<p>ranked in the 50s by US news</p>
<p>... </p>
<p>that's about it</p>
<p>rumor has it we have the largest yearbook in the nation. it's huge.</p>
<p>Oldest secondary education school west of the Mississippi river, and the best high school in our state. :)</p>
<p>Being almost completely mediocre except for some good teachers/counselors.
It's like #620 something in the country, lol</p>
<p>Suicides in the 80s. Yay.</p>
<p>DP</p>
<p>We got on Jay Leno's Headlines program.
And in the area, we're known as a nerd school. Our math team is great.</p>
<p>+According to Newsweek Top High Schools:
Ranked 19th (2008), 4th in the State of Florida.
Ranked 22nd (2007)
Ranked 29th (2006)
Ranked 13th (2005)</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Only school to receive an "A" grade for its performance on the FCAT examination for the first nine years of its existence</p></li>
<li><p>Notable Alumni: JD Natasha, Justin Koren</p></li>
<li><p>The dance team, The Cudettes, have been national champions for two years in a row.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>My old high school: We had a major food fight once, and there is a facebook group called "I am one of the few people who graduated from CHS who is not addicted to meth"</p>
<p>My new high school: Over half the cars in the parking lot are BMW/Mercs/Audi/Volvo/Lexus, yacht parties, being stuck up and snobby</p>
<p>umm, i know mine is in the top 100 on the newsweek list. we also had a big fight on 9/11, someone was stabbed i think. and the original cowboy from the village people went to my school!</p>
<p>-The show High School Confidential which was on the WE channel was taped at my school about some girls at my school.</p>
<p>-My school has the lowest median household income of the district at $129,000. (just goes to show the area)</p>
<p>-Cops train drug dogs at my school</p>
<p>Herman Melville graduated from my school! Besides the fact it was created in the early 1800s, there's nothing else special. This school sucks. Bleh. Public schools in my area have better teachers, a MUCH stronger math program, intensive program for "gifted/talented," way better athletics program (we suck ass), and much more diversity. Oh, the teachers at public schools actually are likable.</p>
<p>hahaha okay some of these are insane</p>
<p>my school is:
1. one of the best international schools in switzerland (...that could be debated lol...)
2. having the snobbiest kids EVER. at the moment they are trying to introduce uniforms to our school and every student has the same complaint, "how can you expect us to make it from our school to geneve centre in a uniform. the public school kids will kill us." i disagree but i mean the public school kids really do hate us and i dont know why haha
3. nothing to be exactly PROUD of but Kobe Bryant went to my school throughout hs & ms lol so our basketball team think they are all so amazing haha</p>
<ol>
<li>We had the lady who started the science fair in Massachusetts 50 years ago as our science department head (she was very scary)</li>
<li>We had Karen Cashman, the 1994 U.S. Olympic speed skating bronze medalist</li>
<li>We also had, which I really didn't know, Charles Sweeney, the pilot of the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.</li>
</ol>
<p>We're the oldest girl's school in the state, and we have 100% college attendance.</p>
<p>Informally, we're not exactly known for our prudery...</p>
<p>Being really preppy and gay.
Having the best swim program in the nation.
We've had a few olympic swimmers graduate
Won baseball, football, lacrosse, soccer, and volleyball state championships while I've been at the school...</p>
<p>Art Department: Regularly produces nationally awarded artists. One of the best in the country. Aims to teach students art in a more professional manner.</p>
<p>Math: Top 300 math program in the country noted by the ACT</p>
<p>Freakin' sweet principal!- Michigan principal of the year! My principal has created a committee that has won a $10,000.00 grant</p>
<p>National Exemplary school</p>
<p>Award-winning school newspaper and yearbook</p>
<p>A top, award winning musical department for choir and instrumental music.</p>
<p>Awesome school play productions that sell out every year!</p>
<p>My high school was the "racist" school in Remember the Titans.</p>
<p>It's not really known for anything but..
we have a large planetarium, a george w bush appointed deputy secretary of the US Department of Health + Human Services who went to dartmouth and yale.. and fernando guerrero, a famous boxer went here.</p>
<p>Our school initials are N.A., and apparently in the 90s, we were Narcotics Anonymous.</p>
<p>We have graduate who is in the NFL</p>