Florida State University School (FSUS) is a

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located in

Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2020, the populatio ...

, United States. It is sponsored by

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU) is a public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher e ...

and works in close collaboration with the Florida State University College of Education. The school is often referred to as Florida High School, or "Florida High", though it actually serves grades

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through 12th.

History

The school was founded in 1857 as the Primary Department of the Florida Institute, and from 1954 until 2001, was located on the FSU campus. However, the university's interest in building a medical school at Florida High's location necessitated the school moving off campus. In 2001, the new Florida High building in Southwood was opened.

Relationship with FSU

FSUS is sponsored by

and is a demonstration school for the FSU College of Education, which is used for exploring teaching techniques as well as being an education center where teachers may observe and participate in best teacher practices; and a vehicle for the dissemination of research findings. FSUS and the FSU College of Education collaborate for research, observations, etc. as well as

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, and

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. After the school's relocation to Southwood, there was some consideration of the school severing its ties with the university. However, that proposal was rejected by Florida High's faculty.

Student body

Florida High has approximately 1700 students that represent Florida's population demographics. The school has programs in the academics, as well as art, foreign language, and athletic programs.

Sports

In 2007, Florida High's girls

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team defeated Parkway High School to win the 3A State Championship. That same year, Florida High's football team posted a perfect

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record including a 40-0

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of Leon County High School. The school's mascot were the "Demons", but were renamed after the

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in 1995.

Notable alumni

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— Author and journalist *

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(Class of 1999) — Professional basketball player in Italy * Link Jarrett (Class of 1990) – Former professional baseball player and current head baseball coach at Florida State. * Brandon Jenkins (Class of 2009) – American football player * Dr. Will Kirby (Class of 1991) – Celebrity dermatologist, medical authority, winner of Big Brother and star of

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* Martin Mayhew (Class of 1983) – American football player and executive in the

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(NFL) * John W. Olsen (Class of 1973) - Regents' Professor Emeritus of Anthropology,

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; archaeologist and explorer of Central Asia * Dean Palmer – Professional baseball player in

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(MLB) *

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- Author and commentator * Khaneshia

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(Class of 2003) – Actress * David Ross (Class of 1995) - MLB catcher, two-time World Series champion, 2017 ''

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'' runner-up,

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manager *

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(Class of 2015) - American football player * Garrett McGhin (Class of 2014) - American football player

References

External links

* {{Authority control Educational institutions established in 1857 Schools in Tallahassee, Florida Public K-12 schools in Florida Florida State University High schools in Leon County, Florida Charter schools in Florida 1857 establishments in Florida Laboratory schools in the United States