Oviedo High School
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Oviedo High School is a grade 9-12 public secondary school
set on a 52 acres (210,436.7 m²) campus in Oviedo, Florida
, a growing community situated in southeastern Seminole County operated by Seminole County Public Schools
. The “Oviedo School” was established in 1932 as a comprehensive K-through-12 educational facility; members of the first graduating class received their diplomas in 1935. The secondary grades separated from the elementary in 1948, and the upper level, which moved to the current site in 1969, became Oviedo High School, now one of the oldest schools in Central Florida. The school recently underwent a $50 million renovation project. The school newspaper is the "Lion's Tale", an award-winning paper recognized by the National Scholastic Press Association, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and the Florida Scholastic Press Association. Six out of the last eight years Oviedo High School has been rated an “A” school by the Governor's A+ Plan for Education, more than any other high school in Seminole County.
Some of the most prominent cultural and commercial influences upon this community include post-secondary institutions, research industries, major tourist attractions and film production agencies. Amongst the post-secondary educational institutions considered “local” by the community are Seminole
and Valencia
community colleges, Rollins College
, the University of Central Florida
, and Stetson University
.
as well as from suburban residential neighborhoods of unincorporated Seminole County. For the 2008-2009 school year, the population of Oviedo High School will plummet because of student transferring to Hagerty High School. The student population may be down to less than 2,000 attending students.
Starting with the 2009-2010 school year, Oviedo High School is allowing open enrollment
for students in other Seminole County schools in an effort to boost attendance.http://www.oviedo.scps.k12.fl.us/bucket/frontpage/announcement.pdf
Oviedo High currently has 4 award winning choirs: Concert, Bravo, Bel Cantos, and Horizons.
The Oviedo Drama Department puts on three productions each year. At the 2010 Jan district festival they received 5 Best in Shows, and at 2010 State Thespian Festival they received three Critic's Choice Awards.
, Cross Country
, Football
, Golf
, Swimming
, and Volleyball
, as Fall sports. It offers Basketball
, Soccer, and Wrestling
as winter sports. It offers Lacrosse
, Baseball
, Softball
, Tennis
, Track and Field
, Volleyball
, and Water Polo
as Spring sports.
Classified by the Florida High School Activities Association as a Class 5A high school, Oviedo High School is recognized as a superior school. In February 2007 the school's wrestling team won its fourth consecutive state championship, becoming the only team ever in the history of Florida high school wrestling to win four straight titles in the big schools division (2004–2007). The team won eighty-four consecutive dual meet events from 2004 to 2008.
The Oviedo Lions have an in-town rivalry with Hagerty High School, and are 2-2 in matchups against the Huskies for Varsity Football. The wins occurred in 2007, 2009, and 2011 at OHS, while the losses occurred in 2008 and 2010 at HHS. The Lions also have a rivalry with Winter Springs High School
and Lake Brantley High School.
In May 2011, Oviedo High School was fined $57,000 (the fine was originally $280,000, but the school got it reduced because of their cooperation with the FHSAA) and the school's head volleyball coach and entire wrestling staff were fired after the volleyball and wrestling teams had players who lived outside the district, violating eligibility requirements . The violations involved at least one volleyball player and five wrestlers and include falsifying addresses, athletes transferring to Oviedo and living with assistant coaches in order to circumvent location mandates, and recruiting through a club program run by the volleyball coach. The FHSAA also banned the wrestling team from regional, district, and state competition for three years. The volleyball team was put on probation for two years. The athletic director and assistant athletic director lost their jobs. The fines come out of the athletic fund instead of taxpayer resources. The volleyball and wrestling teams were forced to forfeit all their wins from the 2010-11 season. The wrestling team was also placed on probation for four years . The fines and sanctions are the harshest in Florida history.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
set on a 52 acres (210,436.7 m²) campus in Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,316 as of the 2000 census. As of 2009, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 32,961...
, a growing community situated in southeastern Seminole County operated by Seminole County Public Schools
Seminole County Public Schools
Seminole County Public Schools is a public school district that covers Seminole County, Florida. As of September, 2006, the total district wide enrollment was 66,351 students in 2006.- School Board :...
. The “Oviedo School” was established in 1932 as a comprehensive K-through-12 educational facility; members of the first graduating class received their diplomas in 1935. The secondary grades separated from the elementary in 1948, and the upper level, which moved to the current site in 1969, became Oviedo High School, now one of the oldest schools in Central Florida. The school recently underwent a $50 million renovation project. The school newspaper is the "Lion's Tale", an award-winning paper recognized by the National Scholastic Press Association, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and the Florida Scholastic Press Association. Six out of the last eight years Oviedo High School has been rated an “A” school by the Governor's A+ Plan for Education, more than any other high school in Seminole County.
