Boca Ciega High School
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Boca Ciega High School is a high school located in southern Pinellas County, Florida and is part of Pinellas County Schools. Boca Ciega High School is located in Gulfport, Florida but most of the students that attend live in or around St. Petersburg, Florida. Boca Ciega was built in 1955 in an open air style of campus. It is due to be replaced with a new state of the art school beginning in 2007. Former Principal John Leanes(you will be missed Mr. Leanes) began the plans towards a new school and current Principal Paula Gene-Nelson continues to push forward the new plans of a new school. Boca Ciega is commonly referred to as Bogie by the community and former students and staff. Bogie has one of the most active and largest high school alumni associations in the United States. The Bogie "lifestyle" of the early 1960s actually served as the creative model for "Porky's," the surprise hit movie of 1981. Reputedly,key characters in the movie were patterned after Bogie students Bert Randall, Al Mortimer, and Joe Kennedy, although they have repeatedly denied any such link.
Principal Paula Gene-Nelson - School website -- [1]
Welcome to Boca Ciega High School – Home of the Pirates!
Boca Ciega High School is located in Gulfport, Florida and is part of the Pinellas County School System. Within our traditional school population, we offer a Center for Wellness and Medical Professions (CWMP). We also have embarked on a national recognized Pre-Engineering program, Project Lead the Way.
We are in a transition time because we are getting ready to embark on an exciting change on campus – a NEW SCHOOL! We are fortunate to be in a situation where our new school will be designed around the needs of students in today’s changing high schools. Our school will be designed to support Smaller Learning Communities with a focus on the Freshman Experience and Career Pathways that lead and support students in a career/technical certification that can be earned in addition to a high school diploma.
BCHS has partnered with the International Center and Dr. Willard Daggett in order to re-evaluate how we deliver instruction to high school students. With the support of the center and our district experts, we are embarking on many changes to assist our students in reaching their highest potential and to exit high school ready for post secondary education or the workforce.
The Freshman Experience (FX) began in 2005-06 and continues to provide the relationships that students need when transitioning from middle to high school. There are two teams, Blue and Gold, as well as a CWMP team. We continue the interdisciplinary teaming approach through the 10th grade with our 10X program that focuses on student success on the FCAT.
Starting in 2007-08 school year, 11th and 12th grade students will select a Career Pathway that will guide them towards post secondary education, whether that be college or technical education.
As Principal, I welcome you to take a look at our school! I’m sure you will find that Boca Ciega High School is truly a “Great Place to Be!”
BCHS PSTA
President - Jennifer Stapleton Vice President - Diana Helinger Treasurer - Terri Thee Secretary - Jacqui Wallace Administrative Advisor - Barbara Clare
School Achievements
Since the 2001-02 school year, Boca Ciega has operated on a 4x4 block schedule. Students attend four 90-minute blocks. These blocks consist of integrated experiences in English, mathematics, social studies and science. Additional blocks include physical education, computers and combinations of other elective subjects.
Boca Ciega offers a popular exam policy that permits high-achieving students to waive final exams with parental approval.
The school also offers one lunch/activity period for all students to dine and participate in club and class activities.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2003 Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Competition, Female Raider Team, first place;
2002 Pinellas County Arts Council Arts Teacher Incentive Grant;
2001 World Languages Field Day Academic Bowl, third place;
State of Florida Five Star Schools designation for outstanding community-involvement programs;
1998 Foreign Language Field Day
Academic bowl and banner contest, first place;
Jazz Ensemble, "Gold" Status (first-place) High School Jazz Band at National JazzFest '97 competition;
2004-05 - Drama Club and Thespians receive straight Superior ratings at the Florida Theatre Conference in Lakeland, the District Four Thespian Competition in Clearwater and the Florida State Thespian Competition in Tampa.
Fifth in the regional and eighth in the national FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics competition as part of a team that included students from Dixie Hollins and East Lake highs and engineers from Raytheon E-Systems; District 10 Artistic Discovery art show, honorable mention.
Exceptional Education Programs: Varying exceptionalities (VE); speech/language; intensive emotionally handicapped (IEH).
