New Tampa Teen Wins Community Hero Award From The Lightning!
Harsh Bagdy (right) with 9-year-old Sabian, who was the first to receive a donation from Harsh’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Charity Health Resources. When New Tampa resident Harsh Bagdy was in...
View ArticleArea Students Pick Up Dozens of Awards At Regional STEM Fair
Clark Elementary fourth grader Harrison Shirey (left) and Chiles Elementary third grader Rohan Apte both earned Best of Fair at the February Hillsborough County Regional STEM Fair. New Tampa’s...
View ArticleSchool Notes: Turner Bartels Hits Burlington’s Jackpot & Local Students Win...
TBK8 principal Cindy Land Like most schools, the Turner/Bartels K-8 (TBK8) School hasn’t had enough money available to just give teachers to use in their classrooms. Until now. On March 26, the newly...
View ArticleNew Tampa FIRST LEGO League Team Tries For National Title This Weekend!
Of 48 teams that competed in the FIRST LEGO League State competition on April 6 in Delray Beach, a team of six fifth and sixth grade students from New Tampa, called Team TechnoWizards, took home first...
View ArticleIt’s A Family Affair For 2019 Wharton Valedictorian
Victoria (Tori) Bell is the third member of her family to earn class valedictorian honors at Wharton High. For Wharton High’s 2019 Valedictorian, Victoria “Tori” Bell, being at the very top of her...
View ArticleNupur Lala reflects on her National Spelling Bee win 20 years ago
Nupur says her toughest competition in 1999 came from her fellow Benito students, all of whom were recognized in Benito’s school newspaper. THE WORD was “logorrhea.” Nupur Lala bought some time by...
View ArticleFamily Fuels Academic Success Of Freedom Valedictorian
When Amir Iranmanesh takes the stage at this year’s Freedom High graduation ceremony to give his valedictorian speech, he won’t be thinking about his GPA, which he says is 9.14. The 18-year-old will...
View ArticleCypress Creek Middle/High Students Get Police Academy Training
Nicolas Gordon leaps over the 4-foot-tall “wall” as he begins the obstacle course at Cypress Creek Middle/High School While the rest of her classmates were inside classrooms and sitting at their...
View ArticleLucas Budd Is Cypress Creek Middle/High’s First Valedictorian
Although it’s now wrapping up its second year, the “firsts” keep on rolling in for Cypress Creek Middle/High School (CCMH). And, the honor of being one of the most significant firsts at the school...
View ArticleCool Summer: A/C Work To Begin At Local Schools!
When the half-penny school sales tax referendum passed in Hillsborough County last year, the promise was that aged roofs and floors and playgrounds would be repaired, athletic tracks would be repaved...
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