Berkeley Preparatory School

Berkeley Preparatory School is a coed, independent, Episcopal day school in Tampa that serves students in pre-k through twelfth grade. Berkeley provides a safe, nurturing environment featuring inspiring teaching, engaged parents and alumni, and outstanding resources, including incomparable facilities on a beautiful 86-acre campus.

• Enrollment: 1,430
• Class Size: Varies by grade level
• Grades: PreK – Grade 12
• Tuition Range: $22,170 – $33,970
• Amenities: Financial Aid, Transportation, Sports, Uniforms Required

Amenities | Transportation Options Available; Sports: 17 sports, 80 teams in Middle and Upper Division; Arts: visual and performing arts offered in world-class facilities.

Campus Facilities | Berkeley is located on a beautiful 86-acre campus in Tampa.

Athletics | Berkeley offers a robust selection of sports for Middle and Upper Division students. With 17 different sports, over 80 teams are fielded annually, and we have an incomparable roster of coaches. Berkeley is a member of the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA). The school takes pride in our student-athletes, who excel both in the classroom and in their athletic arena, as evidenced by winning the 2024 FHSAA Academic Team Champion Award for the 3A classification.

Berkeley’s state-of-the-art facilities rival and often surpass what you’ll find on most college campuses. These on-campus facilities include two turf fields, three gymnasiums, a pool, beach volleyball courts, tennis courts, baseball and softball fields, and a golf complex.

Take a look at just a few accolades that Berkeley Athletics has received:

• >70 FHSAA Academic Team State Championships
• Overall Team Academic Champion for 12 of the last 14 years
• 2021-2022 winner of the FHSAA Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup All-Sports Award for Best Athletic Program in Class 3A
• 2021-2022 winner of the FHSAA Fred E. Rozelle Sportsmanship Award
• 2021-2022 FACA Cary McDonald Award for the Athletic Program of the Year for Class 3A
• 2023 Varsity Football Team becoming the FHSAA Class 2M State Champions
• 2024 Varsity Boys Basketball Team getting to the Final Four in the FHSAA State Championship
• 2024 Varsity Beach Volleyball Team being the FHSAA State Runner-Up

Arts | Berkeley offers a wide array of opportunities in the visual and performing arts, providing students with a whole new level of training—hands-on classes in state-of-the-art facilities with professional-level equipment and software. What you’ll find here:

• Outstanding Courses and Clubs: By taking visual arts courses and joining clubs, students develop skills in design principles as they prepare presentations and portfolios. In theatre and music courses and clubs, students rehearse for a variety of public performances. Through Berkeley’s arts curriculum, students are encouraged to embrace their creativity, hone an individual aesthetic, and take on leadership roles as curators, directors, conductors, choreographers, and more.
• Experienced Faculty: Our passionate faculty are all professionals in their industries and practicing artists who bring real-world experience to the classroom.
• Unmatched Resources: Whether a student wants to play the bagpipes, try woodworking in the Smith Fabrication Studio, deliver a monologue in the Berkman Flex Studio (a black box theatre), film a video using a green screen, sing a cappella, join an after-school club on making comic books, or learn how to use a pottery wheel, Berkeley provides artistic experiences that you won’t find at many other schools.
• Awards and Recognition: Students at Berkeley are consistently honored for their top-notch work and have won Broadway Star of the Future awards, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, All-State music recognition, and more.
• Impressive Guest Speakers: Faculty often bring in amazing artists and performers from around the globe for lectures, Q&As, and master classes. Guests in recent years include: the touring cast of Hamilton, Broadway actor Jeffery Binder (“The Lion King”), Jason Burnett (ceramic surface design and image transfer), artists of Print St. Pete letterpress printing, Taylor Robenalt (Taylor Robenalt Ceramics), Matt Schiemann (Matthew Schiemann Pottery), Francesco Lietti (muralist), Tobias Haunhorst (pianist), and Alyssa Jones (Director of Vocal Ensembles at USF).
• An Alumni Network at Arts-Focused Colleges and Universities: Berkeley graduates have received scholarships and admission to many arts-focused colleges and universities, including: Belmont University, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University, Maine College of Art & Design, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Parsons School of Design, the Rhode Island School of Design, Savannah College of Art & Design, University of Westminster (Fashion Design Honors), and more.

At Berkeley, the arts are celebrated, and performances and exhibitions attract huge audiences. Students feel that their work matters, and driven by a desire for artistic excellence, they are able to stretch themselves in a supportive environment.

Technology | Berkeley Preparatory School has proudly earned the designation of Apple Distinguished School. If you wander around campus, you’ll find teachers and students using a wide variety of Apple products in wildly imaginative ways. We champion innovative learning and teaching, incorporating technology at every level of the educational journey.

In Lower Division, students…

• In kindergarten through fourth grade regularly work independently with Apple iPads in classrooms
• Begin using an Apple MacBook in fifth grade (100% of our students in fifth through twelfth grade own an Apple laptop)
• Learn about coding, programming, Digital Citizenship and Acceptable Technology Use, 3D printing, green screen filming and production, and how to use digital microscopes in the Pagidipati Center for Science, Engineering, and Technology

In Middle Division, students…

• May continue their STEM education outside the classroom in the Robotics Club
• Use Apple MacBook computers to build civilizations using Minecraft in their Global Studies I classes
• Access digital tools to brainstorm and prototype solutions to environmental issues within the Center for Environmental Research and Experiential Science (CERES)

In Upper Division, students…

• Make an impact by teaching coding to Berkeley Academy scholars
• Create digital art and animation for competitions and public display
• Use AirPlay Apple TV technology to share class presentations

High-Tech Teachers | 100% of Berkeley teachers have earned their Apple Teacher designation and leverage the most powerful learning tools in history to engage students in a transformative education.

• Science teachers collaborate with music teachers to allow students to see and measure the relationship between pitch and frequency
• Faculty research and discuss emerging technology like artificial intelligence with students
• Tools like GarageBand, iMovie, and more are used to make lessons fun and engaging

Accreditation and Memberships | Berkeley is accredited through the Florida Council of Independent Schools and the Southern Association of Independent Schools and has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School.

Memberships include:

• National Association of Independent Schools,
• National Association of Episcopal Schools,
• ssociation of Independent School Admission Professionals,
• National Association of College Admissions Counselors,
• National Business Officers Association,
• Enrollment Management Association,
• Mid-South Independent School Business Officers,
• Florida High School Athletic Association.

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