Floyd E. Kellam High School

Infobox School
name = Floyd E. Kellam High School


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streetaddress = 2323 Holland Road
city = Virginia Beach
state = Virginia
zipcode = 23453
country = USA
url = [http://www.kellamhs.vbschools.com/ Official site]
district = Virginia Beach City Public Schools
superintendent = Dr. James G. Merrill
principal = Mr. Bruce Biehl
viceprincipal = Ms. Nancy Farrell
Ms. Carolyn Keen
Mr. Paul Meadors
Mr. Mike Porter
viceprincipal_label = Assistant Principal
staff = 143
fundingtype = Public
schooltype = high school
grades = 9-12
language = English
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mascot = Knights
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founded = 1962
enrollment = 1,981
enrollment_as_of = 2006-07
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conference = Virginia High School League
Beach District Eastern Region
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Floyd E. Kellam High School is a public high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Located in the city's southern section, the school first opened in 1962, named after judge Floyd Eaton Kellam. Kellam High School serves a large portion of the city of Virginia Beach, with the attendance boundary extending south to the North Carolina border. The student population is 82 percent Caucasian students, 10 percent African-American students, 5 percent Hispanic, and 3 percent Asian/Pacific Islander students. [cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | url = http://www.kellamhs.vbschools.com/about_our_school.htm | title = About Our School | format = | work = | publisher = Kellam High School | accessdate = 14 June | accessyear = 2006] The building shares the same design as Bayside High School, First Colonial High School, and Kempsville High School.

Floyd Kellam High School is fully accredited under Virginia's Standards of Learning program. The school is the third-oldest in Virginia Beach, next to Princess Anne High School and Frank W. Cox High School. Kellam has also been a blue ribbon school in the Fine Arts Department for the years 2006 and 2007.

Administration

* Bruce Biehl, Principal
* Nancy Farrell, Assistant Principal
* Carolyn Keen, Assistant Principal
* Paul Meadors , Assistant Principal
* Mike Porter, Assistant Principal

Sports

Notable Alumni

* 2002 Ryan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals
* 2004 [http://www.freewebs.com/jacobwylie/index.htm Jacob Wylie] , San Francisco State University / Televangelist
* Tawana Brawley

Virginia state championships

* 1994 Gymnastics
* 2005 Girls' Soccer
* 2006 Gymnastics
* 2007 Softball

Individual state champions

* 2003 Kelley Taylor, Indoor Track: 1600m
* 2003 Natalie Scherbak, Cross Country
* 2004 Natalie Scherbak, Indoor Track: 1000m
* 2004 Natalie Scherbak, Outdoor Track: 4x800m, 800m, 1600m
* 2006 Talia Tossone, Gymnastics: Vault
* 2007 Eric Olanowski, Wrestling: 112
* 2007 Mike Holcomb, Wrestling: 119

ee also

*AAA Eastern Region
*AAA Beach District

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.vbgov.com/e-gov/vbcsg/faqinfo/0,1172,6342,00.html vbgov.com Virginia Beach schools]
* [http://www.kellamhs.vbschools.com/ Kellam HS official site]

External links

* [http://www.kellamband.net/ Kellam Band]
* [http://www.vbschools.com/ Virginia Beach City Public Schools]
* [http://www.vbschools.com/schools/school_mascots.asp Virginia Beach school mascots and colors]