Boca Ciega High School history

In September 1953, BCHS opened with 964 students in grades 9–12.

The school band performed in Nassau, Bahamas on April 23, 1960, the first out-of-the-country performance by a St Petersburg-area high school.

She supervised several singing groups, notably the Baker's Dozen, who performed at the 1964 New York World's Fair after raising $12,000 to make the trip.

Gordon Young became principal in 1968.

Hugh B. Kriever became principal in 1973. It led to the first of several racial disturbances at the school over the next five years, the first on April 23, 1969.

In September 1970, BCHS students organized to fight for the abolition of the county-wide student dress and grooming code, which had been liberalized that spring through student pressure.

The movement spread to other schools and the code was finally relaxed in January 1971.

Hugh B. Kriever became principal in 1973.

On July 11, 1976, the BCHS Jazz Band performed at the US Bicentennial celebration at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

Drainage renovations were completed in 1980, improving swampy conditions on campus which had been prone to flooding.

In 1986, BCHS received a $24,500 federal grant and implemented a campaign to restore the school's image and spirit.

An Army Junior ROTC program was established in 1988.

In the fall of 1997, the 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m) Center for Wellness and Medical Professions magnet facility opened.

Construction of a new campus began in January 2008 on the existing site.

Michael Vigue became principal in October 2010.