Mount Dora High School

Mount Dora High School
Address
Map
700 North Highland St [1]

Mount Dora, Florida
32757

United States
Information
TypePublic High School
MottoWe are One Team!
Founded1922[2]
PrincipalKyle Bracewell
Faculty118
Grades9-12
Number of students1,228
CampusSuburban
Color(s)   Orange & white
AthleticsFlorida High School Athletic Association
MascotHurricanes
Websitemountdorahighschool.org

Mount Dora High School is a high school located in Mount Dora, Florida. It serves grades 9 to 12. The total enrollment of the high school is 1,228.[3]

Expansion

In 1960, the former Roseborough Elementary School building became part of Mount Dora High School.[4]

Athletics

The Hurricanes are the name of the athletic teams from the high school.[5][6][7] Luke Hutchinson is the current coach of the football team.[8] Dan Spear was the winningest football coach in Mount Dora High School's history.[9]

Mount Dora Hurricanes won 20 games in a row from 1950 to 1952 and won Central Florida Conference titles in all three years.[9] In 1959 they won the conference title again.

Vocations

Mount Dora High School's Air Force JROTC unit has won the Silver Star Community Service award multiple times, most recently in 2021.[10]

Mount Dora High School's band performed at a least a few Mount Dora Day events when the events were still held.[11]

Select history

In January 2018, a student at Mount Dora High School threatened to shoot people and he was subsequently arrested and charged for the incident.[12]

Notable alumni and faculty-coaches

  • Fred Tyler - won a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, he was the swimming coach at Mount Dora High School in the late 1980s [13]
  • Jason Boltus - former professional football player, he was the quarterbacks coach at Mount Dora High School in 2014 [14]

References

  1. ^ "Mt Dora High School". Orlando Schools. Orlando Schools. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Lake County history: Did you know?". Daily Commercial. Daily Commercial. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Mt.Dora High School". US News. US News. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Growing Up in Mount Dora in the 1950s & 1960s – by Judi Phillips Jones (Part 7)". Mount Dora Citizen. Mount Dora Citizen. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Mount Dora High School". Max Preps. Max Preps. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. ^ "The Prospector: With talent comes high expectations for Mount Dora". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Pridgen's 2-run double in seventh lifts Eustis past Mount Dora". Daily Commercial. Daily Commercial. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Mount Dora football coach working to change team's culture". Daily Commercial. Daily Commercial. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Remembering coach Dan Spear". Mount Dora Citizen. Mount Dora Citizen. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Mount Dora High Air Force JROTC unit wins top service award". Daily Commercial. Daily Commercial. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  11. ^ "column from March 5, 1964". Newspaper Archives (newspaper is Mount Dora Topic). Mount Dora Topic. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Mt. Dora High School student accused of threatening to shoot up school". Click Orlando (WKMG News 6). Click Orlando/WKMG News 6. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Mount Dora's Tyler Gone, But He Hasn't Forgotten". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Ocoee High offensive coordinator balances life as coach, professional". Orange Observer. Orange Observer. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

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