Glades Day School

Glades Day School
Location
Glades Day School
Coordinates Coordinates: 26°31′43″N 80°08′11″W / 26.5286824°N 80.1364329°W / 26.5286824; -80.1364329
Information
Established 1 June 1965 (1965-06-01)
Grades K-12
Enrollment 288
Team name Gators
Website www.gladesdayschool.com

Glades Day School is a K-12 private school located in Palm Beach County, northeast of Belle Glade, Florida. It is accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools. It was founded in 1965 as a segregation academy by white parents in response to the court-ordered desegregation of all public schools.[1] It opened as Pahokee Day School and was renamed in 1967 as Day School of the Glades when it purchased and renovated the former Everglades Memorial Hospital in Pahokee.[2]

Athletics

The Robert L. Mace Athletic Center is the hub for all of the sports activities at the school. It features a hardwood floor, an upstairs concession area and air conditioned gym, and a newly renovated weight room. The Athletic Center provides both students and parents a state-of-the-art facility for athletics.

In 2006, the then mayor of Pahokee, JP Sasser, told a newspaper that he left the school in 1970 since administrators prohibited the football team from shaking hands with racially integrated opponents.[1]

Football

Glades Day currently holds 7 state championships. (1980, 1982, 1986, 1995, 2006, 2009, 2010)[3]

In 2006, Glades Day became the Class 1A State Champions by defeating North Florida Christian 42-9.[4]

In 2009, Glades Day became the Class 1B State Champions by defeating Warner Christian.[5]

In 2009, Kelvin Taylor was awarded with the National Freshman of the Year by Maxpreps.com, which is a subsidiary of CBS.com. He rushed for 2,597 yards and had a state-record 47 touchdowns on 295 carries.[6]

Games can be heard on Florida Cast[7] or on WBGF 93.5FM (In Palm Beach County)

Demographics

In 2006, 8.5% of the school's students were black. The nearby public high schools (Glades Central and Pahokee) were over 97% black.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Clary, Mike (December 29, 2006). "School's racial divides blur on football field". Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Thiebaud, Betty (1972), A History of Glades Day School, Glades Day School, retrieved October 29, 2017
  3. ↑ Glades Day State Football Champions 2009 Facebook Page
  4. ↑ Coaches Aid - FHSAA Class 1A, 1B state final previews
  5. ↑ AP: Prep football: Glades Day, Heritage win state titles
  6. ↑ Fred Taylor's son, Kelvin, named National Freshman of the Year
  7. ↑ FloridaCast


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