 The year marked the arrival of Major Joseph Siekanic as commandant of cadets, Captain William C. Prentiss as an instructor in civics and English, and Captain William T. Bradford as the first professor of military science and tactics, and assistant football coach.The school gained accreditation from the State of Florida Department of Education and was designated by the US Army as an Honor National Defense Cadet Corps School during its second year of existence.Full accreditation on the regional and national level by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools followed in December, 1961.