Bartram Trail High School

Infobox School
name = Bartram Trail High School


caption = Bartram Trail High School crest
streetaddress = 2050 Roberts Rd.
city = St. Johns
state = Florida
zipcode = 32259
country = United Statescite web |url= http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/fl/5120 |title= "Quick Facts" on greatschools.net |accessdate= 2008-03-03 |year= 2007 |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5Wem334OI |archivedate= 2008-03-28]
coordinates = coord|30|2|42.93|N|81|36|35.51|W|display=inline,title
schoolnumber = 411 [cite web |url= http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/default.asp?action=verifySelection&districts=55&schoolYear=2006-2007&school_grade=&report=RC&level=School&thisSort=schnum |title= "School Accountability Reports" at schoolgrades.fldoe.org |accessdate= 2008-03-28 |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5WeogxjAw |archivedate= 2008-03-28]
district = St. Johns County School District
superintendent = Dr. Joseph G. Joynercite web |url= http://www-bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us/SchoolImprovementPlan0708.pdf |title= "School Improvement Plan" |accessdate= 2008-03-11 |year= 2007 |format=PDF |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5Wemh0Crz |archivedate= 2008-03-28]
principal = Brennan Asplen [cite web |url= http://neighborhoods.realtor.com/Bartram-Trail-High-School/20373/FL/Jacksonville/439469/School/ |title= "Bartram Trail High School" at realtor.com |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |year= 2007 |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5WemqlpRx |archivedate= 2008-03-28]
viceprincipal = Chris Phelps, Steven Amburgey and Dr. Craig Davis [cite web |url= http://www-bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us/admin/AssistantPrincipals/ |title= "Assistant Principals" |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |publisher=bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5Wen4yo30 |archivedate= 2008-03-28]
dean = Trevor Abbs, Pete Peaver and Victoria Reis [cite web |url= http://www-bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us/admin/Deans/ |title= "Deans" |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |publisher=bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5WenEc0PB |archivedate= 2008-03-28]
type = Public school
enrollment = 2,627cite web |url= http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/092507/met_202690700.shtml |last=Perhach |first=Paulette |title= "St. Johns public schools continue fast enrollment growth" |accessdate= 2008-03-23 |date= September 25, 2007 |publisher= "Florida Times-Union" |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5WenPEBoI |archivedate= 2008-03-28] (2007-2008)
grades = 9 - 12
campus_size = convert|120|acre|km2cite web |url= http://www.arcadis-us.com/Service+Types/Buildings/Institutional+municipal+government/Projects/Bartram+Trail+High+School.htm |title= "Bartram Trail High School" |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |publisher=www.arcadis-us.com |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5WeqsG0zJ |archivedate= 2008-03-28]
campus type = Ruralcite web |url= http://www.schooldigger.com/go/FL/schools/0174004445/school.aspx |title= "Summary: Bartram Trail High School" |accessdate= 2008-03-09 |year= 2007 |publisher= "School Digger" |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5WeqdRbO4 |archivedate= 2008-03-28]
Hours_in_Day = 9:15 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. [cite web |url= http://www-bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us/news/BellSchedule/ |title= "Bell Schedule" |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |publisher=bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us]
rival = Allen D. Nease Senior High Schoolcite web |url= http://www.staugustine.com/stories/080600/new_20000806.002.shtml |title= "Bartram Trail: Home of the Bears" |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |last= Merlo |first= Tiffany |year= 2000 |publisher= "St. Augustine Record"]
nickname = Bearscite web |url= http://www.staugustine.com/stories/042702/edu_633642.shtml |title= "Bartram compiles impressive record in short time" |accessdate= 2008-03-03 |last= Grand |first= Ashley |coauthors=Goncalves, Michelle |year= 2001 |publisher= "St. Augustine Record"]
school_colours = Blue █, Silver █ & Black █
established = 2000
status = Open
homepage = http://www-bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us/

Bartram Trail High School (BTHS) is a public high school in the St. Johns County School District, located in northwest St. Johns County, Florida (U.S.) that opened in 2000. The school is ranked number 327 by "Newsweek" magazine in the top 1,300 high schools in the United States in 2008.cite web |url= http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?q=2008/rank/301/ |title= "The Top of the Class" (2008 list of top high schools) |accessdate= 2008-06-11 |year= 2008 |publisher= "Newsweek"]

