Pedro Menendez High School is a public high school in the St. Johns County School District, located in southern St. Johns County, Florida, United States. It was named for Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, a sixteenth-century Spanish admiral and pirate hunter who founded St. Augustine, the first permanent European settlement and oldest port city in what is now the continental United States, on August 28, 1565.
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600 State Road 206 West. , 32086 United States | |
| Coordinates | 29°45′24.80″N 81°19′57.37″W / 29.7568889°N 81.3326028°W |
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| Type | Public school |
| Motto | Latin: Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. (Not for school, but for life, we learn.) |
| Established | 2000 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | St. Johns County School District |
| Superintendent | Tim Forson[2] |
| School number | 401[1] |
| Dean | Yanetta Arnold, Kevin Leonard |
| Principal | Ted Banton |
| Staff | 76.40 (FTE)[3] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,519 (2022-23)[3] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.88[3] |
| Hours in school day | 9:20 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.[5] |
| Campus size | 100 acres (0.40 km2)[4] |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Colour(s) | Royal Blue and Vegas Gold |
| Nickname | Falcons |
| Rival | St. Augustine High School |
| Website | www-pmhs |
It has a student body of over 1,300 students. The school building is a two-story octagon with an open courtyard in the center. The gymnasium and auditorium are attached on the east and west sides, respectively. The school was built simultaneously with Bartram Trail High School; Menendez was intended to relieve overcrowding at St. Augustine High School. The school opened August 28, 2000,[6] and graduated its first class in 2001.
The curriculum offers academy programs in the areas of business & computer technology, health science, and architectural & building sciences.[7][8]
Attendance boundary
editCommunities within the school's attendance boundary include:[9] Butler Beach,[10] Crescent Beach,[11] Flagler Estates,[12] Hastings,[13] Marineland,[14] St. Augustine Shores,[15] and St. Augustine South.[16] It also includes a small portion of St. Augustine Beach.[17]
Advanced scholarship
editThe Advanced Scholars program gives students the option to participate in the rigorous programs of advanced placement, dual enrollment and honors courses. After two years of preliminary work, the school was approved for the International Baccalaureate Program, beginning in the Fall of 2010.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
edit- Willie Harvey Jr., NFL player
- Travis Hutson, politician[citation needed]
- Tony Steward, former linebacker for the Buffalo Bills and New Orleans Saints; winner of the 2010 Dick Butkus Award, given annually to the top high school linebacker in the country
References
edit- ^ ""School Accountability Reports" at schoolgrades.fldoe.org".
- ^ "School Improvement Plan" (PDF). 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
- ^ a b c "PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ^ Donovan, Norma: "Perspective: Ponte Vedra high school issue like growing ivy" St. Augustine Record, July 9, 2004
- ^ "Pedro Menendez High School 2021-2022 Regular Bell Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ Miller, Josh:"Learning Legacy: A brief history of Pedro Menendez High School" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine St. Augustine Record, December 21, 2001
- ^ "Construction career pathway open house planned at Menendez" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine St. Augustine Record, November 15, 2003
- ^ Pounder, Lory: "Menendez classes open new career paths" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine St. Augustine Record, December 6, 2003
- ^ "2022 - 2023 St. Johns County School Attendance Zones Pedro Menendez High School" (PDF). St. Johns County School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Butler Beach CDP, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - Compare to the school zone maps.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Crescent Beach CDP, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - Compare with the school zone maps.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Flagler Estates CDP, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 2, 2022. - Compare to the school zone maps.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Hastings CDP, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - Compare to the school zone maps.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Marineland town, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: St. Augustine Shores CDP, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - Compare with the school district map.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: St. Augustine South CDP, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - Compare with the school district map.
- ^ "Land Use Map" (PDF). St. Augustine Beach. March 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2021. - Also see the 2020 Census Map - Compare to the school boundary maps.