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Kris Stolarczyk in Poetry Out Loud competition

Kris Stolarczyk in Poetry Out Loud competition

Gulf junior Kris Stolarczyk recently represented Gulf High School in the Poetry Out Loud competition in Tallahassee.  Each contestant must memorize and be ready to perform three poems from a list of hundreds written by established poets.  Ms. Ledman reports: Kris made...
Grad Bash

Grad Bash

Some Gulf seniors attended Grad Bash at Universal Studios on April 28. The photo below, showing students on the bus, was provided by Kevin Thompson.
National Merit Scholarship Program

National Merit Scholarship Program

Three Gulf students have been identified as meeting the requirements to enter the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program.  They are (left to right): Seychelle Baker, Brittany Reid, and Brittney Gervasi. They are among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants who took...
Mike Quarto resigns as girls basketball coach

Mike Quarto resigns as girls basketball coach

Coach Quarto, who has been Gulf’s girls basketball coach for 9 years, told his players at their banquet Sunday that he will not return as coach next year. Quarto had an impressive 208-54 record and five conference titles. Quarto told the Tampa Tribune, “I’ve...
State Track and Field videos

State Track and Field videos

The Gulf High School girls 4×800 meter relay team, consisting of Kari Grippo, Katie Buckman, Mia Savino, and Renee Patnode, placed sixth at the state meet with a time of 9:49. Congratulations to our student athletes and their coaches! Videos are by Scott Grippo....
NPR Library Summer Reading Program

NPR Library Summer Reading Program

The New Port Richey Public Library will be hosting its annual Summer Reading Program starting June 15th. This year’s theme is the Summer Olympics. Log your reading, earn gift cards, and join in on our teen events. Weekly Thursday night events will include open mike...
Where our IB seniors are going to college

Where our IB seniors are going to college

Mrs. Alwood has surveyed our IB seniors to see where they are going to college, and provided the list of names and schools to our faculty. She found that, of the 27 decided seniors, 15 are going to USF, 5 to UF, and one each to FSU, UCF, New York University,...
Gulf student wins national English award

Gulf student wins national English award

Corey Palermo is the (only) winner of the National Council of Teachers of English Writing Award for 2011. Mrs. Ledman reports that he submitted both an original piece of writing and an extemporaneous timed essay. She describes the award as a very high national honor....
Gwen Gideon named Gulf’s Acting Principal

Gwen Gideon named Gulf’s Acting Principal

Gwen Gideon, the assistant principal who oversees the International Baccalaureate program, has been named Acting Principal of Gulf High School. Ms. Gideon joined the Gulf administration in 2009. She had been an assistant principal at Marchman Technical Education...
Hunter Swartsel signs with FAU

Hunter Swartsel signs with FAU

Hunter Swartsel, Gulf’s standout swimmer, signed a letter of intent on April 23 to attend Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Hunter set two new school records in swimming this year. In the top picture are Hunter and Owlsey the Burrowing Owl, the FAU...
March Students of the Month

March Students of the Month

Olga Saniukovich and Corey Palermo have been named the Holiday Rotary Club Students of the Month for March. The criteria for selection are academics, service, behavior, citizenship, and leadership, and a minimum GPA of 3.0. They will be recognized at a luncheon in...
Painting continues at GHS

Painting continues at GHS

In the photo below, on April 23 district worker Mike Grubb prepares to paint the top section of the building which houses the gym and band room. You can see that it is still white.  It’s expected that part of the interior of the gym will be repainted...