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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

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...

Progress reports

Maggie Fitzsimmons, Copy Editor September 22, 2015

Progress reports will be distributed tomorrow, Wednesday, September 23 in homeroom. Progress reports will show each student's current grades for each of their classes and give students and parents...

Freshman officer elections

Freshman officer elections

Blair Eustace, Staff Writer September 10, 2015

Students start newest club with high hopes

Students start newest club with high hopes

Maggie Fitzsimmons, Copy Editor September 10, 2015

    High Schools Against Cancer (H.A.C.) is an organization made by the American Cancer Society with the goal of allowing high school students and faculty to come together to help their...

Admins announce senior exam dates

Admins announce senior exam dates

Jessica Jagodzinski, Senior Editor May 13, 2015

Student exams will be administered Monday, May 18 and Tuesday, May 19 in the gymnasium.* Any senior who missed more than five days of classes are required to take senior exams. Students should bring...

Events wrap up senior year

Events wrap up senior year

Helen Kahassai, Arts & Entertainment Editor April 20, 2015

With less than two months left in senior year, events that students have been waiting for all year- including Senior week and Grad Bash- begin to take place. Senior Week April 20- 24 Seniors celebrate...

Student Nutrition Services Manager Debbie Ferguson prepares the daily offerings in the cafeteria. Ferguson assumed her new position this  April.

New school chef pledges to continue cafeteria changes

Katie Whitson, News Editor April 20, 2015

Between the months of August and May, lunch remains a fixture during the school day, nourishing the bodies, as well as the minds, of students. Coinciding with new national and local government policies...

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