Wharton Hosts Successful First Food Truck Rally

Hungry New Tampa residents eye the options from Nico’s Arepas Grill, one of the four food trucks that took part in Wharton High’s inaugural food truck rally on April 13.
Hungry New Tampa residents eye the options from Nico’s Arepas Grill, one of the four food trucks that took part in Wharton High’s inaugural food truck rally on April 13.

By Matt Wiley

Smoke rises along Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in New Tampa from the Paul R. Wharton High parking lot. The haze floats above the area, carrying with it scents not usually associated with a fire. In fact, they smell downright delicious. The source? Wharton’s first food truck rally, “Food Trucks Fighting Hunger,” which was held on April 13.Continue reading

Turner Elementary & Bartels Middle School To Become K-8 Center

Turner Elementary & Bartels Middle School aren’t actually this close together, but the Hillsborough School District will combine the two into one K-8 school for the 2014-15 school year.
Turner Elementary & Bartels Middle School aren’t actually this close together, but the Hillsborough School District will combine the two into one K-8 school for the 2014-15 school year.

By Matt Wiley & Gary Nager

New Tampa soon will be the home of the first non-magnet K-8 school in the Hillsborough County School District (HCSD), as Hilda T. Turner Elementary and Nancy Bartels Middle School are set to become one schools, just in time for the beginning of the 2014-15 school year in August.Continue reading

HGE’s Reagan Lawrence A Finalist For Hillsborough Teacher Of The Year!

Hillsborough County Teacher of the Year finalist and Hunter’s Green Elementary fifth grade teacher Reagan Lawrence walks with her students dressed as a character from the popular movie (and book series) “The Hunger Games.”
Hillsborough County Teacher of the Year finalist and Hunter’s Green Elementary fifth grade teacher Reagan Lawrence walks with her
students dressed as a character from the popular movie (and book series) “The Hunger Games.”

By Matt Wiley

The finalists have been released for the Hillsborough Education Foundation (HEF)’s annual “Teacher of the Year” award, and among them is Hunter’s Green Elementary (HGE)’s own Reagan Lawrence.Continue reading