The grades for Floridaโs public elementary and middle schools are in, and parents of who attend school in Wesley Chapel should be happy to know that almost all of our areaโs schools met, or exceeded the countyโs overall grade of a โB.โ In fact, Pasco County as a whole received a grade of 520, just five points short of earning an โA.โContinue reading
โProjects Of Pascoโ Hands Out Supplies For The New School Year
School shopping is not only physically draining, it can be a financial drain as well. For some families in the Wesley Chapel area, the burden of buying new school supplies can mean deciding between the amount of groceries for the week and the new backpack that their child needs for the new school year. Luckily, there was a helping hand this year for students from low-income families, and/or those who qualify for Pascoโs free or reduced lunch program.Continue reading
Wesley Chapelโs Byron Capehart Wins Aviation Scholarship
By Sean Bowes
When a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presents itself, the wise thing to is take it. That is what Byron Capehartโs mother, Martha, told her son when he was offered the chance to attend the โDestination Aviationโ flight school summer camp in Lakeland at the Sun nโ Fun airfield, which is home to the Florida Air Museum.Continue reading
Apartment Complex Set To Open In New Tampa In October
Future New Tampa residents are signing leases at the Colonial Grand at Hampton Preserve apartment complex, where construction is chugging along right on schedule. The high end, townhouse-style apartments, located off Bruce B. Downs Blvd. and Trout Creek Dr. (near the new Sweetbay supermarket), is set to open in the fall. The complex will fill 67 acres of previously undeveloped land a half-mile south of County Line Rd.Continue reading
Taking The Orangetheory Fitness Challenge Is…Challenging!
By Gary Nager
Iโcanโt yet guarantee you that the 60-minute group personal training workouts at Orangetheory Fitness (located off Bruce B. Downs Blvd. in New Tampa, next to Cold Stone Creamery and Starbucks) will deliver the best possible results of any gym or personal training studio. What Iโcan tell you is that the workouts are definitely intense, unique and even fun.Continue reading