Boca Ciega High School
| Boca Ciega High School | |
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924 58th Street South Gulfport, Florida 33707-2548 United States |
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| Coordinates | 27°45′39″N 82°42′43″W / 27.760712°N 82.711944°W |
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| School type | Public, secondary |
| Motto | Deeds are Ours–Results are God's |
| Opened | September 1953 |
| School district | Pinellas County Schools |
| Principal | Michael Vigue |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 1,683 |
| Campus size | 40 acres (160,000 m2) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) |
Gold, white and navy |
| Fight song | "Colonel Bogey March" |
| Nickname | Pirates |
| Accreditation | Florida Department of Education |
| Newspaper | Hi-Tide Online |
| Yearbook | Treasure Chest |
| Website | Boca Ciega High School |
Boca Ciega High School (BCHS) is an American four-year public high school in Gulfport, Florida, south of the St. Petersburg city line, and is part of the Pinellas County Schools district. Commonly referred to as Bogie by students and staff, the school has a student enrollment of 1,683 and 98.5 teachers (FTE) (2009–10 school year).
Boca Ciega's nickname is the Pirates and its colors are gold, white and navy (previously gold, white and red). Its interscholastic teams compete in the Pinellas County Athletic Conference.
Any student in the county may enroll in the BCHS "school-within-a-school" Fundamental Program, which emphasizes a “back-to-basics” educational structure, student responsibility and mandatory parental involvement. Boca Ciega is also home to the Center for Wellness and Medical Professions, a county-wide magnet program for students interested in careers in healthcare. The school's Project Lead The Way curriculum emphasizes science, engineering, and engineering technology.
BCHS juniors and seniors with a grade point average of 3.0 and higher may be eligible to earn high school and college credit through dual enrollment coursework at St. Petersburg College.
Opened in 1953, a new campus on the current site was completed in 2012.
Ground was broken for a $1.34-million school in December 1952, the first new high school built in southern Pinellas County in 26 years. It was open-air with a central administration building and classrooms extending out in a series of parallel wings to take advantage of the Florida weather by providing maximum natural light and exposure for each classroom. In July 1953, the school board chose Boca Ciega (after the nearby bay) as the school's name over Gulfport, Sunshine City, Sun City, Central, Gulf Coast, 58th Street, and Southwest St. Petersburg. Prospective students chose gold (for the Sun) and white (for sand) as the school colors and "Rebels" as the nickname. In September 1953, BCHS opened with 964 students in grades 9–12. The first principal, Richard L. Jones, declared there would be no "rebels" at his school; in another vote, students chose "Pirates." Ironically, Rebels was later adopted as the nickname of the school's cross-town rival, Dixie Hollins High School.
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