Pedro Menendez High School
Pedro Menendez High School | |
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Address | |
600 State Road 206 West. , 32086 United States | |
Coordinates | 29°45′24.80″N81°19′57.37″W/ 29.7568889°N 81.3326028°W |
Information | |
Type | Public school |
Motto | Latin:Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. (Not for school, but for life, we learn.) |
Established | 2000 |
Status | Open |
School district | St. Johns County School District |
Superintendent | Tim Forson[2] |
School number | 401[1] |
Dean | Yanetta Arnold, Kevin Leonard |
Principal | Ted Banton |
Staff | 76.40 (FTE)[3] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,519 (2022-23)[3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 19.88[3] |
Hours in school day | 9:20 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.[5] |
Campus size | 100 acres (0.40 km2)[4] |
Campus type | Rural |
Colour(s) | Royal BlueandVegas Gold |
Nickname | Falcons |
Rival | St. Augustine High School |
Website | www-pmhs |
Pedro Menendez High Schoolis a public high school in theSt. Johns County School District,located in southernSt. Johns County, Florida,United States. It was named forPedro Menéndez de Avilés,a sixteenth-century Spanish admiral and pirate hunter who founded St. Augustine, the first permanent European settlement and oldest port city in what is now the continental United States, on August 28, 1565.
It has a student body of over 1,300 students. The school building is a two-story octagon with an open courtyard in the center. The gymnasium and auditorium are attached on the east and west sides, respectively. The school was built simultaneously withBartram Trail High School;Menendez was intended to relieve overcrowding atSt. Augustine High School.The school opened August 28, 2000,[6]and graduated its first class in 2001.
The curriculum offers academy programs in the areas of business & computer technology, health science, and architectural & building sciences.[7][8]
Attendance boundary
[edit]Communities within the school's attendance boundary include:[9]Butler Beach,[10]Crescent Beach,[11]Flagler Estates,[12]Hastings,[13]Marineland,[14]St. Augustine Shores,[15]andSt. Augustine South.[16]It also includes a small portion ofSt. Augustine Beach.[17]
Advanced scholarship
[edit]TheAdvanced Scholarsprogram gives students the option to participate in the rigorous programs ofadvanced placement,dual enrollmentandhonorscourses. After two years of preliminary work, the school was approved for theInternational Baccalaureate Program,beginning in the Fall of 2010.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Willie Harvey Jr.,NFL player
- Travis Hutson,politician[citation needed]
- Tony Steward,formerlinebackerfor theBuffalo BillsandNew Orleans Saints;winner of the 2010Dick Butkus Award,given annually to the top high school linebacker in the country
References
[edit]- ^""School Accountability Reports" at schoolgrades.fldoe.org ".
- ^"School Improvement Plan"(PDF).2007. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on March 28, 2008.RetrievedMarch 11,2008.
- ^abc"PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL".National Center for Education Statistics.RetrievedJune 17,2024.
- ^Donovan, Norma:"Perspective: Ponte Vedra high school issue like growing ivy"St. Augustine Record, July 9, 2004
- ^"Pedro Menendez High School 2021-2022 Regular Bell Schedule"(PDF).RetrievedAugust 10,2022.
- ^Miller, Josh:"Learning Legacy: A brief history of Pedro Menendez High School"ArchivedMarch 4, 2016, at theWayback MachineSt. Augustine Record, December 21, 2001
- ^"Construction career pathway open house planned at Menendez"ArchivedMarch 4, 2016, at theWayback MachineSt. Augustine Record, November 15, 2003
- ^Pounder, Lory:"Menendez classes open new career paths"ArchivedMarch 4, 2016, at theWayback MachineSt. Augustine Record, December 6, 2003
- ^"2022 - 2023 St. Johns County School Attendance Zones Pedro Menendez High School"(PDF).St. Johns County School District.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on August 2, 2022.RetrievedAugust 1,2022.
- ^"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Butler Beach CDP, FL"(PDF).U.S. Census Bureau.RetrievedAugust 1,2022.- Compare to the school zone maps.
- ^"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Crescent Beach CDP, FL"(PDF).U.S. Census Bureau.RetrievedAugust 1,2022.- Compare with the school zone maps.
- ^"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Flagler Estates CDP, FL"(PDF).U.S. Census Bureau.RetrievedAugust 2,2022.- Compare to the school zone maps.
- ^"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Hastings CDP, FL"(PDF).U.S. Census Bureau.RetrievedAugust 1,2022.- Compare to the school zone maps.
- ^"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Marineland town, FL"(PDF).U.S. Census Bureau.RetrievedAugust 1,2022.
- ^"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: St. Augustine Shores CDP, FL"(PDF).U.S. Census Bureau.RetrievedAugust 1,2022.- Compare with the school district map.
- ^"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: St. Augustine South CDP, FL"(PDF).U.S. Census Bureau.RetrievedAugust 1,2022.- Compare with the school district map.
- ^"Land Use Map"(PDF).St. Augustine Beach. March 2019.RetrievedDecember 3,2021.-Also see the 2020 Census Map- Compare to the school boundary maps.