Academics

Bartram Trail's curriculum offers many departments in education in order to receive a high school diploma. It includes: art classes, English studies and literature, mathematics, performing arts, physical education classes, various science and social studies classes, vocational classes, world and foreign language classes, television production, band, chorus and turf management.cite web |url= http://www-bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us/academics/Departments/ |title= List of departments on the Bartram Trail High School website |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |publisher = bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us]

Bartram Trail offers the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) class which teaches various academic studies along with character and life skills education based around the heritage and traditions of the United States Air Force. [cite web |url= http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/academies/airforcerotc |title= "Air Force JROTC- Bartram Trail High School: Program Description" |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |publisher=www.stjohns.k12.fl.us] The Bartram Trail High School Academy of Design and Building Construction is available to teach carpentry and in other fields such as interior design, drafting and fashion design. [cite web |url= http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/academies/construction/ |title= "Bartram Trail High School Academy of Design and Building Construction: Academy Description" |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |publisher=www.stjohns.k12.fl.us] In 2007, Bartram Trail got together with VyStar Credit Union to form the Bartram Trail High School VyStar Academy of Business and Finance. The course teaches career opportunities with financial services and business management industries. [cite web |url= http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/academies/finance/ |title= "Bartram Trail High School VyStar Academy of Business and Finance: Academy Description" |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |publisher=www.stjohns.k12.fl.us] [cite web |url= http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/news-article.aspx?storyid=92531 |title= "Students Run Bank at Bartram Trail" |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |last= Weeder |first= Roger |year= 2007 |publisher= First Coast News] For students with disabilities, the Exceptional Student Education (ESE) program is available.

The Advanced Scholars Program at Bartram Trail gives advanced students the opportunity to participate in advanced placement, dual enrollment and honors courses in preparation for college. [cite web |url= http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/academies/scholars/Bartram%20Trail%20ASP.pdf |title= "Bartram Trail High School Advanced Scholars Program" |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |publisher=www.stjohns.k12.fl.us|format=PDF] In May 2007, over 1,450 advanced placement exams were given with a passing rate of 54%.

The 2006-2007 school year saw 64% of the students who took the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) score the necessary 3 or above in the reading portion of the test and 89% score above the mark on the mathematics section. The FCAT Writing scores saw 92% of the students scoring a 3.5 or above.

Bartram Trail can give the graduating seniors a choice of scholarships they can apply for, through the school, to get started with college. [cite web |url= http://www-bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us/academics/CollegeScholarships/ |title= "Scholarship Information for Seniors" |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |publisher=bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us] In 2006, seven Bartram Trail students earned scholarships when they became finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. [ [http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/030306/nes_21241160.shtml Florida Times-Union: Mar 3, 2006- this merits some applause] ] The 2006-2007 school year graduation rate was 87.1% with only a 1.0% drop out rate.

History

Bartram Trail High School was founded in the year 2000 and was named after the William Bartram Scenic Highway and Bartram Trail exploration route in the Northern St. Johns County area, and not after William Bartram himself. [cite web |url= http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/052299/ner_m1newhig.html |title= "St. Johns names schools" |accessdate= 2008-03-03 |last= Maraghy |first= Mary |year= 1999] Bartram Trail and Pedro Menendez High School were constructed to relieve overcrowding at Allen D. Nease Senior High School and St. Augustine High School. Bartram Trail and Pedro Menendez were the first new high schools built in the St. Johns County School District in twenty years, since Nease was opened in 1981.cite web |url= http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/schools/#high |title= "St. Johns County: High Schools" |accessdate= 2008-03-14 |publisher= St. Johns Country School District] However, as the second school year at Bartram Trail began, the original capacity of 1,500cite web |url= http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/271007/bartram_trail_expansion_planned_9thgrade_center_will_help_relieve_school/ |title= "Bartram Trail Expansion Planned 9th-Grade Center Will Help Relieve School That is 1,000 Students Overpopulated." |accessdate= 2008-03-07 |date= October 15, 2005 |publisher= "Florida Times Union"] was exceeded with an enrollment of 1,529.cite web |url= http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/082901/ner_7049665.shtml|title= "Elementary school celebrates anniversary" on First Coast Community|accessdate= 2001-08-29 |year= 2001] By the 2002 school year, enrollment was at 1,840, more than 300 students above capacity. To reduce overcrowding at Bartram Trail, two new high schools, Ponte Vedra High School and Creekside High School, were constructed and opened for the 2008-2009 school year.cite web |url= http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/admin/supt/SWR%2012-17-07.pdf |title= "Superintendent's Weekly Review" |accessdate= 2008-03-14 |date= December 17, 2007 |publisher= St. Johns Country School District|format=PDF]

