Gulliver Preparatory School

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Gulliver Preparatory School
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Gulliver Preparatory School
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Type Private, Independent
Opened1926 (Gulliver Academy)
1975 (Gulliver Preparatory School)
GradesPK - 12
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)  Navy Blue
  White
MascotRaider
Website http://www.gulliverprep.org

Gulliver Preparatory School or simply Gulliver Prep, is a private co-educational school. Its management offices are in Kendall, a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida. [1] Its four campuses are across the county.

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Previously the administrative offices were in Coral Gables. [2]

History

Gulliver Academy was founded in 1926. [3] Gulliver Preparatory opened in 1975. [4] The Miller Drive Campus opened in 1996. [5] In 2021 Gulliver Preparatory broke ground on a new center for student life, which will be located at its Marian C. Krutulis PK-8 Campus. The center is the first major construction undertaken as part of the school's new master plan. It is also part of Gulliver's long-term plan to consolidate its four academic campuses into two. [6]

Campuses

More than 2,200 students are enrolled at Gulliver's four campuses. The campuses operated by Gulliver schools include:

Accreditation

Gulliver Prep is accredited by five agencies: the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS), the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS), the Florida Kindergarten Council (FKC), and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA).

Academics

Gulliver Prep offers honors, International Baccalaureate program, Advanced Placement, work and extracurricular experiences. The average class size at Gulliver is 16 students; the student/teacher ratio is approximately 8-to-1.[ citation needed ] Gulliver offers more than 30 AP courses, an internship program, and dual enrollment opportunities at the University of Miami, Florida International University [9] and Miami-Dade College. [10]

Gulliver Preparatory awards the International Baccalaureate Diploma.

Academic Programs are offered at all campuses. The Marian C. Krutulis PK-8 campus offers middle school students Gateway to Technology and Gateway to Technology for Girls. The Upper School Campus Signature Academic Programs include architecture, biomedical sciences, engineering, international business and entrepreneurship and law and litigation.[ citation needed ]

Age discrimination lawsuit

In 2014, Patrick Snay, a former headmaster for the Miami, Florida location, was awarded a settlement of $80,000 related to an age discrimination complaint he had brought against the institution when his 2010 to 2011 contract was not renewed. Snay's daughter, Dana Snay, posted information about the settlement on social media and the social media post was used as evidence that the Snays had violated the non-disclosure agreement with Gulliver Preparatory; courts ultimately ruled in the school's favor. [11]

Notable alumni

Athletics

Gulliver's teams, The Raiders, have won district, regional, sectional, state runner-up and state championships, as well as numerous conference championships. Gulliver currently competes in the 4A classification. The Miami Herald awarded Gulliver the All Sports Award for having the top program for small schools in Miami-Dade County, and the Florida High School Activities Association ranked Gulliver Schools 2nd in the state in the 2A and 3A classifications dependent upon sport.

The football field was renamed Sean Taylor Memorial Field on September 5, 2009, in honor of the late football player.

FHSAA team championships by sport

SportGenderChampionshipsYearsRunner-upYearsNotes
Baseball1200421998, 2010
BasketballBoys00
Girls120040
Cross CountryBoys31998, 1999, 20010In 1999, cross-country became the first team to win back-to-back titles in Miami-Dade County
Girls21990, 199711996
Football1200112008Team featured Sean Taylor and Buck Ortega. The 2019 Raiders football team was the first team to ever go undefeated in the regular season. While the raiders did not win a state championship that year, this team included some big names like, Donell Harris, Diego La'Monica, Gabriel Taylor, Terell Torrence, Westley Neal, and Will Bettridge
GolfBoys00
Girls00
LacrosseBoys00
SoccerBoys71992, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2014, 2015, 202022013, 2021
Girls1201141997, 1999, 2001, 2013
Softball61998, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2012, 201312007
SwimmingBoys12016,41981, 1982, 1983, 2017
Girls42014, 2015, 2016, 201712005
TennisBoys102003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 201932002, 2004, 2012
Girls71994, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 201941999, 2002, 2003, 2012
Track & FieldBoys00
Girls1199822002, 2003
VolleyballGirls00
Water PoloBoys42007, 2012, 2014, 202132001, 2006, 2011
Girls92001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 201351998, 2000, 2014, 2017, 2021
Total6132

Source: FHSAA.org [14]

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