Sumner High School (Riverview, Florida)


Jule F. Sumner High School is a public high school in Riverview, Florida. It opened in 2020 and was built to relieve overcrowding at East Bay High School in Gibsonton and Earl J. Lennard High School in Ruskin, though it also took some students from Joe E. Newsome High School in Lithia and from Durant High School in Plant City. The school is named after Jule F. Sumner, who was an early settler of the Southshore area.

Athletics

Football

The head football coach is Alonzo Ashwood. The stingrays' field will be one of three in Hillsborough County to have an artificial turf field.

First-Year Team

During their opening season, 2020-21, the Sumner High School football team will have a varsity team that faces both varsity and junior varsity teams.

Baseball

The head baseball coach is Kennedy Duran.

Basketball

The head basketball coach is Jamie Turner.

Soccer

The head soccer coach is Michael Lankford.

Softball

Swimming

Cross-Country

Golf

Volleyball

Cheerleading

Performing Arts

Band

The band director is Mr. Logan Sorey.
YearShow ThemeRepertoireScoreDrum MajorDirector
2020Across The PondEleanor Rigby, A Hard Day's Night by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Skyfall by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Don't Stop Me Now by Freddie Mercury
Performance assessment canceled due to COVID-19Sebastian HallLogan Sorey

Theatre

The Theatre directors are Mrs. Holly Talley and Mrs. Lauren Sorey.

Staff

Logan Sorey - Director of Instrumental Music, which includes band and orchestra.
Richard Estes - Color Guard director, Chorus director, Guitar teacher, and Piano teacher.
Holly Talley - Theater 1 teacher, Middle School Theater teacher, and ESE Access Theater teacher.
Lauren Sorey - Theater teacher and Musical Theater teacher.

Tradition

Sumner High School's fight song is The New Colonial March by R. B. Hall.

Grades

Sumner High School serves grades 6 and 9-11 beginning in the 2020–21 school year. In the 2021–22 school year, the school will support grades 7 and 9-12. In the 2022–23 school year, the school will support grades 8-12. Beginning in the 2023–24 school year, Sumner High School will exclusively be a secondary school. This is a part of the school's Academy 2027 program, to relieve overcrowding in middle schools in the area before a new one is built.

Zoning

The boundary for current schools going to Sumner, which was formerly called "New High School TTT," is illustrated below.