Teacher Spotlight: Meet Leah Mapp
How did you get into teaching? Teaching is a family business. My mother is a retired educator, my brother teaches civics in Pinellas County and both my grandmothers were nurse-educators.…
Teacher Spotlight: Meet Edilia Lugo
What do you teach on campus? Intensive Math What college did you go to? An engineering college in Venezuela called the Santiago Mariño Polytechnic University Institute in Venezuela. What was…
International Business Machines, Gay Straight Alliance Club teaches respect
In an effort to promote acceptance of individuality, International Business Machines partnered with the Gay Straight Alliance Club. On Oct. 25, IBM leaders conducted an educational workshop in the auditorium.…
Students experience All-state Chorus audition
Seniors Jessica Bishop and Taylor Groves and freshman Robert Cohenstrom auditioned to earn a spot in the Florida All-state Chorus. All-state choruses, highly selective, according to participants, features groups of…
Teacher Spotlight: Meet Andrew Castle
How long have you been teaching? We’ve been in school for about five weeks, so about five weeks. What influenced your decision to become a teacher? I’ve always considered being…
Teacher Spotlight: Meet Tisheema Bush
What inspired you to become a teacher? My mother is a teacher so I was always exposed to education and I always wanted to influence people. What is the best…
Safe spaces are antithetical to the purpose of higher education
A hot-button issue for many on all areas of the political landscape, safe spaces on college campuses have triggered an influx of both resentment and acclamation. Their very existence fosters…
Giessuebel finishes education career
After 30.3 years of work within Orange County Public School, Spanish teacher and media specialist Frances Giessuebel officially retired on Oct. 14. In 1986, Giessuebel came to Boone as a…
Photo Gallery: Lady Braves Volleyball triumphs over Edgewater
Check out photos from the Lady Braves volleyball game against Edgewater on Senior Night, Wednesday, Oct. 12 here.
Cumming advances comedy career
As the weekend approaches, The Second City, an improvisational comedy group, from Chicago takes the stage at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, with special guest, Alexander Cumming.…