From 2002 to 2006, the Florida Department of Education graded Bartram Trail as an "A" school, but in 2007, it was changed to a "B" school. [cite web |url= http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/default.asp?action=verifySelectionSchool&report=RC&districts=55&schoolYear=2006-2007%2C+2005-2006%2C+2004-2005%2C+2003-2004%2C+2002-2003%2C+2001-2002%2C+2000-2001&school_grade=&level=School&schoolNumbers=550411 |title= "School Accountability Reports" at schoolgrades.fldoe.org |accessdate= 2008-03-28 |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5WepaKlL9 |archivedate= 2008-03-28] Bartram Trail is also named in "Newsweek"'s annual list of the top 1,300 high schools in the United States. In 2005, Bartram Trail ranked 894, [cite web |url= http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?sort=Rank&count=1043&Search=&start=800&limit=100&year=2005& |title= "The Top of the Class" (2005 list of top high schools) |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |year= 2005 |publisher= "Newsweek"] in 2006 it was ranked 579, [cite web |url= http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?sort=Rank&count=1236&Search=&start=500&limit=100&year=2006& |title= "The Top of the Class" (2006 list of top high schools) |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |year= 2006 |publisher= "Newsweek"] in 2007 it was ranked 474, [cite web |url= http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?sort=Rank&count=1351&Search=&start=400&limit=100&year=2007& |title= "The Top of the Class" (2007 list of top high schools) |accessdate= 2008-03-04 |year= 2007 |publisher= "Newsweek"] and in 2008 it was ranked 327.

"Victory V" statue

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Young Republicans Clubcite web |url= http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/091202/met_10426827.html |title= "St. Johns high school unveils unique sculpture for 9/11" |accessdate= 2008-03-05 |last= Scanlan |first= Dan |date= September 12, 2002 |publisher= "Florida Times-Union"] at Bartram Trail wanted to get a piece of the destroyed World Trade Center for a memorial to those who died in the attacks.cite web |url= http://staugustine.com/stories/060402/new_759797.shtml |title= "Memorial to WTC victims at Bartram" |accessdate= 2008-03-05 |last= Brown |first= August |date= June 4, 2002 |publisher= "St. Augustine Record"] Students sent letters to the Office of Emergency Management in New York, forwarded by the former principal, Jim Springfield.cite web |url= http://staugustine.com/stories/060402/new_759797.shtml |title= "Memorial to WTC victims at Bartram" |accessdate= 2008-03-05 |last= Brown |first= August |date= June 4, 2002 |publisher= "St. Augustine Record"] The office replied in May 2002 and agreed to let them own a piece of the World Trade Center debris as long as Springfield came to New York City and got it himself. He received the debris on May 21, 2002; the piece was a six-foot-long piece of I-beam steel that weighed seven hundred pounds.

The concept behind the sculpture, created by art teacher Robert Kirk, was that the piece of World Trade Center debris was to be one-half of the letter "V" while the other half was to be made of pristine stainless steel. The "V" was to stand for "Victory", and was to symbolize the "somber tragedy and the unity of American resolve." The sculpture was unveiled in Bartram Trail's courtyard on September 11, 2002, one year after the attacks, with Florida Governor Jeb Bush attending the ceremony. Only seventy-three pieces of World Trade Center debris were donated, and it is believed that this was the only piece in Florida and the only piece in an American high school.

