Bloomingdale High School is a senior
high schoolHigh school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly in Scotland, Northern America and Oceania, to describe an institution that provides all or part of secondary education...
located in
Valrico, FloridaValrico is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,582 at the 2000 census.-History:...
. Bloomingdale was established in 1987. Bloomingdale's first graduating class graduated in 1989, since Hillborough County does not pull seniors from existing schools for new schools. The current principal is Mr. Mark West. The first principal was Mr. Charley Harris. The football stadium is named for him (Charley Harris Stadium). The school colors are red and white with black trim. The mascot is the
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.
General information
Philosophy of Bloomingdale High School
- B- Bloomingdale's
- U- Unique
- L- Love
- L- of Learning stuff
School vision statement
- "Bloomingdale High School will maintain the highest standards of excellence for all students in the pursuit of academic, social, and civic responsibilities."
School Mission Statement
- "Students, staff, parents, and community members will work together to ensure a safe learning environment and provide a wide-range of knowledge and experiences to help students formulate their lifelong goals and the ability to succeed in the global community."
Administration
Mr. Mark West, Principal
Mrs. D. Shotwell, Assistant Principal of Administration
Mrs. S. Burkett, Assistant Principal of Curriculum (Now the current principal of Guy O. Burns Middle School)
Student Affairs
Mr. Ackett
Mr. Castelli
Guidance
Mrs. Grable
Mrs. McKenzie
Mrs. Lippincott
Mr. Fallon
Mrs. Alagood
Career Specialist
Mr. Ranking
Guidance Resource Specialist
Mrs. Knox
School songs
Alma Mater
Sung to the tune of Carmen OhioCarmen Ohio is the oldest school song still used by The Ohio State University. The song was composed by freshman Fred Cornell on the train ride home from Ann Arbor, Michigan, after Ohio State suffered an 86-0 loss to the University of Michigan Wolverines...
.
- Oh Bloomingdale we say to thee
- Our hearts and minds will always be
- In your halls which stand for pride
- Where we learn to always strive
- Bloomingdale, oh Bloomingdale
- Our Alma Mater we will hail;
- Staunch, Strong we'll stand and fight
- To defend our red and white
Fight Song
Played as the University of South FloridaThe University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, and is a public research university located in Tampa, Florida, USA, with an autonomous campus in St. Petersburg, and branch centers in Sarasota and Lakeland...
fight song.
Song is repeated and vocals are shouted in between the band playing.
B-L-O-O-M-I-N-G-D-A-L-E
BLOOMING-DALE
BLOOMING-DALE
GOOOOOOO BULLS!
Notable alumni
Chad BratzkeChad Alan Bratzke is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League.-College career:...
: Former
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Player (
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)
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: ESPN Sideline Reporter (Voted "America's Sexiest Sportscaster" by Playboy Magazine.)
Mark ConsuelosMark Andrew Consuelos is a television and film actor.-Biography:Consuelos was born in Zaragoza, Spain to a Mexican father and Italian mother. His father was a politician in Spain. Consuelos has lived in Italy and the United States since childhood...
: Television soap opera star and husband of "Live with Regis & Kelly" star Kelly Rippa
Matt Good: Lead singer and guitarist for post-hardcore band
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Debra LafaveDebra Jean LaFave, formerly Debra Jean Beasley, is an American model and former teacher at Angelo L. Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, Florida, who pleaded guilty in 2005 to statutory rape charges stemming from her having sex with a 14-year-old student in 2004, when LaFave was 23 years old.-...
: An American model and former teacher at Angelo L. Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, Florida.
Omar Samuel Malcolm: Political Activist/ Award Winning Poet
Rick Barrio DillRick Barrio Dill is an American musician. He has performed, engineered and produced under the names Rick Dill, Keylow D, RBD and Rick Barrio Dill . Currently, he is an active member of the bands 2nd Day Crush, Sugarwall, and The Ty Taylor Review. Barrio Dill is also a frequent freelance...
: bass guitar player for the bands 2nd Day Crush,
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, The Ty Taylor Review, and Starbaby.
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Hip - Hop Artist/Producer.
Janelle Karlen and Zach Hutchinson American TV actors in 'Salute Your Shorts,' who are also dating.
