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Pasco expands magnet options

December 30, 2015 By B.C. Manion

Pasco County Schools is expanding its magnet school options beginning next school year, and is holding a series of community meetings to explain the additional options.

Sanders Memorial Elementary School is Pasco County’s first magnet school. It offers a curriculum that focuses on science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics. The district is converting Centennial Middle School in Dade City into a science, technology, engineering and mathematics magnet school. (File Photo)
Sanders Memorial Elementary School is Pasco County’s first magnet school. It offers a curriculum that focuses on science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics.
The district is converting Centennial Middle School in Dade City into a science, technology, engineering and mathematics magnet school.
(File Photo)

The district is converting Centennial Middle School, in Dade City, into a STEM Magnet School. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

A series of community meetings, with each beginning at 6 p.m., will give parents a chance to learn more about the new middle school magnet program.

  • Jan. 11 in the cafeteria at Raymond B. Stewart Middle School, 38505 10th Ave., in Zephyrhills
  • Jan. 12 in the auditorium at Pasco Middle School at 13925 14th St., in Dade City
  • Jan. 13 in the cafeteria at Thomas E. Weightman Middle School, at 30649 Wells Road in Wesley Chapel
  • Jan. 19 in the cafeteria at Dr. John Long Middle School cafeteria, 2025 Mansfield Blvd., Wesley Chapel
  • Jan. 20 in the cafeteria at Centennial Middle School, at 38505 Centennial Road in Dade City
  • Jan. 21 in the cafeteria at Chester W. Taylor Elementary School, at 3638 Morris Bridge Road in Zephyrhills

Parents of sixth- and seventh-graders at the host schools, as well as parents of current fifth-graders that feed into those schools, are encouraged to attend.

Elementary schools feeding into Centennial Middle School are Centennial, Cox, Double Branch, Lacoochee, New River, Pasco, Quail Hollow, San Antonio, Seven Oaks, Veterans, Watergrass, Wesley Chapel, West Zephyrhills and Woodland.

At each meeting, Superintendent Kurt Browning, the magnet school principal and district staff will discuss the STEM magnet theme and programs that will be offered.

Parents also will hear about magnet school application timelines and options for transportation.

Fifth- through seventh-grade students may apply for acceptance to the magnet school during the magnet school application period, Jan. 18 through Jan. 31, 2016. Students and parents not listed are welcome to attend the meetings, but will need to apply for acceptance through the regular school choice period, which begins Feb. 1.

In addition to the new middle school magnet, the district also has an elementary STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics) program at Sanders Memorial Elementary in Land O’ Lakes.

Parents of prospective students to Sanders are invited to tour the school, at 5126 School Road in Land O’ Lakes, on Jan. 8 at 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m.

Parents will have a chance to learn more about the school’s programs, facilities and unique features.

Sanders has unmanned aerial systems, solar panels, and other high tech devices, as well as computers and iPads for each student.

Published December 30, 2015

Filed Under: Education, Local News Tagged With: 10th Avenue, 14th Street, Centennial Middle School, Centennial Road, Chester W. Taylor Elementary, Cox Elementary, Dade City, Double Branch Elementary, Dr. John Long Middle School, Kurt Browning, Lacoochee Elementary, Land O' Lakes, Mansfield Boulevard, Morris Bridge Road, New River Elementary, Pasco County Schools, Pasco Elementary, Pasco Middle School, Quail Hollow Elementary, Raymond B. Stewart Middle, San Antonio Elementary, Sanders Memorial Elementary, School Road, Seven Oaks Elementary, STEM Magnet School, Thomas E. Weightman Middle School, Veterans Elementary, Watergrass Elementary, Wells Road, Wesley Chapel, Wesley Chapel Elementary, West Zephyrhills Elementary, Woodland Elementary, Zephyrhills

Super snacks coming to select Pasco schools

September 12, 2014 By Special to The Laker/Lutz News

Pasco County is getting the chance to test a new after-school meals pilot program with the new offering of a “super snack” at select schools in the district.

A component of the Child Care Food program, it’s designed to provide nutritious snacks and meals to children in after-school programs. It’s funded through the U.S. Department of Health — unlike the school meal program, which is done with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

While the new “super snack” program is primarily same as the existing snack program, the select schools will now be able to offer five components for a snack, instead of two, according to a release. That’s because schools and the district’s food and nutrition department felt that the smaller snack was not enough for many of the kids at schools where more than half the students already receive free or reduced lunches.

Those who can participate in the snack program must be enrolled in an approved after-school or extended-day program. Snacks are available at no separate charge to children at the following sites:

• Anclote High School, 1540 Sweetbriar Drive, Holiday
• Cox Elementary School, 37615 Martin Luther King Blvd., Dade City
• Crews Lake Middle School, 15144 Shady Hills Road, Spring Hill
• Gulf Middle School, 6419 Louisiana Ave., New Port Richey
• Gulfside Elementary School, 2329 Anclote Blvd., Holiday
• Hudson Middle School, 14540 Cobra Way, Hudson
• Lacoochee Elementary School, 38815 Cummer Road, Dade City
• Pasco High School, 36850 State Road 52, Dade City
• Smith Middle School, 1410 Sweetbriar Drive, Holiday
• Stewart Middle School, 38505 10th Ave., Zephyrhills
• Taylor Elementary School, 3638 Morris Bridge Road, Zephyrhills
• Woodland Elementary School, 38203 Henry Drive, Zephyrhills

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: 10th Avenue, Anclote Boulevard, Anclote High School, Child Care Food, Cobra Way, Cox Elementary School, Crews Lake Middle School, Cummer Road, Dade City, Gulf Middle School, Gulfside Elementary School, Henry Drive, Holiday, Hudson, Hudson Middle School, Lacoochee Elementary School, Louisiana Avenue, Martin Luther King Boulevard, Morris Bridge Road, New Port Richey, Pasco County, Pasco High School, Shady Hills Road, Smith Middle School, Spring Hill, State Road 52, Stewart Middle School, Sweetbriar Drive, Taylor Elementary School, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Health, Woodland Elementary School, Zephyrhills

Pasco schools to host meetings on DELTA program

July 16, 2014 By Special to The Laker/Lutz News

Pasco County Schools is hosting two community meetings to gather input on a proposal for an after-school enrichment program focused on core subjects like science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.

The first meeting is July 21 at 6 p.m. at Hudson Middle School, with the second July 22 at Stewart Middle School. Both meetings start at 6 p.m.

The meetings are designed to talk about DELTA — which stands for determination, education, leadership, talent, achievement — administered by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers. Services will be tuition-free for a limited number of children.

If awarded, the grant will fund DELTA after-school programs beginning in October at Lacoochee and Gulf Highlands elementary schools, as well as Gulf, Hudson and Stewart middle schools.

Hudson MIddle is located at 14540 Cobra Way in Hudson, while Stewart Middle is located at 38505 10th Ave., in Zephyrhills.

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: 10th Avenue, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Cobra Way, Gulf Highlands Elementary School, Gulf Middle School, Hudson Middle School, Lacoochee Elementary School, Pasco County Schools, Stewart Middle School

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