Charles W. Flanagan High School

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Charles W. Flanagan High School
Home of the Falcons
Established	1996
School District	Broward County Public Schools
Administrative District Area	South Area^[1]
Innovation Zone	Flanagan^[2]
School type	Public
Principal Dr. Sharon Shaulis
Location	12800 Taft Street, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33028
Enrollment	3,168^[3]
Grades Served	9-12
State of Florida A+ Plan	FCAT School Grade: C ^[4]
Colors	Black, White and Hunter Green
Homepage	Official website

Named after former mayor Charles W. Flanagan, Charles W. Flanagan High School opened its doors in 1996 as the first public high school in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Flanagan High School is located near Broward County's C.B. Smith Park and the Walter C. Young Middle School and Resource Center.

While it was, at one time, the largest public high school in Broward County and one of the largest in the country^{[citation needed]}, Flanagan’s enrollment is now just over 3000. The school operates on a block schedule with four periods in a day. Flanagan High School was featured as a "Top 1000 high schools in the nation" by Newsweek magazine (2005), based on statistics such as Advanced Placement enrollment.^{[citation needed]}

1 Events
2 Career Academies
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Events

[edit] Colorguard wins World Championship

Flanagan High School's World Guard is the 2008 WGI World Champion. They competed at the WGI World Championships on April 11th and 12th in Dayton, Ohio and earned a score of 96.9, beating all other competitors in their division and ending a ten year winning streak of another team. They are the first colorguard in Florida to achieve this position in the Scholastic World class. In addition to this victory, they are also the 2008 Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Pensacola and South Power Regional Champions.
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[edit] NJROTC team takes national title

Flanagan High School is the 2007 national champion of the NJROTC National Academic, Athletic and Drill Championships.^[6] The Flanagan NJROTC squad defeated the 10-time national champion Flour Bluff High School from Corpus Christi, Texas. ^[7]

[edit] Baseball Team Champions

State Champions 2005, 2006
Regional Champions 2005, 2006, 2007
District Champions 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007

[edit] Football team involved in brawl

The Flanagan High School varsity football team was involved in a bench-clearing brawl during an away game against Miramar High School on September 28, 2007. The main participants were the Miramar offense and Flanagan defense teams which were on the field at the beginning of the melee, which took place during the third quarter. Due to the large number of players involved in the brawl, the game was cancelled. But the game was rescheduled with most of Flanagans defensive JV playing, and most of Miramars offensive JV playing.^[8]

The Florida High School Athletic Association suspended 28 Flanagan players and 26 Miramar players for playing from one to six weeks. In addition, both schools were fined by the state (Flanagan, $6,800; Miramar $5,350) and neither school may participate in the 2008 spring jamboree and 2008 fall preseason jamboree.^[9]

Flanagan's athletic program has been put on administrative probation until the end of the 2009 school year. Any additional violations during this period could result in more penalties, including being expelled from the FHSAA.^[9]

[edit] Career Academies

Engineering / Physical Sciences & Technology
Business / Management / Entrepreneurship
Public / Human Services
Medical / Biological Sciences
Arts / Communications

The entire faculty is centered around these Academies in order to allow cross-curricular planning and to provide meaningful learning activities for students. Each pathway will meet the needs of students with all abilities and interests. The career Academies provide the means of organizing curriculum resulting in giving each student a personalized and relevant course of study.