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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

Parking tag prices increase causes outrage

Zoie Ashmeade, News Editor September 18, 2016

Before the start of the school year students were made aware that parking decals this school year would be made available but with a steep increase from $5 to $20. Without any physical improvements...

SAT creates unnecessary stress

P’OP Staff September 18, 2016

Run! Hide! There on the horizon line, another ghastly Standardized Assess- ment Test revision approaches! Here comes a fresh Standardized Assessment Test, or commonly known as the SAT, which...

SAT adjustments cause admission changes

Sam Werner, Opinions Editor September 18, 2016

Starting on all tests after March 2016, College board changed many aspects of the SAT. The graduating class of 2017 are the rst class to take the redesigned SAT, and will be the rst to use the...

Students hope for new club approval

Students hope for new club approval

Sam Werner, Opinions Editor September 18, 2016

Despite all the clubs Plant currently offers, students are now beginning to come up with new ideas and create new clubs for their peers to participate in. Getting a club approved is a long...

Goody Goody returns to Tampa

Goody Goody returns to Tampa

Sam Werner, Opinions Editor September 13, 2016

An old favorite is back. Goody Goody burger, which opened in Tampa in 1925 and closed in 2005, has opened a new location that is hopefully here to stay. Located at 1601 W Swann Ave, Goody Goody is one...

Library coffee shop offers cozy space

Amanda Rodeiro, Staff Writer September 5, 2016

The Library is a coffee shop on Dale Mabry that provides amazing sandwiches, coffee and customer service. A warm atmosphere is felt throughout the quaint space and light, homemade food is served. The...

Natalie Grant, senior, spends the rainy day off reading.

How to Spend a Rainy Day

Natalie Grant, Business Manager September 1, 2016

1) Netflix! A rainy day is the perfect time to sit back and relax with a bowl of popcorn. Catch up on your favorite TV shows or pick a movie to enjoy. 2) Read a Good Book! We all have that one book...

‘Keeping Corner’ brings awe to mouth

Cole Maines, Sports Writer August 30, 2016

Under the title Keeping Corner, magic happens. In the book Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth a young woman in India is widowed and must follow a unjust tradition. Not only does she have...

Easy ways to be healthy

Easy ways to be healthy

August 26, 2016

1) Go to a Workout Class! Being in a class will push you to do the full workout, or more than what would've done without the presence of others. 2) Have a workout buddy! Make working out fun by...

'War Dogs' offers retrospective insight to the American dream

‘War Dogs’ offers retrospective insight to the American dream

Emilia DiFabrizio, Public Relations Manager August 21, 2016

Jonah Hill and Miles Teller star in 2016 comedy, “War Dogs,” an interesting look to recent history shrouded in critique of the American dream. The film is based on a true story, one involving arms...

On Swann Gives Tampa a New Kind of Dining

Lizzy Hancock, Staff Writer August 17, 2016

On Swann is a trendy new American restaurant located on Swann Avenue in Hyde Park Village that supplies local foodies with a broad range of sophisticated meals. Opening this past summer, the restaurant...

What's Brewin'?

What’s Brewin’?

‘The Lab’ is located in North Hyde Park. Customers drive through rows and rows of warehouses. Locating the coffee shop is slightly difficult but once it is found, the experience makes it all worth...

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