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Class notes

 
Published Feb. 28, 2017

Class notes

• The Pasco and Hernando region of Odyssey of the Mind will have its annual regional tournament for elementary school students from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Weightman Middle School in Wesley Chapel.

Odyssey of the Mind emphasizes creative thinking, teamwork, performing skills and self-reliance as all solutions are built, written and performed by members of the teams. Thousands of students throughout Florida will compete for the right to advance to state finals in April in Orlando. Teams that finish in the top two positions there will advance to world finals in May at Michigan State University.

• Pasco Fine Arts, along with Florida Council on Arts and Culture, is hosting the 2017 Kids 'N Art Exhibition. Children in kindergarten through Grade 5 who are under the direction of an arts educator at a Pasco public, charter or private school, or who are homeschooled, are eligible to participate. Five pieces may be submitted per school. Art will be received March 14 and 15. Awards and a reception will be from 3 to 5 p.m. March 26 at the center, 4145 Fairford Drive, New Port Richey. For information, go to Pascoarts.org and click the "Art Happening" menu.

• Students in grades 6 to 8 are welcome to enter Clerk and Comptroller Paula O'Neil's Constitutional Officers Essay Contest. The competition begins runs through 5 p.m. March 31. In 500 words or less, students will answer the question: "How do you, as a middle school student, benefit from taxes your family, friends and neighbors pay?" Entries will be judged by a panel of directors from the Pasco County Tax Collector's Office according to how well the student communicates his/her response to the question as well as overall essay structure, appearance and readability. Each entry should include the student's name, school, grade and contact information. The winner of the essay contest will be notified by telephone no later than April 17.

Students in public/charter schools should submit essays to their principal, who will forward them to the Tax Collector's Office. Students in private, non-public or home schools should send essays to: Greg Giordano, Assistant Tax Collector, Pasco County Tax Collector's Office, 8731 Citizens Drive, Room 120, New Port Richey, FL 34654, or via email at ggiordano@pascotaxes.com. For information, contact Giordano at (727) 847-8179

Newsmakers

Winners have been named in the Pasco County 2017 Art of Recycling Contest: First place, $500, went to Kylie Rice of Ridgewood High. Second place, $300, went to Julianna Wilkinson of Gulf High. Third place, $200, went to Sydney Bennett of Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High. The following students were awarded $100: Commissioner's Award, Taylor Moore, Pasco High; Covanta's Choice, Kaylin Murphy, Mitchell High; Best Artistic Expression, Breanna Gates, Ridgewood High; Best Use of Printed Material, Jessica Skrelunas, Anclote High; Most Innovative and People's Choice, Nainshari Ortiz, Anclote High; AOR Committee Award, Katie Shelley, