GULF HIGH SCHOOL PICTURES

Views of Schwettman Education Center (2006)

Here are some pictures of Schwettman Education Center taken on Nov. 13, 2006. The school, located at 5520 Grand Boulevard in New Port Richey, occupies the the building that housed Gulf High School from 1922 until 1961, although Gulf alumni who attended school here might not recognize the interior of the building.
Main hallway downstairs
Entrance to the cafeteria; front desk
Entrance to the Principal's office; welcome area
Mr. Johnson, who teaches woodworking; entrance to a classroom
Two views of the cafeteria
Left: the cafeteria; right: veranda and the Media Center
Left: the veranda; right, P. E. portable
Woodworking shop
Left: covered walkway to portables and basketball courts; right: the weight room
Left: weight room; right: Media Center
Left: faculty and staff conversing; right: high school social studies classroom.
TV news production area
Left: social studies classroom; right: view from an upstairs window (if you lift the blinds)
High school math classroom
Left: high school math classroom; right: high school science room and video production
Left: science classroom; right: an exterior view of the school
Left: removing a ceiling tile reveals the original ceiling; right: a classroom
LFS strategies in use; downstairs hallway.
View of the front yard; middle school language arts classroom
Left: middle school language arts classroom; right: stairway (no longer used)
This desk with an inkwell may date back to the 1920s (it's no longer used, however)
Views of the basement with donated bicycles in storage.
The exterior entrance to the basement
Left: basketball court and portables. Right: the current main entrance on the south side of the building.
Plans call for switching the main entrance to the front of the building once again and removing the fence.
Principal Mimi Foster has in her office a putty knife apparently used in constructing the building in 1922.
Guidance counselor Mrs. Jones; an exterior view.

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