Skip to Main Content
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

Rajat Doshi (11)

Spirit of Discovery

Chloe-Amelie Aikman, Alexis Perno, Features Manager, News Manager May 15, 2018

Q: Tell me about your project. How did you place at the competition? What was the most challenging part? Junior Rajat Doshi: "I essentially developed a novel molecule to remove arsenic from drinking...

Chess club president Aidan Riley shows Lee Gibson where to move his piece next. Aidan takes his role as president seriously, taking charge by organizing meetings and bringing boards to use to teach the members.

Thinking Outside the Square

Riley Schofner, Staff Writer May 15, 2018

Clubs take a lot of effort to maintain and create, and chess club has fought it ways into the club roster. After its first year, the club leaders Calvin Yang and Aiden Reilly has invited several students...

Bob Schofner, Valedictorian

Top of class students share their insight

Alexis Perno, Staff Writer May 9, 2018

Q: "When did you find out you were valedictorian/salutatorian? How did you react?" Bob Schofner, Valedictorian: "I was sitting in writing center and Mr. Bush came in personally and called me to the...

Contributing to the cleanup, club sponsor Kurt Thoreson, guides the team of students down South Howard Avenue.

Ecology club reduces environmental harm

Chloe-Amelie Aikman, Staff Writer May 3, 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...

E-Board hosts annual Pantherilla

Alexis Perno, Staff Writer April 30, 2018

Students attended prom at the Double Tree Hilton on Saturday, April 14 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Seniors Maren Scharf and Adrian Mendoza were crowned Prom Queen and King, respectively. "Overall everything...

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...

Load More Stories