Gaither High School

Gaither High School is a public high school located in the Northdale area of Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. It opened in 1984 and is located on 16200 North Dale Mabry Highway. Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, Florida, was built around the same time and has the same architectural design.

The school serves the communities of Northdale, Carrollwood Village, Lake Magdalene, and other parts of northern Hillsborough County, such as Avila and parts of southern Lutz.

When Gaither first opened up its doors in 1984–85, seniors were not in attendance, and the school served only 9th–11th graders. (Gaither did not have a class of 1985.) In the 1985–86 year (class of 1989), Gaither kept its doors open to 9th graders. The following year in 1986–87, Gaither ceased to include 9th graders and began to only house the 10th–12th grades until 1997, when Gaither reinstated a four-year program. Gaither's graduating class of 1988 was the very first group of students that included all four years.

On January 31, 2009, Gaither High School hosted the seventh annual Snoop Bowl, a youth football game which puts a youth team coached by Snoop Dogg against a youth team coached by an NFL player in conjunction with the Super Bowl, which was in Tampa.^[2]

Each year, the school hosts a Special Olympics and a Multicultural Assembly. The school's homecoming is called Starlight.

Gaither offers a variety of seasonal sports for student participation. Sports for both boys and girls include cross country, golf, swimming, volleyball, basketball, soccer, tennis and track. Hockey players attending Gaither play for Freedom High School. In addition, boys sports include baseball, wrestling and football while girls compete in softball, flag football and competitive cheer. In certain situations girls may compete on boys teams that do not have a comparable girls team; this typically is found in wrestling, and more rarely in football and baseball. Gaither's main rivals are Steinbrenner High School and Sickles High School.

As of 2020, Gaither High School was 44% Hispanic, 37.6% White, 10.4% Black, 3.8% Asian, 3.7% Multi-racial, 0.3% American Indian and 0.1% Pacific Islander.^[3]

• Eddie Ababio, Major League Soccer player^[4]
• Adam Bilzerian , ganador de las Series Mundiales de Póker de 2009 ^{[ 5 ]}
• Dan Bilzerian , personalidad de internet y jugador profesional de póker.
• Kevin Cash , receptor de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol y actual mánager de los Tampa Bay Rays
• Fernando González , jugador de la Liga Norteamericana de Fútbol
• Donovan Jennings , guardia ofensivo de la NFL para los Green Bay Packers.
• Jennifer Kesse , persona desaparecida
• Alex McGough , mariscal de campo de la NFL para los Seattle Seahawks ^{[ 6 ]}
• Óscar Mercado , beisbolista ^{[ 7 ]}
• Carlton Mitchell , receptor abierto de la NFL para los Atlanta Falcons.
• Jordan Oladokun , cornerback de la NFL para Los Angeles Chargers ^{[ 8 ]}
• Amani Oruwariye , cornerback de la NFL para los Detroit Lions ^{[ 9 ]}
• Lydell Ross , campeón nacional de fútbol americano universitario (2002 - Ohio State), corredor de la NFL (San Diego Chargers).
• JR Russell , receptor abierto de la NFL
• Brittany Snow , actriz
• Jenn Sterger , reportera deportiva y modelo ^{[ 10 ]}
• Kaleb Stewart , músico ^{[ 11 ]}
• Channing Tatum , actor (se trasladó y se graduó en la escuela secundaria Tampa Catholic High School ).
• Jackie Toledo , política ^{[ 12 ] [ 13 ]}
• Eugene Wilson III , receptor abierto de los Florida Gators
• Chad Zerbe , lanzador relevista de los Gigantes de San Francisco

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