Students can participate in a full spectrum of competitive sports from football to swimming. There are academic organizations, as well as interest clubs such as multiculturalism, drama, junior crime watch, teen parenting, and television production, among others. Dixie Hollins students can enroll in auto detailing as well as a range of technical programs. Lakewood High School has both a strong drama and an environmental studies program. Tarpon Springs has a music conservatory.
Several schools offer ROTC programs for students interested in military careers.
One big advantage for attending a zoned school is transportation. If a student lives more than 2 miles from a school, the school system guarantees bus transportation to school. This service is provided on an arterial basis only for magnet school students. Students attending a school on a special attendance permit are not provided transportation. The other, perhaps even bigger advantage of a zoned school is that your child is automatically accepted and guaranteed a space in his or her zoned school.