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Tuesday, November 24
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Irby Fall festival fun
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ELLEN BOUKARI/Alachua County Today
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Irby Elementary’s fall festival offered fun for the whole family, including a hayride over the school grounds. Each year the fall festival hosts hundreds of children, family and friends, entertaining them with food and games. The festival raises money for the PTA, but also provides fun for students and parents alike. On tap for the evening were carnival type games and prizes, face painting, a fishing booth, grilled hamburgers and an assortment of baked goods.
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High Springs FFA Chapter Camp Kulaqua retreat
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Koller
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HIGH SPRINGS – The High Springs Community School FFA Chapter held its 3rd Annual Chapter Retreat at Camp Kulaqua Sept. 17 and 18 with 35 members participating.
After school on Sept. 17, FFA members and officers met at Camp Kulaqua at 4:30 pm. In a heavy downpour, we went to our cabins and unpacked while the rain seemed to flood the whole camp.
We piled in cars and drove to the Aframe building to begin activities and were greeted by FFA Advisor Brent Douglas and listened to a speech by FFA President Don Patterson. Santa Fe High School FFA officers Hannah Goodson and Taylor
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Environmentally conscious students win national award
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File photo Special to Alachua County Today The Newberry P.R.I.D.E. (Panthers Researching and Improving Different Environments) group recently learned its entry to the Final Lexus Eco-Challenge was selected as a first-place award winner. Team members, their teacher Cynthia Holland, and the school will share $30,000 in prize money. Pictured are Linda Davis, Allison Doolittle, Gabby Eagle, Kaitie Bullard, Ja’Layne Kronz and Cynthia Holland. Not shown is Naomi Daniels.
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NEWBERRY – A team of students from Newberry High School (NHS) is one of a handful of high school teams in the nation to win top honors in a national environmental competition sponsored by the Lexus and Scholastic corporations.
The Newberry P.R.I.D.E. (Panthers Researching and Improving Different Environments) group was recently notified that its entry to the Final Lexus Eco-Challenge has been selected as a first-place award winner. Only six other high school teams in the U.S. earned that distinction.
Team members Naomi Daniels, Linda Davis, Allison Doolittle, Gabby Eagle,
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Signs remind students to buckle up
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 4/2/2009
NEWBERRY – High school students throughout Alachua County will pass a school-spirited reminder to buckle their seatbelts every time they leave campus, courtesy of the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.
Signs that read “Buckle Up,” and
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Pledge contest earns Newberry second graders $500
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Photo special to Alachua County Today L-R: W-KTK’s Storm Roberts and Chris Wells present a $500 ceremonial check to Newberry Elementary second grade teacher Martha Brown and Principal Lacy Redd in recognition of Brown’s class winning the W-KTK Pledge of Allegiance contest.
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NEWBERRY – Newberry Elementary was presented a $500 check on Feb. 19 after one of its second-grade classes proved their patriotism and won the W-KTK Pledge of Allegiance contest.
Every weekday morning at 7 a.m. a different class’s recording is played on the station’s Morning Show with Storm and Chris as that day’s “daily winner.” At the end of each month, the station selects one of its “daily winners” from that month to receive a larger prize.
Martha Brown’s second-grade class was notified that they won the contest on Feb. 13.
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High Springs FFA wins first place in district level events
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