Pinellas County Schools Announce Graduation Dates
High school seniors throughout Pinellas are preparing to receive their diplomas. Graduation ceremonies are scheduled during the month of May throughout the district.
Graduation dates, times and locations are as follows.
Wednesday, May 22
• Pinellas Gulf Coast Academy, 6 p.m., Largo High School, 410 Missouri Ave. N., Largo.
• Lealman Innovation Academy, 6 p.m., City on a Hill Church, 4265 13th Ave. N., St. Petersburg.
• Dunedin High School, 6 p.m., Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater.
• Nina Harris School, 6:45 p.m., Nina Harris cafeteria, 6000 70th Ave. N., Pinellas Park.
Thursday, May 23
• Countryside High School, 11 a.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
• Northeast High School, 1:45 p.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
• Calvin Hunsinger School, 2:30 p.m., Calvin Hunsinger cafeteria, 1863 N. Betty Lane, Clearwater.
• Osceola Fundamental High School, 4:30 p.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
• Richard L. Sanders School, 4:30 p.m., Richard L. Sanders gymnasium, 5025 76th Ave. N., Pinellas Park.
• Disston Academy, 6 p.m., Gibbs High School, 850 34th St. S., St. Petersburg.
• Paul B. Stephens School, 6:30 p.m., Paul B. Stephens gymnasium, 2935 County Road 193, Clearwater.
• East Lake High School, 7:15 p.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
Friday, May 24
• Seminole High School, 7:30 a.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
• Bayside High School, 8:30 a.m., Bayside High School, 14405 49th St. N., Clearwater.
• Pinellas Park High School, 10:15 a.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
• Virtual High School, 10:30 a.m., Bayside High, 14405 49th St. N., Clearwater.
• St. Petersburg High School, 1 p.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
• Largo High School, 3:45 p.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
• Palm Harbor University High School, 6:30 p.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
Saturday, May 25
• Boca Ciega High School, 7:30 a.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
• Gibbs High School, 10:15 a.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
• Dixie Hollins High School, 1 p.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
• Lakewood High School, 3:45 p.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
• Tarpon Springs High School, 6:30 p.m., Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
Wednesday, May 29
• Clearwater High School, 7:30 p.m., Spectrum Field, 601 N. Old Coachman Road, Clearwater.
Friends and family can follow the district’s Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mypinellasschools/) and Twitter (@my_pcs) accounts for graduation photos or celebration information. District staff will live-tweet each graduation ceremony using #PCSGrads. Students are encouraged to tweet their graduation pictures and share them to the district’s social media accounts.
This will also be the first year each ceremony will be streamed live on the PCS YouTube page, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXow6rWVWO7rodM4IGNTMgA.
Valedictorians and salutatorians
Each school has named its top students that will represent the Class of 2019 as valedictorian or salutatorian. These student are as follows.
• Boca Ciega High: Valedictorian is Robert Hurley, who is graduating with a 4.6692 grade point average. He plans to attend Stanford University. Alexander Louis Jenks is salutatorian. Jenks has a 4.6129 GPA and plans to attend University of Florida.
• Clearwater High: Valedictorian is Jianna Eryka Chiong Tan, who has a 4.7745. Tan plans to attend the University of Florida. Tillie Frances Palma is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.7736. Palma intends to attend the University of Florida.
• Countryside High: Valedictorian is Ryan Michael Scivally, who has a GPA of 4.7054. Scivally plans to attend the University of Florida. Charlie Vu Nguyen is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.6897. Nguyen intend to attend the University of Pennsylvania.
• Dixie Hollins High: Valedictorians are Polina Angelica Leger with a GPA 4.8103 and Reanna Stiehler with a GPA of 4.7368. Leger plans to attend the University of Florida and Stiehler intends to go to DePauw University.
• Dunedin High: Valedictorian is Hannah Adell Enzor with a GPA of 4.60. Enzor had not decided his future plans. Raymond Joseph Sass is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.5865.Sass plans to attend Brown University.
