Palmetto High School (Florida)
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Palmetto High School is a high school located in Palmetto, Florida
. The school's athletic teams are known as the Tigers, and the school colors are red
, white
, and black
. The school's principal is former NFL player Willie Clark. The school currently serves over 2,000 students in grades 9 through 12. Palmetto High School was originally opened in 1957 and rebuilt in 1999. They have also recently built a new auditorium. They have also built new rooms and hallways. Under the direction of Tim Hamand, Palmetto's Marching Band was undefeated at the regional level in 2005. After a triumphant season the Marching Tigers went on to compete at state level in the FMBC semi-finals, where their color guard finished in fifth place.
Palmetto, Florida
Palmetto is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was listed as 12,606 It is part of the Bradenton–Sarasota–Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Palmetto is located at ....
. The school's athletic teams are known as the Tigers, and the school colors are red
Red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
, white
White
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
, and black
Black
Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
. The school's principal is former NFL player Willie Clark. The school currently serves over 2,000 students in grades 9 through 12. Palmetto High School was originally opened in 1957 and rebuilt in 1999. They have also recently built a new auditorium. They have also built new rooms and hallways. Under the direction of Tim Hamand, Palmetto's Marching Band was undefeated at the regional level in 2005. After a triumphant season the Marching Tigers went on to compete at state level in the FMBC semi-finals, where their color guard finished in fifth place.
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