Dunedin High School

For the New Zealand school, see Otago Boys' High School.
Dunedin High School
Location
1651 Pinehurst Road
Dunedin, Florida
United States
Coordinates 28°01′41″N 82°46′06″W / 28.0280736°N 82.768435°W / 28.0280736; -82.768435Coordinates: 28°01′41″N 82°46′06″W / 28.0280736°N 82.768435°W / 28.0280736; -82.768435
Information
Type Comprehensive Public High School
Opened 1961 [1]
School district Pinellas County Schools
CEEB code 100428 [2]
Principal Kyle R. Johnson
Faculty 89 (2013-14) [3]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1473 (2013-14) [4]
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) red / white (unofficially red/ black)
Mascot Freddie the Falcon
Newspaper the Beakon
Website www.pcsb.org/dunedin-hs

Dunedin High School is a high school in Dunedin, Florida, United States. It is operated by the Pinellas County School Board. The school mascot is Freddie the Falcon. The official school colors are red and white, though red and black have become the unofficial, and more popular, school colors.

Community involvement and partnerships

Activities and Clubs


NJROTC

The Naval Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps program provides an opportunity for cadets to learn valuable leadership skills, citizenship skills, and the value of commitment, honor and courage (the Navy's core values). Dunedin High School's NJROTC unit has been awarded the Distinguished Unit award four times in a row, from 2007-2010. This award is the highest honor any NJROTC unit can earn. DHS's NJROTC unit has also won the state Orienteering championships for Florida, 3 years in a row, from 2007–2009. The Navy JROTC is the only one of five JROTC programs in the county.

Scottish Highlander Band

The Dunedin High School Auditorium, one of the original buildings from 1961.

The Scottish Highlander Band is one of the biggest organizations on campus and most prominent. There are several different ensembles within the program including: Marching band, concert band, jazz band, percussion ensemble, orchestra, and pipe band. All of the ensembles mentioned have won many awards. In 2012-2013 school year the band added in a color guard

Notable Dunedin alumni

References

  1. ↑ "About Us/Who We Are".
  2. ↑ "High School CEEB Code Search".
  3. ↑ "No Child Left Behind School Public Accountability Reports/Teachers and Staff".
  4. ↑ "No Child Left Behind School Public Accountability Reports".
  5. ↑ "Radio host 'Kidd' Kraddick from Dunedin dies | Tampa Bay Times". Tampabay.com. 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  6. ↑ "LPGA Biography". LPGA website. Retrieved 2016-03-22.

External links

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