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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Baltimore City College, colloquially referred to as "City College", "City", "The Castle on the Hill", "B.C.C.", and derisively by the school's century-old rival Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, The Dump on the Hump, is a public college-preparatory magnet school that offers the International Baccalaureate Programme and Advanced Placement courses. Admission to the school is competitive and 99% of graduates attend college, including the more than 90% who attend four-year universities. Located in northeast Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the school's curriculum features the "IB Middle Years Programme" and the "IB Diploma Programme," making Baltimore City College one of just six secondary schools in Maryland—public or private—to offer a four-year International Baccalureate curriculum. Upon successful completion of the school's academic program, students are awarded the Baltimore City College Certificate in addition to the diploma conferred by the Maryland State Department of Education. Authorized by the Baltimore City Council in March 1839 as the flagship school of the then-decade-old Baltimore City Public Schools system and as the first high school in the state of Maryland, Baltimore City College is the third oldest continuously public high school in the United States.Throughout its 175-year history, the school has emphasized study in the classics, humanities, social sciences, and the liberal arts and has long maintained a strong academic tradition. U.S. News & World Report in 2014 ranked Baltimore City College among the top four percent of all American public secondary schools in its annual "Best High Schools in the United States" report. The school earned a "Silver Medal" award and was rated as one of the top public high schools in Maryland in the same report. The Washington Post included B.C.C. in its list of "America’s Most Challenging High Schools" in 2015. The school has also been listed in Newsweek's "America's Best High Schools" rankings. Baltimore City College was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education in 2000.The school's list of notable alumni is long and illustrious. That list includes a Nobel Prize Laureate, Pulitzer Prize winners, a Wolf Prize recipient, a Marshall Scholar, Rhodes Scholars, Truman Scholars, Fulbright Scholars, and National Merit Scholars. Leaders in business, like the founders of prominent American corporations Abercrombie & Fitch, London Fog, and McCormick Spice Company, are Baltimore City College alumni. Many political leaders, including three current members of the United States Congress—one U.S. Senator and two U.S. Representatives—are B.C.C. graduates. Additionally, several Governors of Maryland, Mayors of Baltimore, and Baltimore City Council and Maryland General Assembly members are among the school's many graduates."@en }

• Baltimore_City_College abstract "Baltimore City College, colloquially referred to as "City College", "City", "The Castle on the Hill", "B.C.C.", and derisively by the school's century-old rival Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, The Dump on the Hump, is a public college-preparatory magnet school that offers the International Baccalaureate Programme and Advanced Placement courses. Admission to the school is competitive and 99% of graduates attend college, including the more than 90% who attend four-year universities. Located in northeast Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the school's curriculum features the "IB Middle Years Programme" and the "IB Diploma Programme," making Baltimore City College one of just six secondary schools in Maryland—public or private—to offer a four-year International Baccalureate curriculum. Upon successful completion of the school's academic program, students are awarded the Baltimore City College Certificate in addition to the diploma conferred by the Maryland State Department of Education. Authorized by the Baltimore City Council in March 1839 as the flagship school of the then-decade-old Baltimore City Public Schools system and as the first high school in the state of Maryland, Baltimore City College is the third oldest continuously public high school in the United States.Throughout its 175-year history, the school has emphasized study in the classics, humanities, social sciences, and the liberal arts and has long maintained a strong academic tradition. U.S. News & World Report in 2014 ranked Baltimore City College among the top four percent of all American public secondary schools in its annual "Best High Schools in the United States" report. The school earned a "Silver Medal" award and was rated as one of the top public high schools in Maryland in the same report. The Washington Post included B.C.C. in its list of "America’s Most Challenging High Schools" in 2015. The school has also been listed in Newsweek's "America's Best High Schools" rankings. Baltimore City College was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education in 2000.The school's list of notable alumni is long and illustrious. That list includes a Nobel Prize Laureate, Pulitzer Prize winners, a Wolf Prize recipient, a Marshall Scholar, Rhodes Scholars, Truman Scholars, Fulbright Scholars, and National Merit Scholars. Leaders in business, like the founders of prominent American corporations Abercrombie & Fitch, London Fog, and McCormick Spice Company, are Baltimore City College alumni. Many political leaders, including three current members of the United States Congress—one U.S. Senator and two U.S. Representatives—are B.C.C. graduates. Additionally, several Governors of Maryland, Mayors of Baltimore, and Baltimore City Council and Maryland General Assembly members are among the school's many graduates.".