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HELLO PARENTS & STUDENTS! Tampa Prep is a major metropolitan college preparatory school in the heart of downtown Tampa. The pace of learning on this campus is mirrored in the growth of our fine city.

We are known for our cutting-edge learning environments and innovative faculty, both of which stimulate the young minds that will lead us tomorrow.

As a place to think, create, be yourself, aspire to excellence and go beyond, our students find many ways to grow academically and personally within our halls. And with 17 sports offered and more than 65 clubs and activities, there are countless ways for students to cultivate friendships, pursue passions and have fun doing it!

I am delighted that your family is seriously considering Tampa Prep. When you meet our students and faculty you will see how diverse they are in culture and interests, which means here you will definitely find your place. I hope you enjoy exploring our school! — KEVIN PLUMMER, HEAD OF SCHOOL

WHAT’S NEXT? It’s human nature to venture beyond the next horizon.

To push past boundaries. Outthink obstacles. To challenge. To question. Next is the fire in your belly that refuses to let you settle or back down. It’s the voice in your heart that says, “Try, just once more.”

And it’s that moment when impossible turns possible.

We are TAMPA PREP. And we are here to inspire next – the next great discoveries, innovations, and creations. Join us.

find your next.

WELCOME TO

FLORIDA’S MOST

INNOVATIVE

S CHOOL Quick Facts

690 152

STUDENT POPULATION

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS

93% OF FAMILIES STAY AT TAMPA PREP AFTER ADMISSION

Our classes are not like average, ordinary classrooms.

We flipped them. Made our desks into mobile think tanks. Gave the teachers a mic, projector, and the ability to bring the whole world into first period.

Truly innovative classrooms require more than just modular, mobile furniture and 1-to-1 iPads, however.

Tampa Prep’s commitment to INSPIRE NEXT is personified in our curriculum. We begin with a comprehensive approach that integrates technology into every aspect of curricular activities and extracurricular opportunities. Tampa Prep language students explore famous French museums through virtual reality. Our sixth grade English students produce movies of book reviews on their iPads. Our upper school students are writing VR apps to help themselves study the periodic table in Chemistry.

And we are not just a 1-to-1 iPad school . . . we are a 1-to-1 robot school within the STEM curriculum.

“I think that is one of the things that distinguishes us. Tampa Prep has maintained the belief that it is safe to have your own ideas, and our students are encouraged to bring them forward.”

— Suzy Lassacher ‘85, alumna and faculty member STUDENTS COME FROM

71% Tampa

6% Lutz / Odessa

5%

4%

3%

Brandon / Valrico

Pinellas County

Pasco County

11.2-ACRE CAMPUS WITH UNIVERSITY-GRADE FACILITIES Downtown Tampa is an amazing place to grow. The service learning opportunities, corporate partnerships that lead to senior internships and the waterfront location cannot be found at any other independent school in Tampa Bay. Our campus places students in the midst of a modern, energetic and diverse environment. The talented professionals we call faculty members are dedicated to the task of keeping education—in the classroom, on athletic fields and beyond—just as modern, energetic and diverse as this city.

IN THE HEART OF

DOWNTOWN TAMPA

OUR MISSION:

THINK CREATE BE YOURSELF ASPIRE TO EXCELLENCE GO BEYOND MORE THAN JUST A COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL...

A PREPARATION FOR LIFE WITH A HIGHER PURPOSE THAN SELF

TIPS FOR CHOOSING THE RIGHT SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD

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Attend open houses or shadow visits. Such events reveal the true philosophies behind mission, curriculum and community.

Ask questions like, “What kind of children thrive here?” and “How do teachers and administrators handle problems when they arise?”

- Talk to current students and ask them what they do and don’t like about the school. Consider how the answers balance with your own child’s educational and emotional needs.

- Attend an extracurricular activity like an athletic or arts event if you can. Are there others there with whom you could envision yourself and your child spending time?

Academics UNIQUE ELECTIVES –– African American History –– Algebra 3 with Financial Applications –– Bioethics –– The Chemistry of Art –– Engineering Design –– Forensic Science –– Francophone Studies –– Film Criticism –– iOS App Development –– Performance Psychology

STUDENT SUCCESS

100% graduate with eligibility for at least one collegiate merit scholarship

30%

Tampa Prep applicants accepted to U.S. News & World Report Top 20 colleges/universities (as compared to 17% nationally)

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We're not just a 1-to-1 iPad school . . . we are a 1-to-1 robot school within the STEM curriculum.

