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Blake High School: Tribune scholars profiles and essays
An invitation was extended to the top 3 percent of Hillsboroughâs graduating seniors to take part in the annual competition.
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Blake High School, 1701 N Boulevard along the Hillsborough River in Tampa, offers an arts magnet program. [ MONICA HERNDON | TIMES ]
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More than 200 of Hillsborough Countyâs top high school seniors from 35 public and private schools accepted an invitation to share their accomplishments and take part in an essay contest through the 2021 R.F. âRedâ Pittman Tribune Scholars program. Their profiles and essays are published here, just as the students submitted them. To search all schools, click here.
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High school student shows barriers are better
A US high school student has published a paper in
PLOS ONE, suggesting that physical barriers are more effective than distancing to limit coronavirus spread.
Atreyus A. Bhavsar, from Blake High School in Minneapolis, US, set up a series of experiments with mannequins, using balloons filled with fluorescent paint to mimic coughs and sneezes. When a balloon burst inside a mannequin’s mouth, droplets of paint flew out and patterned the mannequin’s surroundings.
Some of the experiments had mannequins wearing masks, while others were set up to simulate Bhavsar’s high school cafeteria, where students have to take their masks off to eat.
Coronavirus in Tampa Bay schools: a weekly update
Reported cases start to dip as the end of the 2020-21 school year approaches.
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Students walk to Davidsen Middle School, where 10 coronavirus cases were reported this past week. The Westchase school, along with Ben Davidson Middle in Tampa, had the most reported cases in the area for the week. [ Times (2019) ]
Updated May 8
As the school year winds down, coronavirus case counts in Tampa Bay area public schools are finally dropping, although not dramatically. With Fridayâs numbers from Pinellas County, which will not be known until Monday, the weekly total will likely be under 500 cases â considerably less than the 600-plus weeks that have occurred for much of the school year.
Bay Area performer finds new passion in teaching after pandemic forced her off the stage
Lloyd Sowers reports
TAMPA, Fla. - For more than a year, the lights have been off and performers have been out of work at theaters across the country. We came in for rehearsal and we were told we’re done, says Alexia Sky Colon.
The 30-year-old from Tampa started dancing and singing when she was five years old. After graduating from Blake High School she began performing professionally until she eventually fulfilled her dream to perform on Broadway and then with the widely acclaimed production of Hamilton in Chicago.