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==2008-2009 Changes==
At the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year, Pensacola High underwent a long list of changes. A short listing is as follows:
* School start time changed from 7:15 AM to 2:45 PM to 8:35 AM to 3:35 PM.
* The bus routes changed, as that was the reason for changing the start and end times.
* Food prices changed to $1.50 for breakfast and $2.50 for lunch.
* [[David Williams]] became the new principal.
* [[Thomas Rollins]] became the new Assistant Principal of Facilities and Maintenance.
* Teachers began teaching six periods a day with one planning period instead of five periods a day with two planning periods.
* Lunch was changed to 4th period instead of 5th period due to the change in school times.
* Alita Brooks, the Drama and IB Theatre teacher, began teaching an IB Theory of Knowledge class to cover for Mr. Butcher, who was diagnosed with cancer.
* Terry Benson, the IB English teacher, began teaching the remainder of Mr. Butcher's IB Theory of Knowledge classes.
* Guy Beard, the Peer Counseling teacher, began teaching AP Psychology in addition to Dr. Jerry Robbins, the established Latin and AP Psychology teacher.
* Shauna Paedae began teaching AP Calculus AB.
* Xiuqing Wang Sue Li began teaching Algebra II Honors again, in addition to her IB Pre-Calculus and IB Math Studies classes.
* Blevins Rose replaced Kent Rettig as teacher of AP U.S. History. He also remained teaching one AP World History class.
* Lucia Harvilchuck and John C. Murray changed places, Harvilchuck teaching AP English Language and Composition and Murray teaching AP English Literature and Composition and one class of English I - Pre IB.
* Michael Jones, the AP European History and Student Government Association teacher began teaching AP World History in addition to his other classes.
* Roy Bullington began teaching three periods of AP European History instead of his usual one, his other three periods filled with his normal class, IB History of the Americas II.
* Students began going to their Alpha[betical] homerooms occasionally, on days specified in advance.
* Second period was extended by five minutes to make up for the lack of a normal homeroom.
* All language classes were moved to Building 5, the gym.
*Alex Gordon - Current Vanderbilt basketball player
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[[K. Joy McMichael|Dr. Joy McMichael]]
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Pensacola High School is the only school in the county to have an [[Wikipedia:International Baccalaureate|International Baccalaureate]] program as well as a [[Wikipedia:Health Occupation Students of America|Health Occupation Students of America]] honors program. The International Baccalaureate program was introduced in [[1986]] as a last-ditch effort to keep the school open; many students had performed poorly, and there were high dropout rates. The school district had given the administration an ultimatum: improve the numbers or be shut down. With the introduction of the IB program, the higher test scores helped bring up the average and kept Pensacola High open.
The IB program at Pensacola High was developed by Donna Dunson. Richard Kuhn served as the coordinator from [[1994]] until [[2002]]. Under his guidance the program achieved great success, all the more impressive when considering the poor funding provided to the county. Upon his resignation, former teacher and District Social Studies Specialist Colleen Boyett served as coordinator. Under her leadership AP and IB course offerings were expanded, resulting in Pensacola High being named as one of the top ten high school programs in America by Newsweek magazine in May of 2005. Upon her departure to return to graduate school, she was replaced by Dr. Joy McMichael. In July 2007, however, Dr. McMichael became Assistant Principal of Curriculum, and Deanna Gordon (previously the IB World Literature teacher) became the new IB coordinator. Dr.McMicheal later left the school to become principal at Brown Barge Middle.
==National Recognition and Prominence==
In [[2007]], Pensacola High School was ranked #36 by the ''[[Wikipedia:Washington Post|Washington Post]]'' based on data collected in 2006. However, it is to be noted that this formula does not take high performing schools with SAT averages over 1300 math and critical reading and ACT averages over 27 into account.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jay|last=Matthews|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/challengeindex/|title=Challenge Index 2007|work=Washington Post|accessdate=2008-07-30}}</ref>
==Extracurricular programs==
*[[Fred Levin]] (Class of 1954) - Famed civil trial lawyer for whom the Law School at the [[Wikipedia:University of Florida|University of Florida]] is named, as well as sometime lawyer and adviser to boxer [[Wikipedia:Roy Jones Jr.|Roy Jones Jr.]]
*[[Wikipedia:Neal Boortz|Neal Boortz]] (Class of 1963) - Libertarian talk-show host
*Adam McCloskey - Current Sports Talk Radio host at [[Wikipedia:WTKE-FM|WTKE-FM]] and [[Wikipedia:Deadspin|Deadspin]]recognized blogger
*[[Wikipedia:Eric Wu|Eric Wu]] (Class of 1995) - D-List Internet celebrity, creator of [[Wikipedia:Eric Conveys an Emotion|Eric Conveys an Emotion]]
*[[Wikipedia:Michelle Snow|Michelle Snow]] (Class of 1998) - [[Wikipedia:WNBA|WNBA]] basketball player and former [[Wikipedia:University of Tennessee|University of Tennessee]] standout
*[[Wikipedia:Ensign|Ensign]] [[Hunter Scott]] (Class of 2003) - History activist
*[[Will Hedgecock ]] (Class of 2004) - Singerand electrical engineer*[[Wikipedia:Eric Wu|Eric WuHansol Bae]] (Class of 19952007) - DFootball player, nuclear engineer, and reality TV star*[[Kylie Finkbone]] (Class of 2017) -List Internet celebritySoccer player, lacrosse player, creator of and star in Disney TV movie "Invisible Sister" ==See Also==*[[Wikipedia:Eric Conveys an Emotion|Eric Conveys an EmotionList of Pensacola High School graduating classes]]
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