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DuVal High School
Logo of DuVal High School
DuVal High School in 2019
Location
Map
9880 Good Luck Road, Lanham, MD

United States
Coordinates38°59′21.6″N 76°50′16.6″W / 38.989333°N 76.837944°W / 38.989333; -76.837944
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1960
School districtPrince George's County Public Schools
PrincipalPamela Smith
Faculty150+
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,263 (2022)
Color(s)Orange, White and Black      
SportsYes
MascotTiger
Team nameTigers
Websiteschools.pgcps.org/duval/

DuVal High School (DHS) is a comprehensive science and technology public magnet high school in the Seabrook census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, with a Lanham postal address.[1][2] Prior to 2010 the U.S. Census Bureau defined the area containing DuVal High as being within the Goddard CDP.[3]

The school serves:[4] most of Seabrook CDP,[1] all of Lanham CDP,[5] portions of the Fairwood CDP,[6] Glenn Dale,[7] Landover,[8] and Mitchellville CDPs,[9] a portion of the City of Glenarden,[10] and a small portion of the City of New Carrollton.[11] It also serves a section of the former Goddard CDP.[3]

History

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DuVal High School opened in 1960 to relieve overcrowding from other local area high schools. The original building was a one-story, 38-classroom school situated in the formerly small village of Good Luck, Maryland. The historic primary school serving the same community (the "Good Luck Schoolhouse" or "Glen Dale Colored School") was built in 1899, expanded in 1915 but abandoned c. 1935, and became a private residence in 1938.[12]

The school name honors Gabriel Duvall (or DuVal) (1752–1844), a Supreme Court Justice whose family formerly owned a local slave plantation.[13] The spelling of the name now conforms with that used by his descendants. DuVal held a number of public offices, including serving as the U.S. representative from Maryland's second district from November 11, 1794, to March 28, 1796, Chief Justice of Maryland's General Court from 1796 to 1802, and U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury from 1802 through 1811. Duvall also served on the United States Supreme Court, as associate justice (replacing fellow Marylander Samuel Chase) from 1811 until 1835, when he resigned due to old age.

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2010 Census – Census Block Map: Seabrook CDP, MD". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Home. DuVal High School. Retrieved on September 1, 2018. "9880 Good Luck Road | Lanham, MD 20706"
  3. ^ a b "Census 2000 Block Map: Goddard CDP". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 1, 2018. 1990 Census map of Prince George's County (index map) has Goddard on Page 9.
  4. ^ "Neighborhood High Schools and Boundaries – School Year 2018-2019". Prince George's County Public Schools. Retrieved on August 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "2010 Census – Census Block Map: Lanham CDP, MD". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.
  6. ^ "2010 Census – Census Block Map: Fairwood CDP, MD". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 28, 2018.
  7. ^ "2010 Census – Census Block Map: Glenn Dale CDP, MD". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.
  8. ^ "2010 Census – Census Block Map: Landover CDP, MD". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.
  9. ^ "2010 Census – Census Block Map (Index): Mitchellville CDP, MD". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 1, 2018. Pages: 1, 2, and 3. Note the CDP was previously larger: "Census 2000 Block Map: Mitchellville CDP". The 1990 Prince George's County Map (index map here) shows Mitchellville CDP on pages 14, 15, 18, and 19.
  10. ^ "2010 Census – Census Block Map: Glenarden city, MD". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.
  11. ^ "2010 Census – Census Block Map: New Carrollton city, MD". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.
  12. ^ "Maryland Historical Trust Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form" (PDF). PG: 70-087. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 21, 2023.
  13. ^ Morley, D. L. (c. 1948). "EARLY History of Patuxent Wildlife Research Center" (PDF). Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2017.
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