Athletics
Sports offered include
footballAmerican football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, and often as Gridiron or Tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the...
, soccer,
baseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond...
,
softballSoftball is a team sport popular especially in the United States. It is a direct descendant of baseball. Some key differences between softball and baseball are that softballs are larger than baseballs, and pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand. Softball was invented by George Hancock...
,
golfGolf is a precision club-and-ball sport, in which competing players , using many types of clubs, attempt to hit balls into each hole on a golf course while employing the fewest number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not require a standardized playing area...
,
wrestlingScholastic wrestling is the style of amateur wrestling practiced at the high school and middle school level in the United States. The wrestling style is essentially collegiate wrestling, with some slight modifications...
,
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
,
volleyball Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 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...
,
swimmingThe aquatic sport of swimming involves competition amongst participants to be the fastest over a given distance under self propulsion.The different events include 25, 50, 100, 200, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly, the 25, 50, 100, 200, 400, 500, 800, 1000, 1500, and 1650 free and the 100,...
,
flag footballFlag football is a version of American football that is popular worldwide. The basic rules of the game are similar to those of the mainstream game , but instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier to end a down...
, and track and field, along with club teams for
ice hockeyIce Hockey is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a puck into the opposing team's goal. It is a fast-paced and physical sport...
,
lacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin that is played using a small solid rubber ball and a long-handled racquet called a crosse or lacrosse stick. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose netting that is designed to hold the lacrosse ball...
, and
bowling Bowling is a Sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a bowling ball along a flat surface either into objects called pins or to get close to a target ball. There are many forms of bowling, with one of the most recent being ten-pin bowling and the earliest dating back to ancient...
. Boys' sports teams are called the Bloomingdale Bulls, and girls' sports teams are called the Bloomingdale Lady Bulls. Led by Coach Dave Tennian, the boys' soccer team was voted
The Tampa TribuneThe Tampa Tribune, published in Tampa, Florida, is one of two major newspapers published in the Tampa Bay area, second in circulation and readership to the St. Petersburg Times. The paper's tagline is "Life...
's Team of the Decade for the '90's, winning state championships in '93, '95, and '98. They were ranked in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/USA Today Top Ten poll in '93, '95, '98 and '99. During the regular season of 2004, they were ranked No. 1 before losing despite a 1-0 lead for the first 60 minutes scored by David McClelland in the state semi-final to eventual champion, Miami Sunset. Emily Janss, who played for the women's soccer team went on to star with the New York Power of the WUSA, starred for the Lady Bulls in the 90's. The women's team won a state title in 2001. The cheerleading squad has won several titles, including state champions in 2008 and 2009 and is striving for their third year victory. They went to states for the first time in the 2007-2008 school year and won first place. The football team is below par, usually losing all but perchance three games.
Chad BratzkeChad Alan Bratzke is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League.-College career:...
is the only B'Dale football player to play in the
NFLThe National Football League is the largest professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922. The league currently consists of...
, primarily with the Indianapolis Colts. After coach Corey Brinson's resignation after the final game of the 2007 football season, Bloomingdale hired Jason Stokes as the new head football coach. Since hiring this new coach, Bloomingdale has lost their losing streak and has qualified for the play offs. Coach Stokes resigned at the end of the 2008 football season because he wanted to "to be at a city school because that's where I'm from". Jason Stokes is set to coach Middleton high in the 2009-2010 football season. John Booth has been hired as Bloomingdale's new football head coach.
Accomplishments and accolades
Bloomingdale High School's music program is consistently among the top programs in the district and state. They travel annually to competitions throughout the southeastern United States. The Band, Orchestra, and Chorus are ranked in the top categories most years in southeastern regional and state competitions. The chorus has been led since the 1990s by Mrs. Bev Sutherland.
The Rajun' Bull
Marching BandA marching band is, in the broadest terms, a group of performers that consist of instrumental musicians and sometimes dance teams / color guard who generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds,...
is the largest in the
countyHillsborough County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. The 2000 population was 998,948. In 2007, the Hillsborough County Planning Commission conducted a population estimate that put the county's population at 1,204,770. Its county seat is Tampa, Florida. Hillsborough County is the...
