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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

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...

Investigation recommendations prompt 11th grade FSA exemption

Investigation recommendations prompt 11th grade FSA exemption

Jessica Jagodzinski, Print Editor-in-Chief March 17, 2015

11th grade students are now exempt from taking the Florida State Assessment (FSA) for language arts after Governor Rick Scott passed an Executive Order Feb. 24. After an investigation of Florida’s...

Plant earns A rating in annual report

Plant earns A rating in annual report

Jessica Jagodzinski, Print Editor in Chief December 18, 2014

Plant High proves their "strength through unity" by earning an A score in their annual school evaluation released Dec. 18, 2014. The recent report by the Department of Education marks Plant's recovery...

Supporters hold moment of silence for Jackie Faircloth on the front lawn Dec. 4. Faircloth was a victim of a hit and run in Tallahassee Nov. 29.

Pray for Jackie

LaNae Fluellen, Circulation Manager December 4, 2014

In the wake of the tragic hit and run on Nov.29,  that left Plant high student Jackie Faircloth in a medically induced coma family, friends and strangers have united in support for her. Thursday, Dec.4,...

Lunar project asks for donations

Lunar project asks for donations

Melissa Jassir, Features Editor November 19, 2014

Since the first successful moon landings, people have been intrigued by the unanswered questions surrounding the moon. In recent news, scientist from the United Kingdom have released a new project, Lunar...

Lot Beginning to Look Like Christmas

Emalee Herrera, Photographer November 17, 2014

Christmas arrives soon, the time of bundling up with a hot cup of cocoa. Along with the arrival of Christmas comes all the sights and smells that it brings. And what is Christmas without a tree to decorate?...

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...

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