WRHS hosts book fair, fundraiser
The Wiregrass Ranch High School Art Department will host a book fair and fundraiser at Barnes & Noble at The Shops at Wiregrass in Wesley Chapel Nov. 20 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The event will include drama improvisations, music ensembles, a balloon artist, face painting, free gift-wrapping, story telling and raffles.
To support the school online, visit BN.com/bookfairs Nov. 20-23 and use the code 114653098 at checkout.
Fall fundraiser for academy
New LEAPS Academy in Wesley Chapel will host its first Fall Harvest Fundraiser Gala Nov. 21 at 7 p.m., at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club, 6225 Old Pasco Road in Wesley Chapel.
There will be food, entertainment, door prizes, raffles and a cash bar. Tickets are $50.
For information and tickets, call Sam Natale at (813) 469-6936, email or .
School teams with mission group to send care packages
Throughout the month of October, families and staff of Land O’ Lakes Christian School and First Baptist Church of Land O’ Lakes donated supplies and grocery items to be sent to military men and women serving overseas for Christmas.
Coordinating with the Military Matthew 5 Missions organization and founder Leslie Futch, more than 130 care packages will be shipped out through GTE Financial Nov. 12 to troops serving in Afghanistan.
Statewide poetry contest
The Florida State Poets Association is looking for middle and high school students to enter its 25th annual Student Poetry Contest.
The contest offers cash awards in both the junior and senior divisions.
Winning poems will be published in FSPA’s annual anthology and entered in the national Manningham Trust Student Contest.
Poems must be postmarked by Dec. 1.
Requirement and details can be found at FloridaStatePoetsAssociation.org.
Concept College receives grant
The Pasco-Hernando State College Foundation recently received a $10,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation to support its Concept College program.
Concept College is an outreach program for high school students who are economically disadvantaged, minorities, teen parents, disabled, migrant, retrieved dropouts, or otherwise non-traditional.
The program is coordinated with Pasco and Hernando County school districts to identify at-risk students.
For information on the PHSC Foundation or Concept College, call (727) 816-3410, or visit PHSC.edu/foundation.
Library of Congress offers free interactive e-books
The Library of Congress is offering students a set of free interactive e-books for tablets.
The new Library of Congress Student Discovery Sets bring together historical artifacts and one-of-a-kind documents in a range of topics from history to science to literature.
Interactive tools let students zoom in for close examination, draw to highlight interesting details, and make notes about what they discover.
The first six Student Discovery Sets are available now for iPad, and can be downloaded for free on iBooks. These sets cover the U.S. Constitution, Symbols of the United States, Immigration, the Dust Bowl, the Harlem Renaissance, and Understanding the Cosmos.
For information, visit LOC.gov/teachers/student-discovery-sets/.
