Gateway High School is located in Kissimmee, Florida

Kissimmee, Florida

Kissimmee is a city in Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 59,682. It is the county seat of Osceola County...

. It is home to Osceola County's International Baccalaureate Program and is also the site for one of the largest Performing Arts Centers in the county, which houses the prestigious Thespian Society, known for its various productions and awards won at the Florida Thespian Competition. The mission of Gateway High School is to enhance the students' academic, artistic, social, and technological skills to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing and increasingly diverse society.

Academic Departments

Art Education
Business Education
Career Paths
Dance
Drama
Dual Enrollment
English
ESE ESOL
Family and Consumer Sciences
Foreign Language
Health /Physical Education
Industrial Education
International Baccalaureate
Marine Corps Junior ROTC
Marketing
Mathematics
Media /Technology
Music
Public Service
Science
Social Studies

Extracurricular activities

Gateway High School hosts numerous extracurricular activities. In the 2007-2008 school year, the school is most known for an active International Club, BETA Club, Quiz Bowl Team, Fellowship for Christian Athletes, FCCLA, Business Professionals of America, Panther Knights, Dance Department, Drama Club, Debate Club, Kids Aid Society, DECA, Key Club, Spanish National Honor Society, German National Honor Society, French National Honor Society, Senior Class, Junior Class, Gateway Bowling Club (Bowling Team), National Honor Society

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...

, and Student Government. There are also committees in which students, parents, and teachers may voice their opinions such as SAC and STAC.

Drama Club

07/08 History: The Drama Department has finished its 07/08 season! The club began its production season with Charlotte's Web (November 29–30 and December 1) and continued its line up with The Nerd (February 29) and Big River, (April 24–26). At District IE Competition, Gateway High School garnered 3 Best in Show Awards, as well as over 20 total "Superior" ratings. The club also attended the District One-Act competition where it received a "Superior" and "Best Ensemble" award. This was the first time the club attended one-act festival in several years. At State Festival in April the club received 4 "Superior" ratings. Director: Mr. Donald Rupe:

Athletic Teams at Gateway

• Football
  American football
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• Cross country running
  Cross country running
  Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
  
  
• Track and Field
  Track and field
  Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
  
  
• Swimming
  Swimming (sport)
  Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
  
  
• Volleyball
  Volleyball
  Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
  
  
• Golf
  Golf
  Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
  
  
• Tennis
  Tennis
  Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Soccer
• Wrestling
  Scholastic wrestling
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• Weightlifting
  Powerlifting
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• 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
  Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
  
  
• Water Polo
  Water polo
  Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Flag football
  Flag football
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• [(Bowling)]
• [(Dance)]

Marine Corps JROTC PROGRAM

A program that teaches unity, justice, and how to be a model citizen and how all cadets in this program can give back to the community and to show their love for their Country. All cadets will learn military values and discipline and all have no obligation to join the military.

Media

Gateway was nominated for Cool School of the Week from My Fox Orlando in November 2007.

Students

School Enrollment: 2713
White students: 615
Black students: 294
Hispanic students: 1689
Asian students: 112
Native American students: 3
Female students: 1427
Male students: 1286
Students with disabilities: 10.6%
Stability: 92.0%
Dropout rate: 4.5%
High School graduation rate: 80.5%

External links

• Gateway High School official website