Fort Lauderdale High School

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Fort Lauderdale High School
Home of the Flying Ls
Established	1899
School type	Public
Principal	Dr. Gina Eyerman
Location	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Enrollment	1,679
Colors	White and Blue
Homepage	Official website

Fort Lauderdale High School is one of the oldest continuously functioning high schools in Broward County, Florida.

Founded in 1899, it was the only high school in the 68 mile stretch between Miami and West Palm Beach. In 1915 tourist trade increased in Fort Lauderdale, which boosted the population of residents in the county. In a land slide vote, the county decided to construct a new school that was able to accommodate more students. In 1915, Fort Lauderdale High had their first graduating class of five boys. In 1963, Fort Lauderdale High moved from its original downtown location to its present location on Northeast Fourth Avenue.^{[citations needed]}

The school is home to numerous magnet programs, including one of the states most prominent pre-law programs and the Advanced Studies Institute, a program which allows students to follow an AP and Honors level-track which places them in sophomore standing their first year of university. Recently, a third magnet was added: the Cambridge Program, sponsored by Cambridge University.

1 School mascot
2 Athletics
3 Notable alumni
4 External links

[edit] School mascot

Fort Lauderdale High School logo and mascot

Ft. Lauderdale High School is infamous in Broward County for its somewhat awkward mascot, the "Flying L": a large winged blue "L" with an arrow through its center. Original the school mascot was known as "The Fort Lauderdale L". However, at the 1917 state track meet, a reporter from the Miami Herald remarked "Look at that Flying L". The following week, the town of Fort Lauderdale voted on nicknaming all of the schools sports teams "The Flying L's".

[edit] Athletics

The Athletic Program began in 1915 with only two male sports, Fort Lauderdale High now provides the students with eleven varsity sports for males and ten varsity sports for females. The school also offers four junior varsity sports for males and five junior varsity sports for females to participate in. In 1917, FLHS won their first state championship in Track, which is where the unique mascot was derived. Over the years the athletic program has accumulated fifty-nine state championships, which puts Fort Lauderdale High in the lead over all other Broward County schools.

[edit] Notable alumni

Dr. Mark M. Mills, nuclear scientist
Sandy Nininger, the first Medal of Honour recipient of World War II
Catherine Hickland, soap opera actress
Scot Shields, professional baseball player
Rita Mae Brown, Author

[edit] External links

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