Strawberry Crest High School

Strawberry Crest High School is a public high school in East Hillsborough County, Florida. It opened on August 25, 2009 with students from Armwood High School, Durant High School and Plant City High School. It was built to relieve the over-population of the students in these high schools. Strawberry Crest is the 4th high school in Hillsborough County to be certified as an International Baccalaureate (IB) high school. A number of the instructors for the IB courses come from the International Baccalaureate Program at the older C. Leon King High School, in Tampa.

Strawberry Crest High School
Location
4691 Gallagher Road Dover , Florida 33527 United States
Coordinates	28°01′23″N 82°14′11″W
Information
Type	Public high school
Opened	2009
School district	Hillsborough County Public Schools
Principal	Mark Watson [1]
Teaching staff	105.50 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,558 (2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	24.25[2]
Color(s)	Red, Black, and Silver       [3]
Nickname	Chargers
Website	strawberrycrest.mysdhc.org

Mark Watson is the current principal. Former principal, David Brown, left the school in 2019 to move to the district's newest high school in 10 years and was replaced by Christie Raburn, who herself left in 2023.^[1][4]

The school is located at the intersection of Gallagher Road and 92 in Dover, Florida, on land that was once the family farm of longtime school board member Joe E. Newsome.^[5] Chargers are the school mascot, similar to the logo of the NFL team Denver Broncos, although dressed in the school colors which are red, black, and silver.^[6] The school was named Strawberry Crest in order to honor the strawberry growers of the region.^[7]

Strawberry Crest Music Program

The band and orchestra programs at Strawberry Crest are currently under the direction of Cheri A. Sleeper, who has been the director since the school’s opening in 2009.^[8] Cheri A. Sleeper retired in 2025, leaving the band program under the direction of Timothy Trice and the orchestra program under Damian Johnson. The marching band has participated in many band competitions over the years, and has consistently received Superior ratings.^[9]