St. Michael's Middle and High School (SMMHS) is a seven-year public middle school / high school in St. Michaels, Maryland, United States, in Talbot County. It is one of two public high schools in Talbot County along with Easton High School. St. Michaels High School is the smallest on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Overview The school is located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the town of St. Michael's, MD, a waterside fishing port on the Chesapeake Bay. The school is on Maryland Route 33, just west of Easton, Maryland and U.S. 50.
Students St. Michael's graduation rate has fluctuated a bit over the years, however that may be attributable to the school's small size. In 2007 the school graduated 88.46%, up from 78.69% in 2004.Unknown
Like the graduation rate, the school population has been fluctuated over the past several years, with a total of 471 attending in 2016. The school's population peaked in 2000 with 506 students, with a low of 221 in 1993.
Court Case In Max Brennan v. Board of Education of Talbot County et al., U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sided with the plaintiff, a transgender male student. Brennan had previously been only authorized to use specified gender neutral bathrooms in his school, St. Michaels Middle/High School. Once a 4th Circuit Court ruling deferred to Obama-era guidance on school bathroom usage, Brennan was then allowed to use the male bathrooms, but not the locker rooms. However, on March 12, 2018, the judge ruled that this amounts to discrimination and "harms his health and well-being...[as the policy] does not apply to anyone else at the high school, and marks him as different for being transgender." Litigation in this case is still ongoing, and no changes to policies have been made.
Sports
State Champions
2017 - Baseball 2013 - Tennis 2012 - Tennis 2011 - Baseball 2011 - Tennis 2010 - Baseball 2010 - Tennis 2008 - Baseball 2001 - Baseball 2010 - Wrestling, Jordan Gowe, Individual State Champion (171 lbs.) 1984 - Wrestling, Ray Carpenter, Individual State Champion 1975 - Boys' Soccer 1974 - Boys' Soccer
State Finalist
2018 - Baseball 2003 - Softball 2000 - Baseball 1997 - Boys' Soccer 1984 - Boys' Soccer 1983 - Girls' Field Hockey 1982 - Girls' Field Hockey 1981 - Girls' Field Hockey 1976 - Boys' Soccer 1965 - Boys' Cross Country
State Semi-Finalist
2016 - Baseball 2002 - Boys' Soccer 2002 - Softball 2000 - Boys' Soccer 2000 - Softball 1999 - Boys' Soccer 1999 - Softball 1998 - Softball 1987 - Girls' Field Hockey 1984 - Girls' Field Hockey 1982 - Boys' Soccer 1981 - Boys' Soccer 1979 - Boys' Soccer 1977 - Boys' Soccer
Notable alumni Harold Baines, former Major League Baseball player Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio - member of the Maryland House of Delegates
See also List of high schools in Maryland
References and notes
External links St. Michaels Middle High School website Map of School from Google Maps