The Florida Department of Education on Friday released statewide FCAT school grades for 2013.
The 11th annual Back-to-School Festival will take place Sunday, Aug. 4.
Students interested in school choice, magnet programs and career and technical education programs can apply between July 9 and 23.
Newsome High boosters want your support in preparation for the upcoming football season. Golf tournament, media guide, field house top topics.
Graduating seniors from Blake, Gaither and Plant City high schools are set to join Spoto Spartans at their respective 2013 commencement exercises today, June 5, at the Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall.
Newsome High School is expected to say goodbye to 525 graduating seniors today.
Although 81 percent of the county’s third-graders technically passed this year’s FCAT reading test, nearly half logged scores that are unsatisfactory, according to the state.
The district’s fourth, eighth and 10th graders posted gains on this portion of the FCAT. How did your kids do, Westchase?
What do your kids think of the meals that are served up in cafeterias throughout the county? We want to hear from you!
The local high schools joined 113 other Florida campuses on the magazine’s 2013 list of 2,000 schools.
We asked where two Tampa Catholic students photographed the two sites used in their winning campaign posters. One poster featured a vacant supermarket, the other a temporary art gallery fashioned out of recycled metal shipping containers.
2013 Teacher Appreciation Week kicks off Monday, May 6, as noted by signs throughout the Bloomingdale-Riverview area. What do you want to say to that educator who meant the most to you? To the teacher who makes your child's year the best ever?
Richard Carr and Ian White won their race for president and vice president of their Tampa Catholic senior class. Their campaign posters featured two photographs from the Bloomingdale-Riverview area. Can you guess where they were shot?
Newsome High School competed against 10 other schools to win top honors.
The deadline for applications is May 21.
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Giving blood at blood drives hits home with Renee Gandy, a mother who thanked hundreds of Riverview High School students for doing just that.
The Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce's April 23 luncheon was sponsored by the Riverview High School Athletic Booster Club at The Regent. There, principal Robert "Bob" Heilmann talked about the school's history and achievements.
Local business leaders celebrate the achievements of Riverview High School, at a Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce luncheon sponsored by the Riverview High School Athletic Booster Club.
Riverview High School teacher Angela Slater was recognized at the April 2013 Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce meeting for her 500th win as a softball coach in Hillsborough County.
These "Earth Day Zombies" were created by the students at the Brandon, Riverview and SouthShore Montessori Schools.
Ian Ludden is one of 24 student-athletes to be honored by the Florida High School Athletic Association.
The festival will take place Saturday, April 20 at the Riverview South middle school.
Who is this year's S.L. "Spud" Clements Award recipient? Who took home the Patricia B. Odiorne Scholarship, for a most-deserving high school student?
The campus will be home to a new middle school and a new high school.
The first event will take place Saturday, April 13.
Volunteers at the 2013 Bloomingdale Relay For Life talk about the cause that drives them to raise funds and awareness to rid the world of cancer.
Listen to Riverview High School Principal Robert "Bob" Heilmann talk about the "culture of giving" as he celebrates with students and staff their national School Blood Drive Award.
The April 6 "Kickstands for Kids" fundraiser at Uncle Mike's Smokehouse Grill aims to benefit Kiwanis youth programs in local schools and the Joshua House. The Kiwanis Club of Greater Brandon event is not just for motorcycle riders.
The blood drive award celebrated at Riverview High School on April 4 came with high praise from Mike Pratt of oneblood.org, who called the achievement "a big deal" nationwide.
The 2013 Bloomingdale Relay For Life kicks off 6 p.m. April 5 at Bloomingdale High School. Donations for the six Relays in Eastern Hillsborough County top $300,000.
Student and staff blood donors at Riverview High School topped a competition sponsored by America's Blood Centers, according to a 2013 report from Florida Blood Services. An award presentation is scheduled for today, April 4.
Cassie Mattison of Spoto High says her students and fellow teachers are her inspiration.
School Board members have adopted key dates for the 2013-14 school year.
Usborne Books educational consultant Christine Ans hosted a book fair and Easter egg hunt at the Brandon, Riverview and SouthShore Montessori schools.
Cassandra Mattison, a graduate of King High School, was named 2012-13 Teacher of the Year for Hillsborough County at a banquet hosted by the Hillsborough Education Foundation on March 28.
Seven-year-old Isabella Herrera died when she stopped breathing on the way to school.
The school's drummers, Stallion Thunder, performed at the fifth annual Hillsborough County Elementary Music Teachers Council Multicultural Festival.
Jeremy Rosado, a Top 13 finisher at last year's "American Idol" contest, was at Riverview High School this week to sing and judge and to promote his upcoming single and CD release.
The Tampa Children's Expo is scheduled for Saturday, March 23, at the Florida State Fairgrounds.