uper Bowl XXXIX

For Super Bowl XXXIX, in 2005, Bartram Trail High School was selected by the National Football League as the practice facility for AFC champion New England Patriots.cite web |url= http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/news-article.aspx?storyid=20857 |title= "St. Johns County School To Host Super Bowl Participant" |accessdate= 2008-03-07 |date= July 2, 2004 |publisher= "First Coast News"] cite web |url= http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/110204/hig_17077729.shtml |title= "Bartram Trail reaps dividend from NFL investment" |accessdate= 2008-03-07 |last= Goodbread |first= Chase |date= November 2, 2004 |publisher= "Florida Times-Union"] Bartram Trail was selected by the NFL because the World Golf Village was chosen as the New England Patriots lodging and the practice field had to be within twenty minutes of their hotel. Bartram Trail was also selected because the school's location was remote with little traffic and interference and because the walk from the lockers to the field was short enough. Bartram Trail was the first high school ever that was chosen to be the practice facility for a Super Bowl team.cite web |url= http://staugustine.com/stories/013005/new_2857697.shtml |title= "Bartram Trail set to host Patriots" |accessdate= 2008-03-07 |last= Barney |first= Justin |date= January 1, 2005 |publisher= "St. Augustine Record"]

The NFL made modifications to Bartram Trail, installing new lockers, making a new practice field and modifying their game field to professional standards. The field modifications, however, were delayed by Hurricane Frances and caused them to start over several times. Bartram Trail's field was considered one of the top five high school fields in Florida, but the problem was that the field was supported by dirt, instead of sand.cite web |url= http://www.staugustine.com/stories/012905/new_2850132.shtml |title= "Meticulous care secret to Bartram Trail's super field" |accessdate= 2008-03-07 |last= Rodgers |first= Diane |date= January 29, 2005 |publisher= "St. Augustine Record"] To fix this, the NFL modified Bartram Trail's football field by building the fields up with two hundred loads of sand, adding a drainage system and building the slope, crown and type of grass to the same specifications as Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. Students from the Bartram Trail turf management classes worked with George Toma, who had built all thirty-nine fields for the Super Bowl games, in building and maintaining the field.

After the two weeks of practice in Bartram Trail, a few of the New England Patriots and owner Robert Kraft came in on the last day to talk with the students and thank them for their hospitality, as New England head coach Bill Belichick had done earlier in a morning press conference.cite web |url= http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2005/02/05/grass_gets_greener/ |title= "Grass gets greener" |accessdate= 2008-03-07 |last= Cafardo |first= Nick |date= February 5, 2005 |publisher= "The Boston Globe"]

Project Alaska Turf

In February 2007, Project Alaska Turf was started by Cathy Parker, a Bartram Trail High School parent and wife of a Bartram Trail football offensive coordinator.cite web |url= http://www.projectalaskaturf.com/ |title= "Project Alaska home page" |accessdate= 2008-03-08 |year= 2007] cite web |url= http://staugustine.com/stories/030107/news_4436227.shtml |title= "Bartram to provide Barrow turf field" |accessdate= 2008-03-08 |last=Carlyon |first=Hays |date= March 1, 2007 |publisher= "St. Augustine Record"] cite web |url= http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/spotlight/news-article.aspx?storyid=89942 |title= "First Coast Makes Frozen Football Dream Come True" |accessdate= 2008-03-08 |last=Kamm |first=Grayson |date= August 27, 2007 |publisher= "First Coast News"] Project Alaska Turf was inspired by an Emmy Award winning ESPN documentary by Wayne Drehs on a community in Barrow, Alaska. The documentary focused on a football program that was implemented in order to reverse high teenage suicide rates, accelerated drop out rates and increased teen drug abuse. Project Alaska Turf was funded by Bartram Trail, the Jacksonville Jaguars, ProGrass and the Grimes Companies. The project was aimed at raising money to provide a football team, the Barrow Whalers, an artificial turf field to replace their gravel-covered field. Since Barrow, Alaska is above the Arctic Circle, grass doesn't grow there, resulting in their football field being made of dirt and gravel and causing injury to the players.cite web |url= http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/030107/hig_8307313.shtml |title= "Field goal: Raise $500,000 to fund tundra turf" |accessdate= 2008-03-08 |last=Schneider |first= Jason |date= March 1, 2007 |publisher= "Florida Times-Union"]

The original goal was to raise $500,000 to make the field,cite web |url= http://dwb.adn.com/sports/prep/football/story/8656163p-8547110c.html |title= "Barrow football could receive artificial-turf" |accessdate= 2008-03-08 |last=Demarban |first=Alex |date= February 20, 2007 |publisher= "Anchorage Daily News"] but the ending target was eventually set to $800,000.cite web |url= http://staugustine.com/stories/081907/news_4784007.shtml |title= "Miracle in Barrow" |accessdate= 2008-03-08 |last=Schneider |first= Jason |date= August 19, 2007 |publisher= "St. Augustine Record"] The money covered the cost of buying, shipping and installing all one hundred and sixty tons of turf.

