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Founded in 1923, Shorecrest Preparatory School is the oldest independent day school in the state of Florida. A K-12 institution, it serves St. Petersburg, FL as well as the greater Tampa Bay area. Enrolling approximately 1,000 students, 200-plus in the Upper Division, SPS historically sends most of its graduates to notable universities. Shorecrest offers nearly thirty Advanced Placement courses, provides a personalized college counseling program beginning in Grade 10, features one of the most highly regarded theater programs in the state, fields 34 sports teams and has been ranked in the top five among the 165 Florida schools in the I-A division for the overall quality of its athletic program. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... For the film of this title, see Private School (film). ... This article is about work. ... For other uses, see Student (disambiguation). ... This article is about the year 1000. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... For other uses, see State (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... Saint Petersburg (or St. ... The Tampa Bay area is a metropolitan area on the Gulf coast of west-central Florida. ... Advanced Placement (AP) is the term used to describe high school classes that are taught at a college level. ...

Arts

The visual and performing arts are a vibrant entity at Shorecrest with thirty-seven separate course offerings and an extraordinary level of student participation. The exceptionally talented faculty includes a nationally recognized playwright who has two Eugene O’Neill Awards to his credit as well as several off-Broadway plays and screen plays; a musical theatre instructor who has published four original musicals and written and directed the music for more than a dozen American Stage productions of Shakespeare in the Park; a highly respected dance instructor who has trained with members of the Royal Ballet and the New York City Ballet and has won national awards for her choreography of tap, lyrical, jazz and musical theatre productions; and an instrumental music instructor who was a former recording artist for RCA records and has played with both symphonies and “Big Bands” throughout his distinguished career.

Notable Alumni

• Patrick Wilson (US Film and Theater Actor-Singer)
• Monica Raymund (US Film and Theater Actor-Singer)