Columbia High School | |
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Address | |
469 SE Fighting Tiger Drive Lake City, Florida 32025 United States |
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Coordinates | 30°08′53″N 82°38′12″W / 30.14806°N 82.63667°W |
Information | |
School type | Public High School |
Motto | Individually we may be different but together we are columbia |
Founded | 1888 |
Status | Open |
School district | Columbia County School District |
School code | 100875 |
Principal | Trey Hosford |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1915 students as of 2015 |
Language | English |
Hours in school day | 6 hours, 10 minutes |
Color(s) | Purple and Gold |
Slogan | Columbia strong |
Sports | Football Baseball Basketball softball weightlifting track tennis soccer volleyball |
Nickname | Tigers |
Rival |
Suwannee high school Gainesville high school |
Feeder schools |
Lake City Middle School, Richardson Middle School |
Website | Columbia High School |
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Columbia High School (CHS) is a four-year public high school located in Lake City, Florida. The school's mascot is the Fighting Tigers and the colors are purple and gold.
Extra curricular activities at the school include a FIRST Robotics team, the Academy of Graphic Design, Athletics, Band, Color Guard, a chapter of Future Farmers of America in 1969, 1998 & 2003; made it to the Quarter-Finals in 1975, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2001 & 2002.
The Columbia High School Marching Band has been ranked superior in the Florida Bandmasters Association's Marching Performance Assessment for 16 years.
Columbia high football has been an important part of the community since it began, it has won a state title back in 1967, and were runners-up in 1964 and 1997, it was at one point the winningest program in the state of Florida.
Columbia high athletics have been competitive over the years winning a total of 8 state titles, and has produced many notable alummni in its past.
Coordinates: 30°08′53″N 82°38′13″W / 30.1481797°N 82.6368281°W