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{{About|the educational facility in ]|the similarly named school in ]|Port Charlotte High School}}
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| caption = Aerial image of the Charlotte High School campus
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| name = Charlotte High School
| established = 1926
| image = Punta Gorda FL Charlotte HS01.jpg
| type = ] secondary
| caption = The main building
| grades = 9–12
| motto =
| principal = Bernard Duffy
| established = {{start date and age|1926|p=1}}
| address = 1250 Cooper Street
| type = ] secondary
| city = ]
| grades = 9–12
| state = ]
| principal = Cathy Corsaletti<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chs.yourcharlotteschools.net |title=Charlotte High School's Official Homepage |accessdate=April 16, 2012 |website=CHS.YourCharlotteSchools.net}}</ref>
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| teaching_staff = 92.00 (FTE)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1200240&ID=120024000296|title=CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 23, 2024}}</ref>
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'''Charlotte High School''' is a historic ] in ], ], ] serving ] to ] students. The school is part of the ] district, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccps.k12.fl.us/NewResidents.cfm?PageID=SchoolLocator |title=School Locator |accessdate=June 1, 2008 |publisher=] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410083823/http://www.ccps.k12.fl.us/NewResidents.cfm?PageID=SchoolLocator |archivedate=April 10, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Established in 1926, Charlotte High is located at 1250 Cooper Street. The school carries the slogan of "Charlotte County's First and Finest" since it remained the only high school in ] for many years<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tarponalumni.com/AboutCHS.htm |title=About Charlotte High School |website=TarponAlumni.com |accessdate=December 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130150214/http://tarponalumni.com/AboutCHS.htm |archivedate=January 30, 2008 }}</ref> until its top rival schools, ] and ], were built. With 1,596 students, Charlotte High School is the largest high school in Charlotte County by student population.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yourcharlotteschools.net/domain/4070 |title=School Demographics |accessdate=May 22, 2019 |website=YourCharlotteSchools.net}}</ref>
'''Charlotte High School''' is a historic ] in ], ], ] serving ] through ] students. The school is part of the Charlotte County School District, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes. Established in 1926, Charlotte High is located at 1250 Cooper Street. The school carries the slogan of "Charlotte County's First and Finest" since it remained the only high school in ] for many years<ref>{{cite web |url= http://tarponalumni.com/AboutCHS.htm |title=About Charlotte High School| publisher=Tarpon Alumni |accessdate=2007-12-30}}</ref> until its top rival schools, ] and ], respectively, were built.


On ], ], the main three-story building was added to the United States' ].<ref name="register"/> This building was reopened to students in April 2009 after suffering from severe damage due to ].{{fact|date=May 2009}} The rest of the campus is currently being rebuilt in five phases at a cost of at least $87 million with an expected completion date in mid-2010.<ref name="Charley / new campus">{{cite web|url= http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070524/NEWS/705240438 |title= A new day for Charlotte High |accessdate= 2007-12-30|last= Dale|first= Kevin|date= 2007-05-24 |publisher= Herald Tribune}}</ref> On December 12, 1990, its main three-story building was added to the United States' ].<ref name="register" /> The main building was destroyed in 2004 by ], causing Charlotte High School to need to be rebuilt. The second phase of the school's rebuild opened in August 2009, housing all 9th and 10th graders in their academies. In January 2010, the 11th and 12th grade students moved into their academy in the existing renovated 2-story building. In August 2010, the remaining elective classes found their home on the fully complete Charlotte High School campus.


==History== == History ==
Punta Gorda Grammar and High School had an enrollment of 150 students when it open in 1928. Construction of a new school on Taylor Street began in 1911 due to overcrowding issues. However, by 1926 after the construction of the first bridge to cross Charlotte Harbor, busing increased Punta Gorda's enrollment to 1,000 which in turn lead to the construction of Charlotte High School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccps.k12.fl.us/AboutUs.cfm?PageID=History |title=Our History |accessdate=2007-03-31| publisher=Your Charlotte County Public Schools}}</ref> Punta Gorda Grammar and High School had an enrollment of 150 students when it opened in 1928. Construction of a new school on Taylor Street began in 1911 due to overcrowding issues. However, by 1926, after the construction of the first bridge to cross Charlotte Harbor, busing increased Punta Gorda's enrollment to 1,000, which in turn led to the construction of Charlotte High School.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yourcharlotteschools.net/Page/16968 |title=Our History |accessdate=May 22, 2019 |website=YourCharlotteSchools.net}}</ref>


