Class notes

By Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published April 11, 2001

School calendar

Progress reports will be issued April 26.

Denham Oaks Elementary: The Dad's Club is hosting its First Annual Golf Tournament at 1:30 p.m. May 5. Deadline to enter is Monday. Format will be a four-ball scramble. Cost is $75 per player and includes: golf with cart, range balls, box lunch, barbecue dinner, door prizes, and putting and hole-in-one contests. Hole sponsors are needed at a cost of $100. Money raised will help fund a new sound system for the school. For information, call Ricky Spencer at (813) 299-2602 or Mike Upp at (813) 546-5839. Tropicana Speaking Contest, 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in the cafeteria.

Giella Elementary: PTO Spring Carnival, 5:30 to 8:3 p.m. April 20.

Irvin Education Center: Benefit yard sale, 8 a.m. till noon, April 21. Donations are welcome. For information, call (352) 524-5700.

Lake Myrtle Elementary: Cultural Arts Night, 5 to 8 p.m. April 20.

Land O'Lakes High: The Spanish Club is having a sponsorship drive for their 2001 summer trip to Mexico. For information or to sponsor a student, call Mrs. Kim Saavedra at (813) 794-9521 or Fred Beauchamp at (813) 794-9400.

Moore Mickens Education Center: GED re-test, Tuesday. April 24 is the deadline to register for the GED to be given on May 1 and 3. Call (352) 524-9033 or (352) 524-9000 for information about registration.

Pine View Middle: Advisory Council meets at 4 p.m. April 19 in the media center. The annual Spring Art Festival will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 26.

Sand Pine Elementary: McCrane Night, 5 to 7 p.m. April 19 at the Pebble Creek McDonald's.

Wesley Chapel High: An informational meeting about cheerleading tryouts will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the cafeteria. Parents should plan on attending with their children.

Briefs

Kindergarten registration will be held May 7 at elementary schools throughout the county. Parents should call the school their child will be enrolled in for specific times. Documentation needed includes: birth certificate, Social Security card (if possible) physical and shot records and proof of residency.

The 6th Annual "Catch A Rising Star" scholarship is available to high school students. Three $500 scholarships will be awarded at the Catch A Rising Star Concert, featuring local favorite Knight Sounds. Deadline for submitting an application and performance video is April 17. For applications, students should contact their band and chorus teachers or high school guidance counselors. For information or to become a sponsor, call Jim or Karen Wilcox at (727) 841-9904.

River Ridge Drama will celebrate its 10th anniversary by presenting the Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Center for the Arts, 11646 Town Center Road, New Port Richey. Evening performances will be held at 7 p.m. April 27 and 28. Matinees at 2 p.m. April 28 and 29. The Saturday matinee performance will be interpreted for the deaf. Tickets are $5. Reservations are recommended. Call (727) 992-4210. Teens are invited to the annual Rock 'N Read/Battle of the Bands celebration at at 6 p.m. Thursday at Crew Lake Park in Shady Hills. Special musical guests are Harry Dash and People Food.

ArtBeat 2001, the annual teen art show, is on exhibit through April 28 at the Pasco Fine Arts Center, 5744 Moog Road, New Port Richey. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday. An awards ceremony will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. April 28. Students from Genesis Preparatory and Gulf, Mitchell and Ridgewood high schools are participants. For information, call (727) 845-7322.

Last chance forcollege entrance exams. April 27 is the deadline to register for the SAT to be administered on June 2.

May 4 is the deadline to register for the ACT to be administered on June 9.

Newsmakers

David Brown has been named Student of the Month at Pine View Middle School. The Marching Band and Cheerleaders received first place for Best Marching Unit in the Pasco County Fair Parade. FFA received second place for its float in the parade. Pasco County Fair art winners were: Claire Swan, first place, two-dimension; and Susan Lau, Sean Nonnemaker and Karla Henke, honorable mentions.

Sand Pine Elementary February Star Students: Precilla Hernandez, Sarah Setley, Ashley Akers, Haider Manzer, Jasmine Lullen, Emily Plate and Joshua Hobbs. Schoolwide Student of the Month: Wade Angel.

Woodland Elementary Kiwanis Superkids for February: Brigitte Collige, Lindsay Warner, Kaylee Kent, Heather Lima-Jones, Walter Berfield, Sylvia Brown and Jessica Fletcher. Zephyrhills High School students Stephanie Allen, Jennifer LeHeup, Daniel Schneider and Jaclyn Uterhardt were selected to compete in the Pasco County Job Preparation Program district-level competition held on March 22 at Marchman Technical Education Center. Students receiving awards for their art work at the Pasco County Fair: Jennifer Krebiehl and Matt Munger, first place; Andrew Prillman, second place; and Alpu Patel, Doris Towner, Robert Ellison, Jacob McDonald, Joshua Haber, Elizabeth Hazelwood, Danny Brooks, Mamie Wise, Ashley Sheppard, Jamie Turner and Chris Hayes, honorable mentions.

February Students of the Month at Denham Oaks Elementary School: Jeff Pence, Keneth Fessel, Dustin Kim, Megan Ramsey, Morgan Poulsen, Kasey Murray and Erin Ballard. Winners of the school-level Expressionist Contest for January: Megan Killmeyer, first place; Holly Bennett, second place; David Vente, third place; and Tanner John son, fourth place. Honorable Mention: Eric Chase, Ashley Johnson, Linda McReynolds and Rebecca Starkman. Pasco Fair Art Show Winners: Katie Corden and Ryan Thill, first place; and Kyle Peel, second place.

Nichole Dragneff, B.J. Jackson, Danny Stone and Crystal Robbins have been named February Students of the Month at Moore Mickens Education Center. Brandy Dwyer has been nominated as the Career Technical Education Student of the Year. Student Council members are: Barbra Bryant, Angel Warren, Jessica Stribling, Crystal Ferger, Cheri Sabatelli, Deanna Holloway, Melissa Dukes, Nancy Morales and Damariz Ortiz. Culinary Arts winners in the 2001 Kumquat Recipe Contest were: Tatika Williams, best of show; James Carter, first place; Kristina Blankenship, second-place salad; Rosa Cabrera, second-place dessert; Quinton Pate, first-place jam/jelly; Lola Wigfall, first-place miscellaneous. Winners of the Pioneer Museum Ginerbread Contest were: Roger Carroll, adult third place; Rosa Cabrera and Dawn McDonald, adult honorable mention; Charles Thomas, youth third place; and Quinton Pate, youth fourth place.

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