First Colonial High School

First Colonial High School

Address
1272 Mill Dam Road Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454 United States
Coordinates	36°52′24″N 76°1′43″W / 36.87333°N 76.02861°W / 36.87333; -76.02861Coordinates: 36°52′24″N 76°1′43″W / 36.87333°N 76.02861°W / 36.87333; -76.02861
Information
School type	Public, high school
Founded	1966
School district	Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Superintendent	Aaron Spence
Principal	Nancy B. Farrell
Teaching staff	106.37 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,039 (2013-14)
Student to teacher ratio	19.17
Color(s)	Columbia Blue and Gold
Athletics conference	Virginia High School League Beach District Eastern Region
Nickname	Patriots
Rival	Cox High School
Communities served	Croatan Beach, Kings Grant, Shadowlawn, Alanton, Baycliff
Website	www.firstcolonialhs.vbschools.com
^[1]

First Colonial High School is a high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is a part of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 2,039 students enrolled in 2013-14 was:

Male - 48.7%
Female - 51.3%
Native American/Alaskan - 0.3%
Asian/Pacific islanders - 2.5%
Black - 17.4%
Hispanic - 9.0%
White - 64.5%
Multiracial - 6.3%

26.5% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.^[1]

Athletics

First Colonial offers many sports, including:^[2]

Baseball
- State champs - 1993.
Basketball
Competition Cheer
Sideline Cheer
Cross Country
Field hockey
- State champs - 2011 and 2012.
Football
Gymnastics
Indoor Track
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
- Girls state champs - 2011
Track
Volleball
- Boys state champs - 1997
- Girls state champs - 2000, 2002 & 2014
Wrestling

Notable alumni

Wade Barrett - soccer player
Josh Boone - filmmaker
Derrick Borte - filmmaker
Steven Culp - actor
Juice Newton - singer
Brandon Noble - football player
Mark Reynolds - baseball player
Aaron Rouse - football player
Mark Ruffalo - actor
Kendra Todd - reality television personality
Will Sessoms - politician
Jeff Ware - baseball player

References

1 2 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for First Colonial High". ed.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
↑ First Colonial High School - Virginia Beach, Virginia - Home of the Patriots

External links

Virginia Beach Public Schools

Elementary schools:	Alanton Arrowhead Bayside Birdneck Brookwood Centerville Christopher Farms College Park Cooke Corporate Landing Creeds Fairfield Glenwood Green Run Hermitage Holland Indian Lakes John B. Dey Kempsville Kempsville Meadows King's Grant Kingston Landstown Linkhorn Park Luxford Lynnhaven Malibu New Castle Newtown Road North Landing Ocean Lakes Old Donation Center Parkway Pembroke Pembroke Meadows Plaza Point O’View Princess Anne Providence Red Mill Rosemont Salem Seatack Shelton Park Strawbridge Tallwood Thalia Thoroughgood Three Oaks Trantwood White Oaks Williams Windsor Oaks Windsor Woods Woodstock

Middle schools:	Bayside Brandon Corporate Landing Great Neck Independence Kemps Landing Kempsville Landstown Larkspur Lynnhaven Plaza Princess Anne Salem Virginia Beach

High schools:	Adult Learning Center Advanced Technology Center Bayside First Colonial Floyd E. Kellam Frank W. Cox Green Run Kempsville Landstown Ocean Lakes Open Campus Princess Anne Salem Tallwood Technical & Career Education Center Virginia Beach Central Academy

AAA Eastern Region

Beach District	Bayside Cox First Colonial Green Run Kellam Kempsville Landstown Ocean Lakes Princess Anne Salem Tallwood

Eastern District	Churchland Granby Lake Taylor Maury Norcom Norview Booker T. Washington Wilson

Peninsula District	Bethel Denbigh Gloucester Hampton Heritage Kecoughtan Menchville Phoebus Warwick Woodside

Southeastern District	Deep Creek Grassfield Great Bridge Hickory Indan River King's Fork Lakeland Nansemond River Oscar Smith Western Branch

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