussaoui
Siribha Chudabhorn, princess of Thailand
References
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External links
Official website
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