Holmes County High School is a public school on State Road 90 in Bonifay, Florida

Bonifay, Florida

Bonifay is a city in Holmes County, Florida, United States. Bonifay was given its name from a prominent family that had a brick making factory in Pensacola, FL. Frank Bonifay, the man behind the town's name, bought a stake in the L%N, now CSX, Railroad. As W. D...

, residing in Holmes County. As of November 23, 2010, there are currently 515 students enrolled there, with grade 9 (2010–2011) having the largest number of students (165).

Extracurricular Groups

Students who attend HCHS are able to join several different social groups.

• Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
• Family Career Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
• The American Key Club
• Future Christians of America (FCA)
• Color/Winter Guard
• Basketball
• Baseball/Softball
• Volleyball
• Cheerleading
• HCHS Drama
• HCHS Chorus
• Varsity Football
• Junior Varsity Football
• AJROTC
• The Blue Pride Band
• Track

Football State Champions 1965

The Florida High School Athletic Association added a championship series for Class B schools for the first time in 1965. Lou Eitson, Bonifay's head coach was determined to win the title and write a page for Bonifay in the history of Florida high school sports.

The team had already worked for two hard years to break out of the shadow of the 1962 team, then known as the Undeteateds.

The boys of the 1965 team believed they had a chance to win the first ever Class B title. The 1965 Bonifay Blue devils took the Class B State Championship at the close of their own undefeated season. A season highlighted by a defense that allowed on 12 points scored against them.

Bonifay (26) Chattahoochee (0)

Bonifay (6) Chipley (0)

Bonifay (32) Cottondale (0)

Bonifay (22) Vernon (0)

Bonifay (19) Crestview (0)

Bonifay (19) Blountstown (6)

Bonifay (33) Graceville (0)

Bonifay (52) Port St. Joe (0)

Bonifay (33) Sneads (0)

Bonifay (38) Defuniak (6)




-State Playoffs-

Bonifay (26) Chiefland (0)

Bonifay (32) Eutis (0)

Homecoming and Homecoming Week

For Homecoming Week, the students and faculty of HCHS use the days to "pep up" the team by having specific "special" days, where the students and faculty dress as something oriented with that specific day, for example, "Welcome to the Jungle Day", where one would dress up as something from the jungle or as something wild, such as a rock star or cave people.

During the week, students get together within their own grade levels and come up with skits and a float that will be judged at the end of the week

At the end of the week, on Friday, the school has one final Pep Rally for seventh period, cheering the team on and wishing them their best. During this extended rally, the students produce "skits" where they show the team, being the Bonifay Blue Devils, defeating the opposite team. The HCHS Football team has their game with whoever they are meant to be facing in the evening, and after the game, is the Homecoming Dance. The game begins normally at around 7 pm, and ends shortly before the dance at the school, which normally begins at 9 pm and ends at 11 pm.

For Homecoming 2010, the class of 2013 had their own slogan, "One and Done". The phrase was created because the class had only one point the entire week, only to come to a tragic end on Friday, November 5, when they came in 2nd place for their skit, giving them 6 points.

HCHS Drama

The HCHS Drama group produces at least 2 plays every year, sometimes a play in September, October or November, a Winter/Christmas oriented play in December, sometimes a play in March, and another, normally a musical, in the late Spring, May. Recently in the last few years plays that the Drama Group have produced are as follows and have all been directed by Mr. Ricky Ward:

• December 2006: Bah Humbug!
• May 2007: Bye Bye Birdie
• December 2007: The Grinch
• January 2008: You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• May 2008: Grease
• September 2008: The Guys
• December 2008: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
• May 2009: Into the Woods
• December 2009: Miracle on 34th Street
• May 2010: Back to the 80s: The Totally Awesome Musical
• October 2010: Pump Boys & Dinettes
• December 2010: The Miracle Worker
• March 2011: 5 Year Reunion- All the musicals for the last 5 years with the original casts for a one night only performance. Plays taking place were Bye Bye Birdie, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Grease, Into the Woods, and Back to the 80's, with a sneak peek of Thoroughly Modern Millie.
• May 2011: Thoroughly Modern Millie
• December 2011: Smokey Joe's Café
• May 2012: The Sound of Music

AND THE JOURNEY CONTINUES...

Trivia

• The 2013 graduating class of Holmes County High School has been commonly referred to as "The Experimental Generation", as well as the "Class of 2013git" (legit) and "Class of 2013OSS" (boss). The former is because said class has been both the first and last to experience many things since entering school back in 2000.

ALUMNI

• Joel C. Mayo- Joel C. Mayo, Born Oct. 26, 1945, was from Bonifay, FL and was a United States Air Force
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   Tech. Sgt. and graduated from Holmes County High School in 1964. Tech. Sgt Joel C. Mayo died in a helicopter crash during the failed Iranian hostage rescue mission on April 25, 1980. The "Class of 1964" now presents a yearly award to a individual student of the graduating class, normally this award is presented to a member of the schools Army JROTC department. Recipents of this award are:

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2010-Zach Griffen, joined the United States Marine Corps

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2008-PFC* Jeffery L. Franks, joined the United States Marine Corps, ( * was active duty when presented the award at Graduation Ceremony).


2007-Tina Jackson, joined the United States Army

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2006- Jamie Smith, joined the United States Marine Corps.