Lake Brantley High School

Lake Brantley High School
Location
Altamonte Springs, Florida USA
Coordinates	28°40′53.0466″N 81°25′22.50″W / 28.681401833°N 81.4229167°W
Information
Type	Public
Established	1972
Head teacher	Dr. Trent Daniel
Faculty	172 (teachers)
Number of students	3,430
Campus	Location using Google Map
Color(s)	Red, White, and Blue
Mascot	Patriot
Website	http://www.lakebrantley.com/

Lake Brantley High School (LBHS) is located in Altamonte Springs, Florida, a suburban community approximately 13 miles (20 km) north of Orlando. It is a public high school serving grade levels 9–12 in Seminole County, FL, operated by Seminole County Public Schools. The school, which opened in 1972, ranked 79th on Newsweek magazine's 2005 list of the top 100 high schools in the United States and 424th in the 2009 Newsweek list.^[1]

Academics

• Offers 27 AP courses in a wide variety of academic subjects as well as in elective interests^[2]
• 45.5% of AP tests were passed in 2006
• Received an "A" rating from the Florida Department of Education in 2006^[3]
• Had 7 National Merit Scholar finalists in the class of 2006 and had 2 in 2007
• Performed significantly better than the average Florida school average and national school average in SAT and ACT test scores
• Highest ACT and SAT scores within the district for 2002 and significantly higher than the state average^[4]
• Over 1600 Advanced Placement tests administered in 2003
• 821 students scored 3 or higher on the 2003 AP tests
• In the class of 2005, there were 4 National Merit Finalists

Notable alumni

• Dee Brown (graduated 1996) - professional football player^[5][6]
• Wendy Bruce - 1992 Olympic Bronze Medalist (Team) for gymnastics^[7]
• Chris DiMarco (graduated 1986) - professional golfer^[8]
• Patrick DiMarco (graduated 2007) - professional football player, nephew of professional golfer Chris DiMarco^[9]
• Nick Franklin (graduated 2009) - professional baseball player, currently plays for the Tampa Bay Rays^[10]
• John Gast - baseball player^[11]
• Matt Heafy - lead singer/lead guitar of the metal band Trivium
• Michael Johnson - musician
• Hunter Kemper - (graduated 1994) - Olympic triathlete^[12]
• Adam Kluger (student for 1 year, then transferred) - CEO of The Kluger Agency, Forbes Magazine most powerful people in music under 30 years old in 2012.
• Kam Lee - drummer Mantas, Death, Massacre (vocalist)
• Felipe López (graduated 1998) - professional baseball player^[13]
• Kara Monaco (graduated 2001) - Playboy's Playmate of the Year 2006, Contestant on Big Brother 14 on CBS (2012)^[14]
• Mandy Moore (student for 1 year, then transferred) - Pop singer and Hollywood Actress
• Rick Rozz - musician
• Drew Seeley (graduated 2000) - actor/musician^[15]
• Josh Segarra - actor/musician
• Kim Shaw - actress^[16]
• Steven Sinofsky (graduated 1983) - executive at Microsoft
• Travis Smith - former drummer of the metal band Trivium
• Jonathan Taylor (graduated 1990) - CEO Voxeo Corporation^[17]
• Rob Thomas - lead singer of Matchbox Twenty^[18]
• Jason Varitek (graduated 1990) - Retired professional baseball player^[19]
• Jonny Venters - professional baseball player, currently plays for the Atlanta Braves^[20]
• Jemile Weeks (graduated 2005) - professional baseball player, currently plays for the Boston Red Sox^[21]
• Rickie Weeks (graduated 2000) - professional baseball player, currently a free agent ^[22]
• Charlie "Cosmo" Wilson (Attended 1976-77 and 1978–79) - Concert Lighting Designer
• Graham Zusi (graduated 2005) - professional soccer player. He currently plays for Sporting Kansas City^[23]

Notes and references

1. "The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools". Newsweek. May 8, 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-08-31. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
2. Lake Brantley School Profile
3. 2006 Florida Department of Education School Grades
4. "Lake Brantley High School Website" Patriot Fast Facts
5. "Apopka, Lake Brantley Advance In Playoffs". Orlando Sentinel. November 19, 1994. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
6. "KC signs Brown". McCook Gazette. Google News. November 10, 2005. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
7. Robb, Sharon (June 26, 1988). "Cuba May Not Stand By Boycott". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
8. Cush, Herky (June 8, 1986). "Family Fueled Dimarco's Play". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
9. Carnahan, J.C. (October 15, 2013). "Former Lake Brantley star Patrick DiMarco relishing NFL opportunity". Bay News 9. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
10. Stark, Jayson (August 1, 2014). "Tigers land David Price in 3-way deal". espn.go.com. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
11. Ruiz, Stephen (July 9, 2014). "Lake Brantley graduate shines in minor-league start for Cardinals". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
12. Santucci, Jon (September 20, 2012). "Olympic triathlete to compete in Club Med event". Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
13. Svrluga, Barry (February 27, 2008). "López Begins His Climb From Last Year's Depths". Washington Post. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
14. White, Gary (May 16, 2006). "Playmate of The Year is Kara Monaco, Who Was Raised in Lakeland". The Ledger. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
15. "Drew Seeley: Lake Brantley High grad Drew Seeley stars as 'Freshman Father'". Orlando Sentinel. September 28, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
16. LaCorte, Rachel (February 19, 1995). "Schools Pick Honor Roll From Staff". Orlando Sentinel.
17. Lundy, Sarah (September 29, 2010). "Orlando tech firm Voxeo has grand plans for Plaza's 10th floor". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
18. Dougherty, Steve (November 6, 2000). "Back to Good". People. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
19. "Family Misses Varitek's Debu". Orlando Sentinel. July 29, 1992. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
20. Smith, Dean (July 10, 2011). "Patriot pair to represent NL in All-Star Game Read more: Sanford Herald - Patriot pair to represent NL in All Star Game". Sanford Herald. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
21. McCalvy, Adam (June 9, 2005). "Brewers' draft becomes family affair". MLB.com. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
22. Manuel, John (February 13, 2003). "Unknown out of high school, Weeks blossoms at Southern". Baseball America. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
23. Tenorio, Paul (May 22, 2014). "Central Florida's Graham Zusi makes final USA World Cup roster, star Landon Donovan cut". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 30, 2014.

External links

• Lake Brantley High School athletics department