The competition in the Avon Park Middle School Gymnasium is on the line as Dontae Pinckney steps up to the basketball free through line, bounces the ball a couple of times and shoots. ...more

November 10, 2009

David Khalil started the class period with a hodgepodge of tiles and ended it with a mosaic wall-hanging that spelled out "Love." Third-graders at Sheehy Elementary surrounded the artist as he trimmed tiles and took turns spreading adhesive on the backs and mounting them on a wooden backing. They had to be careful, 9-year-old Jaquez Cantave said, and not put too much or too little adhesive on the tile. "Then you got to find a place," Jaquez said. "If it can't fit, he cuts them." Khalil, a Carrollwood-based mosaic artist, visited Sheehy as a guest teacher today, part of a program to get disabled students involved in the arts. The Sheehy students had learning, behavioral or emotional disabilities; other schools involved students who had physical disabilities. ...more

April 1, 2009

Twelve Fred Wild Elementary students had been taken out of school early by their parents by 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday. ...more

February 19, 2009

If it seems like there are a lot of early release days, wait until next school year when your child may get out of school early on twice as many days. ...more

January 20, 2009

Teacher Arlene Martinez was a bit surprised the day Erin Brown, 13, came to her with an unusual but touching request. ...more

December 28, 2008

Teacher Arlene Martinez was a bit surprised the day Erin Brown, 13, came to her with an unusual, but touching, request. ...more

December 25, 2008

Facing a budget crunch, the Highlands County School District is considering a seven-period schedule for secondary schools that would increase teacher workload and eliminate 29 teaching positions. ...more

December 23, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Jody Carroll swung a sword at Tabitha Johnston's torso, but she blocked it with a plywood shield and countered with a strike of her own. ...more

December 4, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Cooperation between Leto High School culinary students and early childhood development classes earned enthusiastic reviews when one 4-year-old spotted his full plate at a recent lunch. ...more

October 22, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Cooperation between Leto High School culinary students and early childhood development classes earned enthusiastic reviews when one 4-year-old spotted his full plate at a recent lunch. ...more

October 22, 2008