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Planning for IB

Planning for IB

School district officials, Gulf administrators, and Rose Browning, a mentor for the International Baccalaureate North America program, met this morning in the Administrative Conference Center. Dr. Lepley reported that Gulf’s application process is on track and...
Model Congress

Model Congress

Students in Ms. Alwood’s, Mr. Quarto’s, and Mr. Donaldson’s American Government classes staged the Gulf High School Model Congress today, complete with speeches, votes, and committees. The Senate met in the chorus room, and the the House of...
Meeting of the Principals

Meeting of the Principals

The principals of several nearby schools met today at Gulf High School. Schools with students scheduled to attend Gulf High School are known collectively as the Community of Gulf Schools. Pictured in the back row are District School Board official Jim Davis, Mimi...
Taking sides in UM vs OSU

Taking sides in UM vs OSU

With the Michigan-Ohio State football game one day away, Gulf administrators were showing support for the two rivals today. Assistant Principal Mr. Brochu is an alum of the University of Michigan; Assistant Principal Dr. Lepley is an alum of Ohio State. Mr. Imerson,...
Monitoring the weather from our roof

Monitoring the weather from our roof

Christian Fattarouso and Mike Miller, engineers for Fox-13 Television, were on the roof of Gulf High School this afternoon installing weather instruments. The equipment will provide the current data for New Port Richey such as temperature, wind speed, relative...
Mario Bartoletti named SRP of the Year

Mario Bartoletti named SRP of the Year

Dr. Mario D. Bartoletti has been named the employee of the year among non-faculty members at Gulf High School. Dr. Bartoletti is the Gulf campus supervisor. He assists with discipline. He was hired at Gulf in October 2004 under a special project developed by Mr....
George Mayer named Teacher of the Year

George Mayer named Teacher of the Year

George Mayer has been named Gulf High School’s Teacher of the Year. Mr. Mayer teaches American History and American History Honors this year. He has taught every course offered by the social studies department during his career. Mr. Mayer joined the faculty of...
2005 graduation

2005 graduation

Gulf High School’s 221 eligible seniors received their diplomas tonight in the school’s 82nd annual commencement. Pasco County School Superintendent Heather Fiorentino represented the school district on stage and congratulated each graduate. Mr. Imerson...
Sandra Laniewicz to retire after 19 years at Gulf

Sandra Laniewicz to retire after 19 years at Gulf

Sandra Laniewicz, who has taught at Gulf High School for 19 years, will retire at the end of the school year. This year Mrs. Laniewicz taught 11th and 12th grade English and Intensive Reading. Before coming to Gulf, she taught English for four years at Homer High...
Longtime custodian Denis Snodgrass to retire

Longtime custodian Denis Snodgrass to retire

Denis Snodgrass, who has been a custodian at Gulf since 1981, will retire on May 27. Mr. Snodgrass is currently our second-longest serving custodian, after Eddie Morgan. He was employed the Pasco County school district in 1971 and originally worked in the...
Billedo and Muetzel head the Class of 2005

Billedo and Muetzel head the Class of 2005

Julie Anne Billedo and Brittany Muetzel have been named the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Class of 2005. The two students have been best friends since the seventh grade at Gulf Middle School. They plan to room together at the University of Florida. Julie, the...
1,000 career points

1,000 career points

Gulf girls basketball coach Mike Quarto proclaimed today Tiara Cook Day, as he and Assistant Principal Thomas Brochu honored her before the start of the basketball game tonight. Tiara — who is only a junior — scored her 1,000th career point on January 6 in...
Assistant Principal Patricia Haynes to retire

Assistant Principal Patricia Haynes to retire

Patricia Haynes, who has been an Assistant Principal at Gulf High School since 1987, will retire soon. Her last day at school is scheduled to be Jan. 20. Mr. Imerson thanked her for her years of service to Gulf at a faculty meeting after school today and he presented...
Gulf 104, Tarpon Springs 16

Gulf 104, Tarpon Springs 16

The undefeated Gulf High girls basketball team won its sixth game of the season tonight in the Bever-Hicks Activity Center, defeating Tarpon Springs 104-16. As far as we know, it’s an all-time school record for girls basketball.
Martha Bakkila to retire after 27 years at Gulf

Martha Bakkila to retire after 27 years at Gulf

Martha Bakkila, who has been a member of the Gulf faculty for 27 years, will retire on December 31. Mr. Imerson honored her at the faculty meeting today. Mrs. Bakkila became a Gulf High School teacher in August 1977, at the same time the school moved from Louisiana...
New NPR city manager visits Gulf

New NPR city manager visits Gulf

The new City Manager of New Port Richey, J. Scott Miller (right), visited our campus today and was shown around by Mr. Imerson. Mr. Miller, from College Park, Ga., was recently hired by the New Port Richey City Council to replace the former city manager, Gerald...
Jeff Miller named Teacher of the Year

Jeff Miller named Teacher of the Year

Jeff Miller has been named Gulf High School’s Teacher of the Year. Mr. Miller teaches Geometry Honors, Algebra II Honors, and Precalculus. He has been at Gulf since 1995. The Teacher of the Year is selected by a vote of the faculty. His selection was announced...