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| Students | 1,150 |
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P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School is a public school affiliated with the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida serving students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is a one-school school district and a department of the College of Education of the University of Florida. As its name implies, P.K. Yonge DRS is a laboratory school and is a leader in school-embedded educational research in the state of Florida.
Namesake
The school is named in honor of Philip Keyes Yonge (1850–1934), who served 29 years on the Florida Board of Control, the former governing body for all Florida public universities, including 22 years as its chairman. Yonge demonstrated a commitment to improve education in the state of Florida.
The School Director is Dr. Lynda Hayes. Dr. Cathy Atria is the Principal, and Dr. Russell Froman is the Assistant Principal. Dr. Carrie Geiger is the Supervisor of Instructional Practice and David Holt is the Director of Operations .
One notable feature of the school is the creek (Tumblin' Creek) that runs through the school property. The cafeteria sits on the creek and students may enjoy the Florida nature scene while dining outdoors. It also has a county and state renowned performing arts program. Its band earned a standing superior at the Florida Band Master's Assessment in 2005, 2008 and 2009. Subsequently, the band qualified for state level competition in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, placing 15th, 13th, 7th, and 16th respectively in its class, as well as placing 8th in class 2A performance.
At the beginning of the 2012-13 school year, P.K. Yonge opened a state of the art elementary school building.
Athletics
P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School teams compete under the name "Blue Wave".
Football
Unlike Gainesville High School, which gained fame for football in the 60's, 70's and 80's, Blue Wave football began to get attention in the late 80's on through the 21st century. During that period of time, The Blue Wave groomed some of the most highly regarded players in Florida Gator history. Some examples include Willie Jackson, Terry Jackson, Chris Doering, and Travis McGriff. They joined fellow PKY alum Robert Baker in the National Football League, giving PKY the most players from any high school in the NFL at the time in North Florida. Also, during that time the Blue Wave boasted twelve district titles, seven of them in a row (1998–2004). From 2001-2003, the Blue Wave held the state's longest regular season winning streak at 33 consecutive wins against a complement of excellent teams.
Boys basketball
The boys basketball program, like the football program, gained fame in the 80's that continues through to the 21st Century. It is one of the most elite programs in the state in both boys and girls basketball. The boys, under the direction of head coach Carlos Villalobos, are state contenders year in and year out. The boys won the state championship in 1991, and have played for the title three other times.
Girls basketball
The girls were a state power in the late 1970s and early 1980s, winning two state titles, and playing for three more, in a six-year span. The girls team is currently coached by Willie Powers, an alumnus of the school. The girls basketball team won the 2a state championship in the 2009-2010 season. They also recently won their 2012 state championships.
Other sports
P.K. Yonge has teams in the following sports:
The school has also won state titles in Boy's Cross Country (1980), Boy's Track and Field (1965, 2005, 2006, 2007), Girl's Track and Field (2005) and Girl's Volleyball (2000, 2002) The PK Yonge track and cross country teams are highly successful.
Performing arts
Marching and Concert bands
The Blue Wave Marching Band started their 2009-2010 competition season with a clean-sweep of the Hurricane Pride Invitational Marching Band Festival class 1A competition, taking home all nine awards related to the class. These awards include General Effect, Music Performance, Marching Performance, Auxiliary/Color Guard, and Drum Major. They won first place over five competing bands, garnering a slot in a Final-competition performance. In their 2010 season the marching band made a huge improvement making seventh place at State Competition in the class 1A, while last year they scored in thirteenth place.
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