Upper School Student Publications

Student Yearbook, Magazine, & Newspaper

At Gulliver Prep, our digital and printed publications offer many outlets for our students to be creative. Students learn skills in graphic design, visual communications and digital media as they work to produce the school yearbook, literary magazine, or newspaper. Many of the publications have won prestigious awards over the years and remain some of our most popular courses.

Raider Yearbook

A student-produced print publication capturing the year’s highlights through captivating graphic design.

The Raider Yearbook is an impressive, student-run publication, that serves as the school’s historical record of the academics, events, and student body each year. The Raider’s 400 pages are all conceptualized, designed, and created by a student-led staff, under the advisement of faculty member, Monica Rodriguez.

The publication stands as one of the top high school yearbooks in the U.S., having earned Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s prestigious Crown Award, and National Scholastic Press Association’s All-American awards for the past several years consecutively. The yearbook has been featured in NSPA’s “Best of the High School Press” publication, CSPA’s Crown Winners DVD, and Walsworth Publishing’s idea book Possibilities, and part of Walsworth Publishing’s President’s Collection, for excellence. The yearbook has also earned top recognition in the state of Florida, as a Florida Scholastic Press Association “All Florida” award recipient since 2011.

Recent Recognitions

2021 Awards and Accolades

Walsworth’s Gallery of Excellence – publisher national sample recognition

2021 FSPA Spring Digital Contest

All Florida: Melanie Pozo ‘23 – “Bookin’ It” – Yearbook Academics/Organizations Spread

All Florida: Kimberley Cruz ‘21 – “Safety Check” – Yearbook Academics/Organizations Spread

All Florida: Lucie Duchene ‘22 – “Globe Trotters” – Yearbook Academics/Organizations Spread

All Florida: Maria Sofia Latour ‘22 – “On Par” – Yearbook Sports Spread

All Florida: Adriana Leyba ‘22 – “Peak Performance” – Yearbook Sports Spread

All Florida: Adriana Leyba ‘22 – “Diving Into It” – Yearbook Sports Spread

All Florida: Morgan Vazquez ‘23 – “Pushing Further” – “Yearbook Sports Spread

All Florida: Paola Avazian ‘22 – “Dealing with It” – Yearbook Student Life Spread

All Florida: Kathleen Lewis ‘22 – “Combating Racism through the Power of Discussion” – General Feature Story

All Florida: Kathleen Lewis ‘22 – “A Precarious Balance of Safety and Tradition as Fall Athletics Resume” – Sports Feature

All Florida: Ethan Melendi ‘23 and Kathleen Lewis ‘22 – “Boys and Girls Soccer Teams Clinch District Championships” – Sports Feature

All Florida: Eduardo Cachon ‘21 – “Raiders Defeat Belen Jesuit in Blowout First Game” – Sports Game Coverage

2020 FSPA Fall Digital Contest

All Florida, Best of the Best: Victoria Poliak ‘22 – “Masked Crusaders” – Student Life Spread

2020 Awards and Accolades, “Truth”

Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) Gold Medalist

National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) All American with Four Marks of Distinction

Florida Scholastic Press Association (FSPA) All Florida, Sunshine Standout Award (Best of the Best)

Staff

The Raider Voice

A student-run multimedia news platform, featuring school news, student opinions and world events.

The Raider Voice newspaper is a student’s voice on campus! The multimedia publication offers students an opportunity to produce stories about issues that matter to them. As members of the newspaper staff, students experience what it’s like to be a journalist covering both school and community events, as well as writing editorials and commentary. Students also manage the Raider Voice companion social media sites as well as produce podcasts and newsreels for the online publication.

Recent Recognitions

2021 Awards and Accolades, The Raider Voice

SNO Distinguished Site Badges for Story Page Excellence, Continuous Coverage, Site Excellence, Excellent in Writing, and Multimedia Excellence

Quill & Scroll International Journalism Honor Society Blue and Gold Multimedia Excellence Award

2021 Best of SNO, National Recognition

Kathleen Lewis ‘22 – “Just Tell the Story:” Music Director Rufus Jones Paints the Life of Maestro Dean Dixon in Acclaimed 2015 Biography”

Natalia Lopez ‘22, Contributing Writer – “Op-Ed | Tech Censorship: The Dawn of a New America…”

Paulino Mercenari ‘23 – Prepcast Episode 7: Feminism Explained (feat. Olivia Martin-Johnson)

Samantha Gitlin ‘24 – Community Reacts in Horror to Jan. 6 Capitol Chaos

Paulino Mercenari ‘23 and Julian Concepcion ‘22 – Prepcast Episode 3: Black at Gulliver Prep (feat. Bianca Corgan ’16 and Jonathan Ubalijoro ’17)

Kathleen Lewis ‘22 – Combating Racism Through the Power of Discussion

Staff