Gulliver Preparatory School or simply Gulliver Prep, is a private
co-educational
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school. Its management offices are in
Kendall, a
census-designated place
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in
Miami-Dade County
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,
Florida
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. Its four campuses are across the county.
Previously the administrative offices were in
Coral Gables.
History
Gulliver Academy was founded in 1926. Gulliver Preparatory opened in 1975. The Miller Drive Campus opened in 1996.
[Gulliver Pinecrest Prep Campus]
" 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.
Campuses
More than 2,200 students are enrolled at Gulliver’s four campuses. The campuses operated by Gulliver schools include:
* Gulliver Prep - Executive Office
* Gulliver Prep - Marian C. Krutulis PK-8 Campus -
Coral Gables
* Gulliver Prep - Montgomery Campus -
Pinecrest - Formerly Pinecrest Middle School
* Gulliver Prep - Upper School Campus-
Pinecrest
* Gulliver Prep - Upper School Miller Campus -
Olympia Heights[2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Olympia Heights CDP, FL]
Archive
. U.S. Census Bureau
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. Retrieved on January 3, 2015. - Formerly Pinecrest Prep Campus
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Accreditation
Gulliver Prep is accredited by five agencies: the Southern Association of Independent Schools {{Cleanup-spam, date=April 2011
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(SAIS), the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
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(SACS), the Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS), the Florida Kindergarten Council (FKC), and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation
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CITA was formed in 1994 by regional accrediting organizations in the United States
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(CITA).
Academics
Gulliver Prep offers honors, International Baccalaureate
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program, Advanced Placement
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, work and extracurricular experiences. The average class size at Gulliver is 16 students; the student/teacher ratio is approximately 8-to-1. Gulliver offers more than 30 AP courses, an internship program, and dual enrollment opportunities at the University of Miami, Florida International University and Miami-Dade College.
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.
Age discrimination lawsuit
In 2014, Patrick Snay, a former headmaster for the Miami, Florida
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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
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with Gulliver Preparatory; courts ultimately ruled in the school's favor.
Notable alumni
* R. Alexander Acosta, National Labor Relations Board, United States Secretary of Labor
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*Michael Baiamonte
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Career
In addition to being the Heat's public addr ...
, Miami Heat
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PA announcer
* George P. Bush
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, grandson of President George H.W. Bush, nephew of President George W. Bush, son of Governor Jeb Bush, current Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office
* Soman Chainani
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Soman's series, ''The School for Good and Evil'', debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, has sold mor ...
, author of ''The School for Good and Evil
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'' series
* Nelson Dellis
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, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2021 USA Memory champion
* Tony Dokoupil
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Early life
Dokoupil, who is of Czech heritage ...
, American broadcast journalist and co-anchor, CBS This Morning
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*Sylvia Fowles
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, WNBA basketball player (2015 WNBA Finals MVP) and Olympic gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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(transferred from Miami Edison High School)
* Joe Jackson (defensive end, born 1996)
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Early years
Jackson attended Gulliver Prep, where ...
, Dallas Cowboys
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defensive end
* Craig Gottlieb
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, cast member on History Channel's ''Pawn Stars
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''
* Enrique Iglesias
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, singer and musician
* Julio Iglesias Jr., singer and musician
* Buck Ortega, professional football player
*Marysol Patton
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, The Real Housewives of Miami
* Patrick Robinson, New Orleans Saints
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defensive back
* Steven Rodriguez, baseball player
* Blake Ross, co-creator, Mozilla Firefox
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*Tina Rivers Ryan
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, curator, art historian
* Eduardo Saverin
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, co-founder of Facebook
* Andrew Talansky
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, professional triathlete and retired professional cyclist on the Cannondale-Drapac cycling team
* Sean Taylor
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, former professional football player for the Washington Redskins
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*CJ Donaldson
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Early life and high school career
Donaldson grew up in Miami, Florida and attended Gulliver Preparatory School ...
, College Football Player
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
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, 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
Source: FHSAA.org
References
External links
Gulliver Schools home page
retrieved on January 3, 2016. "Executive Office: 9350 South Dixie Highway, 11th Floor Miami, Florida 33156 ..cademy - Marian C. Krutulis Campus: 12595 Red Road Coral Gables, Florida 33156 ..ontgomery Drive Campus: 7500 SW 120 Street Pinecrest, Florida 33156 ..reparatory School: 6575 North Kendall Drive Pinecrest, Florida 33156 ..iller Drive Campus: 8000 SW 56 Street Miami, Florida 33155 • 305.274.9535
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Preparatory schools in Florida
Private K-12 schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida
1926 establishments in Florida
Educational institutions established in 1926
Kendall, Florida
Coral Gables, Florida