The Gaithersburg School

Built in 1904 at the site where Gaithersburg Elementary School now stands at 35 North Summit Avenue, the original Gaithersburg High School first housed both an elementary program for grades 1 to 7 and a three-year high school program. Its first graduating class in 1907 had only three students, and ten years later the Montgomery County Board of Education approved the first four-year high school program. An addition was built in 1911 to serve a growing enrollment, and by 1913 the school had 210 students, including 49 in high school. As the student body continued to grow, students formed athletic, book, and drama clubs, organized dances and socials, and created a school paper. The Blue and Gold student newspaper, named for the school colors, was first published in 1928 and remains in circulation today. By the late 1940's, enrollment had outgrown the building, and construction of the present-day Gaithersburg High School began at 314 South Frederick Avenue.

Gaithersburg, Maryland · United States