Clearwater High School

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Clearwater High School
Clearwater High School.jpg
Front of the school, 2010
Address
Clearwater High School
1951 Gulf to Bay Boulevard

Clearwater
,
Florida
33765

United States
Information
Type Public secondary
MottoTradition, Honor and Pride
Established1906
School district Pinellas County Schools
PrincipalRobert Florio [1]
Faculty76.00 (FTE) [2]
Teaching staff102
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,664 (2022-23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio21.89 [2]
Color(s)
  • Crimson and Gray
  •   
Nickname Tornadoes
Website www.pcsb.org/clearwater-hs

Clearwater High School (CHS) is a four-year public high school located in Clearwater, Florida, United States. It is part of the Pinellas County School System. The school mascot is a tornado, therefore students and faculty are known as the Tornadoes. Their colors are crimson and gray, which is also the name of their fight song.

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History

Clearwater High School traces its lineage to 1906, when three 9th-graders were enrolled at a small schoolhouse built that year on Ft. Harrison Avenue. In 1924, Clearwater High School was built on Greenwood Avenue, where it remained until the current campus on Hercules Avenue was completed in 1954. [3] In 1999, a $12-million renovation of the facilities was completed. [4]

In 2022, a new school was built. The only portion of the original school that remained after this renovation was the drama room/auditorium and the gym.[ citation needed ]

Academics

Clearwater High has various academic programs, also known as Academies, centering on different aspects of life beyond high school, as well as an optional University of Cambridge AICE Diploma program alongside them. In 2017, The Washington Post ranked it as the "most challenging high school" in Pinellas County, based on the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate students as a percentage of graduating seniors. The school offered 18 AP courses that year, while attaining an 88% graduation rate, with 73% of graduates going on to attend a four-year college. [5]

Athletics

Clearwater High School stadium.jpg
Clearwater High School's Jack White Stadium, 2010

The school's 4,200-seat football stadium was built in 1950 and dedicated in 1951 as Central Pinellas Stadium. It 1963, it was renamed to honor Jack White, a judge on the Florida Second District Court of Appeal, who was a leading figure in the effort beginning in 1949 to build the stadium. [6]

In addition to football, other boys' sports include baseball, swimming, and wrestling. The Clearwater Tornadoes compete in a variety of sports for both boys and girls, including basketball, soccer, golf, track and field, lacrosse, and tennis. [7] Under head coach Jack Wilson, the Tornadoes won the boys' basketball state championship in 1981. [8] The school's Jack L. Wilson Gymnasium is named in his memory.

The school has also won state championships in the following sports:

Notable alumni

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