The Barrow Whalers were invited to Florida on May 17 through the May 19 but the Whalers didn't arrive until June. Restaurateurs and other business owners provided them free room and board upon their arrival. During their visit to Jacksonville, they scrimmaged against another local teamcite web |url= http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2772290 |title= "Alaska team has friends in warm places" |accessdate= 2008-03-08 |last=Drehs |first=Wayne |date= February 20, 2007 |publisher= "ESPN"] and toured Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, where the Jacksonville Jaguars play.

The field was completed with $700,000 generated from the donation; $100,000 short of the goal. The Bartram Trail community worked for a long period of time and managed to move the field from Florida to Alaska by trucks, boats, trains, and on airplanes with help from ten different companies.cite web |url= http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/082707/met_194916917.shtml |title= "Jacksonville woman helps Alaskans score pretty touchdown" |accessdate= 2008-03-08 |last=Hall |first=Brendan |date= August 27, 2007 |publisher= "Florida Times-Union"] The field was opened in time for the Barrow Whalers first game on August 17, 2007, which they won, 18-16, after being down by two touchdowns with three minutes left in the game. The game was the first live internet broadcast of a sporting event in the United States from north of the Arctic Circlecite web |url= http://www.republicanherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18697246&BRD=2626&PAG=461&dept_id=529073&rfi=6 |title= "Broadcast to make history" |accessdate= 2008-03-14 |last=Souders |first=Chuck |date= August 14, 2007 |publisher= "Republican & Herald"] and had NBC, ABC, ESPN, and most of Alaska's media there to cover the event.

Controversies

Over Bartram Trail's brief history, there have been multiple bomb threats and a threat of a school shooting.

On October 16, 2001, at about 2:20 p.m.,cite web |url= http://www.staugustine.com/stories/110802/new_1110729.shtml |title= "3 Bartram students arrested" |accessdate= 2008-03-06 |last= Walters |first= Ron |date= November 8, 2002 |publisher= "St. Augustine Record"] the school was under "code green" as a dark bag with the word "bomb" was found in the hallways on the second floor.cite web |url= http://216.116.225.75/stories/101701/new_220574.shtml |title= "Anxious moments" |accessdate= 2008-03-06 |last= Lewis |first= Ken |date= October 17, 2001 |publisher= "St. Augustine Record"] Authorities evacuated the school and kept everyone at least five hundred feet away. Near 5 p.m., the bomb squad had removed the bag out of the school with a long rope and drove away with it. The bag only contained stuffed recycled paper and a two-liter bottle with more recycled paper sticking out of it. Seven students were arrested in connection to the incident. Four had their charges dismissed while one boy pleaded guilty to writing the note and was sentenced to probation and community service.

On November 6, 2002, three female students of Bartram Trail were arrested and charged for "a false report of bombing or arson against state-owned property", a second-degree felony.cite web |url= http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/1774264/detail.html |title= "Girls Charged In Bomb Threat Ordered Held For 21 Days" |accessdate= 2008-03-06 |date= November 8, 2002 |publisher= "Detroit News"] The threat was written on the partition between bathroom stalls, reported as saying something like "This school will be blown to bits at noon".cite web |url= http://www.staugustine.com/stories/012403/new_1278701.shtml |title= "Bomb threat clears out Landrum Middle School" |accessdate= 2008-03-06 |last= Noonan |first= Bryan |date= January 24, 2003 |publisher= "St. Augustine Record"] The threat was specific for noon on November 5, 2002.

