66% of our 7th grade class qualified for the Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP)
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Upper Division Advanced Placement students have a 90% pass rate for 5th straight year
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Sophomore Jared Ellinger won the South Eastern Theatre Conference's High School Playwriting competition. Shorecrest playwrights have won this honor 3 years in a row!
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Shorecrest is one of 9 schools participating in the Green Cup Challenge, a student driven energy challenge with the goal of reducing electricity use and greenhouse gas emissions
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Freshman tennis player Alex Saltiel received a coveted "Silver Ball" as a finalist in the USTA Boys 14's Winter Super Nationals
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Eighth grade oceanography teacher Patrick Cannizzaro was awarded a Tampa Bay Estuary program mini-grant to improve water quality and restore natural habitats for fish and wildlife
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Middle Division Online Virtual Debate Team earns 2nd place in international Eracism Project
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Technology Chair Anna Baralt named NAIS Super Power program
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Fourth grade teacher Tom Hughes and his wife are selected to curate "Spuds Unearthed" at the US Botanical Garden in Washington, D.C.
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Headmaster Mike Murphy elected to AdvancED Board.
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Jack and Hannah Stein earn First Team All County honors for Diving.
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Girls Swim Team ranked in top 10 for State
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Boys Cross Country team ranked top 10 in State
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Upper Division theater teacher Bill Leavengood's play "Charley and Emma" was presented at the Blank Theatre in Hollywood
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Shorecrest Thespians were awarded 4 Critic's Choice & 18 Superiors! Shorecrest is 1 of 3 schools in the district (out of 18) going to State Thespians.
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Two Shorecrest Coaches — Cross Country Coach Jeff Raab and Swim & Dive Coach Patty Nardozzi — were each named "Coach of the Year" for their sports by the St. Petersburg Times.
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Shorecrest's Girls Swim and Dive team won the City Meet, in which all public and private schools in the city of St. Petersburg participate.
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Senior Chantal Jahn won a NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) writing award out of 1,783 nominees. Winners represent the best high school writers in the nation.
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Seventh grader Jackson Willis was chosen as one of the top 10 poets in "A Celebration of Young Poets" anthology.
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Shorecrest was chosen for a "Poetic Achievement Award," an honor given to the top 10% of schools.
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Alumna Kate Cherven '09's play "Positive" has been published in a collection of scenes for student actors which also includes Shakespeare and "Spring Awakening."
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Alums Gabe Neustadt '09 and Alex Nunnelly '09 were accepted into Harvard's Advanced Playwriting class.
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Dr. David Ives, Executive Director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute, spoke at Shorecrest's Upper Division Leadership Series.
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Senior AP literature student Chantal Jahn won a national writing award out of over 1,700 nominees.
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Former NFL player and Fortune 500 executive Tripp Welborne is named Athletic Director.
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The Middle Division Arts and Science Center opened in August 09. The Center features 11 PolyVision interactive whiteboards, science labs with outdoor patios, a computer lab with 20" iMac computers, and an art room with pottery wheels and kiln.
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Junior Garrett Betsarakis was named the St. Petersburg Times "Boys Tennis Player of the Year." Senior Morgan Basil was named to the first team All County.
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Senior Kathryn Kass has been chosen as the Exchange Club female Youth of the Year for the State of Florida.
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Students won 7 gold, 17 silver, 23 bronze medals and 46 honorable mentions on the 2009 National Spanish exams.
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One student received a perfect score on the 2009 National Spanish exam; two received first place in the state of Florida.
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Seventh grade English teacher Amy Cobb was 1 of 25 teachers worldwide selected for NAIS Teachers of Future Leaders program.
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32 sixth grade poets were published in the anthology "A Celebration of Young Poets!" Shorecrest was recognized with the "Poetic Achievement Award."
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Ten athletic teams won team championships in 2008-2009.
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Upper Division World History teacher Ron Heller was named the State Teacher of Merit at the Florida State History Fair.
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Seven seniors will be playing college athletics next year at Davidson, The Citadel, Washington University, Rhodes College, Williams College, and Roanoke College.
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Senior Samantha Specht won the State Track and Field Championship in the Triple Jump.
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Senior Alex Nunnelly is a Gold Key and Silver Medal National Award winner in the Scholastic Art and Writing awards. His play will be recognized in New York City at Carnegie Hall.
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Senior Max Rabinovich was one of 40 national finalists (and the only Florida finalist) in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search. Max presented his project in Washington, D.C., where he met President Obama.
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Senior Wyatt Krapf was 1 of 12 Florida seniors to be named to the FHSAA Academic All-State Team.
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47 Shorecrest students earned medals at the 2009 National Spanish Examinations. One student received a perfect score, and two students received 1st place in Florida. Over 115,000 participated in the exams.
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13 French students will be visiting our "sister school" in Châlons-en-Champagne, France this summer.
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100% of Shorecrest students are accepted to colleges.
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Five seniors out of 55 are National Merit Finalists. Shorecrest has more finalists than any other private school in Tampa Bay.
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46 students are All-Conference athletes.
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85% of Shorecrest students participate in athletics.
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29 students gave award-winning performances at the District Thespian Competition.
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35 Middle and high school students are competing at the Florida State History Fair in Tallahassee.
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Shorecrest is recognized as having one of the strongest high school playwriting programs in the United States. Plays by our students have won national competitions in New York, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, etc. and have been professionally produced.
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Five sixth graders placed fifth in the state (out of 80 teams) at the Florida Math League contest.
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Senior Gabe Neustadt is the recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award in Writing. Gabe is the only Florida West Coast recipient.
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Shorecrest has a full college counseling department that works one-on-one with students beginning freshman year.
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Over 75 colleges visit Shorecrest every year.
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Students receive millions of dollars each year in college scholarships.
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Shorecrest has 100% participation in our Community Service program.
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Over half of Shorecrest's faculty have masters degrees or PhDs.
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Shorecrest's faculty includes: Biology Teacher of the Year, two Klingenstein Fellows, a Eugene O'Neill Award winning playwright, college professors, a Broadway star, a former NFL player, six AP readers, and a former RCA recording artist.
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Shorecrest has over 42 sports teams and our athletic fields comprise over eight acres of land.
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Shorecrest alumni have participated in NCAA athletics at the following schools: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, M.I.T., Amherst, Wake Forest, Colgate, Duke, Columbia, West Point, Eckerd, University of Florida, and FSU.
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Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe nominated actor Patrick Wilson '91 is a Shorecrest graduate.
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Shorecrest alumni and Juilliard graduate Monica Raymund currently stars in Fox's "Lie to Me."
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Shorecrest Leadership Program in the high school focuses on ethical decision making, aspects of leadership, service and mentoring, and life skills.
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All of our preschool teachers have degrees in early childhood or elementary education.
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Shorecrest's Early Childhood Program features Community Service, art, Spanish and fitness in addition to a developmentally appropriate curriculum.
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Landy Hall, our new high school, has 17 classrooms all with 42" flat screens tied into our wireless computer network, a visual arts center with a digital film lab and art patio with an outdoor kiln. A closed circuit TV system enhances our broadcasting and communications curriculum.
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Shorecrest's new seventh and eighth grade academic building features interactive whiteboards in all classrooms and will open in August 2009.
