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Bethune Cookman University sees higher numbers of applicants and freshman commitments
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - When My'kaylah Alston-Keeley visited Bethune-Cookman University, she knew it was the right school for her. "I loved it," she said, "it helped me see what I was getting myself into. It was actually a lot better that what was seen on the website. I enjoyed myself so much. Of course, the long walks we're dreading, but just seeing everything and the history behind it, it made my urge to go there even larger."
Volusia County student breezes through first 3 rounds of Scripps National Spelling Bee
Can you use “struthious” in a sentence? Or define “linstock” without a Google search?. Claire Smith, a seventh-grader at Southwestern Middle School, can. Although they aren’t the most conventional, these words are noteworthy to the 13-year-old. Smith finished in the top three in the Scripps...
NASA ‘moon tree’ takes root at DeLand Catholic school
After the launch of Apollo 11 from Cape Kennedy in 1969, Orlando’s Roman Catholic bishop said he should be the bishop of the moon. That was never made official, but now at least one of the diocese’s Central Florida schools has its own “moon tree.” St. Peter Catholic School in DeLand received Wednesday a loblolly pine sapling from a seed that flew around the moon during NASA’s Artemis I mission ...
First graders receive out-of-this-world greeting at Lohman Planetarium
DAYTONA BEACH — Spruce Creek Elementary first-grade students received a special welcome when they arrived at the Lohman Planetarium at the Museum of Arts and Sciences for their field study May 21. Lowell Lohman — a local businessman and benefactor of the Lohman Planetarium — and Volusia County School...
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