Anclote High School

Anclote High School is a public high school in Holiday, Florida. The school opened in August 2009 with grades 9 through 11; the first graduating class was in 2011. Vanessa Moon is the principal.[1]

Anclote High School
Address
1540 Sweetbriar Drive

Holiday
,
Florida
34691

United States
Coordinates28.178087°N 82.773002°W / 28.178087; -82.773002
Information
School typePublic high school
Established2009
School districtPasco County Schools
PrincipalVanessa Moon[1]
Teaching staff57.60 (FTE)[2]
Grades9-12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment1,184 (2018–19)[2]
Average class size30
Student to teacher ratio20.56[2]
Color(s)Royal blue, silver and white    
AthleticsFHSAA 5A (football 5A)
MascotShark
RivalTarpon Springs High School
YearbookShiver
Websiteahs.pasco.k12.fl.us

History

The school, designated as High School FFF in Pasco County Schools' long-range plans, was named Anclote High School by vote of the Pasco School Board in September 2008.[3]

Anclote High School opened in August 2009 to relieve crowding at J.W. Mitchell High School and Gulf High School.

Campus

The buildings, designed by Holmes Hepner & Associates, are slated to be LEED certified.[4] The campus is designed to enhance grouping into four professional learning communities: Business and Technology Community, Arts and Communication Community, Health and Human Services Community, Engineering and Science Community.

Curriculum

The school's learning communities offer relevant elective coursework to the community theme, such as :

  • courses in sports, law studies, and health sciences in the Health and Human Services Community,
  • courses in art, journalism, multimedia production, music and dance performance in the Arts and Communication Community,
  • courses in business cooperative education, information technology and networking in the Business and Technology Community, and
  • courses in culinary arts and energy leadership for the Energy Academy, a career academy, in the Engineering and Sciences Community.

The Energy Academy, supported by a partnership with Progress Energy and TECO, will lead to industry certification for entry positions within the energy industries.

The Anclote High School teams, known as the Sharks,[5] participate in Class 5A in football and Class 4A in most other sports.

References
  1. http://ahs.pasco.k12.fl.us/?page_id=172
  2. "Anclote High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  3. Solochek, Jeffrey S. (2008-09-03). "New Holiday school to be named Anclote High". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2009-06-21. Despite proposals to honor beloved former educators, the Pasco School Board stuck with geography Tuesday when naming its newest high school. They called the high school, next to Paul R. Smith Middle in Holiday, Anclote High.
  4. "Holmes Hepner & Associates Architects – High School "FFF"".
  5. Harmon, Rick (2009-03-10). "Anclote Getting Ready For Shark Attack". Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. The name was chosen in a vote of students from the feeder schools that will attend the Sweetbriar Drive school. Isle said about 400 participated in the vote with 57 percent for Sharks.
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