Elective courses include foreign languages (French, Spanish, German, and Chinese), Drama, Chorus, Art, Physical Education, Television Production, and Band classes.

Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) classes are offered, as well as the opportunity for dual enrollment at nearby St. Petersburg College.

The school also offers vocational programs and Gold Seal Endorsements for students working towards a Bright Futures professional scholarship.

[3] In 2016, the choir returned to Carnegie Hall collaborating with several other groups to perform Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.

In 2013, the Silver Sound Marching Band was invited to perform in the 2014 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington DC.

[4] In 2019 the marching band won first place in their class at Largo High School's 43rd Golden Invitational.

The members of these bands have an average GPA of 3.9 and made up over a third of the 2021 Pinellas All-County High School Ensembles.

The trip was cut short due to the domestic terrorist bombing in the very park they were supposed to perform in just days prior.