- For the Chicago Public School, see Farragut Career Academy
Farragut High School is a high school located at 11237 Kingston Pike in Farragut, Tennessee, a suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee. It is part of the unified Knox County, Tennessee school district. The original Farragut High School, the first consolidated high school in Knox County, was built in 1904 across the street from its current location on land currently occupied by a supermarket and strip mall. The school was moved to its current location on a hill overlooking Farragut in 1976. Up until the late 1990s, the old football stadium lights could still be seen behind the supermarket at the original location.
The name of the school comes from a civil war hero, Union Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, known for his famous quote "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." The school mascot is the Admiral and the school colors are blue and grey. The football jerseys look like those of the 1990 Dallas Cowboys. The school prides itself on quality education offering more Advanced Placement classes than any other public school in the Knox County School System and has a diverse set of extracurricular activities ranging from acting to orchestra to cross country to lacrosse and chess. The school paper was known for years as the Crow's Nest but was recently changed to the The Anchor. The current principal is Michael Reynolds.
Recent News
In September, 2007 Farragut High School tied with White Station High School for the most National Merit Semifinalists (16) in the state. Farragut is reputed to have the largest number of semifinalists and commended students in the state for a total of 30 students.[1] In 2006 and 2005, Farragut made the list of the top 5 percent of public high schools in the nation based on its AP program. (See http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380.)
Notable alumni
- Bill Bates, football player with the University of Tennessee and the Dallas Cowboys.
- Tyson Clabo, football player with Wake Forest and the Atlanta Falcons
- Lewis Cosby, bassist for the alternative rock band 10 Years.
- John Davis, guitarist and lead singer of the rock band Superdrag
- Chris Moneymaker, 2003 World Series of Poker Champion
- Tim Seals, Coach of seventeen USTA National Junior Tennis Champions and Professional Poker Player
- Matt Wantland, guitarist for the alternative rock band 10 Years.
- Kyle Waldrop, Pitcher for the Minnisota Twins
- Jake Thomas, actor notable for his role in Lizzy McGuire
- Ben Garant, actor and comedian. Cocreator and writer for the television series Reno 911!
