Melbourne High School or Mel-Hi is a public secondary school located in

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and operated by

Brevard Public Schools Brevard Public Schools is a school district serving Brevard County, Florida, and based in Viera, Florida. In 2015, the district had about 74,000 students. 24% attend a school other than the one to which they are assigned. In 2009, the school boar ...

History

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The original high school was built on New Haven Avenue in 1919. It is now the

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. In 1948, the old

Eau Gallie High School Eau Gallie High School is located at 1400 Commodore Blvd in the Eau Gallie area of Melbourne, Florida. It is one of four public high schools in Melbourne, along with Melbourne High School, Palm Bay High School, and West Shore Junior/Senior High ...

on Pineapple Avenue closed. Their former students were bused to Melbourne High. Rotary International chartered their first

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service club ever with 23 students at the school in 1960. In about 1953, Zora Neale Hurston staged the school's first integrated concert, though the school had not yet been integrated itself. The school experienced race riots during the period of integration from 1969 to 1976. The school's International Baccalaureate Prep program started in 1981. In 2009 Melbourne High School became a

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which includes an Academy of Business and Finance. This is a

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program.

Academics

The school has an Academy of Business and Finance ("The Academy"),

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program, Advanced Placement program and

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Athletics

The school's mascot is the

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, and

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Recognition

* Football 2A 1966 State Champions. * Girls' Soccer State Champions 1987, 2009, 2010 5A, and 2013 4A. * Boys' Soccer 1994 5A State Champions, 2009 & 2010 6A State Champions, 2014 4A State Champions * Boys' Cross country won first in the state 4A Championships in 2007 and 2008 * Girls' Cross country won first in the state 4A Championships in 2006

Campus

In 2008, the school installed an artificial turf football field and a new gym. In 2008, the school board started construction on a new eight laboratory science building, which was completed in early 2009.

Notable people

Alumni

* Bruce Bochy (1973) - manager of the

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* Lee Nelson (1973) - former NFL player with the St. Louis/Arizona Cardnals * Mickey Zofko (1967) - former NFL player with Detroit Lions and New York Giants * Brian Bollinger (1987) - former NFL player with the San Francisco 49ers *

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(1986) - actress * Dena Grayson (1988) - biochemical researcher * Kristin Grubka (2007) - soccer player *

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(1973) -American actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist * David J. Lane (1978) - U.S. Ambassador *

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(1959) - U.S. Senator from Florida and Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-61-C *

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(1997) - Academy Award nominated screenwriter of

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. *

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(1967) - singer-songwriter

Staff

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, astronaut, who taught science 1999–2000.

References

External links

* {{authority control Buildings and structures in Melbourne, Florida Brevard Public Schools Educational institutions established in 1926 High schools in Brevard County, Florida Public high schools in Florida Magnet schools in Florida 1926 establishments in Florida