ACADEMIC CONCENTRATIONS Tampa Prep offers four dedicated Concentration programs for rising tenth grade students: Arts, for those who want to specialize in an artistic discipline, Global Studies for those who are passionate about international issues, Humanities for students who enjoy delving deeper into English, history and human constructs, and STEM for those who relish the study of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Each of these programs requires students to select classes from a body of relevant coursework that lie at the heart of each focus.

In addition, students must participate in one of several extracurricular activities that complement each program.

Participants must also attend a manageable selection of related events.

The underlying goal of each Concentration is to equip graduating students with a range of experiences that prepares them for further opportunities in these fields, while also completing Tampa Prep’s graduation requirements. Students who successfully complete all requirements for a Concentration will be recognized at graduation.

Learn more: tampaprep.org/learn/academic-concentrations

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ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES OFFERED

Extra Curricular ATHLETICS

60 Individual And Team State Championships

from

48 Athletic Teams

CLUBS At Tampa Prep we want students to seek out great “ahha” moments. Figure things out. Make discoveries. Go exploring. Share interests with peers. It is through these “ahha” moments that leaders find their footing and step forward, initiating student-led clubs and special interest groups.

Our downtown location is ideal for community partnerships, and affords students the opportunity to gain real life experience in their areas of interest. For instance, our Medical Explorers Club has partnered with Tampa General Hospital to gain full-day immersion ER training. Tampa Prep clubs cover topics including: Academic Service Equality Arts STEM Honor Societies Just for Fun Social Justice & Student Council

ACADEMIC COURSES ARTS DANCE Dance Style 1 (6-12)

DIGITAL ARTS Digital Photography (9-12) Introduction to Journalism (9-12) Journalism (9-12) Video Production (8) Introduction to Video (9-12) Creative Video (9-12) Advanced Film and Video (10-12) Broadcast Journalism (9-12) Yearbook (9-12) Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 (9-12) App Development (9-12) Film Criticism 1 (10-12) Film Criticism 2 (10-12)

MUSIC Beginning Chorus (6) Chorus (7,8) Beginning Band (6) Middle School Band (7,8) Chamber Strings (7-12) Upper School Beginning Band (9-12) Upper School Advanced Band (9-12) Piano Lab (9-12) Guitar Lab 1 (9-12) Guitar Lab 2 (9-12) Digital Music Studio (9-12) Concert Chorus (9-12) Chamber Chorus (9-12) AP Music Theory (10-12)

VISUAL ARTS Middle School Art (6-8) Sixth Grade Art Middle School 2D Art (7,8) Middle School 3D Art (7,8)

Studio Art 1 (9-12) Studio Art 2 (9-12) Ceramics 1 (9-12) Ceramics 2 (9-12) Ceramics 3 and Ceramics 4 (10-12) Printmaking 1 (10-12) Printmaking 2 (10-12) Drawing and Painting 1 (9-12) Drawing and Painting 2 (9-12) Crafts 1 and Crafts 2 (9-12) Crafts 3 and 4 (10-12) Sculpture 1 and Sculpture 2 (9-12) Sculpture 3 and Sculpture 4 (10-12) Cultural Art Studies 1,2,3, and 4 (9-12) Advanced Art Studies (11,12) The Chemistry of Art (11,12) AP Studio Art 2-D Design (11,12) AP Studio Art 3-D Design (11,12) AP Art History (11,12) Introduction to Engineering Design (10)

THEATRE ARTS Middle School Theatre Arts (7,8) Acting (9-12) Musical Theatre (9-12) Advanced Musical Theatre (10-12) Technical Theatre (9-12) Theatre Production (10-12)

ENGLISH English 6 English 7 English 8 English 9: Genres of Literature and Composition English 10: World Literature and

Composition English 11: American Literature and

Composition English 11: AP Language and Composition English 12: English Literature and

Composition English 12: AP English Literature and

Composition

SEMESTER ENGLISH ELECTIVES The following are one-semester courses.

