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"Downtown" School, October 2005

Princess Anne High School is the oldest secondary school in Virginia Beach. In June 2004, we celebrated our 50th graduating class.

Princess Anne opened in August, 1954, with 1558 students and 62 teachers. It was formed from the consolidation of the three high high schools that then served Princess Anne County. The student population peaked in the early seventies with approximately 2,800 students. The service area for Princess Anne High school is approximately 13 square miles for the regular instructional program. Today the school serves approximately 1800 students in grades 9 through 12, including the West Building which serves secondary level severely handicapped special education students from the entire city, the Princess Anne Center which serves pregnant girls from the entire city, and the International Baccalaureate Magnet Center draws students from all schools in Virginia Beach.
The school was modernized several times beginning in 1985. The most recent changes occurred during the 1995-97 period. A fire destroyed about one-third of the building in September, 1995, four days before the opening of school. The majority of classes were held for the entire 1995-96 school year and the fall semester, 1996, in Celebration Station, a vacant shopping mall, on Virginia Beach Boulevard, approximately two miles from the main campus. Buses "shuttled" students from classes at Celebration Station to portable classrooms at the main campus in the fall of 1995, and then to classes in a new wing which had been under construction prior to the fire. The new wing (the 900 hall), consisting of 26 science classrooms and labs, opened in January, 1996. Meanwhile, the entire front of the 2-story building known as the 200 hall was completely rebuilt. The second floor library, where the fire originally started , was rebuilt and expanded over a first floor "multi-purpose" addition. A new wing for art classes/studios was added behind the renovated administrative offices in the front of the building. The school reopened in January, 1997. A dedication was held May 4, 1997. That is why we say we are the "newest-oldest" high school in Virginia Beach. As the new Town Center takes shape, Princess Anne High School is no longer the "county" school it once was when it opened. Now some people are calling it the "downtown" school.

The Mission

Princess Anne High School Mission

The mission of Princess Anne High School, in cooperation with family and community, is to empower our diverse student population to meet the challenges of life through quality education and to instill a lifelong desire for continuous learning and improvement.

Vision

Every student is achieving at his or her maximum potential in an engaging, inspiring and challenging learning environment.

Princess Anne High School is committed to the following governing values.

  • We know that each student deserves excellent instructional programs, materials, teachers, support staff, and administrators.
  • We know that effective student-teacher relationships are essential in the overall development of students.
  • We know that each student must have the opportunity to become a responsible citizen in the family and in the local, national, and world communities.
  • We know that all children are entitled to a quality education in a safe, disciplined, clean, and caring environment.
  • We know that learning is a life-long process.
  • We know that learning is enhanced when the parents, students, and community make the school a high priority.

PCI

Schools in the City of Virginia Beach prepare a comprehensive Plan for Continuous Improvement (PCI) that is regularly reviewed and updated. Summative portions of the plan for Princess Anne High School are available online.

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