Tampa Bay, FL
The Tampa Bay community consists of five first-year teachers serving three schools: St. Petersburg Catholic High School, St. Joseph and Sacred Heart Elementary Schools.
Tampa Bay Community – Mary, Tony, Anna, Trevor, and Laura.
Laura Adams
University of Notre Dame, 2007, Environmental Geosciences
St. Petersburg Catholic High School, Math
Trevor Owen
Marquette University, 2007, History
St. Petersburg Catholic High School, Social Studies
Tony Crafa
University of Notre Dame, 2007, History
St. Joseph, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Language Arts, Social Studies, and Math
Mary DeMott
University of Notre Dame, 2007, Theology
St. Joseph, 3rd Grade
Anna Jacob
St. Patrick’s College, Dublin, 2006, Education
Sacred Heart, 4th Grade
What is unique about your community?
This will be our first year living together and growing as a community on the beautiful sands of Florida!
Schools served in Tampa Bay
St. Petersburg Catholic High School
St. Joseph School
Sacred Heart School
Provide a brief description of Tampa Bay:
Tampa is primarily a tourist area, offering a beautiful downtown with a waterfront promenade, miles and miles of beaches along the Gulf of Mexico and several interesting museums. About 20 minutes north of downtown, our community lives in Pinellas Park on the property of Sacred Heart Parish. Pinellas Park is a residential community with many strip malls, located about 20 minutes from the beach.
What do you like most about Tampa Bay?
It is really wonderful to be able to go to the beach on the weekend or in the evening to see the sun set. For runners, you can go running year round. There’s lots to do here – lots of little restaurants and cafes. Busch Gardens, Universal Studios, and Disney World are just a short drive away. The weather is awesome. Even if it rains it usually only rains for an hour or two and then goes right back to being warm and sunny :)
