by District | Jun 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Mr. Knobl today introduced staff members to Gwendolyn Gideon. Pending school board approval, Ms. Gideon will begin at GHS on July 6, 2009.
by District | May 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Physical education teacher and JV volleyball coach Barbara Munday is retiring at the end of the school year. Mrs. Munday has been at Gulf High School for 25 years, starting at the beginning of the 1984-85 school year. She is known to earlier students as Barbara...
by District | May 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
At a faculty meeting after school today, Mr. Imerson honored two Gulf staff members who are retiring at the end of the school year. They are Assistant Principal Al Palma and School Social Worker Wendy Kall. Here are three pictures.
by District | May 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Gulf High School sophomore Bella Calafiura has qualified to take part in an international ballet competition. Normally, only about 30 to 35 students worldwide participate. She passed the highest examination for pre-professional dancers and thus qualified to take part...
by District | May 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Three Gulf students were among winners of the 2009 Anne Frank Humanitarian Award announced tonight at the Florida Holocaust Museum. They are Steve Toth, Brit Smith, and Krystal Rosado. Toth and Smith are pictured. The three students have organized two concerts which...
by District | May 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
A fairy ring was discovered on the football practice field today by Chris Mosher. According to Wikipedia, a fairy ring, also known as fairy circle, elf circle or pixie ring, is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms. The rings may grow over ten meters in...
by District | May 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
Les Snyder, who taught science at Gulf High School for 26 years and at Gulf Junior High for 2 years, will retire at the end of the school year. Mr. Snyder attended Gulf High School. He graduated in 1965 as the salutatorian and he was named Best All-Around Student. Mr....
by District | May 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Five Gulf students have qualified to compete for scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation by earning high scores on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQ). The students, all juniors, are (left to right): Cody...
by District | May 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Thomas Brochu, who has been the Assistant Principal for Administration at Gulf since 1998, recently told the faculty and student council members that he will be transferred to Marchman Technical Education Center, effective August 3. His last day at Gulf will be June...
by District | May 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Arnie Okun, who taught math at GHS from the 1990s until he retired five years ago, died this morning (May 4, 2009), from cancer. He was 59. Mr. Okun was the math department chairman for six years. He was very well-liked by his students. Seniors stood and cheered when...
by District | Apr 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Total Sound Members traveled to Tallahassee on April 29th-30th to be evaluated at the Annual Florida Vocal Association State Solo and Ensemble Festival. The Total Sound Girls received an excellent rating for their Broadway-themed performance of “Highlights from...
by District | Apr 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hyatt, Motta, Chang, Talanga Mr. Knobl announced today the names of the valedictorians and salutatorians of the Class of 2009. The valedictorian for the regular academic program is Jamielee’ Dalton Hyatt. She is the daughter of Rose Kilgore of Holiday. Jamielee’ was...
by District | Apr 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Paul and Susan Girardi, who have been at Gulf for many years, will retire at the end of this school year. Mr. Girardi has been teaching for 38 years, the last 30 at Gulf. He has been our school’s athletic director for the entire time he has been here. Mrs. Girardi,...
by District | Mar 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
GHS math teacher Zack Stoutimore has qualified to run the Boston Marathon. He became eligible by running a marathon in Georgia on March 7 in 3 hours, 6 minutes, and 27 seconds. The required time for his age group is 3 hours, 10 minutes. A marathon is 26.2 miles. Mr....
by District | Mar 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Gulf High School Director of Bands Bill Rutherford and Russell Schmidt, the band director at Zephyrhills High School, recently tried an experiment, hoping to utilize technology to improve their band programs. In an email, Mr. Rutherford explained what they did:...
by District | Mar 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
The faculty lounge has become a more popular place recently, as a food serving line was added on Monday of this week. The lounge has also been remodeled and enlarged. A wall dividing the lounge and the copy machine room was taken down in January.
by District | Mar 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Gulf High School head wrestling coach Travis DeWalt has been named our next Athletic Director. He will succeed Paul Girardi, who will retire at the end of the school year. Mr. Knobl announced the decision in an email to the faculty yesterday. He reported that a...
by District | Feb 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Mittye P. Locke, who was the oldest surviving alum of Gulf High School and the long-time principal of Elfers Elementary School, died yesterday. She was 99 years old. Mrs. Locke graduated from Gulf High School in 1927. In 1983 Elfers Elementary School was renamed in...