, with over 250 members.This year's halftime show has the theme of Southern Style and Grace and will include music from
Charlie DanielsCharlie Daniels is an American musician famous for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his Number One country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written...
and
Lynyrd SkynyrdLynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band, formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. The band became prominent in the Southern United States in 1973, and rose to worldwide recognition before three members and one road crew member died in an airplane crash in 1977, including lead vocalist and primary...
. The band is led under the direction of Jon Sever, who before 2002 was a graduate teaching assistant with the
Florida State UniversityFlorida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
Marching Chiefs. The Rajun' Bull Marching Band has consistently earned the highest ranking of a Superior, since the school's opening in 1988. The band recently played at The NFL expierience at Super Bowl 43, which took place in Tampa.
Bloomingdale's science program regularly receives awards from various state and local agencies. Biology students have planted hundreds of thousands of student-grown plants in
Tampa BayTampa Bay is a large natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the west central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay....
.
The AFJROTC program has consistently been one of the top programs in the southeast since its start in 1993. The program's Honor Guard, Drill Team (armed and unarmed) have been top contenders in regional competition since the late 1990s. The Unarmed Inspection Team won Third place at the 2009 JROTC Nationals, held in Daytona, Florida, on 2 May 2009
On December 1, 2008, Bloomingdale's Thespian Troupe #4235 received 6 Superior ratings at Individual Events theatre competition including a written one-act and performance of a monologue, an ensemble scene, and three solo musical numbers.
Bloomingdale's orchestra program, directed by SuLing Chau Caballero, is also among the finest in the area. They just recently took a trip to China to play for the pre-game events of the the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
Bloomingdale's varsity cheerleading team are state champions for 2008 and 2009!
Spanish
The Spanish program is by far the larger of Bloomingdale's foreign language programs. For the 2009-2010 school year, Bloomingdale offered these seven Spanish courses: Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish II Honors, Spanish III Honors, Spanish IV Honors, Spanish V Honors, and AP Spanish Language.
Students who are taking Spanish III Honors or higher, and who have also had two previous years of Spanish in school, are eligible to be in the Spanish Honor Society (SHS). The Spanish Honors classes take an annual field trip to
EpcotEpcot is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. The park is dedicated to international culture and technological innovation. The second park built at the resort, it opened on October 1, 1982 and was named EPCOT Center until 1994....
in conjunction with Bloomingdale's chapter of the SHS.
French
The 2009-2010 French program consists of French I, French II, French III Honors, and French IV Honors. French students who are in French III Honors or higher, and who have taken two years of French, can be in the French Honor Society (FHS). The French students who are in their second year of French also take an annual trip to France.
Clubs and organizations
Bloomingdale High School currently offers three types of clubs: special interest, academic/honor, and service clubs. Clubs are grouped into three groups: Red Clubs
, White Clubs
, and Black Clubs. The first three Wednesdays of most months (March and May being common exceptions) are club days. Club days are days when students meet with their clubs between second and third periods. The bell schedule is adjusted so that approximately 5–7 minutes are removed from the regular class periods in order to allow for this club period.
Air Force JROTC Program
Bloomingdale offers a
JROTCThe Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
program.
Bloomingdale Clubs and Organizations
The following template displays Bloomingdale's clubs and organizations from the past 2008-2009 school year. The information found in the template was obtained from the
Clubs and Organizations page on the school website. An updated list for the upcoming 2009-2010 school year is not yet available.
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Red Clubs
- AVID
AVID is a college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges. Although AVID serves all students, it focuses on the least served students in the academic middle. The formula is simple - raise expectations of students and, with the AVID support...
- Best Buddies
Best Buddies is a nonprofit 501 organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment....
- Cadet of the Month/Drill Club
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
- Ecology
Ecology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the interactions between organisms and the interactions of these organisms with their environment....
- Forensics
- French Club
French is a Romance language globally spoken by about 65 million people as a first language , by 50 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant speakers in 57 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France,...
& French Honor SocietyThe French National Honor Society is an organization whose intent is to recognize high school students in the United States who have maintained excellent grades in at least two years of French language courses; this is done by induction into the organization....
