St. Augustine High School (St. Augustine, Florida)

St. Augustine High School is the oldest public high school in the St. Johns County School District, located in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida. Its students are grades 9 through 12. SAHS is home to an athletics department, performing arts department, Aerospace Academy, Teaching Assistant, and Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC).

Academic programs

AICE Program

The Advanced International Certificate of Education program, administered by Cambridge International Examinations, has been hosted at SAHS since 1998, and makes advanced college-level courses available to high school students. The program challenges students academically with an accelerated curriculum. The AICE program is a four-year set of courses. 9th and 10th-grade students will be introduced to the IGCSE program, then later move to the AICE courses.

The program offers a rigorous international pre-university curriculum and examination system which emphasizes the value of broad and balanced study for academically advanced students. The AICE Diploma is a group certificate which requires students to draw from three curriculum areas. The areas are mathematics and sciences, languages, and arts and humanities. Students must pass a total of six exams with at least one in each of the three curriculum areas.

Students who earn an AICE diploma and have completed 100 hours of community service qualify for the 100% Bright Futures Scholarship, and the SAT/ACT requirement is waived.

Aerospace Academy

Mission Statement: To provide a supportive small learning community for students to explore careers in aerospace. Student will develop skills that mold them into confident, college-prepared individuals. The Aerospace Academy is affiliated with Embry Riddle University.

Army JROTC

St. Augustine High School also has its own JROTC battalion. The Jacket Battalion has been an honor unit with distinction for the last five years, gone to state competition for the last five years (unarmed platoon drill), and is the leading battalion in North East Florida and the greater Jacksonville area.

Sports

Football

The St. Augustine High School football team won the 2005 class 3A championship in varsity football.

Performing and visual arts

St. Augustine High School is also known as the Center of the Arts (also known as SJCCA, or St. Johns County Center of the Arts) high school for St. Johns county. It features Band, Chorus, Dance, Guitar, Theater, and Visual Arts.

Band

The St. Augustine High School's top band, "The Jazz Ambassadors", was invited to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival on two occasions (1996 and 1999) as well as the Umbria Jazz Festival and North Sea Jazz Festival.

The marching band performs at the school's home football games; concert band is a concert ensemble setting.

Guitar

The SAHS Guitar program consists of three levels of Guitar classes, Guitar One, Guitar Two and the Classical Guitar Ensemble. The Guitar Ensemble is a smaller group of students selected based on superior skill and talent. The Ensemble has performed at numerous public events including two trips to the growing Florida Guitar Association in Tampa, Fla.. In addition to this the Ensemble has played for world-famous classical guitarist Pepe Romero.

Notable alumni

• Caleb Sturgis, kicker for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Brandon James, Edmonton Eskimos football player
• Steven L. Sears, television writer/producer
• Scott Player, Arizona Cardinals punter
• Ronald L. Bailey, Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps

References

Coordinates: 29°55′26″N 81°20′31″W / 29.9238571°N 81.3420188°W / 29.9238571; -81.3420188