By Spectrum News Staff Pasco County PUBLISHED 3:31 PM ET Feb. 25, 2021 PUBLISHED February 25, 2021 @3:31 PM
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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. Pasco County Schools announced Thursday a plan to hold in-person graduation ceremonies this year in school stadiums.
School officials said the plan was necessary when the district learned that the Yuengling Center at the University of South Florida will not be available for the graduation ceremonies in June.
The ceremonies will be similar to the in-person events held for Pasco graduates last year, however, each graduate will be now be allowed four guests, instead of the two permitted last year. While last year s guests were seated on the field with the graduate, this year, only two guests will be allowed on the field, and the other two will be seated in the bleachers. The clusters of three
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LAND O LAKES, Fla., Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Pasco Middle School welcomed more than 50 school and district leaders from across the United States in January, 2021 as part of a virtual showcase of the Cambridge International program, which Pasco Middle has offered since 2014. Superintendent Kurt Browning opened the showcase and welcomed the attendees to learn about Cambridge implementation at his district.
Pasco Middle was selected as one of the first Cambridge International School Demonstration Centers in the United States in February 2020. As a School Demonstration Center, Pasco Middle hosts two showcase events annually, at which administrators, teachers, and students will promote and explain to newly authorized Cambridge schools and districts how they implemented the Cambridge program.
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A megachurch in Florida recently paid off approximately $38,000 in lunch debts for students in two local public school districts as part of an effort to fight the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Idlewild Baptist Church, which has campuses in Tampa and Lutz, recently sent the checks paying for the lunch debts to Hillsborough County Public Schools and Pasco County Schools, respectively.
Yerusha Bunag, director of local missions at Idlewild, told The Christian Post that the charitable act was part of the church’s overall involvement in helping local public school students.
“Our church has been very invested in helping public schools in our community. Before COVID, we were involved in tutoring, mentoring, campus rejuvenation, student supplies, teacher appreciation events, etc.,” Bunag explained.