The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is an annual event in Tampa, Florida, that celebrates the mythical Spanish pirate José Gaspar, also known as Gasparilla. The festival, which takes place in late January...
Sophia Gray, Online Editor-in-Chief
• January 19, 2023
Pep rallies are back and better than ever this year. After two whole years of not having pep rallies due to covid, Plant’s executive board decided it was about time to bring them back this year.
Each...
The Hillsborough County school district has introduced several new rezoning proposals in attempts to minimize overcrowding in public schools. This problem is faced across the nation today; however, the...
Three new all-way stops and a designated carline lane were created on the Himes side of Plant High School last week. Plant introduced these traffic features to improve road safety around the school....
Over the last few decades, the city of Tampa has grown tremendously and continues to amaze people all around the globe. Not only is it a popular travel destination for tourists, but it is also home to...
On Dec. 13, 2021, Plant student Taylor Koulouris passed away after multiple days in the hospital following a fatal motorcycle crash. Then junior Benjamin Francis passed upon collision, but Koulouris was...
Now that the holiday season is in full effect, concerns about contracting illnesses are growing in the community. The fear of becoming sick before a holiday gathering is felt by many and is even becoming...
Ninety-five percent of schools in the United States practice lockdown drills. Yet, the question stands, are they effective in protecting students against potential assailants? Lockdown drills consist of...
On Nov. 18, the Winter Village at Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa reopened so that guests could start to get in the holiday spirit. Each year, the Winter Village, located in the heart of Downtown Tampa, offers...
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the midterm elections took place. Gov., House, and Senate races took hold of many Floridians' attention for the entire night and even kept many occupied for days after. Nationally,...
The Order of The Gold and Black is one of the oldest honor societies at Plant, and recently the senior class was given the opportunity to apply. Decisions on who was accepted to be a member came out, which...
According to a survey held in February 2022, just 12 percent of U.S. adults used newspapers as a daily news source. Meanwhile, over 40 percent reported never reading newspapers to keep them up to date,...