• East Lake High Traditional: Valedictorian is Amanda Marie Foreman with a GPA of 4.6964. Erica Estelle Wonicker-Cook is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.6404. Foreman and Wonicker-Cook plan to attend the University of Florida.
• East Lake High Engineering: Valedictorian is Ashwin Ganesh with a GPA of 4.7899. Ganesh intends to attend the University of Texas at Austin. Jessica Bennett is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.7830. Bennett plans to go to Brown University.
• Gibbs High: Valedictorian is Sofia Torino with a GPA of 4.5667. Cameron Elise Kay is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.50. Torino and Kay plan to attend Florida State University.
• Lakewood High Traditional: Valedictorian is Shadine Amanda Henry with a GPA of 4.1727. Henry plans to attend the University of North Florida. Camila Romero is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.1071. Romero intends to go to University of South Florida.
• Lakewood High Center of Advanced Technologies: Valedictorian is Nathan Shane Hamilton with a GPA of 4.7639. Hamilton intends to attend the University of Pennsylvania. Stefan Michael Mason is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.7042. Mason plans to go to Carnegie Mellon University.
• Largo High Traditional: Valedictorian is Alyssa Nicole Rill with a GPA of 4.50. Rill plans to attend University of South Florida in Tampa. Ajla Bilali is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.4643. Bilali intends to go to University of South Florida in St. Petersburg.
• Largo High IB: Valedictorian is Connor James Mann with a GPA of 4.7344. Mann plans to attend Yale University or Vanderbilt University. Samantha Hama Askey is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.6019. Askey intends to go to University of Florida.
• Northeast High: Valedictorian is Sarah Marie Gruber with a GPA of 4.6204. Gruber plans to attend Johnson and Wales University. Elizabeth Anne Early is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.6019. Early intends to go to University of Florida.
• Osceola Fundamental High: Valedictorian is Ethan Hoang Phong To with a GPA of 4.6837. To plans to attend the University of Florida. Benjamin Bryce Allen is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.6509. Allen intends to go to Bowdoin College.
• Palm Harbor University High Traditional: Valedictorian is Shady Mina with a GPA of 4.6339. Mina plans to attend Yale University. Taylor Norwood is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.5893. Norwood plans to go to University of Florida.
• Palm Harbor University High IB: Valedictorian is Anuj Som with a GPA of 4.750. Som plans to attend Duke University. Viraj Vimesh Mithani is salutatoriam with a GPA of 4.7353. Mithani intends to go to Cornell University.
• Pinellas Park High: Valedictorian is Thao Thu Vo with a GPA of 4.6091. Vo plans to attend University of South Florida. Roy Harrison is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.5238. Harrison intends to go to Georgia Tech.
• Seminole High: Valedictorian is Julia C. Doyle with a GPA of 4.6038. Robert Anthony Ovalle is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.5849. Doyle and Ovalle plan to attend University of Florida.
• St. Petersburg High Collegiate: Valedictorian is Cecelia Faith Gordon with a GPA of 4.7845. Gordon plans to attend Florida Gulf Coast University. Erin Anna Murphy is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.7768. Murphy intends to go to Florida State University.
• St. Petersburg High IB: Valedictorian is Catherine Yunshin Lee with a GPA of 4.6694. Lee plans to attend Rice University. Justin Alexander Barlas is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.6639. Barlas intends to go to Brown University.
• St. Petersburg High Traditional: Valedictorian is Taylor Ann Redington with a GPA of 4.50. Redington plans to attend Florida State University. Matthew Faulkner Wohlwend is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.4912. Wohlwend intends to go to University of Florida.
• Tarpon Springs High: Valedictorian is Nomikos George Skoutelis with a GPA of 4.7193. Skoutelis plans to attend University of South Florida. MacKenzie Grace Dufresne is salutatorian with a GPA of 4.6442. Dufresne intends to attend University of Tampa.
SOURCE: tbnweekly.com