OTHER PROGRAMS:
Center for Wellness and Medical Professions;
Attractors -- JROTC (Army), technology and leadership applications, business and entrepreneurship, creative and graphic arts;
Academic honors; community internship; dual enrollment (St. Petersburg College);
Freshman Experience, ninth-grade transition class to orient students to the school's procedures and traditions and to develop critical thinking skills for students' success in high school;
Graduation Options: Alternatives to Leaving School (GOALS);
500 Role Models of Excellence;
DOORWAYS;
Personal health and fitness training;
Breakfast program;
Sports:
baseball, varsity (boys); basketball, varsity/junior varsity; cheerleading, varsity/junior varsity; cross country, varsity/junior varsity; flag football, varsity/junior varsity (girls); football, varsity/junior varsity; golf, varsity; soccer, varsity; soccer, varsity/ junior varsity(girls); softball, varsity (girls); spring football, varsity/junior varsity; swimming, varsity; swimming, varsity/juniorvarsity (girls); tennis, varsity; track, varsity/junior varsity; volleyball, varsity/junior varsity (girls); wrestling, varsity/junior varsity.
Sports Awards:
county and state championships in football, basketball (girls/boys), softball, swimming, track, wrestling.
BOCA CIEGA HIGH CENTER FOR WELLNESS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS
Christina H. Ouellet, program coordinator (727) 893-2780 Area III 924 58th St. S Discovery Night: Sept. 28, 7-9 p.m. ext. 124 or 127 Gulfport, FL 33707 The Center for Wellness and Medical Professions program is a comprehensive preparation for postsecondary education with an emphasis on the biological and physical sciences, realistic hands-on experience from paid and non-paid clinical internships,exposure to health professionals through field trips and guest speakers, marketable skills in the health field and advanced-level medical science courses. The program is recommended for the student who wishes to pursue a career as a nurse's assistant, physical therapist, sports trainer, paramedic, dental hygienist, pharmacist or physician.
PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS:
Community partnerships exist with Palms of Pasadena Hospital, Bayfront Medical Center, the Veterans Administration Hospital at Bay Pines, St. Anthony's Hospital, Equither, Tampa Bay Veterinarian Specialists, All Children's Hospital, Hospice, Linvatec Inc., American Red Cross, Health South, St. Petersburg YMCA and the American Lung Association. Collaborations exist with the Nina Harris Exceptional Student Education Center "Yes, I Can!" inclusion program, the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg College, the Pinellas Technical Education Centers and the various medically related Boy Scouts Explorer Programs.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2004 Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), state fourth and fifth place in sports medicine;
2004 HOSA Outstanding Secondary Rookie Advisor;
2002 HOSA, national sixth place and state second place in sports medicine;
2002 HOSA, regional second-place winners in extemporaneous writing and sports medicine;
2001 HOSA, state first-place winner inmedical math; 2001 HOSA, regional second-place winners in medical math and HOSA Bowl.
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Boca Ciega High School has a magnet program called the Center for Wellness and Medical Professions or CWMP or Medical Magnet for short. It's students take medical and health career intensified classes to be prepared for college and medical school, of course, not all students choose a Medical Profession but the program is very helpful in the way of preparing students for life.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- [[Darren Howard]] - Football/Kansas State University/New Orleans Saints/Philadelphia Eagles [2]
- [[Angela Bassett]]--Actress
- Sean Liss - Soccor/Football Florida State University/XFL/Miami Dolphins/Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Oakland Raiders [3][4]
- Luke Farmer - Football/University of Florida [5][6][7]
- Kajaro Ransom - Football/Basketball - University of Georgia
- Akita Heatley - Basketball/University of Florida/Florida A&M University
- Tellas Lampley - Basketball/Midland College(Texas)
- Hank Grant Jr. - Football/Basketball - Florida State University/Tennessee Chattanooga [8]
- Michael Millhoff - Football/Midamerica Nazarene University/Midwestern State University [9]
- Stevie Thomas - Football/Tampa Bay Storm
- Kenny Crawford - Football/Teikyo-Westmar University
- Dwan Brown - Football
- Larry Lindsey - Football/Rock Valley College/University of South Florida
- Terrell Skinner - Football/University of Maryland
- Rick Hanson - Football [10]
- Kenny Heatly - Football [11][12]
- Chris Wolfe - Football/Teikyo-Westmar University
- Harley Farmer - Football/Jacksonville University [13][14][15]
- Corey Slavik - Baseball/Wake Forest University [16]
- Eddie Joseph - Football [17]
- Tony Brown - Football [18]