Humanities 1 (10-12) Creative Writing (11,12) Film Criticism 1 (10-12) Film Criticism 2 (10-12) English Literature: Renaissance to

Twentieth Century (11,12)

English 12: Reading and Writing Workshop (11,12)

English 12: Poetry in Motion (11,12) English 12: Topics in World Literature (11,12) English 12: Mysteries, Thrillers and Killers (11,12) English 12: Words, Sights and Sounds (11,12) English 12: True Crime Literature:

A Mysterious Appeal (11,12) English 12: Graphic Novels (11,12) English 12: Frankenstein and the

Modern Vampire (11,12) English 12: Shakespeare in Depth-Hamlet (11,12)

HISTORY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Geography (6) Civics (7) American History Survey (8) Foundations of Historical Thinking:

A Big History Approach (9) World History 2 (10) AP World History (10) United States History (11) AP United States History (11) AP American Government (11,12) AP Art History (11,12) AP European History (12) AP Economics (11,12) AP Psychology (11,12)

HISTORY ELECTIVES Humanities 1 (10-12) Government and Civics (11,12) Contemporary World Affairs (11,12) Cultural Anthropology (11,12) African American History (11,12) Economics (11,12) Latin American Studies/Estudios Latinoamericanos (11,12) Francophone Studies (10-12) Psychology (11,12) Performance Psychology (9-12) Bioethics (11-12) Introduction to Law (11,12) United States Politics: Presidential Elections (11,12) - Offered every four years World Religions (11,12)

MATHEMATICS Pre-Algebra Algebra Concepts (Introduction to Algebra) Algebra 1

Geometry Algebra 2 Advanced Algebra 2 Algebra 3 with Financial Applications Statistics and Probability Precalculus Advanced Precalculus Calculus AP Calculus-AB AP Statistics AP Calculus-BC Calculus III with Analytical Geometry

PHYSICAL EDUCATION Middle School Athletic Requirement All Middle School students are required to participate in athletics during the school year. Students will be allowed to select from a list of options each athletic season to fulfill this requirement. Please keep in mind the following when making your selections: 1. Each student must participate on at least one team during the school year.

2. A student may choose the Study Hall option only once per school year.

Middle School Athletic Options: 1. Athletic Team •• Each student must participate on at least one team during the school year •• Options ▫▫ Fall - Boys Soccer, Cross Country, Girls Volleyball, Swimming ▫▫ Winter - Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country Training, Girls Soccer, Wrestling ▫▫ February Intersession Rowing, Track & Field ▫▫ Spring - Baseball, Boys Lacrosse, Cross Country Training, Softball, Tennis, Rowing 2. Physical Education •• Offered in Fall and Spring seasons •• Not offered during the Winter Athletic season •• This option ends at the end of each academic school day 3. Study Hall Athletic Conditioning (SHAC) •• Space is limited to 30 students

•• This option ends at the end of each academic school day 4. Study Hall •• A student may choose the Study Hall option only once per school year •• This option ends at the end of each academic school day When participating on an athletic team, student-athletes are expected to do the following: 1. Attend and participate in all team practices 2. Attend each contest for which their team is scheduled

Physical Education/Personal Fitness & Health (9) Dance Style 1 (6-12) Athletic Conditioning (10-12) Introduction to Sports Medicine & Athletic Training (10-12) Emergency Medical Response (10-12) Performance Psychology (9-12) Fitness for Life (10-12) Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology (10-12) Applied Physiology and Neurology (10-12)

SCIENCE Science 6 - Earth, Life, Physical Science I Science 7 - Earth, Life, Physical Science II Science 8 - Earth, Life, Physical Science III Robotics (6) Intermediate Robotics (7,8) Biology (9) AP Biology (11,12) Chemistry (10-12) Advanced Chemistry (10-12) AP Chemistry (11,12) Physics (10-12) Advanced Physics (10-12) AP Physics 1 (10-12) AP Physics 2 (10-12) AP Physics C (11,12) AP Environmental Science (11,12) Introduction to Engineering Design (10) Principles of Engineering (11) Aerospace Engineering (12) Computer Science Principles (11,12)

SCIENCE ELECTIVES Organic Chemistry (11,12) Food Chemistry (11,12) The Chemistry of Art (11,12) Environmental Science (11,12)

Forensic Science (11,12) Introduction to Sports Medicine & Athletic Training (10-12) Emergency Medical Response (10-12) Marine Biology: Oceans and Life (11,12) Marine Biology: Resources and Conservation (11,12) Applications in Physics (11,12) Intro to Python Programming (9-12) iOS App Development and Student Help Desk (9-12) Web Design with HTML5 & CSS3 (9-12) App Development 1 (9-12) App Development 2 (10-12) Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology (10-12) Applied Physiology and Neurology (10-12) Human Medical Disorders (11,12) Bioethics (11,12) Public Health (10-12)

