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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

New anti-rape product causes controversy

New anti-rape product causes controversy

Allison Figueroa, Public Relations October 27, 2014

A new date rape prevention method is set to help women feel safer. But, is it creating new ways to blame victims of sexual assault? 18 percent of women are assaulted in their lifetimes and 25 percent...

New interest club’s approval comes to a halt

Katie Chae, Staff Writer October 27, 2014

For students eager to create a club, it has recently become more difficult for clubs to gain approval from administrators. In order to start a club, the student has to have it approved by the Assistant...

Administration allows students to be tardy to the party

Allyssa Ashmeade, Staff Writer October 27, 2014

  Students scramble through the halls, dodge swinging doors, leap over conglomerations of chattering children, practically sprint to their first period class when the bell rings. It is 7:33 and...

Cold water rushes over administration in the courtyard. The Challenge was done on Aug. 18 a the teachers' back-to-school barbecue.

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge absorbs nation

Allison Figueroa, Public Relations September 16, 2014

Standing in the searing heat of a Florida summer for a long period of time could be considered a challenge. But getting soaked with a bucket of freezing water afterward to benefit ALS research is a different...

Plant High School honored with National PTA Award

Plant High School honored with National PTA Award

Allyssa Ashmeade, Staff Writer September 16, 2014

Plant High School won, “One of the most prestigious awards given by the National PTSA,” Beth Garcia the president of PTSA said. This award is known as the National PTA School of Excellence Award. According...

Two months and still missing

Trevor Coulter, Staff Writer May 14, 2014

Many mysterious things have happened to flights since commercial air travel became available to the general public in 1914. To this day, people still wonder what happened inside the planes of flights 93,...

Students visit Spain for break

Students visit Spain for break

Emily Griewe, Copy Editor April 2, 2014

Over spring break, a group of students enrolled in Spanish 2, 3, and 4 toured Madrid, Granada, and Seville, Spain for a week, along with teachers Igxie Rivera, Alberto Rivera, Kristina Renaud, and Elizabeth...

E-cigarettes gain popularity, cause concern

Matthew Blydenburgh, Staff Writer March 28, 2014

Electronic cigarettes have become a more discreet, and pop- ular way for cigarette smokers to act as if they were smoking any others, yet remain almost undetectable, especially in public lo- cations....

Lethal uncertainty

Lethal uncertainty

Bennett Taylor, Online Editor March 21, 2014

In late January, Mexican citizen Edgar Tamayo died by lethal injection in Texas, convicted of murdering a 24 year old police officer. The execution marked the start of a new year of capital punishments...

New Harry Potter World additions

New Harry Potter World additions

Robby Killette, Sports Editor March 19, 2014

Albus Dumbledore famously said, "In dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own," in the wildly successful Harry Potter series. The wizarding world of Harry Potter is expanding from Islands of Adventure...

Live from New York 'It's racial diversity'

Live from New York ‘It’s racial diversity’

Jessica Jagodzinski, Production Editor March 18, 2014

Debuting on Jan. 18, was Saturday Night Live’s newest cast member, Sasheer Zamata. Zamata is the newest black female actress to be added to the regular lineup. In fact, she is the only black actress...

NSA recording phone calls

Ysabella Canto, Staff Writer March 6, 2014

No longer is there a question of whether or not the government is recording us. Thanks to NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the NSA's program has become public knowledge as of June 5, 2013. However the question...

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