Its distinctive mascot, the fighting ] wearing its boxing gloves, was designed in 1959. The class of 1959 claims to have introduced the fighting tarpon emblem.<ref>See ''1959 Charlotte High School Year Book'', cheerleaders section; art teacher Patadams designed the tarpon flag and drew the fighting tarpon on it.</ref>
] hit the Punta Gorda area at the beginning of the school year on ], ] as a Category 4 hurricane, causing major damage to the high school. After seventeen days of hiatus, the students attended ] during the 12:45 - 6 p.m. afternoon shift<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/082504/tp1ch1.htm?date=082504&story=tp1ch1.htm |title=School times set|accessdate= 2007-06-05|last=Tierney|first=Dan |date=] |publisher= Sun-Herald }}</ref> for most of the 2004-2005 school year. Afterwards, the students were moved back on campus to portables.<ref name="gbreaking"/> Charlotte High was one of the six schools in the county that were destroyed or heavily damaged<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0411/stormseason.html| title=NEA Today Storm Season| accessdate=2007-02-04|author= Alain Jehlen / Dave Winans |month=November |year=2004|publisher=National Education Association |quote=In Charlotte County, where 6 of 21 schools were destroyed or heavily damaged, students were forced to attend the remaining safe schools in shifts. Some start as early as 6 a.m. Others end as late as 7:10 p.m.}}</ref> however the cafeteria, one of the gyms and the auditorium, CPAC, still remained intact. Despite the severe damage the three-story main building sustained, it was decided to try to save this historical landmark. The plan incorporated this building to have its entire interior to be redone, but its facade will remain and the rest of the campus will be built around its neoclassical style. A ceremony took place in late May of 2007 for the groundbreaking of the aforementioned building and the new facility that will group up to 1,800 students by class and provide a courtyard inside the linked structures. Harvard Jolly is the architectural firm working on the project.<ref name="gbreaking">{{cite web|url= http://www.sun-herald.com/Newsheadline.cfm?headline=8722&banner=2|title=Charlotte High begins rebuilding| accessdate=2007-05-25 |last=Quinn |first=Carolyn|date=2007-05-24 |publisher=Sun-Herald}} </ref>


=== Hurricane Charley and its aftermath ===
]'s inaugural ] Grant was awarded in 2005 to the Charlotte County Historical Society, in partnership with high school students from Charlotte High School and ]. Putting aside academic and athletic rivalry, the students collaborated to preserve their community's experience through oral history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flheritage.com/news/newsletters/fpn_spring_05.pdf |title=Historical Society Receives Save Our History Grant |accessdate=2007-01-25 |year=2005 |format=PDF |work=Florida Preservation News|publisher=Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources |pages=pp. 5}}</ref>
] hit the Punta Gorda area at the beginning of the school year on August 13, 2004, as a Category 4 hurricane, causing major damage to the school. After seventeen days of hiatus, the students attended ] during the 12:45 - 6&nbsp;p.m. afternoon shift<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/082504/tp1ch1.htm?date=082504&story=tp1ch1.htm |title=School times set |accessdate=June 5, 2007 |last=Tierney |first=Dan |date=August 25, 2004 |work=Charlotte Sun-Herald |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927092048/http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/082504/tp1ch1.htm?date=082504&story=tp1ch1.htm |archivedate=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> for most of the 2004–2005 school year. Afterward, students were moved back on campus to portable classrooms.<ref name="gbreaking">{{cite web|url=http://www.sun-herald.com/Newsheadline.cfm?headline=8722&banner=2 |title=Charlotte High begins rebuilding |accessdate=May 25, 2007 |last=Quinn |first=Carolyn |date=May 24, 2007 |work=Charlotte Sun-Herald |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927091939/http://www.sun-herald.com/Newsheadline.cfm?headline=8722&banner=2 |archivedate=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Charlotte High made up one of six schools in the county destroyed or heavily damaged;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0411/stormseason.html| title=NEA Today Storm Season |accessdate=February 4, 2007 |last1=Jehlen |first1=Alain |last2=Winans |first2=Dave |date=November 2004 |publisher=NEA |quote=In Charlotte County, where 6 of 21 schools were destroyed or heavily damaged, students were forced to attend the remaining safe schools in shifts. Some started as early as 6 a.m.: others ended as late as 7:10 p.m. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815125027/http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0411/stormseason.html |archivedate=August 15, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> however, Champ's Cafe (the cafeteria), one of the gyms and the auditorium, the Charlotte Performing Arts Center, remained intact.


