First Flight High School is a public high school (grades 9–12), established in 2004 which is located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Kill Devil Hills is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, USA. The population was 5,897 at the 2000 census.Nearby Kitty Hawk is frequently cited as the location of the Wright brothers' first controlled, powered airplane flights on December 17, 1903...

 on the Outer Banks.

The school opened to students on August 17, 2004, with 800 students who would have attended Manteo High School

Manteo High School

Manteo High School is one of two high schools located in Dare County. The school is located on Roanoke Island at 829 Wingina Avenue, Manteo, North Carolina. Manteo was named after Chief Manteo who assisted the Roanoke Colony, which became known later as the Lost Colony...

. It is part of the Dare County Schools school district.

Organization

The program of studies at First Flight High School offers approximately 170 courses within nine disciplines. Students may enroll in average and honors levels in most of the core subjects. The school changed in 2007-2008 to a hybrid schedule. In a hybrid schedule students can take three year long classes and four semester block classes with the potential to earn seven credits annually.

Accreditation

• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
  Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
  The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...
  
  
• North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
  North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
  The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction oversees the public school system in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The DPI is headed by the State Superintendent and the North Carolina State Board of Education...
  
  

Highlights and achievements

• The school was included in the top 1100 schools in the nation as published by Newsweek Magazine.
• The school has the best graduation rate in North Carolina or schools of similar student populations in 2010 (95.9%).
• The school's newspaper Nighthawk News won the 2008 Crown Award, the highest honor given by the National Scholastic Press Association, at its 2007 fall national convention.
• The school is in its third year of an educational partnership with a school in Wuxi, China, which is partially sponsored by the Center for International Understanding of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
  
  . The partner schools participate in student exchanges as well as educational and cultural sharing each year.
• FFHS Principal Arty Tillett was selected 2008 North Carolina MetLife Principal of the Year by the National Association of Secondary School Administrators.
• FFHS has won the Wachovia Cup award for the Northeastern Coastal Athletic Conference for the sixth consecutive year.