Duncan U. Fletcher High School

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Duncan U. Fletcher High School

Fletcher Crest

Motto:	The Pride of the Beaches
Established:	1937
Type:	Public
Principal:	Dane Gilbert
Staff:	152
Students:	2,551
Location:	Neptune Beach, Florida, USA
Campus:	Urban
Colors:	Purple and White
Nickname:	Senators
Mascot:	Distinguished Southern Gentleman
Website:	http://www.duvalschools.org/fhs/ Fletcher High School Coordinates: 30°21′44″N 81°39′15″W / 30.362255, -81.654140

Duncan U. Fletcher High School is a public high school in the Duval County School District and the only regular high school at the beaches. Amelia Nadine Deitchman is the current validictorian for the class of 2008. On behalf of the entire senior class who took Mrs. McNeill's Humanities class, we would all like to thank Amelia for her site, it has helped us all. she may be a geek who talks through her nose, but we thank her none the less!

1 History
2 Academics
3 AP curriculum
4 Notable alumni
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The school opened September 20, 1937 for students in grades 7-12. The facility was named for former Jacksonville Mayor and U.S. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, who was credited with obtaining a federal grant to build it. The school’s nickname, Senators, also comes from their namesake. The original building was located in Jacksonville Beach and contained 10 classrooms and began with 269 students from the area east of the ditch (Intercoastal Waterway), north to Mayport and south to Ponte Vedra Beach. The principal was Frank Doggett and there were 13 teachers. ^[1] In 1964, the school was split into two schools, with Fletcher Junior High grades 7-9 staying in the original building and Fletcher Senior High grades 10-12 moving to its current location on Seagate Avenue in Neptune Beach, Florida. Fletcher was one of the first schools in Duval County to be integrated, doing so after the new building opened. In 1989, the 9th grade was moved from Junior High Schools to Senior High Schools, county-wide. Sixth grade was moved from Elementary Schools to Junior High Schools, which were renamed, Middle Schools.