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Gulf High School earns a “B” grade

Dr. Knobl informed the faculty of our letter grade in an email on Jan. 4. He wrote, “I know many of you were optimistic that we’d earn GHS’ first-ever A school grade (I sure was), but a couple of the categories evidently impacted our overall scoring...
Gulf wrestlers in Louisiana

Gulf wrestlers in Louisiana

Gulf wrestlers participated in the Deep South Bayou Duals at LSU in Baton Rouge in December. In an email, Coach DeWalt wrote, “We ended the trip 3-5, losing 3 matches within 9 points or less. We are simply young and in need of extensive mat time. The learning...
Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

The administration, faculty, and staff of Gulf High School wish everyone at wonderful holiday season. It never really snowed this much at Gulf High, as far as we know; the image below was created by GHS teacher Chad Stoneking. The picture can be seen in several larger...
IB alumni return to Gulf

IB alumni return to Gulf

Over 30 of the graduates from our IB program returned to Gulf on Dec. 21, 2011, to talk to students currently in our IB program. They described what college is like for an IB graduate and told students that working hard and staying in the program pay off when in...
Santa calculus cap

Santa calculus cap

In the picture below, Mr. Griffith models a Santa hat made by one of his students last year. As everyone knows, it shows the calculus formula that the antiderivative of the function e to the power of u is equal to the function e to the power of u plus a...
793 cans of tuna

793 cans of tuna

Students in Mr. Stobbs’ Environmental Science and Pre-IB Biology Honors classes are donating cans of tuna for a food drive. Mr. Stobbs chose tuna because he says it is a nutritious food. As of 7:20 a.m. Dec. 21, the number of cans stood at 793. A larger picture...
Dan Mills is our new SRO

Dan Mills is our new SRO

Cpl. Dan Mills will take over as our new School Resource Officer after the winter break.  Mills has been with the Pasco County sheriff’s department for six years as a road deputy. This will be his first assignment as an SRO. Before joining the PCSO, he was in...
Saying good-bye to our SRO

Saying good-bye to our SRO

On Dec. 19 teachers were served cake in honor of Cpl. Jeff Fichtemaier who will be leaving Gulf High School after five years as our School Resource Officer. Cpl. Fichtemaier had been employed by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office for seven years before coming to...

Gulf wrestlers surprise with a second-place finish

Gulf hosted the 9th annual Holiday Dual Tournament this past weekend, with 21 schools from all over central Florida participating. Coach Dewalt writes, “The secret is out. We are in a rebuilding year, but wrestled well enough to get into the finals by upsetting #1...
Surprise visit

Surprise visit

CPO Rick Bain returned unexpectedly from a deployment to the United Arab Emirates on Friday, and surprised his daughter with a visit after school on Friday.

Eight GHS photo students’ work at the State Fair

Ms. Barrus reports that she entered fourteen photography students’ photos in the high school art competition sponsored by the Florida State Fair. Eight of those will have their photos on display at the fair in February. They also get 2 tickets to the fair. They are...
Slide rule made at GHS in 1951 is displayed

Slide rule made at GHS in 1951 is displayed

In 1951 students in Mr. Marchman’s trigonometry class built an oversized slide rule as an entry in the state fair. Mr. Marchman subsequently used it for teaching purposes. Walt Casson, class of 1951, recalled recently that he used a Leroy lettering set, which he still...
CECF Competition

CECF Competition

The following CECF club members received awards at the district competition on Dec. 14.  Ms. Donlon says she is very proud of their efforts! 1st Place Child Care & 3rd Place B&W Photography – Courtney Flor. 1st Place Financial Math & 3rd Place...
Order your 2012 yearbook today!

Order your 2012 yearbook today!

Don’t miss out. Order your 2012 Buccaneer yearbook before it’s too late. You can use your credit or debit card at balfour.com. You may also purchase at school by check, money order or cash in room 104. The yearbook price will go up after December 22, so don’t...