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Winter Haven High School
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- 600 Sixth Street, Southeast Winter Haven, Florida, United States of America
- Telephone Numbers: 863-291-5330
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The school opened in 1886 on the second floor of Boyd’s Hall, currently where City Hall stands. In 1890, a frame school building was built at the corner of Central Avenue and First Street. When the student population reached 200 in 1912, more space was added onto the structure. Three years later a brick building replaced the wood-framed ones to make room for all elementary and high school students in 12 grades. In 1922, an eight-room structure for the high school was built on Fourth Street, the present annex at Denison Junior High School. In 1925 a large stucco building was built on the adjacent lot for the high school, and the smaller building became a junior high department.[1]
The current structure was built on Sixth Street in 1955 on a 32-acre tract of land. The late 1980s and 1990s saw a tremendous expansion of the campus, including a new gymnasium, music building and administrative offices. Using funds raised by a half-cent sales tax passed by voters in 2004, renovations to the school’s cafeteria will begin later this year. The cafeteria will be expanded to 5,000 square feet and equip it with new air conditioning units, a renovated kitchen and a new sitting area that will accommodate about 600 students at a time. Future construction projects include a two-story library with classrooms on the top floor and the installation of elevators for the handicapped. The school held a “Celebrate Blue and Gold” event Sept. 15, 2006 to mark the school’s 120th anniversary.[1]
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