If Michael Phelps endorsed a particular cereal or if Miley Cyrus advertised a brand of face cream, people might be more likely to buy those products. ...more

September 17, 2008

If Michael Phelps endorsed a particular cereal or if Miley Cyress advertised a brand of face cream, people might be me more likely to buy those products. ...more

September 14, 2008

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program is back in the city's two elementary schools after it was cut by the police department. ...more

September 12, 2008

The school board last week named a new principal for Westchase Elementary. ...more

September 10, 2008

SCHOOL NOTES CYPRESS ELEMENTARY: Banking day will take place Monday. Tuesday is the last day of the book fair. Orff practice will be from 8:30 to 9:20 a.m. Wednesday. The chorus will practice from 8:30 to 9:20 a.m. Friday. ...more

September 8, 2008

School board names new principal for Westchase Elementary. ...more

September 5, 2008

The struggling University of South Florida Patel Charter School, which received an F grade from the state this month, may become part of the Hillsborough County School District as early as next week. ...more

July 29, 2008

K.C. Jones and Ann Richards of Largo bring their wacky musicality back to Pasco this morning as part of the Florida Library Youth Program. ...more

July 16, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - These race cars are fashioned from a block of wood, four plastic wheels and four nails. ...more

July 7, 2008

We writers live "surrounded by a cloud of witnesses." When I was 10 years old my family moved from the city to a tiny country town where the school was overcrowded, so all fifth graders - me included - attended an old-fashioned, one-room school. The teacher, Rhea O'Grady, had taught eight grades in that room for 40-some years. She was 74 and shorter than some of her students, but she ruled the classroom like a drill sergeant. The first day I eagerly slid into a seat in the second row just left of the middle. Mrs. O'Grady peered at me over her wire-rimmed glasses and jerked her head toward the other side of the room. My fellow students giggled and whispered as I sheepishly crossed the aisle. Apparently, I was the only one who didn't know that in "Old Lady O'Grady's" class, boys sat on the left, girls on the right. When it was time for recess, Mrs. O'Grady followed us outside with a huge canvas bag which she turned upside down. Out poured baseballs, softballs, and several bats. ...more

June 28, 2008