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| name=Charlotte High School | ||
| | image = USGS CharlotteHS.JPG | | image = USGS CharlotteHS.JPG | ||
| | caption = Aerial image of the Charlotte High School campus | | caption = Aerial image of the Charlotte High School campus | ||
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| | campus size = {{convert|325000|sqft|m2}}<ref name= |
| campus size = {{convert|325000|sqft|m2}}<ref name=%26quot%3BCharley / new campus"/> | ||
| | faculty = | | faculty = | ||
| | students = 2,006 (as of 2006-07)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccps.k12.fl.us/AboutUs.cfm?PageID=DemoBySchool |title=2006/2007 Demographic Makeup By School of Attendance |publisher=Your Charlotte County Public Schools|accessdate=2007-07-18}}</ref> | | students = 2,006 (as of 2006-07)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccps.k12.fl.us/AboutUs.cfm?PageID=DemoBySchool |title=2006/2007 Demographic Makeup By School of Attendance |publisher=Your Charlotte County Public Schools|accessdate=2007-07-18}}</ref> | ||
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| name=Charlotte High School | ||
| | image = Charlotte High (Florida).JPG | | image = Charlotte High (Florida).JPG | ||
| | caption = Main building after hurricane, prior to deconstruction | | caption = Main building after hurricane, prior to deconstruction | ||
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| | architecture = ] with ] elements<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/places/index.cfm?fuseaction=ListAreas&county=charlotte |title=Florida's History Through Its Places - Charlotte County |publisher=Myflorida.com |accessdate= 2007-05-25}}</ref> | | architecture = ] with ] elements<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/places/index.cfm?fuseaction=ListAreas&county=charlotte |title=Florida's History Through Its Places - Charlotte County |publisher=Myflorida.com |accessdate= 2007-05-25}}</ref> | ||
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| | refnum = 90001796<ref name= |
| refnum = 90001796<ref name=%26quot%3Bregister%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite web|title=FLORIDA - Charlotte County |url= http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/Charlotte/state.html| publisher=National Register of Historic Places|accessdate=2006-09-25}}</ref> | ||
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| '''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. | '''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= |
On ], ], the main three-story building was added to the United States' ].<ref name=%26quot%3Bregister%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B After suffering from severe damage due to ], this building along with 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=%26quot%3BCharley / 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> | ||
| ==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 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> | ||
| ] 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= |
] 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=%26quot%3Bgbreaking%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B 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=%26quot%3Bgbreaking%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite 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> | ||
| ]'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> | ]'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> | ||
| 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= |
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=%26quot%3Bccstudentclassof60%26quot%3B%26gt%3BSee 1959 Charlotte High School Year Book, cheerleaders section, art teacher Patadams designed the tarpon flag and drew the fighting tarpon on it</ref> | ||
| ==Academics== | ==Academics== | ||
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| **] — 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}} | **] — 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}} | ||
| **] — 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> | **] — 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> | ||
| **] - captain of the 2008 cheerleading squad. Coolest girl in the school. | |||
| *'''Staff''' | *'''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 - 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> | ||
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| Charlotte High School | |
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 Aerial image of the Charlotte High School campus | |
| Address | |
| 1250 Cooper Street Punta Gorda, Florida USA | |
| Information | |
| Type | Free public secondary |
| Established | 1926 |
| Principal | Bernard Duffy |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 2,006 (as of 2006-07) |
| Campus size | 325,000 square feet (30,200 m)Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). |
| Color(s) | Blue and gold |
| Mascot | Fighting Tarpons |
| Website | http://chs.ccps.k12.fl.us/ |
{{Infobox nrhp
| name=Charlotte High School
| image = Charlotte High (Florida).JPG
| caption = Main building after hurricane, prior to deconstruction
| lat_degrees = 26
| lat_minutes = 55
| lat_seconds = 39.77
| lat_direction = N
| long_degrees = 82
| long_minutes = 2
| long_seconds = 22.02
| long_direction = W
| area =
| architect =
| architecture = Masonry Vernacular with Neo-Classical elements
| added = December 12, 1990
| refnum = 90001796Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). until its top rival schools, Port Charlotte High School and Lemon Bay High School, respectively, were built.
On December 12, 1990, the main three-story building was added to the United States' National Register of Historic Places.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
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.
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 high 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. Afterwards, the students were moved back on campus to portables.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). 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.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
The fighting tarpon with its boxing gloves was designed in 1959. The class of 1959 claims to have introduced the fighting tarpon logo.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
Criticisms
Charlotte High School has been known by the community, including its parents and students, to be more involved with athletics than academics. It is the only school in Charlotte County 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. Some have also complained about the fact that the rebuilding of the school's football field was prioritized over the actual school itself. Some local residents feel that the local government is wasting money on the fancy building CHS plans to build.
Notable people
- Alumni
- Jeff Corsaletti — professional baseball player who currently plays for the Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
- Matthew LaPorta — minor league left fielder for the Cleveland Indians.
- Burton Lawless — former football guard who played for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League from 1975 through 1979. Listed as as one of the "100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years" for Florida High School Football.
- Tommy Murphy — an outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
- Cristi Hamilton - captain of the 2008 cheerleading squad. Coolest girl in the school.
- Staff
- Dave Foreman - A former softball coach and special education teacher who was arrested for sexually assaulting an 18 year old female student.
References
- "2006/2007 Demographic Makeup By School of Attendance". Your Charlotte County Public Schools. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- "Florida's History Through Its Places - Charlotte County". Myflorida.com. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- "Our History". Your Charlotte County Public Schools. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
- Tierney, Dan (2004-08-25). "School times set". Sun-Herald. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Parent Reviews of Charlotte High School". Greatschools Inc. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- "School Accountability Reports". Florida Department of Education. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- "Parent Reviews of Charlotte High School Page 2". Greatschools Inc. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
- Maffezzoli, Dennis (2007-05-25). "Corsaletti gets taste of majors with Rocket". Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
- Maffezzoli, Dennis (2007-06-08). "Milwaukee Brewers selects LaPorta". News-Press. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Scott, Anna (2006-01-10). "James Lawless, former schools superintendent, dies at 86". Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "5 SFWL players named to State All-Time Prep Football Top 100". MSNBC. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- Fineran, John. "Baseball's return tops 2006 stories". Sun-Herald. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- Fineran, John. "FOREMAN RESIGNS AMID SEX SCANDAL". Sun Coast Media Group. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
External links
- Charlotte HS official website
- Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs - Charlotte High School