Braulio Alonso High School is a public high school located in Hillsborough County, Florida. Dr. Sandy Bunkin principal of five years retired at the end of the 2005-2006 school year. Mr. Louie Diaz, the new principal, comes from Jefferson High School. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hillsborough County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ...

Alonso High is named after Braulio Alonso. He served on the board of directors in the National Education Association from 1958 to 1964, and was elected as its president in 1966. Braulio Alonso was born in Ybor City, Tampa, FL on December 16, 1916. ... The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest labor union in the United States, representing many of the countrys teachers along with other school personnel. ...

Alonso High School's mascot is the Raven.

Mission

Braulio Alonso High School is a community where Excellence is the Goal,

Diversity is Valued, Integrity is Expected, and School Pride is the Result.

Clubs

• HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America)
• JROTC (Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps)^[1]
• FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
• FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America)
• NHS (National Honor Society)
• National Beta Club
• Mu Alpha Theta
• GSA (Gay-straight alliance)
• SWAT (Students Working Against Tobacco)
• SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
• CARS (Citizens Against Road Slaughter)
• Anime Club^{[citation needed]}
• Guitar Club^{[citation needed]}
• NFL (Speech/Debate)^{[citation needed]}
• DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) Marketing & Fashion
• Teen Trendsetters^{[citation needed]}
• Junior Civitans^{[citation needed]}
• Key (Service Club)
• Interact (Service Club)
• Model U.N.^{[citation needed]}
• Dominos^{[citation needed]}
• Alonso Book Club^{[citation needed]}
• Bowling Club^{[citation needed]}
• FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes)
• Ladies and Gents^{[citation needed]}
• APAC (Asian Pacific American Club)
• Journalism
• Newcomers^{[citation needed]}
• Newspaper
• Spirit Club
• Illusions (Literary Magazine)

Sports

Alonso High School currently offers the following sports:

• Baseball (Varsity, JV)
• Football (Varsity, JV, and flag)
• District Champs 2006
• Soccer (Boys and Girls)
• Basketball (Varsity and JV, Boys and Girls)
• Wrestling (Varsity and JV)
• Tennis (Boys and Girls)
• Swimming (Boys and Girls)
• Golf (Boys and Girls)
• Volleyball (Varsity and JV)
• Softball (Varsity, JV)
• Fagetsball (Josh Mclymont rules)

Special Program Information

Alonso Theatre Department

Alonso is home to the award-winning International Thespian Troup 6299, under the sponsorship of Mrs. Lisa Vorreitier and Mrs. Kathy Buck. Since its formation the first year of the school's existence, the troupe has won multiple Superior ratings at the district and state levels, and have had the highest percentage of superiors at the district level for the last two years.^[2] In addition, the department's production of Godspell in 2005 went on to perform at Florida State Thespian festival. This year, their production of The Fantasticks has been selected to perform at state festival. The district may send four plays on to the state level; district 9, of which troupe 6299 is a member, typically sees around 20 schools attempt to bring their shows to the state level. Godspell is a 1970 play by John-Michael Tebelak. ... The Fantasticks original Off Broadway CD cover The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical comedy with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. ...

In addition to sponsoring the troupe and directing the departments various plays, Mrs. Vorreiter, who has been with the school since its opening and previously taught at Robinson High School, teaches Stage Makeup, Improv, and Beginning and Advanced Musical Theater. Mrs. Buck, who came to Alonso in 2006 from Blake High School`s performing arts magnet program, teaches Beginning and Advanced Drama, Beginning and Advanced Acting, and Stagecraft. James W. Robinson, Jr. ... Blake Senior High School was first opened in September of 1956 in honor of Howard W. Blake, a prominent alumni of Florida A&M, who strongly believed in the importance of educating young people. ...

Plays put up at Alonso in past years include:

• Little By Little
• A, My Name is Alice
• Lucky Stiff
• Sweet Charity
• Once Upon This Island
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• Les Miserables
• The Glass Menagerie
• Into The Woods
• Fools
• Grease

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References

1. ^ Alonso JROTC webpage
2. ^ Alonso High School Theatre Department

External links

• Alonso High School
• Alonso High School Theatre Department