| George M. Steinbrenner High School | |
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| Address | |
| 5575 W. Lutz Lake Fern Road Lutz, Florida, Hillsborough County, 33558 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Opened | 2009 |
| School district | Hillsborough County Public Schools |
| Principal | Brenda Grasso |
| Assistant principals | Kelly King (Curriculum), Edward Henderson (Administration), Mary Freitas, Ben Gerhardt, and Mark Watson (Student Affairs). |
| Faculty | 153 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 2035 |
| Pupils | 2400 |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue, Athletic Gold |
| Mascot | Warrior |
| Newspaper | The Oracle |
| Yearbook | The Odyssey |
| Website | Steinbrenner High School |
George M. Steinbrenner High School is a public high school in Lutz, Florida. It is located adjacent to McKitrick Elementary and Martinez Middle Schools. The school was named in honor of late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, a Tampa resident.[1][2]
Steinbrenner opened August 25, 2009, with about 1600 students.[3]
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Steinbrenner High School uses Edline for teachers' websites and online grades. students may check their grades using this and even take quizzes online for a specific teacher.[4] The school offers AP classes.[5]
During the 2011-2012 school year, the following elective courses are offered:
Many interest clubs and service clubs are offered at Steinbrenner High School. See the club list for details about each club.[7]
Steinbrenner High School offers many extracurricular opportunities. A few of the extracurricular opportunities are the Steinbrenner Band,[8] Steinbrenner Jazz Band,[9] Steinbrenner Chorus,[10] and the Steinbrenner Football team,[11] to name a few.
In 2009, the Steinbrenner High School Marching Warrior Brigade began their history with "A Tribute to Michael Jackson". They received an overall Superior at District 7 Marching MPA.[12]
In the Steinbrenner Wind Symphony's first appearance at District MPA, they received an overall Superior.[13]
In 2010, the Steinbrenner High School Marching Warrior Brigade's show was called "Oz", a tribute to The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, and Wicked. They received an Excellent.[14]
In 2011, the Steinbrenner Jazz Band received a rating of Straight Superiors at District Jazz MPA.[15] By one listener, they were called "the best sounding jazz band of the day".
For the 2011 marching season, the MWB performed "Warriorstock" which was a tribute to Woodstock, hence the play on words using the school's mascot. The show featured songs originally performed by Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, Bill Chase, and The 5th Dimension.[16] They received a Superior.[17]
The table below shows Band Performance Ratings by year. Under "Concert Band MPA" the Concert Band rating comes first, and the Wind Symphony rating is second.
| Marching MPA | Jazz MPA | Concert Band MPA | |
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| 2009–2010 | Superior | Excellent | Good; Superior |
| 2010–2011 | Excellent | Superior | Excellent; Excellent |
| 2011–2012 | Superior | TBA | TBA |
| Position | Name (2011-2012 Year) | |||
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| Drum Major | Otis Horne | |||
| Band Captain | Vicki Quintero | |||
| First Lieutenant | Chase Funk | |||
| Librarian | Chase Funk | |||
| Quartermaster | Chase Funk | Spirit Captain | Taylor Smith |
Steinbrenner's football program was started as a JV program because of its first year status. The first four games they played were counted as JV games and they went 3-0-1. After they were an official Varsity team they could not win a single game after that getting blown out by every team they played.
As a second year school, there were low expectations for the Warriors. It started to look that way as the Warriors started out the season on a 3 game losing streak after losing to Gaither, Blake, and Jesuit. The Warriors then decided to change up their Offensive scheme a little bit and it showed great success defeating Bloomingdale High School 13-7. The Warrior team took off on a three game winning streak defeating Bloomingdale, St. Pete Catholic, and Middleton in a big upset for Steinbrenner's homecoming game. Middleton High School had beaten Steinbrenner 63-7 the year before. With a record of 3-3 a playoff spot became a possibility for the Warrior football team. That week they played their biggest rival, Strawberry Crest High School, who the Warriors needed to beat to continue the chance at the playoffs. The Warriors lost 24-25 in the last 30 seconds of the game. With the playoffs out of sight they set a new goal, to set a Hillsborough County record of being the first team to have a 5-5 record in their first full year of varsity ball. The Warriors got off to a bad start after losing to Thomas Richard Robinson High School making their record 3-5. They needed to win out to reach their 5-5 goal. They traveled to Earl J. Lennard High School next week and steamrolled them 27-6. The last week of the season they traveled to East Bay High School in a very important game to the seniors and the Warrior football team. It was a close game the entire night until the Warriors scored with 9 seconds left and scored a 2-point conversion to win the game making the Warriors 5-5 in their 2010 season by going 5-2 in their last seven games.
In their second season (2010–2011; their first with seniors), the Steinbrenner Warriors Girls Soccer Team finished their regular season with a 14-2-2 record. In post-season play, the Warriors defeated Thomas Jefferson High School (Tampa, Florida) and Strawberry Crest High School consecutively to grab the 4A District Championship.[18]
Advancing to regional play, the Lady Warriors defeated Osceola High School (Largo, Florida) 4-2 and Lakewood Ranch High School 2-1. In the Regional Finals, the Lady Warriors defeated Barron Collier High School 1-0, to advance to the State Semi-finals. The Semi-Finals resulted in wins for the Lady Warriors (over Harmony High School 1-0) and the Merritt Island High School Mustangs (over Ponte Vedra High School 2-0). In the State Final, the Lady Warriors defeated Merritt Island 1-0, winning the State Championship.