Oak Ridge High School (Orlando, Florida)

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Address
Oak Ridge High School
6000 Winegard Rd Orlando, Florida, 32809 USA
Coordinates	28°28′18″N 81°23′04″W / 28.471740, -81.384392Coordinates: 28°28′18″N 81°23′04″W / 28.471740, -81.384392
Information
School district	Orange County Public Schools
Principal	Maxine Risper
Staff	31, plus 5 administrators and 4 deans
Faculty	140
CEEB Code	101298
Student:teacher ratio	18 ^[1]
Grades	9-12
Athletics	FHSAA Class 6A, District 5 ^[2]
Mascot	Little Willie
Nickname	Pioneers
School Colour(s)	Forest green and Vegas Gold
Established	1956
Homepage	http://www.orhs.ocps.net/

Oak Ridge High School is a public secondary school in Orlando, Florida, established in 1956. The school has been rated as a D or F institution by the state every year since 2000.^[3]

1 History
2 Campus
3 Extracurricular activities
- 3.1 Athletics
4 Curriculum
5 Notable alumni
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Campus

[edit] Extracurricular activities

Activities available to Oak Ridge students include Athletic Training, AVID, Beta Club, Computer Programming and Gaming Club, Debate, Drama, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Floetry Club, Haitian Club, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society, Robotics, SAFE Ambassadors, Science National Honor Society, Spanish Club, student government and yearbook.

[edit] Athletics

The Oak Ridge Pioneers compete in interscholastic competition in basketball, cross country, football and soccer.

[edit] Curriculum

Oak Ridge is home to three district-wide magnet programs: Aviation and Aerospace Engineering, Digital Media and Gaming, and Hospitality Management.^[4]

[edit] Notable alumni

Kathleen Bevirt Brooks, NASA analytical chemist, Space Technology Hall of Fame inductee^[5]
Craig Crawford, political commentator
Glenda Hood, Mayor of Orlando (1992-2003), Florida Secretary of State of Florida (2003-2005)
James E. Rodak, saxophonist, Senior Enlisted Leader, United States Naval Academy Band^[6]