Anclote High School Explained

Anclote High School
Seal Image:Anclote_High_School_Seal.png
Streetaddress:1540 Sweetbriar Drive
Zipcode:34691
Country:United States
Coordinates:28.1781°N -82.773°W
Principal:Vanessa Moon[1]
Avg Class Size:30
Grades:9-12
Athletics:Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling
Slogan:Respect, Excellence, Pride
Yearbook:Shiver
Teaching Staff:60.60 (FTE)
Ratio:19.88
Enrollment:1,205 (2022–23)[2]
Homepage:ahs.pasco.k12.fl.us

Anclote High School (AHS) is a four-year public high school in Holiday, Florida, located next to Paul R. Smith Middle School. The school opened on August 24, 2009 with grades 9 through 12; the first graduating class was in 2011. Vanessa Moon is the current principal.[3]

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.[4]

Anclote High School opened in August 24, 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.[5] 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 :

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,[6] participate in Class 5A in football and Class 4A in most other sports.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Administration | Anclote High School.
  2. Web site: Anclote High School. National Center for Education Statistics. Aug 28, 2024.
  3. Web site: Administration | Anclote High School.
  4. News: Jeffrey S. . Solochek . New Holiday school to be named Anclote High . St. Petersburg Times . 2008-09-03 . 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. . 2009-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090718120130/http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/article793864.ece . 2009-07-18 . dead .
  5. Web site: Holmes Hepner & Associates Architects – High School "FFF" .
  6. News: Rick . Harmon . Anclote Getting Ready For Shark Attack . https://archive.today/20130203164502/http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/10/anclote-getting-ready-shark-attack/ . dead . 2013-02-03 . Tampa Tribune . 2009-03-10 . 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. .