Montgomery Blair High School

Founded in 1935, Montgomery Blair High School was named after Montgomery Blair, Abraham Lincoln's postmaster general and lawyer for Dred Scott before the Supreme Court. It is a comprehensive public high school that runs on a semester grading system and enrolls students in grades 9 through 12. The school offers honors courses in several subjects, including English, social studies, mathematics, music, science, foreign languages and computer science. It offers the English for Speakers of Other Languages program for students whose primary language is not English. Additionally, the school provides a range of athletic activities, such as basketball, swimming and diving and wrestling. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Maryland State Department of Education. Montgomery Blair High School is located in Silver Spring, Md.