SCOTT KEELER | Times
6/17/13
ST. PETERSBURG — Tony Bennett played with his hands and rocked in his seat and said he was just going to come out and say it: "In the toughest schools, you have to have a principal who almost has a Navy SEAL mentality." Such a principal, he said, must believe that nothing is more important than children learning an …
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Leto High
Number of graduates: 370
Valedictorian: Daniel Ospina
Salutatorian: Juan Carrillo
Speakers: principal Victor Fernandez, senior class treasurer Briana Honeycutt, Carrillo and Ospina.
Alonso High
Number of graduates: 567
Valedictorian: Razanne Oueini
Salutatorian: Ellen Shepherd
Speakers: Principal Louis Diaz, senior class president Angela Niedenfuer, Ellen Shepherd, and Oueini.
LARGO HIGH
NUMBER OF GRADUATES: 303
VALEDICTORIAN: Steven A. Higginbotham
Pinellas park High
Number of graduates: 426
Valedictorian: Alex Dang
Salutatorian: Christopher Griffin
Speakers: Principal John G. Johnston; Dang; Griffin; senior speaker Gabrielle Muscarella
KESWICK CHRISTIAN
NUMBER OF GRADUATES: 33
VALEDICTORIAN: Jonathan Douglas Easterday
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