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Robert E. Peary High School Rockville, MD |
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Robert E. Peary High School Rockville, MD |
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About the School |
Aspen High School received the name Robert E. Peary from the sixth
graders at Aspen Hill Elementary School during the 1959-60 school year. Because the high
school is located on Arctic Avenue, the sixth graders researched the arctic area for
prominent persons and themes associated with it. They made their choice and received
permission from the Peary family to name the school after the famous arctic explorer.
Those same students, who entered the seventh grade at Peary in September of 1960, were the
first graduates of the school they had named who attended the school from opening day
through graduation (the first actual graduates of Peary were the Class of '63, who were
sophomores when the school opened). Due to declining enrollment, Montgomery County closed
the school in 1984 and the building sat, deteriorating for almost 16 years. The building
was renovated, and is being leased, by the Hebrew
Academy of Greater Washington and opened fall 1999.
Rededication of the Bell
Tower - June 16, 2000 (from Homecoming 2000 - with building
exterior/interior photos)