by District | Apr 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Zachary Ivanac, Marí Mercado, Lauren Kanapka, Brandi Taylor, Nicholas Baker Pictured above are the valedictorians and salutatorians of the Gulf High School Class of 2011. Because of a tie in GPA’s, there are two IB valedictorians this year. Zachary Mark Ivanac is the...
by District | Apr 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
GHS Band Director Bill Rutherford revealed the first photos of the new band uniforms yesterday on the band web site. The photo on the right shows the new uniform, although black gloves will be added. The center photo, taken on Dec. 11, 2002, shows a band member...
by District | Mar 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Three Gulf students have been named Athletes of the Year by the Sunshine Athletic Conference. Ladarious Jackson is the wrestler of the year, Nicole Adams is the girls basketball player of the year, and Dani Schulman is the girls soccer player of the year.
by District | Mar 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Gulf NJROTC unit placed 4th in the state competition at Oviedo High School today. The unit had placed 5th last year, and 6th earlier. In an email, Dr. Knobl wrote, “I would like to congratulate Commander Nesthus, Chief Rodriguez, and the 110 cadets for their...
by District | Feb 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dr. Paul P. Pollack, the Gulf High School valedictorian in 1999, is the author of a recently-published college textbook on number theory titled Not Always Buried Deep: A Second Course in Elementary Number Theory. Dr. Pollack graduated from the University of Georgia in...
by District | Feb 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Gulf wrestlers Anthony Ayers and Ladarious Jackson won first place in their weight classes in the state wrestling tournament tonight. Both wrestlers also won first place last year as juniors. Dr. Knobl sent the following email to the faculty: Congratulations to Coach...
by District | Feb 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dr. Knobl announced today that all three of our 2011 National Merit semifinalists have been named National Merit finalists. He stated that this establishes a record for our school. The students are, left to right, Nicholas Baker, Kelly Hallisey, and Lauren Kanapka....
by District | Jan 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Longtime Gulf High School coach Jerry Young, who had his No. 10 baseball jersey retired during a preseason baseball tournament in 2009, officially had his uniform placed on our school’s Wall of Fame in the front office in a ceremony today. Coach Young coached at Gulf...
by District | Dec 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Linda Allan has been named the Gulf High School Teacher of the Year. Her selection was announced at a faculty meeting after school today. Linda Allan has been at Gulf for 11 years, since 2000. She usually teaches English in the ESE program but is currently teaching...
by District | Dec 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Phil Baggett has been named Gulf High School’s SRP of the Year. He is a custodian who has been at Gulf almost four years. He did much of the painting of the school over the summer, and you might have heard him announcing the names of the players before the start of...
by District | Nov 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Melissa Morlan, Gulf High School’s Outstanding Senior, was selected the 2010/11 Outstanding Student of the Year by the Pasco County School District today. She is a daughter of Kim and Scott Morlan of Trinity. Melissa will be recognized at the Excellence in Academics...
by District | Nov 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Steve Luikart, elected to the school board Tuesday, is a former assistant principal at Gulf High School. He is also a GHS alumnus, having graduated in 1969. His father, David Luikart, also graduated from Gulf, in 1942. Mr. Luikart will be sworn into office on Nov. 16....
by District | Nov 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Gulf High School Principal Steve Knobl has earned a Ph. D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of South Florida. He successfully defended his dissertation at USF yesterday. He will be formally hooded and recognized at the Graduate School Commencement...
by District | Oct 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Mari Mercado, Daniel Rivera, and Sarah Zajd have been recognized by the College Board as National Hispanic Scholars. Congratulations to these students!
by District | Sep 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Daniel Rivera, Melissa Morlan, Bradley Bachand, and Aditya Shah have been named Commended Students in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program based on their PSAT/NMSQT scores. About 34,00 students have been so recognized. They are among the top five percent of...
by District | Aug 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
The District School Board of Pasco County honored the Gulf NJROTC unit tonight for placing first in a nationwide academic competition recently. In the picture are, left to right: board chairman Allen Altman, cadet company commander Cody Boyet, recent graduates Brandon...
by District | Jun 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Lucy DeCubellis, who is undoubtedly the most beloved employee at Gulf High School, will retire at the end of the school year. She has been at Gulf for 20 years. Her last day will be June 18. Mrs. DeCubellis, who is 78, is the principal’s secretary. She started here at...
by District | May 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Two math teachers who have been at Gulf for many years plan to retire at the end of the school year. They are Dan Fagan and Craig Schneider. Craig’s wife Else, who is the clinic aide, will also retire. Dan Fagan has been teaching for 36½ years. He began his teaching...
