Glades Day School


Glades Day School is a K-12 private school in Palm Beach County, northeast of Belle Glade, Florida. It is accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools. It was founded in 1965 as a segregation academy by white parents in response to the court-ordered desegregation of Palm Beach public schools. It opened as Pahokee Day School and was renamed in 1967 as Day School of the Glades when it purchased and renovated the former Everglades Memorial Hospital in Pahokee.

Athletics

The Robert L. Mace Athletic Center is the hub for sports at the school. It has a hardwood floor, an upstairs concession area and air conditioned gym, and a weight room.
In 2006, Pahokee Mayor JP Sasser told a newspaper that he left the school in 1970 because administrators prohibited the football team from shaking hands with racially integrated opponents.

Football

Glades Day has won the state championship seven times, in 1980, 1982, 1986, 1995, 2006, 2009, and 2010.
In 2009, Kelvin Taylor was named the National Freshman of the Year by CBS's Maxpreps.com. He rushed for 2,597 yards and had a state-record 47 touchdowns on 295 carries.
Games can be heard on Florida Cast or on WBGF 93.5FM

Demographics

In 2006, 8.5% of the school's students were black. The nearby public high schools were more than 97% black.