Area profile
In the past ten years, the city of Oviedo and its surrounding area, which together constitute the Oviedo High School attendance zone, have dramatically changed from a primarily agrarian support community of approximately 5,000 people to a full service, suburban community of nearly 50,000.Some of the most prominent cultural and commercial influences upon this community include post-secondary institutions, research industries, major tourist attractions and film production agencies. Amongst the post-secondary educational institutions considered “local” by the community are Seminole
Seminole Community College
Seminole State College of Florida is a public state college located in Sanford, Florida, United States...
and Valencia
Valencia Community College
Valencia College, formerly known as Valencia Community College, is a public state college in Orlando, Florida, United States. Valencia is the third-largest member institution of the Florida College System....
community colleges, Rollins College
Rollins College
Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida , along the shores of Lake Virginia....
, the University of Central Florida
University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida, commonly referred to as UCF, is a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida, United States...
, and Stetson University
Stetson University
Stetson University is a private university with four colleges and schools located across the I-4 corridor in Central Florida. The primary undergraduate campus is located in DeLand, Florida, USA. In the 2012 U.S...
.
Demographics
Oviedo H.S. students are drawn from the cities of Oviedo and Winter SpringsWinter Springs, Florida
Winter Springs is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 31,666 at the 2000 census. According to the 2009 Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 32,727...
as well as from suburban residential neighborhoods of unincorporated Seminole County. For the 2008-2009 school year, the population of Oviedo High School will plummet because of student transferring to Hagerty High School. The student population may be down to less than 2,000 attending students.
Starting with the 2009-2010 school year, Oviedo High School is allowing open enrollment
Open enrollment
Annual enrollment is a period of time, usually but not always occurring once per year, when employees of U.S. companies and organizations may make additions, changes or deletions to their elected fringe benefit options...
for students in other Seminole County schools in an effort to boost attendance.http://www.oviedo.scps.k12.fl.us/bucket/frontpage/announcement.pdf
Fine Arts department
The Oviedo High School Lion Band was established in 1954 and is currently composed of the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble and the 200+ member "Marching Lion" Band. Awards in marching competitions include Grand Champions of the First and Second Annual University Classic (2005 & 2006), the Azalea Marching Festival (2006), the Echoes of Excellence Superregional Competition in Middleburg, Florida (2007 & 2010), and placing fifth in their division at the Florida State competition in 2009 and also placing forth in the division and fifth over all in 2010. Oviedo will be competing in BOA (Bands of America) in October 2011, located in Atlanta.Oviedo High currently has 4 award winning choirs: Concert, Bravo, Bel Cantos, and Horizons.
The Oviedo Drama Department puts on three productions each year. At the 2010 Jan district festival they received 5 Best in Shows, and at 2010 State Thespian Festival they received three Critic's Choice Awards.
Athletics
The school's athletic teams are known as the Lions. The school offers BowlingBowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
, Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, and Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, as Fall sports. It offers Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Soccer, and Wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
as winter sports. It offers Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Track and Field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, and Water Polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
as Spring sports.
Classified by the Florida High School Activities Association as a Class 5A high school, Oviedo High School is recognized as a superior school. In February 2007 the school's wrestling team won its fourth consecutive state championship, becoming the only team ever in the history of Florida high school wrestling to win four straight titles in the big schools division (2004–2007). The team won eighty-four consecutive dual meet events from 2004 to 2008.
The Oviedo Lions have an in-town rivalry with Hagerty High School, and are 2-2 in matchups against the Huskies for Varsity Football. The wins occurred in 2007, 2009, and 2011 at OHS, while the losses occurred in 2008 and 2010 at HHS. The Lions also have a rivalry with Winter Springs High School
Winter Springs High School
Winter Springs High School, is a high school in Winter Springs, Florida. It was founded in 1997 as the seventh full-time high school in Seminole County. The school is operated by Seminole County Public Schools.-History:...
and Lake Brantley High School.
In May 2011, Oviedo High School was fined $57,000 (the fine was originally $280,000, but the school got it reduced because of their cooperation with the FHSAA) and the school's head volleyball coach and entire wrestling staff were fired after the volleyball and wrestling teams had players who lived outside the district, violating eligibility requirements . The violations involved at least one volleyball player and five wrestlers and include falsifying addresses, athletes transferring to Oviedo and living with assistant coaches in order to circumvent location mandates, and recruiting through a club program run by the volleyball coach. The FHSAA also banned the wrestling team from regional, district, and state competition for three years. The volleyball team was put on probation for two years. The athletic director and assistant athletic director lost their jobs. The fines come out of the athletic fund instead of taxpayer resources. The volleyball and wrestling teams were forced to forfeit all their wins from the 2010-11 season. The wrestling team was also placed on probation for four years . The fines and sanctions are the harshest in Florida history.
Notable alumni
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- professional wrestler