Floyd E. Kellam High School
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Floyd E. Kellam High School is a public high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia
. Located in the city's southern section, in Princess Anne the school first opened in 1962, named after judge Floyd Eaton Kellam. Kellam High School serves a large portion of the city of Virginia Beach, with the attendance boundary extending south to the North Carolina border. The student population is 82 percent Caucasian students, 9 percent African-American students, 5 percent Hispanic, and 3 percent Asian/Pacific Islander students. The building shares the same design as Bayside
, First Colonial
, and Kempsville High School
s.
Floyd Kellam High School is fully accredited under Virginia's Standards of Learning
program. The school is the third-oldest in Virginia Beach, next to Princess Anne High School
and Frank W. Cox High School
. Kellam has also been a blue ribbon school in the Fine Arts Department for the years 2006 and 2007.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...
. Located in the city's southern section, in Princess Anne the school first opened in 1962, named after judge Floyd Eaton Kellam. Kellam High School serves a large portion of the city of Virginia Beach, with the attendance boundary extending south to the North Carolina border. The student population is 82 percent Caucasian students, 9 percent African-American students, 5 percent Hispanic, and 3 percent Asian/Pacific Islander students. The building shares the same design as Bayside
Bayside High School (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
Bayside High School is a secondary school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.The school's remarkable feature is the Health Sciences Academy; one of several magnet programs in Virginia Beach. Students throughout the city interested in a health sciences education can apply...
, First Colonial
First Colonial High School
First Colonial High School is a high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. First Colonial opened in 1966 by splitting students out of the former Virginia Beach High School. Virginia Beach High then became Virginia Beach Middle School. James C. Mounie was the first principal of the new high school...
, and Kempsville High School
Kempsville High School
Kempsville High School is one of eleven public high schools in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools system. It is a comprehensive high school teaching grades 9-12. Located in the western section of the city, the Kempsville HS school district covers approximately 12 sq. miles, and draws students...
s.
Floyd Kellam High School is fully accredited under Virginia's Standards of Learning
Standards of Learning
Standards of Learning ' is a public school standardized testing program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It sets forth learning and achievement expectations for core subjects for grades K-12 in Virginia's Public Schools...
program. The school is the third-oldest in Virginia Beach, next to Princess Anne High School
Princess Anne High School
Princess Anne High School is one of 11 high schools in the Virginia Beach City Public School System. Opened in 1954, it is the oldest remaining high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States...
and Frank W. Cox High School
Frank W. Cox High School
Frank W. Cox High School is a secondary school located in the Great Neck subdivision of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was founded in 1961 as the Northeast Junior High School, but upon opening, it was named after a former superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Frank Woodard Cox, who...
. Kellam has also been a blue ribbon school in the Fine Arts Department for the years 2006 and 2007.
Administration
- Bruce Biehl, Principal
- Dr. Carolyn Keen, Assistant Principal
- Mike Porter, Assistant Principal
Virginia state championships
- 1994 Gymnastics
- 2005 Girl's Soccer
- 2006 Gymnastics
- 2007 Softball
- 2010 Gymnastics
- 2010 Boy's golf
- 2010 Girl's Volleyball
Individual state champions
- 2003 Natalie Sherbak, Cross Country
- 2003 Kelley Taylor, Indoor Track: 1600m
- 2004 Tara Conner, Outdoor Track: 4x800m
- 2004 Audrey Hand, Outdoor Track: 4x800m
- 2004 Natalie Sherbak, Indoor Track: 1000m
- 2004 Natalie Sherbak, Outdoor Track: 4x800m, 800m, 1600m
- 2004 Jessica Smith, Outdoor Track: 4x800m
- 2005 Johnny Olanowski, Wrestling: 119
- 2006 Talia Tossone, Gymnastics: Vault
- 2007 Eric Olanowski, Wrestling: 112
- 2007 Mike Holcomb, Wrestling: 119
- 2010 Aaron Runzo, Wrestling
Notable alumni
- 1971 Herbert ScottHerbert ScottHerbert Carnell Scott is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League...
, Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas... - 2002 Ryan ZimmermanRyan ZimmermanRyan Wallace Zimmerman is a Major League Baseball third baseman with the Washington Nationals. A 6-foot 3-inch player from the University of Virginia and Kellam High School, Zimmerman has been a member of the Nationals since his debut on September 1, 2005...
, Washington NationalsWashington NationalsThe Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of the National League of Major League Baseball . The team moved into the newly built Nationals Park in 2008, after playing their first three seasons in RFK Stadium... - 2004 Austin Lanteigne, motivational speaker and astronaut
- 2005 Tyler Nisbet, film director
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