Albemarle High School (Virginia)

Albemarle High School is a public high school serving grades 9 through 12. It is a part of Albemarle County Public Schools and is located just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. The principal is Darah Bonham, appointed in 2019.

Albemarle High School offers Advanced Placement and dual enrollment classes through nearby Piedmont Virginia Community College. High school students can also study at CATEC, a joint program with Albemarle County Public Schools and Charlottesville City Public Schools where classes are focused on technical education, as well as MESA, or the Math, Engineering, and Science Academy, where students take accelerated math and science courses.

Adult Education and LED programs are offered in the evening.

Extracurriculars
Examples include:
 * Student Council
 * Academic Team
 * Black Student Union
 * National Honor Society
 * Math Honor Society (Mu Alpha Theta)
 * Science National Honor Society
 * National English Honor Society
 * National Art Honor Society
 * Tri-M Music Honor Society
 * International Thespian Honor Society
 * Junior Classical League
 * Spanish National Honor Society
 * French National Honor Society
 * German National Honor Society-Delta Epsilon Phi
 * National Beta Club
 * Key Club
 * Gender-Sexuality Alliance
 * Math Club
 * Young Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders of Charlottesville
 * Young Progressives

MESA
The program Math, Engineering, and Science Academy (MESA) opened for the 2009–2010 school year, inviting approximately 50 freshmen and 25 juniors. MESA offers an accelerated science and math curriculum, in which math and science are taught with an engineering and application focus. Collaborative project based learning, robotics, research and competitions are all part of the MESA environment. Students solve problems analytically and verify their results empirically through experimentation using tools including MATLAB, Autodesk Inventor and Microsoft Excel. In 2013, MESA students won the International Robotic Sailing Regatta beating every college team in attendance and advanced two students to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Notable alumni

 * R. J. Archer, Arena Football League quarterback; quarterback for the Georgia Force
 * Steve Carter, Former MLB outfielder; played for the Pittsburgh Pirates
 * Edward H. Deets, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
 * David Dillehunt, film director, television producer, and composer
 * Mark Linkous, singer, songwriter, and musician; leader of the band Sparklehorse
 * Brandon London, CFL wide receiver; signed by Montreal Alouettes; former NFL wide receiver; attended Albemarle before transferring to Fork Union Military Academy
 * James McNew, bass player; member of the band Yo La Tengo
 * Nick Novak, scored 802 points in a 10-year NFL place-kicking career; attended the University of Maryland; finished career as the ACC's all-time leading scorer and 5th all-time in NCAA with 393 points; 13 seasons of professional football; 6th leading scorer in Chargers history; AHS Hall of Fame.
 * Tommy Toms, former MLB relief pitcher; played for the San Francisco Giants
 * Walter White, former NFL tight end; played for the Kansas City Chiefs; recorded 808 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns in 1976
 * Jason F. Wright, New York Times bestselling author, speaker and columnist.

Notable faculty

 * Frankie Allen, current Maryland-Eastern Shore head basketball coach; former Varsity Basketball coach
 * Al Groh, former University of Virginia head football coach; began coaching career as an assistant at Albemarle
 * Susan Paxman, editor of progressive magazine Exponent II 1984–1997, winner of constitutional action over maternity rights in the 1970s
 * Steve Robinson, former Florida State head basketball coach; coached at Albemarle during the 1982–1983 season
 * Eric Wilson, former NFL linebacker; head coach of the JV Boys' Basketball team