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Jones High School (Orlando, Florida)

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404:(AP) courses. AP Courses offered include Art History, Biology, Calculus (AB), Chemistry, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, European History, French Language, Human Geography, Music Theory, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Psychology, Spanish Language, Statistics, Studio Art, United States Government and Politics, United States History, and World History. 384:
A new campus consisting of a two-story academic building, separate buildings for science, technology, and music, an administrative building, cafeteria, gymnasium, media center, and dedicated historical museum was constructed during the period 2001–2004. During construction, students attended classes
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The Jones High boys basketball team won the Florida 3A state championship in 2006 under Coach Jerry Howard. The girls basketball team has won two Florida state championships, in 2004 under Coach Jimmy Mincy, and in 1997 under Coach Kelvin Harris.
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Jones High's varsity sports teams include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, flag football (girls), football, golf, soccer, softball, track and field, volleyball, wrestling, and weightlifting.
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Selected students who show academic promise who are also among the first in their families to go to college are invited to participate in the Advancement Via Individual Determination (
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The first public school for African Americans in Orlando was formed in 1895 and housed in a building on the corner of Garland Avenue and Church Street. The school was renamed
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World School, offering the Diploma Programme for juniors and seniors and the Middle Years Programme for freshmen and sophomores in articulation with Memorial Middle School.
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building was constructed on the corner of Parramore Avenue and Washington Street at a cost of $ 34,000. In 1931 the school's first 12th grade class graduated.
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In 1952, the school moved west of downtown to its current location on Rio Grande Avenue. In 1988, as part of a schoolwide project, Jones entered the
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for creating the World's Largest Box of Popcorn. Aided by a propane-powered air popper designed by engineering students from the
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for principal Lymus Johnson and moved to a new building on the corner of Parramore Avenue and Jefferson Street. In 1921, a brick
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The school was renamed for the final time in honor of L. C. Jones, a longtime school principal and donor of the property.
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in portables across the street from the campus. The new campus was opened for the start of the 2004–2005 school year.
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Jones High students may also enroll in its Medical Arts Magnet Program or in an advanced studies program of multiple
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The Marching Tiger Band is well known throughout the Central Florida area. They marched in the 1976
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NFL Football Player, Cincinnati Bengals, 2014 Florida State University national championship team
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and received a standing ovation there told that they were welcomed back at any time.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20081201142545/http://www.cfhf.net/orlando/1921.htm
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Jones High School Alumni Social Network donated by Grace Jordan.com
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named Jones to its annual America's Top Public High Schools list.
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Historically segregated African-American schools in Florida
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Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America
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Jones High School (Florida)
Orlando
Florida
United States
Coordinates
28°31′59″N 81°24′04″W / 28.532999°N 81.401163°W / 28.532999; -81.401163
Orange County Public Schools
CEEB code
Maynard Evans High School
Oak Ridge High School
http://www.joneshigh.ocps.net
Parramore
Orlando
Florida
public school
Orange County School District
Newsweek
Colonial Revival
Florida Interscholastic Athletic Association
Guinness Book of World Records
University of Central Florida
Orville Redenbacher
Pat Sajak Show
International Baccalaureate
Advanced Placement
AVID
United States Bicentennial
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade
WrestleMania XXIV

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