Jensen Beach High School

Secondary school in Jensen Beach, Martin County, Florida, United States

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Jensen Beach High School (JBHS) is a public high school in Jensen Beach, Florida.

History

JBHS opened in August 2004 with an enrollment of 1100 students in grades 9 through 11. A senior class was added the following year. It was an open choice school for several years but only accepted local students for some time. Starting in 2021 they made the change to become open choice again.

The 270,000 square feet (25,000 m²) building complex is spread over 100 acres (0.40 km²), which includes 17 acres (69,000 m²) of mitigated wetlands.

During the summer of 2013, the original principal, Ginger Featherstone, was promoted to the district position of Director of Secondary, Adult, and Community Vocational Programs.^[2] In the summer of 2015, the second principal, Greg Laws, retired citing personal health reasons.^[3] The current principal is Lori Vogel.^[4]

Recognition

The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).^{[citation needed]} It has been an "A" school for five straight years. Jensen Beach High School was graded a B for the 2010/2011 school year. ^[when?]^{[citation needed]} In 2009, Newsweek magazine ranked JBHS as one of the top schools in the nation (636 out of 1500). In 2010 and 2011 "Newsweek" magazine rated JBHS one of the top schools in the nation. In 2011, JBHS was the only one of the three Martin County high schools to be credited by "Newsweek" (Four including Clark Advanced Learning Center, which is a National Model High School).^[5] In 2009, the International Center for Leadership in Education recognized JBHS as one of the 40 top schools in the nation.^{[citation needed]} Previous recognition includes the Florida Department of Education naming JBHS as one of the top-50 high schools in the state^{[citation needed]} and being named a Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Model School (2007).^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

JBHS has earned several state championships:

Boys' Wrestling: multiple state champions
Girls' Volleyball: 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2022
Girls' Basketball: 2007
Boys' Tennis: 2016
Boys' Soccer: 2006
Girls' 4 × 800 Relay: 2006

Alumni

Joe Sclafani (class of 2008), professional baseball player who was drafted by the Houston Astros^[6]
Braeden Ogle (class of 2017), professional baseball player who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates^[7]
Jaida Parker (class of 2017), professional wrestler^[8]
Lyon Richardson (class of 2018), MLB player^[9]
Jamien Sherwood (class of 2018), NFL player^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
^ "Principals at Jensen Beach High, J.D. Parker moving into new positions in district offices". TCPalm. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
^ "Martin County School Board made several administrative appointments June 18". TCPalm. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
^ http://www.tcpalm.com/news/education/martin-county-schools/new-principal-at-jensen-beach-high-school_46120184. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "America's Best High Schools - Newsweek". www.newsweek.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-23.
^ "Joe Sclafani College, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Braeden Ogle Minor & Independent Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Tiana Caffey". LSU. 8 July 2019.
^ "Lyon Richardson Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
^ King, Steve (3 May 2021). "'My world just changed right there': Jensen Beach football star drafted by New York Jets". WPBF.