Stranahan High School

Stranahan High School
Location
1800 SW 5 Place Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33312, United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1953
School district	Broward County Public Schools
Superintendent	James F. Notter
Principal	Deborah Owens
Enrollment	9-12
Number of students	1756 Students
Color(s)	█ █ Orange and Blue
Mascot	Dragons
Nickname	Home of the Dragons
Information	(754) 323-2100
Website	Stranahan High School

Stranahan High school, is located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida was officially opened in 1953 as an elementary school. The school is a part of the Broward County Public Schools district.

The school was built on land donated by Ivy Cromartie Stranahan, and was named after her late husband Frank Stranahan. The school progressively added the junior high school grades a year at a time due to rapid population growth in the area. The school opened as a high school in 1957. The first principal of Stranahan was Kenneth Dale Haun. Kenneth Haun had been a Junior High Assistant Principal when he was picked to help design and then serve as principal of Stranahan. As the school added grades each year and then gradually dropped the middle school grades, Kenneth Haun continued as head of the school. He served as principal for nearly thirty years. The school's unique design of separate buildings spread out more like a college campus was a result of limited funds to build the school. Buildings were gradually added in phases to accommodate growth of the student population. The first hall building was converted to a 2 story building in the 70s. During renovations of first hall in the early 90s, there was a large fire that consumed most of the building. The building was renovated and it now contains the administration on the first floor and the second floor has English and social studies classrooms. The second hall has computer labs and foreign language classrooms. Third hall has art classrooms and fourth hall has math. The magnet classrooms are mostly in the new science and medical magnet buildings. Previously some of the magnet classrooms were located in second and third hall.

The current principal is Deborah Owens. Stranahan High has an FCAT school grade of "B" for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Overview

Stranahan High School has two magnet programs dedicated to engineering and medical sciences. The magnet program's first graduating class was in 1997. It received a Gates Grant in 2005 and has begun a transition to small learning communities. The present community serving 9th grade students is CREST. Tenth through 12th grade students may choose among communities dedicated to business (downtown community), the arts (the studio community), technology and engineering (Sci-Tech community) or health related careers (the health pavilion community). In 2007 Stranahan was recognized by the College Board as one of three high schools in the nation to receive an "Inspiration Award" for outstanding achievement in minority student participation in Advanced Placement classes. It was also recognized by Newsweek magazine as one of the top 500 high schools in the country. According to the Florida Department of Education classification, Stranahan High School is ranked an "A" school.

Alma mater

From thee skill and science flow, all our knowledge we thee owe Let our colors men see Stranahan we bow to thee! May each son look up to thee In defeat or victory. Alma mater we love thee with loyalty!

Extra curricular

Stranahan High School features many extracurricular activities, most notably: football, band, and engineering.

• Ambassadors Club
• Art Club
• Band (The Stranahan Mighty Marching Dragons or "Dragon Sound")
• Business Professionals of America
• Chess Club
• Computer Club
• Drama Club
• Ecology Club
• Impact Club
• International Club
• Junior Academy of Science
• Key Club
• Literary Magazine
• Marine Biology Club
• Medical Science Club
• MCJROTC
• Mu Alpha Theta
• National Honor Society
• Robotics Club
• Social Studies Club
• Spanish Club
• Step Team
• Student Government Association (SGA)
• Women of Tomorrow
• Youth Crime Watch
• Dance Club (Essence Dance)

Demographics

As of 2011, the total student enrollment was 2012. The ethnic makeup of the school was 22% White, 55% Black, 16% Hispanic, 3% Asian or Pacific Islander, 2% Multiracial, and 1% Native American or Native Alaskan.

Notable alumni

• Rubin Carter, Defensive Tackle (1975–1986) Denver Broncos
• Reynaldo Hill, Cornerback (2005-current) Tennessee Titans
• John Hope, Pitcher (1993–1996) Pittsburgh Pirates
• Dennis Kennedy, Running back (2010-current) Edmonton Eskimos
• Andre King, Wide Receiver (2001–2004) Cleveland Browns
• Jacinta Monroe, (WNBA) Forward (2011-current) Tulsa Shock
• Jim Naugle, Former Mayor of Fort Lauderdale
• Lee Williams, Defensive Tackle San Diego Chargers
• Tiffany Bolling, Television and Movie Actress
• Diana Williams, ABC News Anchor, New York City
• Terry Hummel, Former Publisher, Rolling Stone Magazine
• Franklin C. Adderley, Chief of Police, Fort Lauderdale Police Department
• Eduardo Cabrera, Harvard, Head of Investment Banking - Wall Street, Scarsdale, NY