Crossland High School Explained

Crossland High School
Location:	6901 Temple Hill Road Temple Hills, Maryland
District:	Prince George's County Public Schools
Country:	USA
Principal:	Michael Gilchrist.,
Faculty:	97.0 (on FTE basis)^[1]
Ratio:	20.8
Type:	Public
Grades:	9–12
Enrollment:	1,224
Coordinates:	38.7947°N -76.9303°W
Pushpin Map:	Maryland
Mascot:	Cavaliers
Colors:	Red, gold, black and white
Homepage:	pgcps.org/crossland/

Crossland High School is a public secondary school located in Camp Springs census-designated place, unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, with Temple Hills postal address.^[2] ^[3] The school serves about 2,000 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Prince George's County Public Schools system.

Crossland is named after a prominent early Maryland family.

The vocational wing was dedicated by President Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1967.

Crossland serves:^[4] much of Camp Springs CDP,^[3] all of Temple Hill CDP,^[5] and portions of Hillcrest Heights,^[6] Marlow Heights,^[7] Oxon Hill,^[8] and Silver Hill CDPs.^[9]

In popular culture

The high school in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is named Crossland High School.

Jess Atkinson, Class of 1980, placekicker for the University of Maryland and Washington Redskins
Peter Bergman, daytime television actor, CBS' The Young and the Restless; class of 1971
Mark Davis, Dallas radio talk show host and newspaper columnist; class of 1975
Pierre Edwards (born May 7, 1967) known as Pierre, is an American actor, director, writer, and stand-up comedian
Michael A. Jackson, Maryland State Senator^[10]
Kevin Merida, executive editor, Los Angeles Times
Julian Peterson, NFL football player^[11]
Tank, R&B singer^[12]
Walt "The Wizard" Williams, NBA basketball player^[13]
J. G. Hertzler, Class of 1968, actor, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Klingon General & Martok

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