spanish teacher and technology specialist at Canterbury School of Florida - St. Petersburg, FL, FL, US
Founded in 1968, Canterbury School of Florida is a co-educational, college preparatory, independent day school located on two campuses in St. Petersburg, Florida. As a private school primarily serving Pinellas County and the greater Tampa Bay area, Canterbury is recognized for educational excellence in prekindergarten through grade 12. We foster a love of learning by discovering and celebrating individual talents and skills through engagement with exemplary teachers in distinctive academic, artistic, athletic, and extracurricular activities. Respecting the diversity of others and valuing the relationships uniting us as a school community, we inspire individual responsibility and a commitment to serve.Canterbury is best known for its stellar, one-of-a-kind Marine Studies program and curriculum. Year after year, it remains the best in the state of Florida because of the experiences and resources our students exclusively receive through research, service trips, and leadership opportunities with organizations like NOAA, Cousteau Divers, Tampa Bay Watch, Eckerd College and University of South Florida's College of Marine Science.Our portrait of a Canterbury graduate looks like this:Models integrity and respects differencesDemonstrates leadership and self-disciplineIntellectually curious and explores possibilitiesApproaches each day with enthusiasm and purposeViews the world with empathy, humility, and compassionAcademically preparedPoised and confident