Pomonkey High School

All black secondary school in Indian Head, Maryland

38°36′49.5″N 77°4′34″W / 38.613750°N 77.07611°W / 38.613750; -77.07611InformationSchool typePublic, All Black secondary schoolOpened1958Closed1969 (as a high school)School districtCharles County Public SchoolsPrincipalCharles J. CoatesGrades9–12EnrollmentNo longer openLanguageEnglishCampusRuralColor(s)Blue and WhiteMascotRoaring Tiger

Pomonkey Junior-Senior High School was an all-black high school located in Indian Head, Maryland.

History

The property of the school was donated by the black inhabitants of Pomonkey in 1922, following World War I.^[1] At the time, the poor and isolated community only had a one-room school for African Americans.^[1] The school opened in 1958, where it became the first all-African American high school in Charles County.^[1] From 1966 to 1969, it began to be integrated with the all white schools, Henry E. Lackey High School and La Plata High School.^{[citation needed]} The old Pomonkey High School building was then re-opened as a public middle school in 1970, it was rededicated in 1970 as Matthew Henson Middle School.^{[citation needed]}