Merritt Island High School is a public

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located in

Merritt Island, Florida Merritt Island is a peninsula, commonly referred to as an island, in Brevard County, Florida, United States, located on the eastern Floridian coast, along the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the name of an unincorporated town in the central and so ...

. It was built in 1965.

Principals

#Robert Bruton: 1965 - 1983 #Hank Smith: 1983 - 1999 #David M. Piccolo: 2000 - 2002 #Gary Shiffrin: 2002 - 2013 #Dr. Karyle Green: 2013 - 2014 #Mollie Vega: 2014 - 2018 #James Rehmer: 2018–present

Academics

Merritt Island High School is accredited. The school offers classes for grades 9-12, including Honors courses, Advanced Placement courses, and courses with the

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program at

Eastern Florida State College Eastern Florida State College, formerly Brevard Community College, is a public college in Brevard County, Florida. It is a member of the Florida College System and has campuses in Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Titusville, as well as a Virt ...

. To graduate, students must earn a minimum of 26 credits. Each semester-course is equal to a half credit. There is also a variety of academies available for students to enroll in. Including the Advance Placement academy, Fame academy for the performing arts, and Davinci.

Athletics

Teams

* Wrestling * Basketball * Bowling * Cheerleading * Cross country * Dance Team * Football * Golf * Lacrosse * Soccer * Softball * Swim and Diving * Tennis * Track * Indoor Volleyball *Beach Volleyball *Baseball

State championships

* Boys Soccer 4A championship - 2009. 3A championship - 2014. * Girls Soccer 4A championship - 2010. 3A championship - 2017 and 2018. * American football 4A championship - 1972, 1978 & 1979. * Baseball 5A championship - 1999 & 2000. * Volleyball 5A championship- 2011 & 2018 * Beach Volleyball AA championship - 2019

Clubs and extracurricular activities

Extracurricular activities offered include: * Academic Games team * Art club * Anime club * Auto club * Book club *

Beta Club The National Beta Club (often called "Beta Club" or simply "Beta") is an organization for 4th through 12th grade students in the United States. Its purpose is "to promote the ideals of academic achievement, character, leadership and service among ...

* Chess club * Marine Science Club * Chorus * Concert and Chamber Orchestras * DECA * Drama/Theater * Earth club * Ethics club *

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FIRST Robotics Competition FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams of high school students, coaches, and mentors work during a six-week period to build robots capable of competing in that year's game that weig ...

team * Future Business Leaders of America * Future Educators of America * Future Problem Solvers *Gay Straight Alliance * German club * Guitar Club * Inline hockey team * Intramural athletics * Jazz ensemble *

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(including the Raider Team, Rifle Team, Drill Team, Color Guard and Command and Staff leadership positions) * Key Club * Literary magazine * Magic club * Marching, Concert and Symphonic Bands * Marine Science Club * Multicultural club * Mustang Round-Up Leaders * Straight Up G (vocal acapella group) * National Art Honor Society * National Honor Society * Newspaper * Quiz bowl team * Rugby team * Science Research * SECME * Spanish club *

Spanish National Honor Society Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

* Speech and debate club * Student ministers * Student council * StangSat Club * Student Government * Student Venture * Yearbook * Video Game club * DND (Dungeons and Dragons) club * Welcoming diversity team * Young Republicans Club * Young Democrats Club

Notable alumni

* Leon "Pop" Bright 1974 – professional football player * Derek Brown 1988 – professional football player * Cal Dixon 1987 – professional football player *

Tony Gayton Tony Gayton is an American movie producer and screenwriter. Early life Gayton graduated from Merritt Island High School in 1977 in Merritt Island, Florida. Gayton is also a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he received the Jack ...

1977 – film producer *

Clint Hurdle Clinton Merrick Hurdle (born July 30, 1957) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and manager. Hurdle played for the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals, and managed the Colorado Rock ...

1975 – Professional baseball player and manager *

Mathew Martoma Mathew Martoma (born May 18, 1974, as Ajai Mathew Mariamdani Thomas) is an American former hedge fund trader. As a portfolio manager at S.A.C. Capital Advisors, he was accused of generating possibly the largest single insider trading transaction ...

1992 – former S.A.C. Capital Advisors trader, convicted of insider trading *

Will Perdue William Edward Perdue III (born August 29, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a member of four NBA championship teams, three with the Chicago Bulls (1991–1993) and ...

1983 – professional basketball player and television sports announcer * Kevin Whitaker 1975 – US ambassador to Colombia *

Jeff Wickersham Jeff Wickersham is a former collegiate American football player for the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University. College Wickersham came to the Louisiana State University (LSU) as a highly recruited quarterback out of Merritt Island, FL (locat ...

– professional football player *

Steve Crisafulli Steve Crisafulli (born July 26, 1971) is an American politician who served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2014 to 2016. He represented the 51st District, which is located in northern Brevard County, including Cape Canavera ...

- Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives https://stevecrisafulli.com/about/ * Richard Jones 1987 - State Wrestling Champion 105 lbs 1987, State Runner Up 98 lbs 1986 https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/high-school/2015/02/13/merritt-island-state-championship-history-strong/23373

Footnotes

External links

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Brevard Public Schools website

Merritt Island Community Website
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