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North Port High School is a public high school located in North Port, Florida. It is located in the southwest Florida and is part of the school district of Sarasota County. The schools mascot are Bobcats.

History
North Port High School opened in 2001.

Academics
North Port High School offers students power over what they choose to learn, with several "Academies" within the school. North Port High School offers a wide array of elective courses to choose from in multiple fields Visual and Performing Arts (VHA), Science Technology Engineering Mathematics program (STEM), Naval Science and much more. NPHS also offers a series of of clubs for after school activities, and voluntary programs for helping in the community.

The goal of the JROTC is to teach its cadets to appreciate the ethical values that underlie good citizenship, to develop leadership potential, and to learn to live and work cooperatively with others. This program is greatly influenced by the armed forces and strives to instill military conduct principles in students.

Circumlium
(North Port High School's 2016 - 2017 Circumlium)

Visual and Performing Arts Program (VPA)
North Port High Schools VPA program includes fields such as Art, Dance, Music, Television and Film and much more. The schools VPA program has helped develop many talented students by helping them build on their talent with a multiple of skills by competing in contests, performing projects, learning the history to their talent that they wish to pursue and much more.

Basketball
The 2006 Boys Basketball were State Champions. They have five state basketball championships in school history.

Notable alumni

 * Baraka Atkins, linebacker for several NFL teams
 * Charlie Barnett, actor on NBC'c Chicago Fire
 * Justin Hamilton, Florida's Class 4A boys' basketball player of the year as a senior in 1999, now plays professionally in Europe
 * Marquis Johnson, cornerback for St. Louis Rams and New Orleans Saints
 * Lynne Koplitz, comedienne
 * Syesha Mercado, musical performer, contestant on American Idol
 * Darren Ritchie, Broadway actor
 * Sam Shields, cornerback for the Green Bay Packers
 * Danielle White, winner of American Juniors on Fox
 * Ruby Garrard Woodson, educator, founder of two private institutions for gifted minority students
 * Nick Sirotich, illustrator, designer, and three-time state champion alligator wrestler