Orange Springs
Orange Springs, FL · Education
nicholsonstudentmedia.com
‘A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met yet’: Discomfort Club strives to get students out of their comfort zone
At the start of Samuel Sklar’s freshman year, he said UCF’s campus “felt huge,” while he felt “so small and alone." “And I realized towards the second half of the freshman year that I have to do stuff outside my comfort zone if I want to enjoy college and make new friends and meet new people,” Sklar said.
positivelyosceola.com
Lakeland Derails Osceola, Hands Kowboys Crushing 40-6 Defeat
One week after celebrating a historic victory over Lake Mary, Osceola experienced the other side of high school football Friday night. Lakeland dominated from the opening possession, holding the Kowboys without a first down in the opening half and allowing just 29 yards of total offense in a decisive 40-6 victory at Markus Paul Stadium.
click orlando
Viral video prompts review of football postgame incident at Winter Park High School
WINTER PARK, Fla. – Orange County Public Schools is reviewing a postgame incident involving Lake Nona football players and an adult after Winter Park High School defeated Lake Nona in overtime on Friday, following a video circulating on social media that appears to show the aftermath of a heated exchange.
Tampa Bay Times
45 minutes on 9/11: How Florida students study the World Trade Center attacks
Pasco County Schools Superintendent John Legg began his lesson on 9/11 with George Washington’s 1796 farewell address. Fifty-three minutes remained in the U.S Government Honors class period at J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey. He’d need to connect the dots between our first president’s warning about foreign entanglements and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 200 years later, plus the 25 years since.
oviedocommunitynews.org
Winter Springs charter school Choices in Learning makes pitch to expand
Winter Springs public charter school Choices in Learning made its pitch this week to the Seminole County Public Schools district to expand and offer a middle school. Choices in Learning will have a special meeting on Oct. 2 to get final approval from Seminole County Public Schools to expand to a middle school on the campus, tucked inside Central Winds Park in Winter Springs. The school would then become a kindergarten through 8th grade campus.
nicholsonstudentmedia.com
UCF students take on murder mystery night
The Pre-Pathology Society hosted a murder mystery game night on Wednesday in the Student Union, bringing students together to solve a fictional crime. Participants used evidence, witness statements and clues to piece together the case while working with friends and other students. Students from a variety of majors, including biology,...
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'See something, say something': UCF public safety test UCF Alert, encourage reporting suspicious activity
UCF Public Safety and UCFPD tested the multimedia communications system UCF Alert on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. Utilized by UCF’s Department of Emergency Management, Police Department and Communications team, the tool ensures timely, accurate information arrives to the community. UCF Alert has several communications tools, including e-mails, text messages, web updates, social media and sirens.
mynews13.com
Clermont teacher focuses on her students' abilities
CLERMONT, Fla. — A+ Teacher Leah Brosky pours her heart into helping her students at Aurelia M. Cole Academy learn the skills to build a strong foundation, measuring her students' abilities above all else. "It's not always about the academics. I've always said that since Day 1," Brosky said....
Daytona Beach News-Journal
4-star EDGE Fred Ards, Jones defensive line shine in win over Evans
ORLANDO — Minutes after Jones High School’s football team held on to beat rival Evans 12-6 in the Soul Bowl, one Tigers assistant coach proudly announced, “Fred Ards has all the tools!” Ards, a Texas A&M commit ranked No. 10 on the USA Today Florida Network top 100, and the defensive line put on a show in the Tigers win on Sept. 5. The 6-foot-4 ½, 220-pound four-star edge rusher recorded three sacks — using a different technique for each one — and had at least two tackles for loss against Evans and its Maryland quarterback commit, William Jackson. “It was a big game,” Ards said. “Coach told us to knock these boys heads off. Give it all we’ve got. Whatever my head coach needs, I’m going to do it for him.” Ards and Jones’ vaunted defensive line –— including UCF commit Noah Robinson, West Virginia commit DaJour Webb and Syracuse commit Braylon Otis — made several big plays against Evans. Most notably, the unit made four consecutive stops from the Tigers 1-yard line late in the third quarter. “Our D-line, we’re physical,” Robinson said. “We fought to the end, and we didn’t give up and that’s what got us
Yahoo!
Free Florida Music College Fair coming to Orlando on Sept. 24
Central Florida students considering careers in music and the performing arts will have a chance to meet representatives from more than 50 colleges and universities at the 2026 Florida Music College Fair. The free event is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Orlando Science...