Albert Einstein High School

For other schools named for Albert Einstein, see Albert Einstein School.

Albert Einstein High School (AEHS) is a four-year public high school in Kensington, Maryland, United States. It first opened in 1962 and is named after the German-born physicist Albert Einstein.^[3] It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system.

Albert Einstein High School
Location
11135 Newport Mill Road Kensington , Maryland United States
Coordinates	39.0395°N 77.0672°W / 39.0395; -77.0672
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	"The Place to Be"
Established	1962; 63 years ago (1962)
School district	Montgomery County Public Schools
NCES School ID	240048000773[1]
Principal	Mark Brown Jr.[2]
Teaching staff	131 FTE (2022-23)[1]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	2,012 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.36 (2022-23)[1]
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Red, Columbia blue, and white
Mascot	Titans
Newspaper	The Nucleus
Website	www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/einsteinhs

Academic programs

As a part of the Downcounty Consortium, Einstein offers five "academies", which are academic programs that concentrate in specific fields. These include the Academy of Finance, Business, and Marketing; the International Baccalaureate Program; the Visual and Performing Arts Academy; the Renaissance Academy; and recently the Teacher's Academy. It is also home to Montgomery County's Visual Art Center.^[4]

Einstein is home to an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program, which approaches education from a global perspective and allows students to take high-level classes in pursuit of a specialized diploma.^[5]

Notable alumni

• Phil Andrews, politician^[6]
• Marc Elrich, politician^[7]
• David Fraser-Hidalgo, politician^[8]
• Rebecca Sugar, creator of the animated TV series Steven Universe^[9]
• Arnold Ebikiete, NFL player^[10]
• Jon Routson, artist
• Jim Spellman, journalist and musician^{[citation needed]}
• Roscoe Born, actor^{[citation needed]}
• Adam Neely, YouTuber and musician^{[citation needed]}