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By TIMES STAFF
Published March 22, 2007

Breakfast honors PTA volunteers

Pine Grove's PTA holds its "Outstanding School Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast" in the cafeteria March 30 at 9 a.m.

The school is also having a Dr. Seuss night, with visitors from the community reading aloud to children.

That's at 6:30 p.m. March 30 in the wing near the cafeteria.

Kids craft essays for Arbor Day

Hernando Christian Academy fifth-graders are working on essays to celebrate Arbor Day.

Two fifth-grade teachers will each choose the best essay from their class on the topic "What Arbor Day Means to Me."

The authors win a gift certificate from a local merchant and will read their work aloud at the Brooksville Arbor Day celebration April 27 at Tom Varn Park.

History Fair rivals headed to finals

Hernando County middle- and high school history students will travel to Tallahassee in May to compete in the National History Fair state level finals.

Hernando County typically does very well among 67 counties competing at state.

Last year, according to Springstead history teacher Suzanne Miranda, three students went on to national finals, while 10 went in 2005.

This year, more than 100 students, representing all four high schools, the five middle schools and Challenger K-8, took top honors at their respective schools to qualify for the district competition at Fox Middle School in February.

About 50 of them are going on to the state competition.

High school class to hold car show

Hernando High's Class of 2007, with the Springhill Drifters, Southern Cruisers and the Springhill Muscle Car Club, will have a car show from noon to 5 p.m. April 7 in the Howell parking lot.

Refreshments will be available for purchase.

For details on entering a vehicle, contact Linda Malvesti, Hernando High, at 797-7015, ext. 408.

U.S. women eclipse men in education

March is National Women's History Month. The Census Bureau reports that women have made huge strides in education.

Statistics from 2005 showed 32 percent, or 26.1-million American women age 25-29, attained a bachelor's degree, more than double the number from 20 years ago.

Among men of that age range, 25 percent earned a degree.

The figures show 85.4 percent of women graduated from high school (2005 statistics), while male graduates were at 84.9 percent.

In Hernando County, overall high school graduation rate was 75 percent.

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