A Keystone mother took her appeal to the Hillsborough County School Board last week, asking members not to split her son from his lifelong friends. ...more

February 13, 2008

A Keystone mother took her appeal to the Hillsborough County School Board last week, asking members not to split her son from his lifelong friends. ...more

February 13, 2008

Jesuit's Ben Reid and Chris Kavouklis, along with Tampa Christian's Rossi Bruno, each won titles in their respective weight classes at the Class 1A-Region 3 wrestling championships at Golden Gate High on Saturday night. ...more

February 10, 2008

Terrace Community Middle School students broke apart a colorful giant ribbon to reveal their personal puzzle pieces that made up the large memorial. ...more

February 9, 2008

SEBRING — For about one-fifth of the students in Highlands County, next week is the start of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. The FCAT Writing Plus test will be administered to fourth-, eighth- and 10th- graders starting Tuesday. Testing will continue on Wednesday followed by two make-up testing days – Thursday and Friday (Feb. 15). Hill-Gustat Middle School eighth-grader Laura Tenneson is calm and confident about the FCAT. ...more

February 8, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Pierce Middle School's halls smelled like garlic and oregano. The kitchen had finished serving lunches for the day, but spaghetti cooked in a waist-high pot, and meatballs baked in the oven. The refrigerator was packed with 45 gallons of sauce and more than 1,000 meatballs. ...more

February 6, 2008

Lizzy Mapes pondered her options. The 14-year-old Weightman Middle School student was writing a poem and needed three action words to describe a Jolly Rancher, a rather sedentary bit of hard candy available in multiple flavors. ...more

February 4, 2008

When Madison Middle School data processor Carol Sims decided she wanted a Thomas Kinkade painting replicated in chalk on her office blackboard, advanced art student Christen Rosario was drawn to the task. ...more

January 16, 2008

Digital music players, gaming consoles and televisions were on the top of many Christmas wish lists this year. At Benito Middle School, students were clamoring for a paper whale on a stick. ...more

January 2, 2008

A year ago, China was a world history lesson, a spot on a map. Now it is the taste of tea, the soaring notes of the Beijing Opera and the ache in students' legs from climbing the Great Wall. ...more

December 29, 2007