Choctawhatchee High School
| Choctawhatchee High School | |
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| Address | |
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110 Racetrack Rd NW Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32547 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Go Big Green! |
| Established | September 22, 1952 |
| School board | Okaloosa County School District |
| Superintendent | Mary Beth Jackson |
| Principal | James Lee Hale |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | over 2000 |
| Campus | suburban |
| Color(s) |
Kelly Green and White |
| Mascot | Indians |
| Rivals | Niceville High School, Fort Walton Beach High School |
| Yearbook | The Tomahawk |
| Website | www |
Kelly Green and White
Choctawhatchee High School is a high school in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. It is the only school in Okaloosa County to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It also offers the Advanced Placement Program and honors classes, AFJROTC, an aviation program, (offered by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), and pre-engineering classes (offered by the University of West Florida). Its newest innovation is the Information Technology Institute housing the Academy of Web Design as well as the Academy of Digital Design. Choctaw has received Florida's highest rating of A+ for many years.
Choctawhatchee originally opened its doors in Shalimar, Florida, on September 22, 1952. It was filled over its capacity of 500 students, enrolling 625 students in grades 7 through 12. The local news held a contest to name the school, and thus Choctawhatchee, or "coming together," was picked. Later it was relocated to its current location in Fort Walton Beach, Florida with the old site becoming what is now Meigs Middle School. Choctawhatchee is also the name of a major local river and bay.
Choctawhatchee, or Choctaw for short, has a history of successful extracurricular activities. The cheerleaders were back-to-back National Champions for 2004–05 and 2005–06 and 2007–08, as well as being Florida's 7-time Defending State Champion. In 1990, the football team was the 5A State Champion. Several sports consistently do well in districts and beyond, including cross country, track and field, tennis, soccer and basketball, golf, weightlifting, and wrestling. The school's marching band, known as the Style Marchers, were back-to-back 5A Florida State Champions in 2004–05, 2005–06, and were runners-up for 2006–07. The Stylemarchers came back on top for another back-to-back 5A Florida State Championship for 2007–08, 2008–09. The Choctawhatchee Style Marchers also marched at the 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in N.Y. The choral and band departments annually send students to All-State and make superiors at their respective district festivals. The drumline at Choctaw has been best in the state of Florida, next to Chamberlain High School (with a score of 98 in 2006 and 97.5 in 2007), in 2004, 2005, and 2006. The winter percussion ensemble has placed in the top 12 at the WGI World Championships since 1998. The drumline won 1st in she Scholastic Open competition in 2002 and were promoted to Scholastic World for the following year. In 2003, they placed 3rd, in 2004 they placed 12th, in 2005, 8th in 2006, 6th, and in 2007 &2008 they placed 4th in the Scholastic World Division. The Winter Color Guard has also been a finalist for many years at the WGI World Championships, including 2007, 2006, 2004, and 2003. The academic team won the Cox Cable's Gulf Coast Academic Tournament 2006. Both Smoke Signals (monthly newspaper) and WBGI (in-school television productions) receive local awards. The Smoke Signals paper also won a top award from the Florida Scholastic Press Association in 1998. The Tomahawk Yearbook has won numerous state and national awards.
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