St. Petersburg High School Football

various magazines and newspapers. Journal and Palmetto and Pine gave much space to descriptions of its features in a 1926 edition:

"The finest school building in the South ... superb equipment and unique architecture ... an enormous auditorium with a stage as large as those in the greatest theaters in the world, on which basketball contests may be staged ... shower rooms, lockers not only in shower rooms but also individual ... tennis courts, baseball diamonds, football gridiron ... cafeteria for 1,200 ... private waterworks ... electric light plant, oil-burning boilers for heat ... rambling Spanish architecture makes the three-story building look long, low, impressive ... an inspiration to walk toward it ... to see the sun on the red-tiled roof ... inside, one is almost lost at first." Through the years the faculty, students, and alumni have continued many of the fine traditions that make SPHS special. The school spirit of the mighty "Green Devils" is evident in the academic and extracurricular activities as well as athletic programs. SPHS has primarily an academic program with one of the first International Baccalaureate (IB) programs in FL. The overall curriculum, however, is designed to best suit the needs of all the students. The school is fully accredited by both the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the State of Florida. On May 13, 2019 the official groundbreaking for the
$32 million dollar upgrades began.