Although photographer Charmaine George and I couldnāt get to all eleven New Tampa public schools for the Great American Teach-In on Nov. 21, we did make it to four local schools for that event and on this page are photos from our respective visits.
Charmaine was at Benito Middle School when teacher Justin Swaim brought members of the Wharton High orchestra (l.-r. in left photo) Travis Bivins, Eliza Connell, Zoie Bowers and Sofia Salazar ā all of whom are Benito alumni, to their former middle school, as well as for Michael Harvey of the Florida State Guard Aviation Response Squadronās visit to Richard Royās math class (bottom left photo).Ā
She also visited Heritage Elementary, where the Kids and Canines organization visited Heather Leitzkiās Exceptional Student Education (ESE) class (top photo). Charmaine also took pics at when Waste Connections lead truck driver and instructor Thomas Benton (middle photo below) demonstrated how the trucks work.Ā
I was able to stop in at Tampa Palms Elementary for online star Zackery Turgeon (below right) captivated all of the schoolās 4th-grade classes (where most of the kids wanted to follow in his footsteps) with his discussion of how he makes a living, thanks to the 700,000+ subscribers to his āCornyā channel on YouTube.Ā
I then visited teacher Jamie Millerās class at Freedom High (bottom right), where I talked to her students about not only the Neighborhood News, but also writing and editing in general, and I was thrilled that some of her students actually asked me questions about my job. ā GN