- Freshman Steering
Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school/education. Usually, it is the first year of upper secondary school and the students are 13 to 15 years of age.-Australia:...
- Gay–Straight Alliance (GSA)
- Odyssey of the Mind
Odyssey of the Mind, often called OM , is a creative problem-solving competition involving students from kindergarten through college. Team members work together at length to solve a predefined problem ; and present their solution to the problem at a competition...
- Junior Steering
Eleventh grade is the eleventh, and for some countries final, grade of secondary schools. Students are typically 16 or 17 years of age, depending on the country and the students' birthdays.-Canada:...
- Reading Rumble
- Rho Kappa Honor Society
- Senior Steering
Twelfth grade is the North American name for the final year of secondary school in most countries after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18. In some countries, there is a Thirteenth grade while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all....
- Sophomore Steering
Tenth grade is the tenth year of school post-kindergarten . Students are usually 14 to 16 years of age.-Australia:Tenth grade, for most Australian states is in the middle of a student's high school education. However, in the Northern Territory, it is the first year of high school, after middle school...
- Spanish Honor Society (SHS)
Spanish National Honor Society is an academic honor society focused on Spanish language excellence in secondary education and promotes a continuity of interest in Spanish studies. The group, which was established in 1953 in the United States is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of...
- Tri-M Music Honor Society
Tri-M Music Honor Society, formerly known as Modern Music Masters, is a high school and middle school music honor society. Each school has its own chapter, which is run by the students but supervised by an advisor or sponsor, usually a school teacher...
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White Clubs
AcAc
Chess Club A chess club is a club formed for the purpose of playing the board game of chess. Chess clubs provide for both informal games and timed games, often as part of an internal competition or in a league.-Organisation:...
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a not-for-profit evangelical Christian organization that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. Members are encouraged to be athletes but are not required to be....
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America is a nonprofit U.S. Career and Technical Student Organization for young men and women in family and consumer science education in public and private schools through grade 12 across america.It incorporates programs that focus on the family...
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA/NTHS)The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
Kitty Hawk Air SocietyThe Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
Lacrosse ClubLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin that is played using a small solid rubber ball and a long-handled racquet called a crosse or lacrosse stick. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose netting that is designed to hold the lacrosse ball...
Leo Club
Mu Alpha Theta (ΜΑΘ)Mu Alpha Theta is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 79,000 student members in more than 1,600 schools worldwide. Its main goals are to inspire keen interest in mathematics, develop strong scholarship in the subject, and promote the...
Popular Dance/Music
Science Brain BowlQuiz bowl is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge that is commonly played by students enrolled in high school or college, although some participants begin in middle or even elementary school...
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)Students Against Destructive Decisions is a peer-to-peer youth education organization, focused on substance and alcohol use and abuse prevention...
WBULBroadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. The audience may be the general public or a relatively large sub-audience, such as children or young adults....
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Black Clubs
Art Club
Caribbean Culture Club
CERT
CheerleadingCheerleading is a sport that uses organized routines that range from 1 minute to 3 minutes made from elements of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games and matches and/or compete at cheerleading competitions. Cheerleaders draw...
Commanders ClubThe Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
Craft Club
DCT/CECF-1 & 2/DECA
GuitarThe guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
Club
HerpetologyHerpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and of reptiles .Herpetology is concerned with poikilothermic,...
Ice Bulls
Invisible Children Club' is a media-based, 5013 non-profit that provides secondary education to children in northern Uganda. The organization is based out of San Diego, California and has offices in Gulu, Uganda and London, England.- History :...
MinotaurA yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
National Honor Society (NHS)The National Honor Society, or NHS, is a nationwide organization in the United States and consists of many chapters in high schools . Selection is based on four criteria: service, leadership, scholarship and character. The NHS requires some sort of service to the community, school, or other...
Poetry ClubPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
Skateboarding ClubSkateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. A person who skateboards is most often referred to as a skateboarder, or just skater....
Spectrum
ThespiansThe International Thespian Society is an honorary organization for high-school and middle-school theatre students located at more than 3,600 affiliated secondary schools across the United States, Canada, and abroad.The International Thespian Society was founded in Fairmont,West Virginia...
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