Gulliver Preparatory School


Gulliver Preparatory School or simply Gulliver Prep, is a private co-educational school. Its management offices are in Kendall, Florida, a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Its previous administrative offices were in Coral Gables, Florida.

History

20th century

Gulliver Academy was founded in 1926. In 1952 Marian Krutulis purchased it, reopening it in 1954 and moving it to the Coral Gables site in 1967. High School classes were added; the first senior class graduated in 1977. It is a for-profit school. The Miller Drive Campus opened in 1996.

21st century

Marian Cline Krutulis, the school's owner, also served as director of the school until 2007 when she was succeeded by her son, John Krutulis. Jonathan M. Schoenwald became the principal of the prep school in 2014. With a PhD in American history from Stanford University and administrative experience at Hunter College of the City University of New York, Princeton University, and Stanford, Schoenwald's appointment was unusual for a high school.
In 2022, Gulliver Preparatory opened a new center for student life, located at its Marian C. Krutulis PK-8 Campus.

Campuses

The school reports more than 2,200 students enrolled at two campuses.
  • Gulliver Prep - Marian C. Krutulis PK-8 Campus - Coral Gables
  • Gulliver Prep - Upper School Campus - Pinecrest

    Academics

Gulliver Prep offers honors, International Baccalaureate program, Advanced Placement, work and extracurricular experiences. Gulliver offers more than 30 AP courses, an internship program, and dual enrollment opportunities at the University of Miami, Florida International University and Miami-Dade College.

Athletics

Gulliver's teams, The Raiders, have won district, regional, sectional, state runner-up and state championships, as well as numerous conference championships. Gulliver currently competes in the 4A classification.

Student Life

Newspaper

The Raider Voice is Gulliver's online news source.

FHSAA team championships by sport

SportGenderChampionshipsYearsRunner-upYearsNotes
Baseball1200421998, 2010
BasketballBoys00
Girls120040
Cross CountryBoys31998, 1999, 20010In 1999, cross-country became the first team to win back-to-back titles in Miami-Dade County
Girls21990, 199711996
Football1200112008Team featured Sean Taylor and Buck Ortega. The 2019 Raiders football team was the first team to go undefeated in the regular season.
GolfBoys100
Girls100
LacrosseBoys100
SoccerBoys401992, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2023, 202422013, 2021
Girls10201141997, 1999, 2001, 2013
Softball601998, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2012, 201312007
SwimmingBoys102016,41981, 1982, 1983, 2017
Girls402014, 2015, 2016, 201712005
TennisBoys102003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 201932002, 2004, 2012
Girls701994, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 201941999, 2002, 2003, 2012
Track & FieldBoys00
Girls10199822002, 2003
VolleyballGirls00
Water PoloBoys42007, 2012, 2014, 202132001, 2006, 2011
Girls92001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 201351998, 2000, 2014, 2017, 2021
Total6132

Source: FHSAA.org

Notable alumni