Our GREAT MILLS HIGH SCHOOL community believes:
- Learning is the priority of the school
- Each student has innate self-worth, value, and talent
- Respect for others is essential
- The entire school community has the right to a safe, supportive, and respectful environment in a well-maintained facility.
- Parents and guardians of students should actively participate in their children's education.
- The community plays a significant role in supporting and reinforcing the educational process.
- Partnerships with the community extend student learning.
- Learning extends beyond the classroom through a variety of extra-curricular and co-curricular activities.
- All students have the ability to question, to analyze, and to solve problems.
- Learning is enhanced by intergrating curricula.
- A varity of assessments allows students the opportunity to demonstrate their learning.
- Learning is a life-long process.
GMHS Mission Statement
Great Mills High School, with a long and notable tradition of service to a socially diverse student population and community, empowers all students to respect individual differences, to become responsible and productive citizens, and to become life-long learners. These goals are achieved in partnership with families and the community at large by providing innovative instruction based upon individual needs within a safe and caring environment.
| Great Mills High School is a comprehensive public high school of 1,793 students in grades 9-12. It serves the community at the southern end of St. Mary's County, at the confluence of the Potomac and Patuxent Rivers and Chesapeake Bay. The area is a mixture of rural and suburban communities. Many of the families are employed by the U.S. Navy at the Naval Warefare Test Center, government contractors, St. Mary's college of Maryland or involved in traditionally agricultural and water-related businesses. The ethnic population of the school reflects that of the community: 63% Caucasian, 31% African American, 6% Other. |
Accreditation |
Great Mills High School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Maryland State Department of Education. GMHS grading system uses single, non-differentiating, 4-point system. An exception to this is Advanced Placement (AP) courses, which are weighted. Class rank is determined by using cumulative grade point averages while in high school (as well as to determine valedictorian and salutatorian). |
Grading
A=90-100
B = 80-89
C = 70-79
D = 60-69
F = 0-59 | Standard Certificate
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We encourage every member of our Great Mills High School community (Students, Staff, Families and Alumni) to "get involved and make a difference"...
We sponsor several school wide events annually to benefit our community.
Harvest for the Hungry / Kids Helping Kids
Relay for Life / American Cancer Society
Christmas in April
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society / Pennies for Patients
ARC of Maryland
American Red Cross
Kids Helping Hopkins