Merritt Island High School
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Merritt Island High School is a public high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 located in Merritt Island, Florida
Merritt Island, Florida
Merritt Island is a census-designated place in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is located on the east coast of the state on the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2000 census, the population was 36,090. It is part of the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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Principals

  1. Robert Bruton 1965-1983
  2. Hank Smith 1983-1999
  3. David M. Piccolo 2002
  4. Gary Shiffrin 2002 - current

Academics

Merritt Island High School is accredited. The school offers classes for grades 9-12. It provides a college preparatory curriculum.

To graduate, students must earn a minimum of 26 credits. Each semester-course is equal to a half credit.

Athletics

The school has teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.

State Championships

  • Boys Soccer 4A championship - 2009.
  • Girls Soccer 4A championship - 2010.
  • Football
    American football
    American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

     4A championship - 1972, 1978 & 1979.
  • 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...

     5A championship - 1999 & 2000.

Clubs and Extracurricular Activities

Some extracurricular activities offered include: JROTC
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...

, The Academic Games team, Marching, Concert and Symphonic Bands, a jazz ensemble, First robotics team, cheer-leading, chess club, chorus, drama club, inline hockey team, intramural athletics, key club, a literary magazine, magic club, 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...

, newspaper, quiz bowl team, rugby team, speech and debate club, student ministers, The Anime Club, welcoming diversity team, student council
Student council
Student council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...

, Video Game Club, lacrosse
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...

, Beta Club, language clubs and yearbook.

Notable alumni

  • Leon Bright
    Leon Bright
    Leon "Pop" Bright, Jr. is a former Gridiron football player in the Canadian Football League for four years and in the National Football League for five years....

     1973. Professional football player.
  • Clint Hurdle
    Clint Hurdle
    Clinton Merrick Hurdle is a former Major League Baseball outfielder whose 10-year career was spent with the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals. After retiring from playing baseball, Hurdle became a manager...

     1975. Professional baseball player and manager.
  • Will Perdue
    Will Perdue
    William Edward Perdue is a retired American NBA basketball player who won four NBA Championships. Perdue is now an ESPN basketball commentator and analyst.Perdue attended Merritt Island High School, Merritt Island, Florida...

     1983 - Professional basketball player.
  • Cal Dixon
    Cal Dixon
    Calvert Roy "Cal" Dixon, III is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for five seasons in the 1990s...

     1987 - Professional football player.
  • Derek Brown
    Derek Brown (tight end)
    Derek Vernon Brown is a former American football tight end in the National Football League. He was drafted 14th overall in the 1992 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. He also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Oakland Raiders, and the Arizona Cardinals. He was selected by the Jacksonville...

    1988 - Professional football player.

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