Despite its sustaining severe damage, it was decided to try to save the three-story main building, a historic landmark. The plan incorporated this building to have its entire interior to be redone, but its facade will remain and the rest of the campus will be built around its neoclassical style. A ceremony took place in late May 2007 for the groundbreaking of the aforementioned building and the new facility capable of grouping up to 1,800 students by class with a courtyard inside the linked structures. ] is the architectural firm working on the project.<ref name="gbreaking"/>
The fighting tarpon with its boxing gloves was designed in 1959. The class of 1959 claims to have introduced the fighting tarpon logo.<ref name="ccstudentclassof60">See 1959 Charlotte High School Year Book, cheerleaders section, art teacher Patadams designed the tarpon flag and drew the fighting tarpon on it</ref>


]'s inaugural ] Grant was awarded in 2005 to the ], in partnership with high school students from Charlotte High School and ]. Putting aside academic and athletic rivalry, the students collaborated to preserve their community's experience through oral history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flheritage.com/news/newsletters/fpn_spring_05.pdf |title=Historical Society Receives Save Our History Grant |accessdate=January 25, 2007 |year=2005 |work=Florida Preservation News |publisher=Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources |page=5 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221101108/http://www.flheritage.com/news/newsletters/fpn_spring_05.pdf |archivedate=February 21, 2007 }}</ref>
==Extra curricular activities==
Charlotte High School has a ], ], ], ], ], ], ] (known as the "Blue Crew"), ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chs.ccps.k12.fl.us/Student%20Activities|title=Student Activities|accessdate=2009-06-03|publisher=Charlotte High School}}</ref> The school also has a ] (], ]), ] (boys and girls separated), ] (], ], and ]), ] (boys and girls separated), ], ] (], ], and ]; boys and girls separated), ] (]; boys and girls separated), ] (boys and girls separated), ] (] and ]), ] (] and ]), ] (] and ]), ] (boys and girls separated), and ] (boys and girls separated).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chs.yourcharlotteschools.net/Downloads/CoachesEmail0809.pdf|title=2008 – 2009 Coaches|accessdate=2009-06-03|publisher=Charlotte High School|format=PDF}}</ref>


==Academics== == Athletics ==
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The school has received a "B" rating from the Florida Department of Education for the 2007-2008 school year. The school has received ratings ranging from "B" to "D" from 1999 to 2007. This rating is based on the school's overall performance on the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/default.asp?action=verifySelectionSchool&report=SG&districts=08&schoolYear=2006-2007%2C2005-2006%2C2004-2005%2C2003-2004%2C2002-2003%2C2001-2002%2C2000-2001%2C1999-2000%2C1998-1999&school_grade=&level=School&schoolNumbers=080031 |title=School Level Details |accessdate=2008-02-25 |publisher=Florida Department of Education }}</ref>
The school has a ] (], junior varsity), ] (boys and girls separated), ] (varsity and junior varsity), golf team (boys and girls separated), swimming/diving team, ] (varsity, junior varsity; boys and girls separated), ] (varsity; boys and girls separated), ] (boys and girls separated), ] (varsity and junior varsity), ] (varsity and junior varsity), ] (varsity and junior varsity), tennis team (boys and girls separated), and ] (boys and girls separated).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chs.yourcharlotteschools.net/athletics.html |title=CHS Athletics |accessdate=May 22, 2019| website=CHS.YourCharlotteSchools.net}}</ref>


