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Education

  • Drafting their future

    INVERNESS — After 540 instructional hours and a professional-level certification, Joseph “Joy” Kelly won’t be playing beach volleyball this summer.

    A résumé — based solely on his mechanical drafting class at Citrus High School — has landed him a civil drafting job, which will earn him $12 an hour.

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  • Saying so long

    Maria Klitzsch’s career as a pre-kindergarten teacher’s aide began 20 years ago at Crystal River Primary School and that’s exactly where it ended in March.

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  • Teacher Appreciation Week

    Whether it's a grand gift or a simple thank-you note, this is the week to show teachers your appreciation.

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  • Epilepsy doesn’t stop St. Leo freshman’s success

    ST. LEO — Alexandria Blaha was 13 when she had the first seizure.

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  • Stages set for high school theater

    LECANTO — Jonah Miller is taking his first stab at the theater. Miller, a junior, is the swashbuckling “pirate king” in the Lecanto High School production of “Piratesof Penzance” this Thursday through Saturday at Curtis PetersonAuditorium.
    “I like the performing arts,” he said. “It’s very challenging.”
    This is a good weekend for those who appreciate musical productions. Along with the LHS play, Citrus High School is offering “Annie Get Your Gun” Thursday through Saturday at the CHS cafetorium.

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  • Rally relieves FCAT stress

    What better way to kick off two weeks of intensive state testing then a pep rally?

    That was the case Friday afternoon at Inverness Middle School, where a group of teachers organized a “Show us what you know” pep rally for the school’s 1,050 students.

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  • Auto technicians group accredits WTI program

    Denise Willis

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  • Slimed silly

    Inverness Primary School set a goal this year to raise $5,000 for the American Heart Association through Jump Rope for Heart. 

    The school exceeded the goal — raising $5,400 during the 17th year it participated. As a reward to the students, the top three fundraisers in the school — kindergartener Avery Schwarer, $225; first-grader Hadley Grow, $225; and second-grader Caden Luyett, $400 — were allowed to slime physical education teacher Terry Flaherty and school principal Marlise Bushman. 

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  • Considering a career

    LECANTO — Junior Achievement and Lecanto High School had a career fair last week with a little twist.

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  • Students get down and dirty for heart health

    CRYSTAL RIVER — This year’s American Heart Association fundraiser at Crystal River Middle School was a real mess.

    About 170 students who raised $3,878 total were rewarded for their efforts by participating Friday in a “Muddy Buddy” obstacle course race every bit as grimy the name suggests.

    While the race had the usual obstacles — climbing, jumping, balancing and the like — the real draw was crawling through mud before racing to the finish line.

    Students competed in one-, two-, three- and four-person teams.

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