When the half-penny school sales tax referendum passed in Hillsborough County last year, the promise was that aged roofs and floors and playgrounds would be repaired, athletic tracks would be repaved and classrooms and fire evacuation systems being upgraded, just to name just a few much-needed enhancements. But, what got Wharton High's Parent Teacher Student Association … [Read more...]
Lucas Budd Is Cypress Creek Middle/High’s First Valedictorian
Although it’s now wrapping up its second year, the “firsts” keep on rolling in for Cypress Creek Middle/High School (CCMH). And, the honor of being one of the most significant firsts at the school certainly belongs to Lucas Budd, Cypress Creek’s first-ever class valedictorian, who on Wednesday, June 5 at, 8 p.m. at the University of South Florida Yuengling Center, will give … [Read more...]
Cypress Creek Middle/High Students Get Police Academy Training
Nicolas Gordon leaps over the 4-foot-tall “wall” as he begins the obstacle course at Cypress Creek Middle/High School While the rest of her classmates were inside classrooms and sitting at their desks, Cypress Creek Middle/High (CCMH) seventh grader Rose Macapinlac was running in a dead sprint towards the school’s athletic fields. When she reached her goal, she turned … [Read more...]
Nupur Lala reflects on her National Spelling Bee win 20 years ago
Nupur says her toughest competition in 1999 came from her fellow Benito students, all of whom were recognized in Benito's school newspaper. THE WORD was “logorrhea.” Nupur Lala bought some time by asking for it to be used in a sentence. A hint of a smile crossed her bespectacled face. Inside, she was bursting. Meena Lala watched her 14-year-old daughter intently. There … [Read more...]
New Tampa FIRST LEGO League Team Tries For National Title This Weekend!
Of 48 teams that competed in the FIRST LEGO League State competition on April 6 in Delray Beach, a team of six fifth and sixth grade students from New Tampa, called Team TechnoWizards, took home first place and are on their way to competing for a national title. The team consists of Pride Elementary fifth grade students Ayona Bagui, Dhruv Kulkarni, Naina Sethi and Nikhil … [Read more...]
