Neighbors

By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer Students at five Plant City-area schools will notice several changes to their campuses when they return to school Aug. 21. Durant and Strawberry Crest high schools, Marshall and Turkey Creek middle schools and Wilson Elementary School all received upgrades during the summer.

By Matt Mauney | Staff Writer After driving a school bus in Plant City for 18 years, Alan Register has certainly seen seen it all. From the shy kindergartners who are scared to get on the bus to high-schoolers that want to create their own rules, Register has seen the good, the bad and the […]

By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer Casey Hamilton sounded like seven different people on the phone. The Plant City High School senior switched between an Irish accent to a posh British accent. His laugh mimicked the voice of his favorite TV character, Peter Griffin, from the show “Family Guy.”

By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer In two days Elijah West will be graduating from a summer pre-kindergarten program at Bryan Elementary and moving on to bigger things — kindergarten. The 5-year-old is excited to learn to read and play games with his friends. But there’s one thing Elijah can’t wait to do.

By Matt Mauney | Staff Writer Lindsey Coyne and Tara Vaughn are both enthusiastic about their new positions at Bailey Elementary in Dover. Both will be first-time teachers this fall, teaching the fifth grade, and they both bring a hands-on approach to teaching. “I just look around at all these great supplies, and I’m just […]

By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Durant High School Spanish teacher Virginia Miller’s classroom is abuzz with nervous laughter. It’s still weeks before the first official day of school, but the lessons in this class — the Greater Access Plan camp — are critically important for this particular group: incoming freshmen.