Turner-Bartels Students Test Out School’s New Laptops During Presentation

HCSD superintendent of curriculum Denny Oest (left) and principal Jonathan Grantham, Ph. D., assist fourth grade students at the Turner-Bartels K-8 Center with the school’s new HP laptop computers during a presentation on February 10.
HCSD superintendent of curriculum Denny Oest (left) and principal Jonathan Grantham, Ph. D., assist fourth grade students at the Turner-Bartels K-8 Center with the school’s new HP laptop computers during a presentation on February 10.

By Matt Wiley

Technology is changing the way students learn and interact in the classroom. And, thanks to a $1.8-million Digital Classroom Plan Grant from the state, the Hillsborough County School District (HCSD) has been able to purchase and provide 25 laptop computers at more than 100 schools. One of the first to try the new laptops out was the Turner-Bartels K-8 Center, located off Imperial Oak Blvd. in the Live Oak Preserve development in New Tampa.Continue reading

Wesley Chapel Chamber Makes Its New Tampa Move

*chamber handshake
The Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce officially absorbed the now-defunct New Tampa Chamber at mixer at A Dash of Salt & Pepper on Cross Creek Blvd. on February 12.

By Gary Nager

Now that former New Tampa Chamber of Commerce president Neil Heird has signed the papers (photo, right) which officially folded that organization, the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) is promising to keep up the momentum it has built at a couple of recent events to again provide the kind of vibrant business climate in New Tampa that business owners and residents alike appreciate. Continue reading