*Every New Tampa school had the same grade for 2018-19 as it did the previous school year, with the exception of Hunter’s Green Elementary, which improved to a “B” grade after four straight years of “C” grades. *New Tampa had six schools earn “A” grades, two that earned B grades and three earned C grades. *Chiles Elementary was the only New Tampa school to score higher … [Read more...]
‘Project Innovate’ Brings New Laptops & Ways To Learn To Chiles
Chiles Elementary fifth-grader Aaron Back has his notebook open, and his laptop charged up. Instead of doing his research by paging through a book — and good luck finding a book on sand boils, which he currently is studying — Back is able to peruse the web, scribbling his findings and ideas on paper. “I like that you have more than one option,’’ says Back, who is 10 years … [Read more...]
‘Mayor Bob’ Visits Chiles Elementary
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn has faced some tough lines of questioning in his five years as the city’s head honcho, so taking a few softballs from the second graders at Lawton Chiles Elementary in Tampa Palms on March 8 was something of a welcome respite. Not that a few fastballs weren’t sneaked in there, however. After talking to the children about how much he loved his job … [Read more...]
