PINE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

'Pine Ridge High School' is a high school located in Deltona, Florida. It was built in 1994 and is located at 926 Howland Blvd, near S.R. 415. The current principal of the school is Mr. Tom Russell. Pine Ridge High School boasts a population of students between 2,400 students and 2,800 students. The school employs approximately 182 teachers.
Pine Ridge High School has an Academy of International Business and World Languages; Agriscience Technology and Communications Academy; Sports Science and Emergency Services Academy. The school also sports its own early childhood/ preschool program called The PeeWee Panthers which is supported by actual students. Pine Ridge also has the Air Force Junior ROTC program. The school also has the only peer to peer mentoring program in the county.
The school's team mascot is the Panther and their colors are teal, black, and gold.
Pine Ridge also has a unique design, being built with two floors. The only other schools in the Volusia County area to employ this type of design is Debary Elementary School and Atlantic High School.

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Student Emergency Response Team

LINKCREW

ROTC

Arch Rivals

External Links

Student Emergency Response Team

Pine Ridge has started the first SERT in the state of Florida. 14 hand chosen students were asked to participate in the program. The course covered light search and rescue, fire safety, how to prepare for emergencies, response to terrorism, and emotional aspects of disasters. They will have a mock disaster drill on campus in November. The students not only learned what to do in certain circumstances, but to learn to work as a team and most importantly with a partner.

LINKCREW

Link Crew is a program in high school where chosen upper-classmen help freshmen throughout the year by getting them to participate in school activities and help with acidemic classes. These students also help to bridge the gap between freshmen and the rest of the school, when the younger students may feel like they don't belong. This program at pine ridge high school is run by Mrs.Bedard

ROTC

Pine Ridge also supports one of the top three nationally ranked ROTC squads. The ROTC is one of the largest organizations on campus.

Arch Rivals

The Pine Ridge Panthers arch rivals are the Wolves' from Deltona High School.

External Links

★ Pine Ridge High School Web Site