OCT0BER 6 - 19, 2025 Coral Gables High School to mark 75th anniversary BY JUNE MORRIS In 1950, the first class of Coral Gables Senior High School Cavaliers walked through the gates of a new school at 450 Bird Rd. Imagine the thrill of being among the very...
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OCT0BER 6 - 19, 2025 Coral Gables High School to mark 75th anniversary BY JUNE MORRIS In 1950, the first class of Coral Gables Senior High School Cavaliers walked through the gates of a new school at 450 Bird Rd. Imagine the thrill of being among the very first to fill the hallways where the smell of fresh paint mixed with excited chatter and anticipation. Phyllis “Petsy” (Gautier) Metzy remem- bers it well. Her senior class had been trans- ferred from Ponce de Leon High when it became a junior high, and she went on to be crowned Gables High’s very first prom queen. “I remember how new and beautiful Gables High was,” she said. “We were all so proud to be there.” Seventy-five years later, the Cavaliers still are proud — and the scent of fresh paint is back. More than $35 million in renovations have transformed the campus with even more upgrades on the way. A new, larger gymna- sium is in the design phase. Three outdated buildings have been replaced with a modern structure that now house
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