Bloomingdale High School is a senior high school

High school

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 located in Valrico, Florida

Valrico, Florida

Valrico 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 bull

Bull

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General information

Philosophy of Bloomingdale High School

B- Bloomingdale's

U- Unique

L- Love

L- of Learning

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

Mr. J. Castelli, Curriculum

Student Affairs
Mrs Campbell
Mr. Peek
Mr. Leesburg
Guidance

Mrs. Grable

Mrs. Hancock

Mrs. Lippincott

Mr. Fallon

Mrs. Raschke

Drop Out Prevention Specialist

Mr. Rankin

Guidance College and Career Counselor

Mrs. Knotts

School Songs

Alma Mater
Sung to the tune of Carmen Ohio

Carmen Ohio

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.

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 Florida

University of South Florida

The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...

 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

• Beth Bauer
  Beth Bauer
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  : (1999) LPGA
  LPGA
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   Professional
• Erin Andrews
  Erin Andrews
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   (1996): ESPN
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   sportscaster
• Jonathan Wilson
  Jonathan Wilson
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  : (1994) Christian missionary and victim of SwissAir Flight 111
  Swissair Flight 111
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   crash
• Funkghost
  Funkghost
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   (Alvin Augustus Harris): (1990) hip-hop artist/producer
• Chad Bratzke
  Chad Bratzke
  Chad Alan Bratzke is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League.-College career:...
  
  : (1989) former National Football League
  National Football League
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   player (Indianapolis Colts
  Indianapolis Colts
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  )
• Mark Consuelos
  Mark Consuelos
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   (1989): television soap opera star and husband of Live with Regis & Kelly star Kelly Ripa
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• Matt Good
  Matt Good
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   (2000): guitarist/vocalist of From First To Last/Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows

Athletics

Sports offered include football

American football

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, soccer, baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim 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 diamond...

, softball

Softball

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, wrestling

Scholastic wrestling

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, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, volleyball

Volleyball

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, swimming

Swimming (sport)

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, flag football

Flag football

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, and track and field

Track and field

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, along with club teams for ice hockey

Ice hockey

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, lacrosse

Lacrosse

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, and bowling

Bowling

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. 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 Tribune

The Tampa Tribune

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s Team of the Decade for the '90's, winning state championships in '93, '95, and '98. 1993 Team voted the best team in the history of High School Sports by ESPN, USA Today and Florida Sports Hall of Fame. Led season long by a hard hitting defense and strong goalkeeping the 1993 Bulls gave Bloomingdale the first State Champion for the school. The six overtime 1993 State Championship game stands to this day as a record for overtimes in a State Title game. 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 to the 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 Bratzke

Chad Bratzke

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 is the only B'Dale football player to play in the NFL

National Football League

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, 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. After hiring the new coach, Bloomingdale ended their losing streak and qualified for the playoffs, for the first time in the school's history. 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.

Music Programs

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 Band

Marching band

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 is the largest in the county

Hillsborough County, Florida

As of the census of 2000, there were 998,948 people, 391,357 households, and 255,164 families residing in the county. The population density was 951 people per square mile . There were 425,962 housing units at an average density of 405 per square mile...

, with over 250 members. The 2010-2011 halftime show presents "British Invasion" music. It features Coldplay's Viva La Vida, The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby, and Queen's We Are The Champions. They perform at many events, such as The Strawberry Festival, Gasparilla Parade, The Super Bowl Experience and numerous other occurrences and parades. They also marched in the 2011 London New Years Day Parade. The band is led under the direction of Jon Sever, who before 2002 was a graduate teaching assistant with the Florida State University

Florida State University

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 Marching Chiefs and before that with the River Ridge Royal Knights marching band program. The Rajun' Bull Marching Band has consistently earned the highest ranking of a Superior, since the school's opening in 1988.

Other Notables

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 Bay

Tampa Bay

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.

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 recently took a trip to China to play for the pre-game events of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games.

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 Epcot

Epcot

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 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 can also take an annual trip to France and Epcot.

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 JROTC

Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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 program.

The AFJROTC program has consistently been one of the top programs in the southeast since its start in 1993. The program's Color 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.

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.

Red Clubs AVID Advancement Via Individual Determination Advancement Via Individual Determination is an American college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges, focusing on students in the academic middle. The formula is to raise expectations of students... Best Buddies Best Buddies International Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501 organization. It consists of volunteers that attempt to create opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities .... Cadet of the Month/Drill Club Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 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 Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems... Forensics French Club 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...  & French Honor Society Freshman Steering 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.... Gay–Straight Alliance (GSA) Odyssey of the Mind 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 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:... Reading Rumble Rho Kappa Honor Society Senior Steering 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... Sophomore Steering 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:... Spanish Honor Society (SHS) 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... Tri-M Music Honor Society Tri-M 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...	White Clubs AcAc Chess Club 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) 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... Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Family, Career and Community Leaders of America , formerly known as Future Homemakers 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 the United States... Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA/NTHS) FBLA-PBL 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 Society Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States... Lacrosse Club Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh... Leo Club Mu Alpha Theta (ΜΑΘ) 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... Popular Dance/Music Science Brain Bowl Quizbowl Quiz 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) WBUL Broadcasting Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...	Black Clubs Art Club Caribbean Culture Club CERT Cheerleading Cheerleading Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate... Commanders Club Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps The 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 Guitar Guitar The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...  Club Herpetology Herpetology Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and reptiles... Ice Bulls Invisible Children Club Minotaur 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... National Honor Society (NHS) 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... Poetry Club Poetry Poetry 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 Club Skateboarding Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report... Spectrum Thespians 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...

Official

• Bloomingdale High School Website
• http://bloomingdale.mysdhc.org/PTSA
• The Rajun Bull Marching Band's site
• Bloomingdale Chorus Site
• Bloomingdale Yearbook Website
• Bloomingdale Art Department
• Bloomingdale Art Club
• Bloomingdale Athletic Boosters

Unofficial

• Bloomingdale High School Livejournal Community