School collects donations for Tampa Hope
LAKELAND – Students, faculty and families of St. Anthony Catholic School donated items, such as pet food, baby items and personal hygiene items, to Tampa Hope to benefit people in the community who have suffered losses during Hurricane Helene and Milton.
Sarah Fowler, a fifth-grade teacher, spearheaded the collection after hearing about the difficulties in Tampa Bay following the hurricanes.
“It weighed on my heart,” Fowler said.
Tampa Hope is a shelter operated by Catholic Charities Diocese of Saint Petersburg serving up to 234 homeless adults with plans to expand to 335.
PHSC to host financial recovery workshop
WESLEY CHAPEL – Pasco-Hernando State College will host a financial recovery workshop to connect students and the community to resources after Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
The workshop takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch Conference Center, 2727 Mansfield Blvd. The Copeland Team sponsors the event, which is open to the public and free with lunch provided.
Visit phsc.edu/about/events/campus/community-awareness-series-financial-fitness for event and registration details.
The workshop will explain steps to work toward financial wellness as well as community resources and agencies to assist families.
Originally, the event was intended as a Financial Fitness workshop; however, the focus shifted in the best interest of the community. A Financial Fitness workshop for spring 2025 will be announced soon.
“For PHSC, our community partnerships are essential in our service to students and each other,” said Davina Jones, provost of the Porter Campus. “Natural occurrences, like hurricanes, have a way of reminding us that we are in this together.”
Pasco schools approved to operate afterschool meals
LAND O’ LAKES – Pasco County Schools announced the approval of 64 schools for participation in the Afterschool Meals Program, a subcomponent of the Child Care Food Program.
The Afterschool Meals Program is designed primarily to provide nutritious meals to children participating in afterschool programs on campus.
Approved schools hosting programs and activities (including PLACE) after school hours will have the ability to provide meals for the 2024-25 school year.
Parents should contact the coordinator of the program their child is participating in to determine if meals will be provided.
The following schools, grouped by city, have been approved to participate in the program:
- Dade City: Centennial Elementary School, Centennial Middle School, East Pasco Education Academy, Lacoochee Elementary School, Pasco Elementary School, Pasco High School, Pasco Middle School, R.B. Cox Elementary and San Antonio Elementary.
- Holiday: Anclote High School, Gulf Trace Elementary School, Gulfside Elementary School, Paul R. Smith Middle School and Sunray Elementary School.
- Hudson: Fivay High School, Hudson High School, Hudson Middle School, Hudson Primary Academy and West Pasco Education Academy.
- Land O’ Lakes: Connerton Elementary School, Lake Myrtle Elementary School and Pineview Elementary School.
- Lutz: Denham Oaks Elementary School.
- New Port Richey: Anclote Elementary School, Athenian Academy, Bayonet Point Middle School, Calusa Elementary School, Cotee River Elementary School, Cypress Elementary School, Deer Park Elementary School, Gulf High School, Gulf Middle School, James M. Marlowe Elementary School, Longleaf Elementary School, Mittye P. Locke Elementary School, Moon Lake Elementary School, Pepin Academy, Plato Academy, Richey Elementary School, River Ridge Middle/High School, Schrader Elementary School, Seven Springs Elementary School and Wendell Krinn Technical High School.
- Port Richey: Chasco Elementary School, Chasco Middle School, Dayspring Academy (Elementary), Dayspring Jazz, Fox Hollow Elementary School and Gulf Highlands Elementary and Learning Lodge.
- Shady Hills: Shady Hills Elementary School.
- Spring Hill: Classical Preparatory School, Crews Lake Middle School and Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School.
- Wesley Chapel: New River Elementary School, Quail Hollow Elementary School, Veterans Elementary School and Watergrass Elementary School.
- Zephyrhills: Chester Taylor Elementary School, R.B. Stewart Middle School, West Zephyrhills Elementary School, Woodland Elementary School and Zephyrhills High School.
Student Achievements
- Chad Cooper of Lutz, has earned a Master of Science in Analytics from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
