Floyd E. Kellam High School

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Floyd E. Kellam High School
Floyd E. Kellam High School's mission statement is to provide a positive, safe school environment where students, teachers, parents, and community will accept responsibility for learning skills to meet present as well as future challenges.
School type Public secondary
Established 1962
Principal Mr. Bruce Biehl
Faculty appx. 175
Students 2,300
Colors
Mascot
Black, Gold, White
Knights
Location 2323 Holland Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23453
Information (757) 427-3232
Website FEK website

Floyd E. Kellam High School is a public high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Located in the city's southern section, the school first opened in 1962, named after judge Floyd Eaton Kellam. Kellam High School serves a large portion of the city of Virginia Beach, with the attendance boundary extending south to the North Carolina border. The student population is comprised of 70 percent Caucasian students, 15 percent African-American students, 10 percent Hispanic, and 5 percent Asian/Pacific Islander students.[1]

Floyd Kellam High School is fully accredited under Virginia's Standards of Learning program. The school is the third-oldest in Virginia Beach, next to Princess Anne High School and Frank W. Cox High School.

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[edit] Administration

  • Bruce Biehl, Principal
  • Nancy Farrell, Assistant Principal
  • Carolyn Keen, Assistant Principal
  • Paul Meadors , Assistant Principal
  • Mike Porter, Assistant Principal

[edit] Sports

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] Virginia state championships

  • 1994 Gymnastics
  • 2005 Girls' Soccer
  • 2006 Gymnastics

[edit] Individual state champions

  • 2003 Kelly Taylor, Indoor Track: 1600m
  • 2003 Natalie Scherbak, Cross Country
  • 2004 Natalie Scherbak, Indoor Track: 1000m
  • 2004 Natalie Scherbak, Outdoor Track: 4x800m, 800m, 1600m
  • 2006 Talia Tossone, Gymnastics: Vault
  • 2007 Eric Olanowski, Wrestling: 112
  • 2007 Mike Holcomb, Wrestling: 119

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ About Our School. Kellam High School. Retrieved on 14 June 2006.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Virginia Beach Public Schools

Elementary schools: Alanton | Arrowhead | Bayside | Birdneck | Brookwood | Centerville | Christopher Farms | College Park | Cooke | Corporate Landing | Creeds | Fairfield | Glenwood | Green Run | Hermitage | Holland | Indian Lakes | John B. Dey | Kempsville | Kempsville Meadows | King's Grant | Kingston | Landstown | Linkhorn Park | Luxford | Lynnhaven | Malibu | New Castle | Newtown Road | North Landing | Ocean Lakes | Old Donation Center | Parkway | Pembroke | Pembroke Meadows | Plaza | Point O’View | Princess Anne | Providence | Red Mill | Rosemont | Salem | Seatack | Shelton Park | Strawbridge |Tallwood | Thalia | Thoroughgood | Three Oaks | Trantwood | White Oaks | Williams | Windsor Oaks | Windsor Woods | Woodstock |
Middle schools: Bayside | Brandon | Corporate Landing | Great Neck | Independence | Kemps Landing | Kempsville | Landstown | Larkspur | Lynnhaven | Plaza | Princess Anne | Salem | Virginia Beach |
High schools: Adult Learning Center | Advanced Technology Center | Bayside | First Colonial | Floyd E. Kellam | Frank W. Cox | Green Run | Kempsville | Landstown | Ocean Lakes | Open Campus | Princess Anne | Salem | Tallwood | Technical & Career Education Center | Virginia Beach Central Academy |