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30°26′08″N 84°19′01″W / 30.435483°N 84.316963°W / 30.435483; -84.316963

SAIL high school
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2006 Jackson Bluff Road

Tallahassee
,
Florida

USA
Information
TypeAlternative public secondary magnet
Motto"Where the individual counts"
Established1975
School districtLeon County
Teaching staff25.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment391 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.64[1]
Color(s)Black and Gold
MascotThe Pirates
Websitesail.leon.k12.fl.us

SAIL High School is a small public secondary school and a major liberal arts magnet school located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school was formerly known as "School for Applied Individualized Learning" and is now called "A School for Arts and Innovative Learning".[2] SAIL was founded in 1975, partially with the assistance of its former principal, Tallahassee-based education advocate and later Leon County School Board member Rosanne Wood.

SAIL emphasizes free speech and learning through creativity, and has an academic focus on the various disciplines of the humanities, particularly the visual and performing arts.[3]. In addition to its primary focus on creative pursuits, SAIL also provides experiential learning opportunities for students interested in STEM education and community service activities.

The school typically has a population of anywhere between 300 and 500 students and a substantial waiting list of students from other Leon County schools who wish to enroll. The school is known for high graduation rates and a very low dropout rate.[citation needed]

SAIL was the first winner of the College Board Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts in the southern region,[4] and was recognized by former governor Jeb Bush for achieving the highest Science FCAT scores in Leon County. Additionally, the school was recognized as a Bronze Medalist in state exam performance by the U.S. News Best High School Rankings in 2017.[5]

The primary criteria necessary for admission to SAIL is a stated desire on the student's part for a creative, nontraditional learning environment.

History

When SAIL was founded in 1975, it was intended for students from grades 7–12 who found that they had difficulty achieving success in other public high schools. The school was brought up in such a way in Rosanne Wood's 1989 article "SAIL: A Pioneer For Schools of Choice in Florida", printed in the book Public Schools by Choice,[6] and later reprinted online by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. The article described students who showed academic potential but struggled with a variety of personal issues including psychological disorders and self harm that caused them to have difficulties in the social settings provided by mainstream public high schools.[7]

Student life

Extracurricular activities

Although at one point they existed as separate clubs, robotics club and juggling club were merged in the 2010s, forming a syncretic student organization known as the Octo-Pirates.[8][9] The SAIL Octo-Pirates have collaborated with and received mentorship from scientists at the Florida State University National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, colloquially known as the Mag Lab.[10]

Alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "SAIL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Welcome to SAIL High School's website Archived 2006-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ https://www.leonschools.net/Page/32385
  4. ^ http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/114681849.html
  5. ^ https://tallahasseereports.com/2017/04/28/two-leon-county-high-schools-receive-usnews-gold-medal-designation/
  6. ^ http://www.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/rosi/rosi-book.html
  7. ^ http://www.ascd.org/publications/classroom-leadership/oct1998/SAIL.aspx
  8. ^ https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/03/01/468695376/french-spanish-german-java-making-coding-count-as-a-foreign-language
  9. ^ https://www.wtxl.com/lifestyle/tsaparis-tscience-sail-high-school-robotics-competition/article_2d297aa2-82fa-11e5-bb80-471fcb184af7.html
  10. ^ https://nationalmaglab.org/news-events/feature-stories/robotics-club
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