Mount Dora High School Explained

Mount Dora High School
Campus:Suburban
Type:Public High School
Grades:9-12
Principal:Kyle Bracewell
Streetaddress:700 North Highland St [1]
Zipcode:32757
Country:U.S.
Founded:1922[2]
Motto:We are One Team!
Students:1,228
Faculty:118
Colors: Orange & white
Mascot:Hurricanes
Website:mountdorahighschool.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

Notes and References

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

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