Located off First Avenue in the Old Northeast, St. Pete Prep is not a preparatory school but a pre-school that prepares youngsters for their grade-school education. "We learn something new each day," is the motto at the learning center, which has a shaded playground. The school has specific programs, based on age groups and development levels. It is licensed as a pre-school as well as a before and after-care center. It also runs a summer camp.
Southeast High was again named one of America's top 500 public high schools by Newsweek magazine in 2010. It boasts top-rated student organizations such as its Key Club, FFA, Southeast Players (drama), its nationally ranked TV production broadcast news team and a world champion Formula One race car team that is part of Technology Students Association. Southeast operates an International Baccalaureate program; a Visual and Performing Arts Academy; an Agriscience, Business, Consumer Science Academy; and an Electronics Communications Center.
Notable Seminoles alumni include former Florida State and NFL standout Peter Warrick and Adrian McPherson, a former "Mr. Basketball" and "Mr. Football" for the state of Florida. Southeast football coach Paul Maechtle is a member of the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame and has won two state titles in his 25-plus years at the helm.
The Delphi Academy method of teaching, which is based on the works of L. Ron Hubbard, stresses practical application. The school's campus features a wood shop, science lab, performing arts and music room and an art room equipped with a pottery wheel and kiln.
The school mission is "give young people a rich academic background, a strong sense of ethics and a broad range of abilities to successfully launch them into higher education, a career and life itself."