== Notable alumni ==
==Criticisms==
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Charlotte High School has been known by the community, including its parents and students, to be more involved with athletics than academics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatschools.net/school/parentReviews.page?id=446&state=FL#from..Tab|title=Parent Reviews of Charlotte High School|accessdate=2008-09-16|publisher=Greatschools Inc.}}</ref> It is the only school in ] to have never received an A from the state, and it is the only school in Charlotte County to have ever received a grade lower than a C.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/default.asp|title=School Accountability Reports|accessdate=2008-09-16|publisher=Florida Department of Education}}</ref> Some have also complained about the fact that the rebuilding of the school's football field was prioritized over the actual school itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatschools.net/school/parentReviews.page?id=446&state=FL&sortBy=dd&pager.offset=4|title=Parent Reviews of Charlotte High School Page 2|accessdate=2008-09-13|publisher=Greatschools Inc.}}</ref> Some local residents feel that the local government is wasting money on the fancy building CHS plans to build.
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==Notable people== ======
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* ] — professional football player<ref>{{Cite web|title=NCAA Football News, Scores & Videos {{!}} Sporting News|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football|access-date=2021-08-27|website=www.sportingnews.com|language=en}}</ref>
*'''Alumni'''
*] — ] cycler<ref>{{cite web |url=https://legacy.usacycling.org/profiling-the-future-of-american-cycling-amanda-carr.htm |title=Profiling the future of American cycling: Amanda Carr |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 27, 2011 |publisher=USA Cycling|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref>
**] — professional baseball player who currently plays for the ], the Double-A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070525/SPORTS/705250634/1021/FEATURES02 |title= Corsaletti gets taste of majors with Rocket |accessdate= 2007-12-30| date=2007-05-25 |last= Maffezzoli|first=Dennis |publisher=Herald Tribune}}</ref>
*] — professional football player<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Report|last2=Herald-Tribune|date=2016-07-26|title=Hardison gives back to youth in Punta Gorda|url=http://preps.heraldtribune.com/2016/07/26/hardison-gives-back-to-youth-in-punta-gorda/|access-date=2021-08-27|website=HT Preps|language=en-US}}</ref>
**] — minor league left fielder for the ].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070608/SPORTS/706080324 |title= Milwaukee Brewers selects LaPorta |accessdate= 2008-01-12|last=Maffezzoli |first=Dennis |date=] |publisher= News-Press}}</ref>
**] — former football guard who played for the ] in the ] from 1975 through 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS/601100348/1264/NEWS0103 |title= James Lawless, former schools superintendent, dies at 86|accessdate= 2007-12-07 |last=Scott |first=Anna|date=] |publisher= Herald Tribune}}</ref> Listed as as one of the "100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years" for Florida High School Football.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22103382/ |title=5 SFWL players named to State All-Time Prep Football Top 100 |accessdate= 2007-12-07 |publisher= ]}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=March 2008}} * ] — minor league baseball player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070525/SPORTS/705250634/1021/FEATURES02 |title=Corsaletti gets taste of majors with Rocket |accessdate=December 30, 2007 |date=May 25, 2007 |last=Maffezzoli |first=Dennis |work=Sarasota Herald Tribune |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605042703/http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070525%2FSPORTS%2F705250634%2F1021%2FFEATURES02 |archivedate=June 5, 2011}}<br>- {{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=corsal001jef |title=Jeff Corsaletti Statistics & History |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Baseball-Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref>
* ] — professional baseball player and ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://akronaeros.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=1216240047 |title=Two Aeros named Olympians |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=July 16, 2008 |website=AkronAeros |access-date=March 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427184452/http://www.akronaeros.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=1216240047 |archive-date=April 27, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**] — an outfielder for the ].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsfeatureLink.cfm?link=/yearend/2006/topareasports.cfm |title=Baseball's return tops 2006 stories |accessdate= 2007-05-25|last=Fineran|first=John|publisher=Sun-Herald}}</ref>
* ] — professional football player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22103382/ |title=5 SFWL players named to State All-Time Prep Football Top 100 |accessdate=December 7, 2007 |website=MSNBC |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206024508/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22103382/ |archivedate=December 6, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''Staff'''
**Dave Foreman - A former ] coach and special education teacher who was arrested for sexually assaulting an 18 year old female student.<ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Fineran |title= FOREMAN RESIGNS AMID SEX SCANDAL |url= http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsfeatureLink.cfm?link=/yearend/2006/topareasports.cfm |publisher=Sun Coast Media Group |accessdate=2008-01-12 }}</ref> Dave Foreman was never convicted of this crime.{{fact|date=June 2009}} * ] — professional baseball player<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsfeatureLink.cfm?link=/yearend/2006/topareasports.cfm |title=Baseball's return tops 2006 stories |accessdate=2007-05-25 |last=Fineran |first=John |work=] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927092013/http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsfeatureLink.cfm?link=%2Fyearend%2F2006%2Ftopareasports.cfm |archivedate=September 27, 2007}}</ref>
*] — professional baseball player<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jake Noll, once a college walk-on, is having a great spring with the Nationals|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/03/17/jake-noll-was-college-walk-on-now-hes-having-great-spring-with-nationals/|access-date=2021-08-27|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
*] (class of 2017) - professional football player.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://panthernow.com/2022/04/30/breaking-fiu-rb-dvonte-price-signs-with-indianapolis-colts%ef%bf%bc/|title=BREAKING: Former FIU RB D'Vonte Price signs with Indianapolis Colts|date=2022-04-30|accessdate=2022-04-30|author=Brian Olmo|work=Panther Now|publisher=]}}</ref>
* ] — professional baseball player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=spears001nat |title=Nate Spears Statistics & History |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref>
*] — professional basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dagoberto Pena - Basketball Recruiting - Player Profiles - ESPN|url=http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/56202/dagoberto-pena|access-date=2021-08-27|website=ESPN.com}}</ref>
* ] — professional football player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Jonathan M. |title=From receiver to cornerback. How Stantley Thomas-Oliver made it to the Panthers |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article244620637.html |website=Charlotte Observer |accessdate=August 23, 2020 |date=August 2, 2020}}</ref>
* ] - politician<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4882&LegislativeTermId=90|title=Bradford Troy "Brad" Yeager|work=]|access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>


