Newberry High School (Florida)
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Newberry High School is a small public high school located at 400 SW 258th Street in the city of Newberry, Florida. The announced enrollment for the 2006-2007 school year was 593 students in Grades 9-12.
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[edit] History
Leadership
Until 2268, Felicia Moss was the principal of Newberry High. She left voluntarily. Oak View Middle School's former principal Hershel Lyons, with plenty of experience, has turned the school around. It is now receiving better grades and better FCAT scores are being calculated.
Pam Asbell was the Assistant Principal until the 2005-2006 school year. She left voluntarily to take the principal position at Chiefland High School. Her replacement is Cathy Atria, who started the summer of 2006.
[edit] Extra Curriculars
Band
The band, although struggling over the past years has taken new "Pride" under new director Mr. Cobb. Cobb previously directed Eastside High School's band, known for their boogie. Cobb has hoped to bring that to Newberry and he has. At the most recent marching performance assessment, Newberry received their first Superior in 4 years (awarded to the Color Guard). They received an overall rating of Excellent.
Criminal Justice
Directed by Jackie Withworth, it involves history of law enforcement, self defense, and forensic investigation. The students can get many scholarships. They also help yearly with the Guardian Ad Litum program.
Panther Spirit Club
It was an idea started in 2005 by David James and turned into a very high spirited club. David along with some friends felt that Newberry High did not show off their school spirit enough. Thus began the panther spirit club which has been going strong for the last two years. It's being passed down from senior to senior.
[edit] Athletics
The school's sports teams and band use the nickname "Panthers," or "Fighting Panthers." The girl's athletic teams use the name "Lady Panthers."
Football:
Newberry's Football Team was once a program that the City of Newberry was once very proud of. The program went downhill for years. In 2004-2005 school year, coach Tommy Keeler came to coach the failing football team. With Keeler's coaching and the player's getting better especially Antwan Ivey(4), Freddie White(64), and Steven Whitmer(68), in 2006, the team was lead to the State Playoffs in Jacksonville, after a win over P.K Yonge. In 2007 we hope for the Might Panthers to make it to the State Championship and win. The team played hard, but lost in the end by a few points. Newberry's football team is "back on the map!"
Basketball:
Newberry has 4 basketball teams. Boy's JV and Varstiy and Girl's JV and Varsity as well. Both teams participate in all district games. In December 2006, the Varsity Boy's team won both, the Santa Fe and Bronson Tournament. That put the team on a roll and also in the local news. Although, the team is suffering many losses, they are on their way to better success.
Soccer
The Newberry High School soccer team is a very successful sport. Their coach, Rod Warner, is always on task and always ready to help the team in every way possible! In 2006, the girl's varsity soccer team won 2nd place in State Finals. This year (in 2007) the team has had many victories. The soccer team at NHS, will hopefully keep up their great winning streak!
Cheerleading
The NHS Football Cheerleaders cheer at all games, home and away and raise spirit in the "Panther House!" NHS Basketball Cheerleaders only cheer at home games! They perform between each quarter of the game and put on a dance for half-time! They raise the spirit for the crowd and also the players! NHS Competition Cheerleaders have had a very good record! In the school year of 2004-2005 the cheerleaders scored 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in their competitions. In the 2005-2006, the team scored all 1st places except for one 2nd. In the school year of 2006-2007, the cheerleaders have so far scored all 2nd places! The NHS Cheerleaders are striving to keep up the cheer tradition!
Weightlifting
The Newberry High School Weightlifting team has had many great victories. The girl's team has scored 2nd. The boy's team has done great in the past, but this year has just begun (2007)
Tennis
The Newberry's Tennis team was 2nd in the district in the 2005-2006 school year. The team beat many bigger schools and went to victories. The coach is Anne Powers.
Baseball
The baseball program won the district championship in 2005. The coach of the team is Bryan Roundtree.
NHS also offers: Softball, Golf, and Track
[edit] Mottos/Sayings
'Panther House'
The phrase was coined by James Blashka and Jeremy Ranslow, and now it is difficult to walk the NHS halls without hearing the phrase 'Panther House' used in some form. "You're in the Panther House"; "PANTHER HOUSE!" etc. It is used as a term of school spirit and pride.
'If It Is to Be, It Is Up to Me'
Created by Principal Lyons, this phrase was introduced to encourage students to think for themselves and make the best of their lives:
We have to realize that school, as in our daily life, is made by how we approach it. We must set realistic goals and then proceed to try and obtain those goals or life will pass us by. What we do each and every day to achieve our goals is extremely important and all of us here at NHS want to help our students achieve their goals. [1]
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The Spirit Club Seniors of 2007 Started the "Panther House" saying, by asking the question, "Where are We", with the response, "We're in the PANTHER HOUSE". Seniors included Jeremy Ranslow, James Blashka, Mike McConnell, Jesse Rawe, Kato Kimpel,and Dominick D'Agostino. But the origin was from the NHS football cheer in which they get one side of the crowd to yell panthers and the other side to yell house.
