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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Amerie Akuffo - Gibbs High School
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Amerie Akuffo - Gibbs High School

Amerie Akuffo set her sights on a goal in ninth grade and never let up. Now, as the valedictorian of Gibbs High School, she’s not only graduating at the top of her class but also making history as the school’s first BETA program valedictorian and the first Black female valedictorian since integration.

Administration

BETA Administration

Mrs. Nicole Johnson is our BETA Magnet Program Coordinator. Since 2018 she has been creating and molding the Gibbs BETA magnet into a technology power-house. A very few of her accomplishments over the past seven years have been:

  • Assembling a cohort of business and academic teachers for genuine curriculum integration within the program
  • Finding new field trip opportunities for the students that provide real-world learning experiences
  • Arranging college tours to help students prepare for their post-secondary decisions
  • Reaching out to local industries to provide students as On-the-Job-Training employees
  • Internship possibilities for BETA students
  • Business members for the BETA Advisory Council
  • Networking with other district magnet coordinators to bring ideas back to BETA's table to improve the program
  • Increasing parental involvement in BETA, both at the school and on the BETA Advisory Council.
  • Implementing a partnership the 3DE program of Junior Achievement 
  • Implementing a partnership with the St. Petersburg College School of Business