St. Petersburg High School
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2501 5th Avenue North St. Petersburg, Florida United States |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Loyalty and Service to God, Country and Home |
| Established | 1898 |
| School district | Pinellas County Schools |
| Principal | Al Bennett |
| Grades | 9–12 |
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Green & White / Black (unofficial) |
| Mascot | Green Devil |
| Accreditation | Florida State Department of Education |
| Yearbook | No-So-We-Ea |
| Website | stpetehigh.com |
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Central High School
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| Location | St. Petersburg, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 27°46′40″N 82°40′6″W / 27.77778°N 82.66833°WCoordinates: 27°46′40″N 82°40′6″W / 27.77778°N 82.66833°W |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | William B. Ittner |
| NRHP Reference # | 84000946 |
| Added to NRHP | August 1, 1984 |
Green & White / Black (unofficial)
St. Petersburg High School, founded in 1898, is a secondary school located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The school's current building, a historic landmark, was built in 1926 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The school was billed as the nation's first million dollar high school. The school previously occupied several other historic locations around St. Petersburg, including a location at Mirror Lake (1919–1926).
The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme located at St. Petersburg High School, the oldest of its kind in Florida. It is in fact IB school number 250 in the world. The school is known by the top universities around the world, particularly due to its prestigious IB program.
The principal, as of August 8, 2006, is Al Bennett (a 1980 alumnus). The school currently has 2,255 students enrolled.
Pride and tradition walk the hallways of St. Petersburg High School. It's considered a faux pas to step on the head of the school's mascot, a green devil, in the front hall of the school. Supposedly, if you step on the head you're supposed to scrub it with a toothbrush. Seniors as well as service clubs take it upon themselves to enforce this rule to a degree. There are also two main courtyards in the school; one courtyard is called the “Junior Courtyard” and is the designated courtyard for freshmen (9th grade) and sophomores (10th grade), though any student may choose to spend time there. The Other courtyard, the "Senior Courtyard", is where juniors (11th grade) and seniors (12th grade) only are allowed to spend time. This unspoken rule where only juniors and seniors may spend time during school hours in the Senior Courtyard is usually regulated simply by way of respecting tradition. Students typically will make and effort to maintain this tradition regardless of grade.
Senior pranks are also a tradition at the school. In 2009, seniors laid sod and soccer goals to make a miniature soccer field in an outdoor passageway. In December 2009, a group of seniors covertly constructed an elaborate holiday-themed decorative spectacle, complete with Christmas lights, a Christmas tree, and inflatable snowmen that covered the stage in the Senior Courtyard and the overlooking rooftop. Seniors once made the mistake of stopping all of the door locks on the main building with a hardening filling leaving teachers scratching their heads when they came in for work. The students were not aware of the hardening properties of the filler when they performed the prank. In 2010, five seniors performed a less destructive, yet equally disruptive prank by stacking approximately three hundred cinder blocks and balancing a telephone pole on top of it to block the entrance to the parking lot, forcing the faculty and students to park in the surrounding neighborhoods and walk onto campus.
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