During the time of the threat, the school was evacuated and searched by deputies and explosives detection dogs, but nothing was found. Two of the students were arrested at Bartram Trail on November 6, and the third was arrested at their home. The Youth Resource Deputy had received anonymous tips and learned that they talked about the threat, wrote about it on the bathroom wall and got rid of the marker they had used. The students were sentenced to twenty-one days at a youth detention center while evaluations took place and after they were released they had to remain under curfew and other restrictions until the case was finished. It concluded with the students having to reimburse the county and the sheriff's office for the expense of the deployment.

On April 18, 2007, the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office arrested a 14-year-old Bartram Trail High School student after he had posted an e-mail to a friend stating he may conduct a mass school shooting.cite web |url= http://www.news4jax.com/news/12445023/detail.html |title= "Bartram Trail Student Accused Of Making Mass Shooting Threat" |accessdate= 2008-03-06 |date= April 18, 2007 |publisher= "Channel 4 News: Jacksonville"] cite web |url= http://i.abcnews.com/US/story?id=3056317&page=1 |title= "College and School Campuses Throughout the Country Have Received Several Threats" |accessdate= 2008-03-06 |date= April 19, 2007 |publisher= "ABC News"] cite web |url= http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/042807/nes_165907589.shtml |title= "E-threat: In an era of heightened school security, even idle threats can lead to big trouble" |accessdate= 2008-03-06 |date= April 28, 2007 |publisher= "The Florida Times-Union"] The e-mail stated that he planned to top the Virginia Tech massacre of thirty-three deaths by killing a hundred students. The threat wasn't directed at Bartram Trail or any other school specifically nor was he in possession of any weapons. The friends parent intercepted the e-mail and reported it to the police. Authorities checked around the school and inside the lockers and found nothing suspicious. The student was charged with the "threat to throw, project, place or discharge any destructive device", a second degree felony. He had apparently made similar threats during the week that had gone unreported.

Campus

The land for Bartram Trail High School was purchased in January 1999 and was constructed by Arcadis. The Bartram Trail High School campus takes up one hundred and twenty acres of land and the school building takes up convert|190000|sqft|m2. The school building is a two-story octagon with an open-air courtyard in the center. The cafeteria and media center are located within the main building, while the gymnasium and auditorium with a stage are attached on the south and north sides, respectively. The outside of the campus has walkways, student, faculty and visitor parking, a parent drop-off section, a bus loop, a football and track stadium, a baseball and softball field, tennis courts, general-use play fields, a stormwater treatment facility, water and sewer utilities and a wetland mitigation area.

Extensions

The Bartram Trail school building was originally designed to hold 1,500 students, but enrollment for the 2005-2006 school year exceeded 2,500. To provide classrooms needed immediately, portable buildings were setup on the east side of the campus. The number of portable buildings used by year is, as follows: [cite web |url=http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/082003/nes_13309227.shtml|title= "Bartram Trail overcrowding becoming hot topic in PTO" |accessdate= 2003-08-20 |year= 2003 |publisher= "Florida Times-Union"] [cite web |url=http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/082005/nep_19541810.shtml|title= "Portables doing their job to help school crunch" |accessdate= 2005-08-20 |year= 2005 |publisher= "Florida Times-Union"] [cite web |url=http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/080702/ner_10101306.shtml|title= "Schools ready for crowds in early start" |accessdate= 2002-08-07 |year= 2002 |publisher= "Florida Times-Union"]

Music

The Spirit of Bartram

The Spirit of Bartram is the marching band of Bartram Trail High School. Since its inception in 2000, it has been under the direction of Jason Duckett. Over the years, it has emerged into one of the premier high school marching bands of Northeast Florida winning competitions around the state. In addition, the marching band has received straight superiors in its Florida Bandmaster's Association District 21 marching assessments in every year of its existence. In summer of 2008, the Spirit of Bartram saw its band split with underclassmen zoned for the new Creekside High School moving to the Power of Creekside marching band.

Marching Shows

Demographics

Bartram Trail's enrollment trends show enrollment increases with each year.

The ethnicity of Bartram Trail's students is as follows (last updated for the 2006-2007 school year):

ee also

*List of high schools in St. Johns County

References

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External links

* [http://www-bths.stjohns.k12.fl.us/ Official Bartram Trail High School website]
* [http://www.bartramtrailalumni.com/ Bartram Trail High School alumni website]
* [http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/ St. Johns County School District website]