Northeast High School is a high school located in St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St...

. The school is part of the Pinellas County Schools

Pinellas County Schools

Pinellas County Schools is a school district serving Pinellas County, Florida, USA and based in Largo.-Organization:Pinellas County Schools has about 102,000 students and more than 13,000 employees. Dixie M. Hollins was the county's first superintendent of schools...

 district. The school mascot is the Viking and the school colors are scarlet, cream, and black. Northeast High School is commonly referred to as NEHI and is well known for their diversity in clubs and academies.

Mission statement

The mission of Northeast High School is to promote highest academic achievement through a positive and safe learning environment.

Alma mater

Northeast is our banner

May it ever fly,

Made of truth and spirit

Never let it die.

Shout its praise and glory

Shout it to the sky

Loyalty and victory

Be our battle cry.

Northeast we salute you

In classroom and on field

Memories and truth complete

These we'll never yield

We will sing thy praises

When from thee we roam

Ever praise and glory

Northeast halls our home.

Notable alumni

• Megan Romano - Swimmer at University of Georgia
  University of Georgia
  The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
  
   
  
• Doug Waechter
  Doug Waechter
  Douglas Michael Waechter is a former American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Florida Marlins and Kansas City Royals in Major League Baseball. He graduated from Northeast High School and was then drafted by the Devil Rays in the 3rd round of the 1999 Major League...
  
   - Former Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
  
   Player
• Frank Wren - General Manager of the Atlanta Braves
• Betsy Nagelsen (McCormack) - Professional Tennis Player (Retired)

Clubs

Northeast High School has a myriad of clubs such as:

• Academic Team with sponsor Maureen Marton
• Scarlet Regiment Band with sponsor Cliff Dawson
• Beta Club with sponsor Marsha Wegner
• DECA with sponsor Jennifer O'Neil
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...
  
   (FCA) with sponsor Bill Burrows
• Forensics
  Forensics
  Forensic science is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action...
  
   (Debate) with sponsor Bernadette Langiotti
• French
  French language
  French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
  
   Club with sponsor Jim Anderson
• Freshman Class
  Ninth grade
  Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. The students are 13 to 15 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. Depending on the school district, ninth grade is usually the first year of high school....
  
   with sponsor Christy Randolph
• Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) with sponsor Debbie Fischer
• German
  German language
  German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
  
   Club with sponsor Alan Blessing
• Grad Night with sponsor Bernadette Langiotti
• Hi-Y with sponsor Michelle Dudley
• Hip Hop Club with sponsor Tom Blauvelt
• Interact with sponsor TBA
• International Thespian Society
  International Thespian Society
  The 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...
  
   Troupe 2914 with sponsor Kristiana Geissler
• Junior Class
  Eleventh grade
  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.-Brazil:...
  
   with sponsor Sally Wentzell
• Latin
  Latin
  Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
  
   Club with sponsor Alan Blessing
• Latin
  Latin
  Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
  
   Honor Society
  Honor society
  In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America...
  
   with sponsor Alan Blessing
• Link Crew with sponsor Lolly Smith
• Literary magazine
  Literary magazine
  A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
  
   ‘’Soundings’’ with sponsor Paul Lynch
• Los Amigos with sponsor Martha Palmer
• Mu Alpha Theta
  Mu Alpha Theta
  Mu Alpha Theta is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 89,000 student members in more than 1,800 schools worldwide. Its main goals are to inspire keen interest in mathematics, develop strong scholarship in the subject, and promote the...
  
   with sponsor Audrey Stull
• National Honor Society
  National Honor Society
  The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
  
   with sponsor Pam Beauleaux
• Newspaper
  Newspaper
  A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
  
   ‘’Nor'easter’’ with sponsor Paul Lynch
• Principal's Multicultural Advisory Council with sponsor Diana Hensley
• Straight and Gay Alliance (SAGA)
  Gay-straight alliance
  Gay–straight alliances are student organizations, found primarily in North American high schools and universities, that are intended to provide a safe and supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their straight allies .-Goal:The goal of most, if not all,...
  
   with sponsor Tracy Huebner
• Student Government Association
  Students' union
  A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
  
   (SGA) with sponsor Michelle Dudley
• Students Targeted for Educational Performance (STEP) with sponsor TBA
• Senior Class
  Twelfth grade
  Twelfth grade or Senior year, or Grade Twelve, are the North American names for the final year of secondary school. In most countries students then 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...
  
   with sponsors Jenny Kruger and Michelle Dudley
• Sophomore Class
  Tenth grade
  In majority of the world,Tenth grade is the tenth year of school post-kindergarten. The variants of "10th grade" in various nations is described below.-Australia:...
  
   with sponsor Bernadette Langiotti
• Spanish
  Spanish language
  Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
  
   Club with sponsor Martha Palmer
• Spanish National Honor Society
  Spanish National Honor Society
  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...
  
   Gretchen Bryan
• Thespians/Drama
  Drama
  Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
  
   Club with sponsor Kristiana Geissler
• Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) with sponsors Andrew Burke and Don Muhleman
• Yearbook
  Yearbook
  A 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...
  
  (Viking Log) with sponsor Tena Fajardo

Athletics

Northeast High School participates in the following sports:

‘Fall Sports’

• Cross Country
• Football
• Golf
• Swimming
• Volleyball

‘Winter Sports’

• Boys Basketball
• Girls Basketball
• Boys Soccer
• Girls Soccer
• Wrestling

‘Spring Sports’

• Baseball
• Flag Football
• Softball
• Tennis
• Track