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Revision as of 12:34, 10 November 2009

Pompano Beach High School
Location
Map
Pompano Beach, Florida

United States
Information
TypePublic Secondary
MottoInternational Affairs with Informational Technology
Established1928, Reopened in 2000
PrincipalDavid Gordon
Faculty57
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment1,259
Color(s)Blue and Gold    
MascotGolden Tornadoes[1]
WebsiteOfficial Website

Pompano Beach High School (formerly Pompano High School and The Pompano Beach High School Institute of International Studies) is a full magnet high school located in Pompano Beach, Florida, which instructs grades 9 through 12. Founded in 1928, it is the second oldest high school in the Broward School District.[2] Since 1958, the school's sports teams have been named the Golden Tornadoes.

Pompano Beach High received an FCAT school grade of "A" for the 2008-2009 academic year. The school has maintained an "A" ranking for seven consecutive years since the score-based system began during the 2001-2002 academic school year. [3]


Academics and Ranking

Demographics of PBHS[4]
Ethnicity Percentage
Caucasian American 57.0%
African American 26.0%
Hispanic American 13.0%
Asian American 3.0%
Native American/Other 1.0%

In recent years, Pompano Beach High School has been one of the highest achieving in the area. The school has been awarded the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence status[5], which is considered the highest honor an American school can achieve and is shared by only 3.9% of schools nationwide[6]. In 2006, Pompano Beach High School was ranked the 13th best public high school in the state of Florida.[7] The following year, the FCAT scores of the PBHS's students earned the school an "A" rating, the highest possible, for the sixth year in a row.[8][9]

Due to the continued high academic performance of its students, there are no classes on Friday. Since nearby Blanche Ely High School's FCAT scores fell several years ago, Pompano has been the only school in Broward County to enjoy this privilege for several years. The school follows Block Scheduling and offers many Advanced Placement and Honors Courses. Options are also available for Dual Enrollment and Executive Internships.

Magnet Programs

Under its International Affairs Program, the school offers study in Foreign Languages (French, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese), International Business Systems, International Finance & Law and General Global Studies. Videoconferencing Technology has been used in the past to communicate with students from the studied countries.

Under the Informational Technology Program, students can study Microsoft Programming with Visual Basic, Web Design with Adobe CS4, or Adobe Dreamweaver. In addition, Pompano Beach High is the only school in Broward County that offers Cisco, Microsoft and Oracle certification programs.[10]

History

Early years (1928–1985)

Pompano High School was founded in 1928, in what was then known as Pompano, Florida, to address the growing need for secondary education in northeastern Broward County. The first class to graduate from Pompano High was the class of 1928, which was comprised of only twelve students. The school's sports teams were called the Beanpickers after the part-time job that many of the school's students had in the formerly agricultural area of the time. The Beanpicker was also the name of the school's yearbook, which was first published in 1943.

In 1947, following the merger of the towns of Pompano and Pompano Beach, the school changed its name to Pompano Beach High School. In 1957, construction began on NE 6th Street to create a new campus to facilitate the growing community. In 1958, the student body changed the name of the school's sport teams from the Beanpickers to the Golden Tornadoes. In 1960, a new football field, gymnasium, theater, classrooms and new offices were built. The school moved to its present location on March 14, 1960 and was at last developing with a full range of offered courses, sports, civic organizations and clubs.

In the 1980s, however, changing population trends and westward migration led to lower attendance rates, and in 1985, Pompano Beach High School closed for 12 years amid much political controversy and community protest. Its campus was then temporarily used as a center for adult education and community programs.[11]

Return (1997-present)

In 1997, the school was resurrected as a satellite campus of Blanche Ely High School called the Pompano Beach High School Institute for International Studies. Later, it once again became a school in its own right. Almost always known simply as Pompano Beach High School, it was Broward County's first all-magnet school[12], specializing in "International Affairs with Informational Technology." Located on the 1960 campus, the school grew to fill the buildings it had once occupied, with the exception of several buildings that had come to be used in the intervening years by the City of Pompano Beach and by the Broward County School District. In 2001, the first class graduated from Pompano since the school's closure in 1985.[2]

In February 2004, the school's name was shortened to Pompano Beach High School. On April 13, 2004, a newly built campus opened adjacent to the older campus. On this new campus, the school's current cafeteria, library, offices, and classrooms are contained in a single three-story building. During that year, the girls' track and field team captured the Class 2A State Championship. An new auditorium was completed in 2005, which the school uses for concerts, plays and special guest presentations. The two original gyms are still in use and have been renovated. The buildings that had been used by the school since its 1997 reopening were demolished to make room for the school's parking lot.

Despite having been closed for 12 years in recent history, the school maintains some connections with its long past. Volume 64 of the Beanpicker was published in 2007; the volume numbers for the years 1985–1997 were skipped. Alumni from the school's earlier days continue to meet for reunions.

Athletics

Clubs and Organizations

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Pompano Beach High School » About Us
  2. ^ a b Pompano Beach High School » Pbhs Newsletter
  3. ^ FCAT School Grades - High
  4. ^ http://www.pompanobeachhigh.com/page.asp?id=91
  5. ^ http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.articlesbase.com/k-12-education-articles/blue-ribbon-school-award-recognizes-some-of-the-best-schools-919504.html
  7. ^ http://www.soflo.org/idata/data/Top50HighSchools.pdf
  8. ^ POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL - Home of the Golden Tornadoes
  9. ^ FCAT School Grades - High
  10. ^ http://www.pompanobeachhigh.com/page.asp?id=91
  11. ^ http://www.pompanobeachhigh.com/page.asp?id=95
  12. ^ http://pompanobeachhigh.com/page.asp?id=95
  13. ^ Barry Krauss Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com
  14. ^ Naiad's Triumph - TIME
  15. ^ Pamela Kruse Olympic medals and stats
  16. ^ girls swimming & diving
  17. ^ HickokSports.com - History - Olympic Men's Swimming Medalists

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