Boca Raton Community High School

Boca Raton Community High School
Address
1501 Northwest 15th Court
Boca Raton, Florida
United States
Coordinates 26°21′44″N 80°07′00″W / 26.362254°N 80.116757°W / 26.362254; -80.116757Coordinates: 26°21′44″N 80°07′00″W / 26.362254°N 80.116757°W / 26.362254; -80.116757
Information
Type Public
Established 1963[1]
School district Palm Beach County School District
Principal Susie King
Grades 9 to 12
Number of students 3,510
Color(s) Blue and Gold          
Mascot Bobcat
Newspaper The Paw Print
Website www.bobcatnews.com

Boca Raton Community High School is a public, coeducational high school that is part of the School District of Palm Beach County, Florida. The school has been rated an "A" school each consecutive year by the Florida Department of Education since the year 2005. In 2010, Boca High ranked 62 in the 2010 Newsweek list of the 1,000 Top High Schools. In 2011, Boca High was ranked 22nd in the country according to Newsweek.com.[2]

The school is located at 1501 N.W. 15th Ct., Boca Raton, FL 33486.[3]

Campus

In 2002, the school was almost entirely demolished, and then reconstructed as a new, fully functional, state-of-the-art campus. There is a brand new science building.

In August 2007, the building of a new stadium began, and it was finished by July 2008. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the stadium features FieldTurf, a type of artificial turf with a thin, blade-like carpet that will allow use no matter what the weather. The new turf is also twice as soft as the previous field, so falling on it is safer.[4] The installation of the artificial turf is the first for any school in the Palm Beach County School District, according to Jim Cartmill, assistant director of program management with the School Board.

The stadium features a nine-lane track, bleachers that stretch from goal line to goal line (for the home team fans)and from 10-yard line to 10-yard line (for visitors), with seating for up to 4,025 people, a 1,000 seat increase over the previous stadium. The stadium is accessible to the handicapped. It also has a pole vault and high jump, along with seven new lighted tennis courts. An Olympic-sized swimming pool was added and opened in early 2011.[5]

Student body

Statistics

Student ethnicity

Student Ethnicity is as follows:[6]

Student subgroups

Statistics:[7]

Academics

FCAT scores

2009 Passing Rate:

Grade 9

Grade 10

Grade 11

Year School Grade
1999 C
2000 C
2001 C
2002 C
2003 B
2004 B
2005 A
2006 A
2007 A
2008 A
2009 A
2010 A
2011 A
2012 A
2013 A
2014 A
2015 A
2016 A

STEM Program

Boca High is known for its magnet program, called STEM. This stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and was started during the 2004-2005 school year.

Advanced placement

In 2011-2012, the following Advanced Placement (AP) exams are available to students:

AICE Curriculum

Recently, Boca Raton High School began to offer AICE classes, or Advanced International Certificate of Education. These courses are college accredited throughout universities in Florida; AICE is run by the University of Cambridge in England. The following AICE classes and standardized tests are offered at Boca Raton High School:

Athletics

There has been a history of competitive rivalry with the neighboring high school, West Boca Raton High School, and Atlantic High School in football. In soccer and volleyball, however, the rivalry is with Spanish River High School.

Types of sports offered

As of 2008:

Achievements

Boca High Ice Hockey D2 Champions

Swimming:

Soccer:

Boys Lacrosse:

Cross Country: In 2008 the boys cross country team defeated St.Thomas Aquinas to capture its first district title in 13 years. The boys team is coached by John Combs.

Marching Band:

Robotics:

Science Olympiad:

Debate:

Ice Hockey:

Student Government Association (SGA)

The Student Council of Boca Raton Community High School has a dominant presence at the Florida Association of Student Councils, and has been recognized accordingly. The leadershipians have won more project awards in more categories then any other school in the state of Florida. For the 2011-2012 school year, Boca High was elected President of the Florida Association of Student Councils with Ian Mellul as the student elected to serve as President.The Leadershipians most recently accomplished the following at the 2010 FASC States Competition:

Boca Raton NJROTC

2010 Nationals Competing Team
2010 Florida State Champions

The Bobcat Regiment was started in 1994 by LCDR Kenneth A. Bingham USN (Ret.) who was later joined by Chief Petty Officer Edwin A. Morales, USN (Ret.). It has since become one of the best in the nation.[13] The Regiment consists of five companies, with approximately 400 cadets in the unit as of 2014. Cadets' daily curriculum involves academics, physical training (PT) and general knowledge on life in the United States Navy. The JROTC main goal is to develop informed citizens. The current Commanding Officer of the unit is C/CDR Bennett Lax.

History:

Notable Alumni

See also

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.