Bishop McNamara High School (BMHS, McNamara, or Mac) is a private, Catholic coed high school in Forestville CDP in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland."2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Forestville CDP, MD." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 29, 2018. Pages: 1 and 2.Home . Bishop McNamara High School. Retrieved on August 29, 2018. "6800 Marlboro Pike, Forestville, MD 20747"
The school is in the Holy Cross tradition offering a college preparatory curriculum and a range of Fine Arts, athletics and activities. Founded in 1964 by the Congregation of Holy Cross, Bishop McNamara is located on a 14-acre campus in Forestville, Maryland, United States, 7 miles south of Washington, D.C. and is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. The school bears the name of Bishop John Michael McNamara, a former auxiliary bishop to the Archbishops of Baltimore and Washington and the founder of St. Gabriel's parish in Washington, D.C.
History Built on a site adjacent to Mount Calvary Catholic Church on Marlboro Pike in Forestville, Maryland, Bishop McNamara High School is a result of Msgr. Peter Paul Rakowski's plan to build a Catholic high school for boys, and one for girls in the southern part of Prince George's County. To that end, in 1962, Patrick A. O'Boyle, archbishop of Washington, D.C., extended an invitation to the Brothers of Holy Cross to administer and staff the new high school, which would serve the county and parts of Washington, DC. Bishop McNamara High School admitted its first classes (freshman and sophomore) of 334 boys in 1964.
In the academic year 1992–93, the school became co-educational when it accepted girls from La Reine High School, an all girls' school in nearby Suitland that had been closed."History of Bishop McNamara & La Reine High Schools: Educators in Faith ." Bishop McNamara High School. Retrieved on August 29, 2018. Enrollment at both schools had been dwindling for some years, following a trend in private schools across the county as a result of the recession.
Fine Arts
The Fine Arts Programs include: Dance - Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical Jazz, Tap, and Traditional African Dance Music - (Band & Orchestra and Choir) Theater - Introduction To Theatre, Acting, Theatre Technology I & II, Great Stages Of Drama, Senior Seminar, Musical Theatre Production (Fall), Spring Theatre Production Visual Arts - Color, Drawing & Advanced Drawing, Graphic Design, Digital Photography I & II, and AP Studio Art 2D-Design and AP Drawing.
Athletics Bishop McNamara competes in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference at the Varsity and Junior Varsity levels in the following sports:
Fall - Football, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Men's Soccer, and Cheerleading Winter - Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Swimming, Wrestling, Cheerleading, and Indoor Track Spring - Baseball, Softball, Men's Tennis, Men's Lacrosse, Women's Lacrosse, Track & Field, and Golf
Notable alumni
Waine Bacon – NFL defensive back (2004–2005) Todd Bozeman – NCAA basketball coach Cameron Chism, CFL player Brandon Coleman - NFL wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints Chris Cosh – NCAA football defensive coordinator Jerome Couplin III – NFL player Timothy Creamer – NASA astronaut Tyoka Jackson – NFL player Liatu King - basketball player Jeff Kinney – author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Ty Lawson - basketball player Jason Reynolds - National Book Award finalist Madison Scott - basketball player Marcus Thornton – basketball player Keith Veney – NCAA Division I men's basketball record holder for three-pointers made in a single game with 15 Nicole Yeargin – Olympic medalist (2024) and NCAA Division I sprinter Talib Zanna - basketball player who plays in Bulgaria
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External links
Bishop McNamara High School