Experiential School
2023 marks our centennial – an auspicious achievement that is deserving of fanfare and reflection. We invite you to join us in a yearlong salute to our school community’s achievements as a renowned center of PK-12, independent school excellence in the Tampa Bay Area. We are retracing our journey by remembering our history, honoring our early leaders, and recognizing all who have played a role in subsequent decades of change, transition, and progress.
This is a time of great pride for the entire Shorecrest community. We are excited to include all of you in the celebration of our first 100 years while looking forward to continuing our journey of excellence, community involvement, and innovation into the future!
Please join us for the Shorecrest Centennial Closing Reception on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 from 4:30-6pm in the Raymund Center.
Enjoy the debut of the Centennial Timeline installation in the Raymund Center, an exhibit made possible through the efforts of a group of students and teachers over the past three years of the Shorecrest Archives Project. Walk through 100 years of Shorecrest history while hearing from students, alumni and faculty who contributed to the project.
Guests will also have a chance to view the Centennial Video - Shorecrest Past, Present and Future - a 15-minute documentary film about the School. This is a complimentary, family-friendly event.
The Centennial Alumni Weekend honored all Shorecrest alumni with:
The community celebrated Shorecrest history with a Shore to Shorecrest 5K Fun Run on October 21, 2023. The event included a fun run from the School’s original location site to the current campus, the Sparky Sprint for children 8 and under, and a Health & Wellness Village. This family-friendly event launched the School’s second century, promoting health, wellness and the Chargers spirit!
Family-friendly, all-community, free celebration held on the Gaffney Green on campus featuring speakers, time capsule installation, lunch and more.
A ticketed, formal celebration of the School’s centennial, including cocktails, dinner, music, entertainment and surprises.
6:30pm-Midnight
The James Museum, 150 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL
More details to come in the fall.
Dear Shorecrest Community,
To have been established 100 years ago in a nation as young as America, and at a time when Florida was so underdeveloped, is a historic accomplishment. Yet, in 2023 Shorecrest will celebrate this very milestone. Founded in 1923 as a quality elementary alternative for the children of northern visitors, Shorecrest has endured a century of change. From its beginnings in downtown St. Petersburg, to its move in the 1960s to its present campus, to its first graduating high school class in 1976, this school has survived, changed, and prospered.
Over the 2023 calendar year, which spans two academic years, our community will join together for a series of events celebrating this special time and culminating with ceremonies for the “official” recognition in the fall of 2023. This will be a tremendous and joyful undertaking with many opportunities to honor our past accomplishments, students, faculty, families, and our century of growth within the Tampa Bay Area. Please consider this an open invitation to be a part of this once-in-a-lifetime moment by getting involved in our Centennial Committee. We plan to call on the full array of skill within the Shorecrest community to help us celebrate what is sure to be the most unique and special milestone in the history of the School. I look forward to working with all of you throughout our journey to our centennial year.
Charles (Chas) Reynolds ‘81
Centennial Committee Chair
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