| Anclote High School | |
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1540 Sweetbriar Drive , 34691 United States | |
| Coordinates | 28°10′41″N82°46′23″W / 28.178087°N 82.773002°W /28.178087; -82.773002 |
| Information | |
| School type | Publichigh school |
| Established | August 24, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-08-24) |
| School district | Pasco County Schools |
| Principal | Vanessa Moon[1] |
| Teaching staff | 58.60 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 1,202 (2023–2024)[2] |
| Average class size | 30 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 20.51[2] |
| Color(s) | Royal blue,silver andwhite |
| Slogan | Respect, Excellence, Pride |
| Athletics | Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling |
| Mascot | Shark |
| Rival | Tarpon Springs High School |
| Yearbook | Shiver |
| Website | ahs.pasco.k12.fl.us |
Anclote High School (AHS) is a four-yearpublic high school inHoliday, Florida, located next toPaul R. Smith Middle School. The school opened on August 24, 2009 with grades 9 through 12; the first graduating class was in 2011. Vanessa Moon is the current principal.[1]
The school, designated as High School FFF inPasco County Schools' long-range plans, was named Anclote High School by vote of the Pasco School Board in September 2008.[3]
Anclote High School opened in August 24, 2009 to relieve crowding atJ.W. Mitchell High School andGulf High School.
The buildings, designed by Holmes Hepner & Associates, are slated to beLEED certified.[4] The campus is designed to enhance grouping into fourprofessional learning communities: Business and Technology Community, Arts and Communication Community, Health and Human Services Community, Engineering and Science Community.
The school's learning communities offer relevant elective coursework to the community theme, such as :
The Energy Academy, supported by a partnership withProgress Energy andTECO, will lead to industry certification for entry positions within the energy industries.
The Anclote High School teams, known as the Sharks,[5] participate in Class 5A in football and Class 4A in most other sports.
Despite proposals to honor beloved former educators, the Pasco School Board stuck with geography Tuesday when naming its newest high school. They called the high school, next to Paul R. Smith Middle in Holiday, Anclote High.
The name was chosen in a vote of students from the feeder schools that will attend the Sweetbriar Drive school. Isle said about 400 participated in the vote with 57 percent for Sharks.
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