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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

Student charity event helps the community

Sam Werner, Circulation Manager May 2, 2016

The Meals on Wheels (MOW) High School Student Leadership Board (HSLB), an organization that works provide nutritious meals to anyone in need, hosted their first ever student music festival at the Tampa...

Hats raise money for Cancer

Pershia Haj, Staff Writer April 12, 2016

The American Cancer Society is an expanding nationwide voluntary organization aimed towards eliminating cancer. The organization sponsors a well known project yearly, Relay For Life, where money is raised...

Obama’s visit to Cuba sparks reactions

Just over a year after announcing the end of the embargo the United States officially placed on Cuba in the sixties, Obama is the first president in over 90 years to visit the country. The restoration...

Teens for Haiti presents second annual dance

Pershia Haj, Staff Writer February 28, 2016

Teens for Haiti (TFH) will be holding a second annual 13.1 hour dance-marathon that will take place on March 5 at the Academy of the Holy Names to raise money for improvement of infrastructure in St. Suzanne,...

Pep O' Plant accepting applications

Pep O’ Plant accepting applications

Gianna Cacciatore, Webmaster January 21, 2016

Pep O' Plant is now accepting applications for the 2016-2017 staff. Click the link below to open and print the application which is due by March 4, 2016. POP application

GSA revived by new club presidents

Emilia DiFabrizio, Copy Editor January 6, 2016

Plant High School’s Gay Straight Alliance has not had a strong presence in the community within the past school years. However, with the clubs new presidents, Rae Larrinaga, Chloe Goodwin and Katherine...

Gloomy weather kicks off Thanksgiving break

Gloomy weather kicks off Thanksgiving break

Ysabella Canto, Photography Editor November 20, 2015

Predictions of scattered showers and thunderstorms this Friday afternoon kick off Thanksgiving break for students. The rain is expected to continue throughout the weekend and clear up around Monday morning....

Plant journalism takes FSPA

Pershia Haj, Staff Writer October 28, 2015

Pep O' Plant and Yearbook students visited USF Oct. 9 for the yearly Florida Scholastic Press Association. Students got the chance to engage in seminars led by journalists from around the nation and learn...

College night

Sam Werner, Circulation Manager October 1, 2015

Free coffee on National Coffee Day

Maggie Fitzsimmons, Copy Editor September 29, 2015

Today, September 29, is national coffee day, and many chains are offering free or cheap coffee in honor of this day. Here are some of the places around Tampa where students can participate: Dunkin’...

Attendance trumps incentive cards

Blair Eustace, Photographer September 26, 2015

Perhaps one of the most impactful policies regarding students’ grades, the incentive card attendance policy also remains one of the most widely unknown. The policy states that if a student has more than...

New tardy policy implements revised punishment policy

Matthew Blydenburgh, Opinions Editor September 26, 2015

Administration introduced a new policy regarding the issue of tardies in the classroom. Previously, offenders received some form of warning after their first three tardies. As of now, only the first two...

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