SEBRING — As students use computers more and more at school, 12-year-old Matthew Juve is using a computer for all his classes, but they are online courses and he no longer attends school this year. Matthew was already taking algebra II online through Stanford University and three other online classes through Florida Virtual School, so it didn't make sense for him to go to Sebring Middle School for one class, his mother, Diane Juve, said. ...more

December 3, 2007

Thomas Hafer, a sixth-grader at Coleman Middle School in South Tampa, has been named the Florida winner of the Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award. ...more

December 1, 2007

HUDSON - A gunshot from a .22-caliber rifle penetrated a Hudson mobile home Saturday, wounding an 11-year-old girl, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reports. ...more

November 18, 2007

The threat of jail time injected a little motivation into scores of parents who lined up around the courthouse Saturday to get their children vaccinated on the spot or prove they had already had the shots. ...more

November 18, 2007

New Port Richey's Danielle Gottwik, a newly turned-12-year-old Seven Springs Middle School sixth-grader recently took another stride in her young soccer career by being named to enter the Olympic Development Program last month following tryouts in Naples. ...more

November 17, 2007

Do Chinese people get along with Japanese people? What is the Chinese zodiac? Do Chinese people eat fast food? ...more

November 10, 2007

Some Benito Middle students opted to extend their school day last week during the school's annual student night out. ...more

November 3, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - During Red Ribbon Week each year, most school officials stage rallies and events aimed at explaining the dangers of drugs and encouraging students to 'just say no.' ...more

October 28, 2007

At first, the girl's mother didn't quite believe her. The Pierce Middle School sixth-grader complained that her teacher was weird, that he kept touching her head and stroking her hair. ...more

October 22, 2007

On Wednesday evenings, the questions start rolling in at 6 p.m. Seventh-grade students Max and Quinton each need help with algebra problems. Sixth-grader Janiqua is trying to sort through equations, too. ...more

October 21, 2007