Kempsville High School

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Kempsville High School

Address
5194 Chief Trail Virginia Beach, Virginia, 23464 United States
Information
School type	Public, high school
Founded	1966
School district	Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Superintendent	Dr. Shiela S. Magula, Interim
Principal	Mr. William W. Harris
Staff	135
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,959 (as of May 2010)
Language	English
Color(s)	Royal Blue, Red, and Silver
Athletics conference	Virginia High School League Beach District Eastern Region
Mascot	Chiefs
Rival	Green Run High School, Salem High School, Tallwood High School
Communities served	Kempsville
Website	Official site

Kempsville High School is one of eleven public high schools in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools system. It is a comprehensive high school teaching grades 9-12. Located in the western section of the city, the Kempsville HS school district covers approximately 12 sq. miles, and draws students from both Kempsville Middle School and Larkspur Middle School. The school day is organized into an A/B block schedule with four class periods of 93 minutes each. Within a normal day, students attend three classes and a 42-minute study block and a 41-minute lunch. Upon request, students may enroll in seven or eight classes in lieu of lunch and study block. Semester courses earn one-half credit, and year courses earn one credit upon successful completion of the course. While enrolled in academics at Kempsville High School, students can also attend additional programs. These include dual enrollment, the Governor’s Magnet School for the Arts, the Technical and Career Education Center, Virginia Beach Central Academy, and the evening credit program at Open Campus High School.^[1]

School Administration

Mr. William W. Harris - Principal

Dr. Donna G. Elliott - Assistant Principal

Mr. Patrick Flanagan - Assistant Principal

Mrs. Melissa George - Assistant Principal

Mr. Tim Wolf - Student Activities Coordinator

Ms. Star Wiggins - Guidance Director

Mrs. Carol Murphy - School Improvement Specialist

History

Kempsville High School opened its doors to students in 1924. The original building, plus its adjacent gymnasium, still stand to this day. The present building, which opened in 1966, is the third building to have the name Kempsville High School. From 1959 until 1966, students living in the Kempsville area attended Princess Anne High School. In 1966, when the growth of the city required the construction of neighborhood high schools, Kempsville High School reopened at its current location, serving grades eight through twelve. In 1969, grades eight and nine moved to the newly opened Kempsville Junior High School. The ninth grade moved back to the high school in 1993. Currently, Kempsville High School houses approximately 2,300 students in grades nine through twelve. It is located about one mile south of Interstate 264. The mascot is an Indian chief and the school colors are red, royal blue, and silver.^[1]

Curriculum

Kempsville offers an array of honors as well as standard courses and advanced placement, these courses include:^[2] AP Studio Art, AP Art History, AP English Literature and Composition, AP English Language and Composition, AP U.S. History, AP Human Geography, AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP European History, AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP French Language, AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature, AP German Language, and AP Latin: Vergil.

Enrollment

Statistics and demographics

The teacher to student ratio is 1:15 ^[2] that is one teacher to every sixteen students. The average class size is 21.9 student per class.

the following is a breakdown of the class room size per subject of study.^[3]

English 20.4
Mathematics 21.9
Science24.4
Social Studies24.7

The following is the percentage of students according to ethnicity.^[3]

African American: 17.2%
American Indian: 0.7%
Asian: 5.4%
Caucasian: 69.7%
Hispanic: 4.0%
Native Hawaiian: 0.3%
Unspecific: 2.7%

Extracurricular activities

Arts:

Languages:

Sports:

Other activities offered:

Vocational programs:

Accolades

In 2008, it was listed by Newsweek as one of the top 1,300 schools in the country, along with six other schools from the Virginia Beach area.^[4]

Notable alumni

Charles "Chase Chad" Hugo (1992), half of the production duo "The Neptunes", and N*E*R*D band member.
Kenna Zemedkun, solo artist (music).
Linn Thomas (1994), Playboy Playmate (1997), Penthouse Pet (2000).
D.J. Dozier (1983), former professional baseball player and NFL Running Back.
J.R. Reid (1986), former NBA Player and 5th pick of the 1989 NBA Draft.
Steve Jolley (1993), MLS Soccer Player.
Lady Miss Kier, entertainer, former lead singer of Deee-Lite
Jason Winston George (1990), Actor.
Anton Gunn (1991), American politician.
Andy Kubiszewski (1979), drummer, songwriter, and producer
Mark Phelps (1984), head basketball coach at Drake University.
Bruce Ridge (1982) symphonic bassist, arts advocate, labor leader. Chairman-International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians

(Steve martin) 3 time state wrestling champion head coach at Old Dominion. (larry moore) national track record holder.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Kempsville High School "Profile 2007-2008" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2010.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Great Schools website: "About Kempsville High School". Retrieved 4 April 2010.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Virginia Beach City Public Schools "Kempsville Annual Report Card, Issued 2008-2009". Retrieved 4 April 2010.
↑ "The Top of the Class 2008: The complete list of the 1,300 top U.S. high schools". Newsweek. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

External links

v t e Virginia Beach Public Schools

Elementary schools:	Alanton Arrowhead Bayside Birdneck Brookwood Centerville Christopher Farms College Park Cooke Corporate Landing Creeds Fairfield Glenwood Green Run Hermitage Holland Indian Lakes John B. Dey Kempsville Kempsville Meadows King's Grant Kingston Landstown Linkhorn Park Luxford Lynnhaven Malibu New Castle Newtown Road North Landing Ocean Lakes Old Donation Center Parkway Pembroke Pembroke Meadows Plaza Point O’View Princess Anne Providence Red Mill Rosemont Salem Seatack Shelton Park Strawbridge Tallwood Thalia Thoroughgood Three Oaks Trantwood White Oaks Williams Windsor Oaks Windsor Woods Woodstock

Middle schools:	Bayside Brandon Corporate Landing Great Neck Independence Kemps Landing Kempsville Landstown Larkspur Lynnhaven Plaza Princess Anne Salem Virginia Beach

High schools:	Adult Learning Center Advanced Technology Center Bayside First Colonial Floyd E. Kellam Frank W. Cox Green Run Kempsville Landstown Ocean Lakes Open Campus Princess Anne Salem Tallwood Technical & Career Education Center Virginia Beach Central Academy

v t e AAA Eastern Region

Beach District	Bayside Cox First Colonial Green Run Kellam Kempsville Landstown Ocean Lakes Princess Anne Salem Tallwood

Eastern District	Churchland Granby Lake Taylor Maury Norcom Norview Booker T. Washington Wilson

Peninsula District	Bethel Denbigh Gloucester Hampton Heritage Kecoughtan Menchville Phoebus Warwick Woodside

Southeastern District	Deep Creek Grassfield Great Bridge Hickory Indan River King's Fork Lakeland Nansemond River Oscar Smith Western Branch

Coordinates: 36°49′15.6″N 76°9′25.8″W / 36.821000°N 76.157167°W / 36.821000; -76.157167

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