Double Branch Elementary: Barbecue Roundup, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday. There will be Hungry Harry's barbecue, carnival games, bounce houses, face painting and more. Picture retakes, Tuesday.
Pasco High: PSAT testing, Oct. 15. Tickets are $13 at the front office.
Sunlake High: Homecoming week ends Friday.
West Zephyrhills Elementary: Picture Day, Monday. Active Parenting classes, 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Call (813) 794-6300.
Wiregrass High: Parent university, 5 to 8:30 p.m. today. Advisory council meeting, 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Theater/art/music
• Land O'Lakes High drama presents the children's play Snow White at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Free.
• Zephyrhills High Fall Band Concert, 7 p.m. Oct. 16.
Pasco Center for the Arts at Wesley Chapel, 30651 Wells Road, (813) 794-8772, (352) 524-8772 or (727) 774-8772.
• Wesley Chapel High drama presents Harvey at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Tickets are $5.
• Pasco Education Foundation's "So You Think You've Got Talent" auditions are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.. For audition forms, go to www.pascoeducationfoundation.org. The show is 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Center for the Arts at River Ridge, 11646 Town Center Road, New Port Richey.
• Wesley Chapel Elementary concert, 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.
• Puss in Boots, 10:30 a.m. and noon Oct. 15. Grades K-5. Tickets are $4.
• Arturo Sandoval and the Florida International University Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17. Tickets can be mailed or picked up at will call.
• Monster Tales, 10:30 a.m. and noon Oct. 22. Grades 3-5. Tickets are $4.
Youth library notes
Note: All Pasco County Library branches will be closed Monday.
Land O'Lakes, 2818 Collier Parkway. (813) 929-1214.
• Homework Help Center and Reading Buddies, 3 to 6 p.m. each Wednesday. Elementary ages.
New River, 34043 State Road 54, Zephyrhills. (813) 788-6375.
• Craft Corner, 2 p.m. Saturday. Elementary ages.
Briefs
• Charles S. Rushe Middle School, Sunlake High School and district school resource officers will host Cyber Safety meetings at 6 p.m. Oct. 15 in the Rushe Middle cafeteria and 6 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Sunlake High media center. There will be tips on Internet safety. Call Tracey Suits at (813) 346-1223.
• The Pasco Compassionate Friends, a group for those grieving the loss of a child, meets at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at Community Hospital, conference room C, 5637 Marine Parkway, New Port Richey. Call (813) 273-8732.
Submit your school news to Michele Miller, by fax, (727) 869-6233; e-mail, miller@sptimes.com; or by standard mail, 11321 U.S. 19, Port Richey, FL 34668. Note: The deadline for timely submissions is one week before publication. Newsmakers
• At Wiregrass High School, Sarah Means was named citizen of the month; Emily Denbo was named student of the month; Lisa Alaimo was named teacher of the month; Shirley Gard was named employee of the month; and Will Ferguson was named athlete of the month.
• Students of the Month at Moore Mickens Education Center: Patrick Etter, Sarah Katzenstein, Leticia Mendoza, Lacey Bevington and Juan Gallardo.Sarah Katzenstein was chosen as the Chamber of Commerce Student of the Month.
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