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Free public secondary school in Punta Gorda, Florida, United States
Charlotte High School
The main building
Address
1250 Cooper Street
Punta Gorda, Florida
United States
Information
TypeFree public secondary
Established1926 (98 years ago) (1926)
PrincipalCathy Corsaletti
Teaching staff92.00 (FTE)
Grades9–12
Number of students1,976 (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio21.48
Campus size325,000 square feet (30,200 m)
Color(s)Blue and gold
  
MascotFighting Tarpon
Websitechs.yourcharlotteschools.net
Charlotte High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Charlotte High School (Punta Gorda, Florida) is located in FloridaCharlotte High School (Punta Gorda, Florida)Show map of FloridaCharlotte High School (Punta Gorda, Florida) is located in the United StatesCharlotte High School (Punta Gorda, Florida)Show map of the United States
Coordinates26°55′39.77″N 82°2′22.02″W / 26.9277139°N 82.0394500°W / 26.9277139; -82.0394500
Architectural styleMasonry Vernacular with Neo-Classical elements
MPSPunta Gorda MPS
NRHP reference No.90001796
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1990

Charlotte High School is a historic public high school in Punta Gorda, Florida, United States serving ninth to twelfth grade students. The school is part of the Charlotte County Public Schools district, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes. Established in 1926, Charlotte High is located at 1250 Cooper Street. The school carries the slogan of "Charlotte County's First and Finest" since it remained the only high school in Charlotte County for many years until its top rival schools, Port Charlotte High School and Lemon Bay High School, were built. With 1,596 students, Charlotte High School is the largest high school in Charlotte County by student population.

On December 12, 1990, its main three-story building was added to the United States' National Register of Historic Places. The main building was destroyed in 2004 by Hurricane Charley, causing Charlotte High School to need to be rebuilt. The second phase of the school's rebuild opened in August 2009, housing all 9th and 10th graders in their academies. In January 2010, the 11th and 12th grade students moved into their academy in the existing renovated 2-story building. In August 2010, the remaining elective classes found their home on the fully complete Charlotte High School campus.

History

Punta Gorda Grammar and High School had an enrollment of 150 students when it opened in 1928. Construction of a new school on Taylor Street began in 1911 due to overcrowding issues. However, by 1926, after the construction of the first bridge to cross Charlotte Harbor, busing increased Punta Gorda's enrollment to 1,000, which in turn led to the construction of Charlotte High School.

Its distinctive mascot, the fighting tarpon wearing its boxing gloves, was designed in 1959. The class of 1959 claims to have introduced the fighting tarpon emblem.

Hurricane Charley and its aftermath

Hurricane Charley hit the Punta Gorda area at the beginning of the school year on August 13, 2004, as a Category 4 hurricane, causing major damage to the school. After seventeen days of hiatus, the students attended Port Charlotte High School during the 12:45 - 6 p.m. afternoon shift for most of the 2004–2005 school year. Afterward, students were moved back on campus to portable classrooms. Charlotte High made up one of six schools in the county destroyed or heavily damaged; however, Champ's Cafe (the cafeteria), one of the gyms and the auditorium, the Charlotte Performing Arts Center, remained intact.

Despite its sustaining severe damage, it was decided to try to save the three-story main building, a historic landmark. The plan incorporated this building to have its entire interior to be redone, but its facade will remain and the rest of the campus will be built around its neoclassical style. A ceremony took place in late May 2007 for the groundbreaking of the aforementioned building and the new facility capable of grouping up to 1,800 students by class with a courtyard inside the linked structures. Harvard Jolly is the architectural firm working on the project.

The History Channel's inaugural Save Our History Grant was awarded in 2005 to the Charlotte County Historical Society, in partnership with high school students from Charlotte High School and Port Charlotte High School. Putting aside academic and athletic rivalry, the students collaborated to preserve their community's experience through oral history.

Athletics

Lady Tarpon cheerleaders waving at the crowd at an away game hosted at Fort Myers High School

The school has a cheerleading team (varsity, junior varsity), cross country team (boys and girls separated), football team (varsity and junior varsity), golf team (boys and girls separated), swimming/diving team, basketball team (varsity, junior varsity; boys and girls separated), soccer team (varsity; boys and girls separated), weightlifting team (boys and girls separated), wrestling team (varsity and junior varsity), baseball team (varsity and junior varsity), softball team (varsity and junior varsity), tennis team (boys and girls separated), and track team (boys and girls separated).

Notable alumni

References

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