Public secondary school in Melbourne, Florida, United States
Melbourne High School or Mel-Hi is a public secondary school located in Melbourne , Florida , United States and operated by Brevard Public Schools .
Old Melbourne High School
The original high school was built on New Haven Avenue in 1919. It is now the Henegar Center .
In 1948, the old Eau Gallie High School on Pineapple Avenue closed. Their former students were bused to Melbourne High.[ 3]
Rotary International chartered their first Interact service club ever with 23 students at the school in 1960.[ 4]
In about 1953, Zora Neale Hurston staged the school's first integrated concert, though the school had not yet been integrated itself.[ 5]
The school experienced race riots during the period of integration from 1969 to 1976.[ 6]
The school's International Baccalaureate Prep program started in 1981.[ 7]
In 2009 Melbourne High School became a magnet school which includes an Academy of Business and Finance. This is a National Academy Foundation program.[ 8]
The school has an Academy of Business and Finance ("The Academy"), International Baccalaureate program, Advanced Placement program and dual enrollment .[ 9]
The school's mascot is the bulldog . The school's rivals are Satellite High School , Eau Gallie High School , and Palm Bay High School .[ 10] [ 11]
Football 2A 1966 State Champions.[ 12]
Girls' Soccer State Champions 1987,[ 13] 2009,[ 14] 2010 5A,[ 15] and 2013 4A.[ 16]
Boys' Soccer 1994 5A State Champions,[ 17] 2009 & 2010 6A State Champions,[ 18] 2014 4A State Champions
Boys' Cross country won first in the state 4A Championships in 2007[ 19] and 2008
Girls' Cross country won first in the state 4A Championships in 2006[ 20]
In 2008, the school installed an artificial turf football field[ 21] and a new gym.[ 22]
In 2008, the school board started construction on a new eight laboratory science building, which was completed in early 2009.[ 23]
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^ a b c "MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL" . National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 21, 2024 .
^ EG Trail accessed February 28, 2008
^ "WHAT IS INTERACT?" . Rotary International . 21 January 2002. Archived from the original on August 7, 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2009 .
^ Brotemarkle, Ben (February 4, 2014). "Zora Neale Hurston fond of writing in Eau Gallie cottage" . Florida Today . Melbourne, Florida. pp. 9A. Retrieved February 4, 2014 .
^ Florida Today obit on former superintendent accessed December 6, 2007 [dead link ]
^ "Message missing (possible session timeout)" . Edline . Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2016 .
^ "Success Stories" . Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-23 .
^ "Message missing (possible session timeout)" . Edline . Retrieved 8 February 2016 .
^ Gordon, Cheryl (14 October 1986). "High School Coaches Have Mixed Reaction to New District Alignments". Orlando Sentinel . Orlando, Florida : Tribune Company . pp. D6. 'Crosstown rivals will remain crosstown rivals no matter what class or district you're in,' Melbourne Coach Tom McIntyre said. 'We'll still play Palm Bay...
^ Zizzo, Mike (29 August 1991). "Melbourne High Pitcher Transfers to Rival Eau Gallie". Orlando Sentinel . Orlando, Florida : Tribune Company . pp. F1.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2006-11-16 .{{cite web }}
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^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2009-06-29 .{{cite web }}
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^ Cherry, Mike (13 February 2009). "Melbourne girls' take state soccer title". Florida Today .
^ Guthrie, Jarrett (21 February 2010). "Historic run" . Florida Today. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015.
^ Dowling, Lyn (February 10, 2013). "Penalty kicks cap off gritty comeback effort" . Florida Today . Melbourne, Florida . pp. 1C.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2008-11-12 .{{cite web }}
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^ Cherry, Mike (26 March 2009). "Zimmerman the man in the middle" . Florida Today . Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2009 . the Class 6A state champion Bulldogs
^ FHSAA Cross Country 4A 2007 State Meet Results Archived 2008-02-07 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 17, 2008
^ FHSAA Cross Country 4A 2007 State Meet Results Archived 2008-10-23 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 17, 2008
^ "Florida Today" .
^ Downs, Megan (23 March 2009). "Melbourne High to honor McIntyre" . Florida Today . Retrieved 1 April 2009 . [dead link ]
^ "Melbourne High School: Comprehensive Additions and Renovations" (PDF) . Brevard Public Schools . 3 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009 .
^ Coconut, Commander (8 May 2001). "Tuesday Column" . Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved 13 April 2009 . Jorja Fox who plays Sara, went to Indialantic's Hoover Junior High and then Melbourne High School
^ Biscardi, Sharon (January 19, 2003). "Celebrities meet in Brevard town" . Florida Today . p. 1. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
^ Sangalang, Jennifer (February 26, 2017). "No Oscar for Mel High grad Allison Schroeder" . Florida Today . Retrieved 3 March 2017 .
^ Ruggieri, Melissa (9 March 2007). "His life sounds just like a song: Nostalgia big part of Thompson's 'Just a Blur in the Rearview' " . Richmond Times-Dispatch . Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009 .
^ "Parrotheads and Palm Trees: 2009 State of the Chamber" (PDF) . Melbourne-Palm Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2009 . A Melbourne native and Melbourne High School graduate, Robbin Thompson [dead link ]
^ "Inglewood Astronaut to Make 2 Spacewalks" . NBC . 17 December 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008 .
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