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In its second year of existence, King's Fork High School opened the school house doors with an attitude of relentlessness in our quest to be the best. We are exceptionally proud of our staff and  student body for earning full state accreditation. This year’s expectations are unsurpassed academically and athletically as evidenced in the following accomplishments:

The girls’ basketball team was the first Suffolk girls’ basketball team to reach the Eastern Regional Tournament since Suffolk’s high schools transitioned to AAA in 1996.   The Lady Bulldogs were also named the Southeastern District Sportsmanship Team of the Year. The Dog Pound Players produced an award-winning one act play, titled “Greater Tuna,” which won state honors this past winter. The Academic Team has been accepted to participate in the WHRO’s Battle of the Brains to be filmed in the fall of 2006.

School Snapshot Grades - 9 through 12 Principal - Daniel Ward Assistant Principals - Elke Boone Tawana Ford Chris Quattlebaum Mascot - Bulldogs Colors - Maroon and Gold 2006 Enrollment - 1,510 Average Class Size - 29 Accreditation - Fully Accredited Parents to Contact - Denise Ferris - 934-6061 Brenda Roberts - 657-9160 For School Contact Information link here

Growing with Emerging Technology

As we seek to integrate technology effectively into our curriculum and instructional design and settings, students are taking full advantage of technology’s ready accessibility to research, track and complete assignments and fulfill capstone requirements. To aid their efforts, our school is equipped with state of the art technology such as mini-computer labs between each set of two classrooms, Interactive Smart Boards, an information retrieval system in the media center that allows information to be dispensed to each individual classroom in various ways, and electronic bulletin boards which run daily in the cafeteria on three flat screen televisions which help keep students informed of pertinent and time-sensitive information.

Life at the ‘Kennel’ is fun and exciting and there are many opportunities for student development, leadership and achievement through what we offer academically and through extracurricular activities, constantly encouraging and challenging them to the infinite degree.

The reason we get the best from our students is because we expect no less than the best from them! Woof  Woof!

The School-Student-Parent and Community Relationship Strong Schools are the result of a strong school-student-parent- and community relationship.  Fostering a stronger relationship with the parent community, KFHS opened a Parent Resource Center during the academic year.  Located in our Guidance Department, parents are encouraged to visit it and pick up brochures and pamphlets on a number of topics ranging from teen pregnancy, teen drug use, coping mechanisms to career planning.   Community involvement is very important to us. We value the benefits of partnerships through three local business enterprises who provide donations and services in kind, monetarily and instructionally.  We salute the partnering efforts of:  Hair By Christina – Full Day Spa The YMCA, Suffolk Sentara Obici Hospital

2007 Test Scores The Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) are a framework of basic skills students in each grade level should learn in English, math, science, social studies, and technology. The SOL tests are given each spring to measure students' success in meeting these state standards. State benchmarks for 2007 is a 70 percent pass rate in all subjects. 2007 SOL Scores: English  88  Math 73 Science 81 History 88 After Graduation 62 percent of students planned to continue their education at two-or four-year colleges. Another 12 percent plan to attend technical schools or join the military.                      Class of 2007

 

Shining Stars at King's Fork High
	Amanda Henderson, an English teacher, was named the City-Wide Rookie Teacher of the Year.
	Tyrone Riddick was elected as Tidwater Region President and as Virginia State FBLA Vice President.
	Dog Pound Players Jessy Eckstein, Candace Croston, Danielle Ginther & Kelsey Edwards won 1st place in the District AAA VHSL Theater Festival, 1st place Regional AAA VHSL Theater Festival (Suffolk's First AAA Regional Award), and 2nd place State AAA VHSL Theater Festival (Suffolk's First AAA State Award).
	Jessy Eckstein and Candace Croston earned Best Actress Awards for their work on this one-act production, called "Greater Tuna."
	Eleven chorus students were selected for All-District Chorus.
	Ta'Shauna "Sugar" Rodgers was named 2nd Team All-Tidewater Region, 1st Team Southeastern District, and 1st Team All-City and Suffolk Player of the Year for the All-City Team. Tim Goetz, girls' basketball coach, received All-City Coach of the Year honors.
	Johnny Scott won 3rd place at Virginia State Health Occupations Society of America (HOSA) Conference for public speaking; and Bethany Pepin & Keisha Sawyer won 4th place for health education.
	English teacher and yearbook advisor Diana Rider led KFHS to be recognized as a "Showcase School" in the spring issue of Jostens Advisor & Staff Magazine for the 2005 yearbook. The magazine is circulated in the fall and spring to every high school in the nation and only about 30 schools total are featured in those two publications.
	The Full Throttle Steppers won 1st place at the Oscar Smith High School Step Competition.

 

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