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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (B-CC) is a Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, public school named for two of the towns it serves along with Kensington and Silver Spring, Maryland. It is located at 4301 East-West Highway, in Bethesda, an unincorporated community in Montgomery County.

Bethesda-Chevy Chase is a part of Montgomery County Public Schools.

The school serves the Chevy Chase and Bethesda areas including the towns of Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase View, Chevy Chase Village, and Somerset; and the villages of Chevy Chase Section Three, Chevy Chase Section Five, Martin's Additions and North Chevy Chase.

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[edit] Administrators

• Principal: Karen Lockard
• Assistant Principal: Bennie Green
• Assistant Principal: Irina LaGrange

[edit] Notable alumni

• Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Gaelan Connell, star of the movie Bandslam.
• Chet Culver, Governor of Iowa
• Tommy Davidson, comedian and part of the cast of the TV show In Living Color
• Council Nedd II, American Anglican Bishop
• Andy Duncan, founding member of the band OK GO
• Jose Ferreira, CEO of Knewton
• Neal Fredericks, cinematographer, most notably for "The Blair Witch Project"
• William Frick, member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Joe Haldeman, noted science-fiction writer and author of "Forever War"
• Robert Gordon, rockabilly singer
• Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend
• Philip J. Kaplan, (aka Pud), notable internet personality and founder of Fuckedcompany.com and Adbrite
• Daniel Kessler, guitarist and founder of the band Interpol
• Robert Mercurio, bassist and founding member of the New Orleans funk band Galactic
• Neal Potter, County Executive of Montgomery County, 1990-1994
• Jeff Raines, guitarist and founding member of the New Orleans funk band Galactic
• Jonathan I. Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems
• Andy Serwer, journalist with Fortune magazine
• David Simon (writer), creator and executive producer of the HBO series The Wire (TV series)
• Daniel Stern, comic actor noted for playing Marv, one of the burglars from the first two Home Alone movies.
• David Stuart (Mayanist), Mayanist scholar and the youngest-ever recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship "genius grant"
• Becky Stark, actress and lead singer of Lavender Diamond.
• David Tate (radio broadcaster), former CEO of Rantel Research, Inc. and current Director of Analytical Associates of Bethesda, MD.

[edit] Academics

B-CC offers a variety of educational programs including the Advanced Placement Program and the International Baccalaureate Program to its students.

B-CC was also ranked 64th on Newsweek's Top 100 High Schools of 2008 ^[1]

Chips is B-CC's award winning magazine, currently in its 71st edition, is a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Silver Crown winner, making it among the nation's top 5% of Literary Magazines ^[2]

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[edit] Music and Theater

B-CC is a GRAMMY foundation signature school. In 2005, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School won the Maryland State Theatre Society's award for best musical for its production of Urinetown.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2008, B-CC attended the Boston Heritage Festival. All of its music groups received golds and left with several trophies and plaques. They also received soloist awards for a number of their musicians. Previous music department trips have taken students to Montreal, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, Orlando, and more! The 2010 music department trip will be to New York City.

The music department, led by Marshall White, boasts a Symphonic and Concert Orchestra and Band, Advanced Band, Pep Band, Jazz Band, Drumline, and a number of chamber groups such as a string quartet, brass group, string ensemble, and many more. It also has several choral groups, and individual instrument courses like guitar and piano. The department offers a rigorous IB Music course as an 8th period to its students.

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Fall

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Baseball:BCC Barons JV and Varsity (Star player:Ben Kohm)

[edit] Winter

[edit] Spring

[edit] Feeder Schools

[edit] Middle Schools

• Westland Middle School (6-8)

[edit] Elementary Schools Feeding into Westland Middle School

• Bethesda ES (K-5)
• Chevy Chase ES (3-6)
• North Chevy Chase ES (3-6)
• Rock Creek Forest ES (PreK-5)
• Rosemary Hills ES (PreK-2)
• Somerset ES (K-5)
• Westbrook ES (K-5)

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

Coordinates: 38°59′11.1″N 77°5′19.4″W / 38.986417°N 77.088722°W / 38.986417; -77.088722