Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber Honors Students At ‘Pride’ Breakfast

The 12 recipients of Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce scholarships with their oversized checks.
The 12 recipients of Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce scholarships with their oversized checks.

By Matt Wiley

It’s no secret that the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) takes pride in the education provided to students at the 12 different elementary, middle and high schools in our area. After all, this year was the milestone 15th annual WCCC Student Pride Awards Breakfast, held on April 29 at the packed Performing Arts Center at Wesley Chapel High (WCH), located on Wells Rd., where 140 students were recognized for their excellence in academic achievement.Continue reading

Watergrass Teacher Wins State Music Award

Watergrass Elementary’s Karen Reinhold received the Florida Music Educators Association’s 2013-14 Music Education Service Award.
Watergrass Elementary’s Karen Reinhold received the Florida Music Educators Association’s 2013-14 Music Education Service Award.

By Matt Wiley

Music is known to bring joy to people’s lives. In the case of one Wesley Chapel educator, it is her passion that she has spent decades sharing with her students — and it hasn’t gone unnoticed.Continue reading

Our Exclusive Tour Of The PHCC Porter Campus In Wesley Chapel

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PHCC Porter Campus Provost Dr. Stanley Giannet recently gave the Neighborhood News an exclusive tour of Wesley Chapel’s first college, where classes officially began January 13.

By Gary Nager

Wow, assistant editor & Neighborhood News photographer Matt Wiley and I were overwhelmed by our recent tour of what is still today called Pasco Hernando Community College (PHCC)’s Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch. However, as explained to us by high-energy Provost Stanley Giannet, Ph.D., the brand-spankin’-new campus located off S.R. 56 at Mansfield Blvd. will soon officially have a new name — as will all five PHCC campuses.Continue reading

PHCC Porter Campus To Open As Pasco Hernando State College

Pasco Hernando Community College Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch, opening Jan. 13 as Pasco Hernando State College.
Pasco Hernando Community College Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch, opening Jan. 13 as Pasco Hernando State College.

By Gary Nager

Even though, at our press time, the new Pasco Hernando Community College (PHCC) Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch (located on Mansfield Blvd. at S.R. 56), still looked like more of a construction site than a college campus, PHCC Porter Campus Provost Stanley M. Giannet, Ph.D., said that school officials were expecting to receive the Certificate of Occupancy for the newest of Florida’s 29 two-year college campuses on Dec. 10, with the building actually opening on Jan. 2 and classes for the Spring 2014 semester set to begin on Mon., Jan. 13.Continue reading