About our School

2022-2023 GUIDE FOR ACADEMICS AND STUDENT LIFE

Tampa Preparatory School

727 WEST CASS STREET TAMPA, FLORIDA 33606 www.tampaprep.org TEL 813.251.8481 • FAX 813.254.2106 CEEB SCHOOL CODE 101729

THE SCHOOL’S PHILOSOPHY

Founded in 1974, Tampa Preparatory School is a coeducational college preparatory institution enrolling more than 670 students. It exists to provide young men and women in grades six through twelve with rigorous intellectual training, and to instill values of fairness, decency, honor, diligence, and academic curiosity within an orderly and humane environment.

The School is first of all a diverse community of people. It possesses a special quality arising from its relative smallness, with all that this implies in developing close personal relationships. The faculty is composed of high-caliber teachers who assist the students in achieving the greatest personal growth. In addition to fine scholarship and enthusiasm for their fields, they have an abiding interest in young people and their influence extends far beyond the classroom. The opportunity for students and teachers to know and to respect one another as individuals is one of the greatest strengths of independent education in general, and of Tampa Preparatory School in particular.

Classes are taught as seminars, labs, and lectures in which students form and express ideas rather than merely receive and dispense information. Classes frequently are taught in the Socratic manner so that maximum participation is encouraged. The School stresses the development of self-confidence, a sense of worth, and the importance of a sense of humor and of having fun in the pursuit of one’s goals. This approach provides a fertile environment for the growth of academic excellence, and encourages students to develop life-long habits of industry and intellectual curiosity through the discovery of new interests.

In an age that demands instant answers, liberal education cannot demonstrate immediate results, but can stress the values and standards that provide structure for living. The School’s goal is to develop the academic, intellectual, moral, emotional, and physical potential of each student, and to prepare each student as an individual to live a creative, productive, humane, and compassionate life.

Tampa Preparatory School is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Florida Council of Independent Schools. Additionally, the School is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the College Board, the Secondary School Admissions Test Board, the National Association of College Admissions Counseling, the Southern Association of College Admissions Counseling, and the Educational Records Bureau.