Walter L. Sickles High School is a public high school in
Citrus Park,
Florida
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, United States. Constructed in 1997, it was named for the superintendent of
Hillsborough County Public Schools
Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) is a school district that runs the public school system of Hillsborough County in west central Florida and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. It is frequently referred to as the School District of Hillsb ...
from 1989 to 1996.
Academics
As of 2010, Sickles High School was meeting the
Adequate Yearly Progress mandated under the federal
No Child Left Behind
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; it included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students. It supported standards-based education ...
Act.
According to the
Florida Department of Education
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's 2012-13 School Accountability report, Sickles was graded as an "A" school.
2007-08 School Accountability Report for Sickles HS; Florida Department of Education; accessed 16 May 2009
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Student life
Athletics
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for boys and girls in basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
, cross country, golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
, soccer, swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
, tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
, and track & field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...
. Young women may also compete in cheerleading
Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...
, flag football
Flag football is a variant of American football where, instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier ("deflagging") to end a down. The sport has a strong amateur following ...
, softball
Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...
, and 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. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
. Young men may also compete in baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
, football, Ice Hockey
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, and wrestling
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. Sickles High School football made it to the State Championships in 2013 and 2015. In 2015, Sickles won 1st Place.
Notable alumni
* John Henson, NBA basketball player
* Ray-Ray McCloud
Raymond "Ray-Ray" McCloud III (born October 15, 1996) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson.
Early years
McCloud att ...
, NFL wide receiver
* Kenny Wilson, Major League Baseball player
References
External links
Sickles High School website
Hillsborough County Public Schools website
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High schools in Tampa, Florida
Sickles
Public high schools in Florida
1997 establishments in Florida