WORLD AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES Prima Lingua (6) French 1A (7) French 1B (8) French 1 (9) French 2 (9,10) French 3 (10,11) French 4 (11,12) AP French Language (11,12) Les Études Francophones (10-12) Advanced French Conversation Through Film (10-12) Latin 1A (7) Latin 1B (8) Latin 1 (9) Latin 2 (9,10) Latin 3 (10,11) AP Latin (11,12) Advanced Readings in Latin Literature (12) Spanish 1A (7) Spanish 1B (8) Spanish 1 (9,10) Spanish 2 (9-11) Spanish 3 (10-12) Spanish 4 (10-12) Spanish Language and Culture (10-12) AP Spanish Language (10-12) AP Spanish Literature (10-12) Estudios Latinoamericanos (11,12)

GUIDING STUDENTS

Beyond college counseling, one of the most important facets of Tampa Prep is its intensive advising program. Many parents cite it as influential in their enrollment decisions and come to depend on it to keep them informed of both existing and possible or anticipated challenges.

The goal of advising is to create a safe space for community. The advisor’s job is a complex one which requires considerable commitment and conscientiousness. He or she provides a reliable, communicative link between the advisee and his or her parents/guardians and teachers, particularly for students with a grade of C or below in a course. In addition, the advisor functions as the advisee’s advocate, and monitors and promotes the advisee’s academic and personal growth. An open, communicative relationship between parents/guardians and advisors is important.

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING Tampa Prep extends education beyond the traditional classroom in all grades. The goal is to deepen the student’s appreciation for, and understanding of, academic studies and to foster a deeper understanding of the self, the world, and other people. Individual classes may use guest speakers, take local field trips, role-play mock trials, or otherwise incorporate non-traditional ways of learning such as the Harkenss method, explained below. The following trips and projects are just a few of the many experiential learning opportunities which occur school-wide each year.

CLASS TRIPS Students in grades 6-12 take class trips that range from local ropes courses (grades 9 and 10) to walking the Boston Freedom Trail, learning more about the American Revolution (grade 8) to swimming with dolphins in Key West (grade 7) to hiking and camping in Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina (grade 11).

HARKNESS METHOD

Ninth grade teachers and advisors are particularly sensitive to the academic and social adjustments involved in being an Upper School student and communicate early and frequently when concerns arise about these matters.

The Harkness table, Harkness method or Harkness discussion involves a teaching and learning method where students are seated in a large, oval configuration to discuss ideas in an encouraging, open-minded environment with only occasional or minimal teacher intervention. Most classrooms at Tampa Prep are set up to support the Harkness method, and most teachers employ it.

ATHLETICS

SENIOR INTERNSHIPS

FALL

Bowling (B,G) V, MS Cross-Country (B,G) V, MS Diving (B,G) V, MS Golf (B,G) V Rowing (Club) Soccer (B) MS Swimming (B,G) V, MS Volleyball (G) V, JV, MS

WINTER

Basketball (B,G) V, JV, MS Soccer (B,G) V, JV (G) MS Wrestling (B) V, MS

SPRING

Baseball (B) V, JV, MS Lacrosse (B) V, MS Rowing (B,G) V, JV, Novice Softball (G) V, M Tennis (B,G) V, MS Track & Field (B,G) V, MS

Completion of a 70-hour Senior Internship is a graduation requirement. Seniors are counseled through the process of updating their resume, networking for a job search, preparing for and having an interview, and working in the job force. They blog about their experience.

3# PROJECT For the 3# project (3 lbs. is the weight of the human brain) students in Honors English resolve to learn something they have always wanted to try. This can be anything from playing an instrument, to cooking a vegan meal, to building a car engine. Throughout the process, they maintain a digital portfolio of blog entries, research and multimedia samples of their works in progress.

Their portfolios are part of their final presentation in a gallery-style exhibition and are presented to guests.

COOKIE COMPANY PROJECT In Honors Economics, students form companies to sell cookies and other treats to the Tampa Prep community, applying and executing what they are learning in class.

Each company has to present a marketing/social media plan and a business plan to a group of TP experts in hopes of receiving a business loan.

Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage

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