A 12-year-old Largo girl was the winner on "Jeopardy" Wednesday night, taking home $15,201. ...more

July 17, 2009

It was a breakfast of scholastic champions. Fred Wild Elementary School hosted a breakfast Monday for its students who earned top level scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. Parents were also invited to the breakfast. ...more

September 30, 2008

Hernando County's newest school principal wants your star student. ...more

June 28, 2008

It's sort of like the TV show "So you think you can dance." But this is more of a "So you think your child is gifted," and designed to let local parents see if their children are intelligent enough to make the mark. ...more

June 10, 2008

Ruse To Divert Attention I read that Superintendent Wayne Alexander is "examining every dollar, in every department, every day," and even considering a four-day school week to save $650,000. This is clearly a ruse to divert attention from the real cuts. If it's not we're in big trouble! ...more

June 3, 2008

If a world premiere, the presence of a leading American composer and a packed house full of parents were enough to make members of the Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra jittery, they didn't show it Sunday during their long-awaited spring concert at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. ...more

May 19, 2008

The 2008 officers of the Brandon Masonic Lodge No. 114 were installed at a ceremony Dec. 28 at the lodge. About 130 members and friends attended the event, which included dinner after the installation. ...more

February 14, 2008

With the Hernando County School Board's recent decision to place the district's future centralized gifted education center at Explorer K-8 - the new, 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard - local officials are banking on the county becoming home to a premier educational program for students with higher-than-average IQs. ...more

February 12, 2008

With the Hernando County School Board's recent decision to place the district's future centralized gifted education center at Explorer K-8 — the new, 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard — local officials are banking on the county becoming home to a premier educational program for students with higher-than-average IQs. ...more

February 11, 2008

Gifted education is set to change considerably for students in Hernando County. With the Hernando County School Board's decision Tuesday to place the district's future gifted education center at Spring Hill's Explorer K-8, the new, 2,100-student school set to open this August off Northcliffe Boulevard, there is much to be learned about the gifted program itself. ...more

February 7, 2008