The student-run news site of H. B. Plant High School

PHS News

The student-run news site of H. B. Plant High School

PHS News

The student-run news site of H. B. Plant High School

PHS News

Senior Vanessa Freggusen stands in the gym courtyard while leading a flight in a thirty-step drill sequence.

Q&A with JROTC Seniors

Graham Hill, Staff Writer April 18, 2018

Q&A: What are some responsibilities for JROTC seniors? "Number one, what we try to do ... if you are a senior, you are required to have some form of leadership. You are running something in this...

Crystal Cheung

Four students achieve finalist status

Chloe-Amelie Aikman, Staff Writer April 13, 2018

Four students – seniors Crystal Cheung, Ethan Kramer, Robert Schofner and Jessie Yang – have advanced to Finalist standing through the National Merit Scholarship program. "There's a certain...

Bringing African culture to the Gasparilla Music Festival, Kuumba Dancers and Drummers brought a djembe and a djundjun for kids to play and learn about.

Downtown Tampa Celebrates Gasparilla Music Festival

Riley Schofner, Staff Writer April 10, 2018

Gasparilla Music Festival has once again swept onto Downtown Tampa with both large and small bands playing on March 10 and 11.  "The music is more important than people think," junior Charley Yost...

Teacher enjoys seeing students engaged in class

Alissa Mellman, Staff Videographer February 24, 2018

Scorpio: The storyteller, the story

Chloe Aikman, Staff Writer February 23, 2018

Five people in the crowd have their hands raised. Two years ago, senior Isak Belmarez would be unaffected – but now, as he stands on stage as a part of the Heard 'Em Say teen poetry slam, these five...

Photo by Madison White

Ecology club reduces environmental harm

Chloe Aikman, Staff Writer February 16, 2018

Wandering towards the end of South Hall, one might recognize the Turtle Pond as a landmark of the campus landscape – a testament to the resident Ecology Club’s existence. However, this club is doing...

Mr. Thomas

Alumni turned teachers

Kai Alexander, Staff Writer February 2, 2018

This school has been a home to students and teachers since its establishment in 1927. Over the years, these students have graduated out but some remain within the confines of this school today.  Natasha...

Photo by Madison White

High school rock band plays at their first venue

Dylan Pitts, Staff Writer January 25, 2018

The audience looked upwards with wide eyes and open mouths. Bright lights shone down, filtered only by the smoke floating overhead, which framed the band within the setting of the bar. Tomorrow’s News...

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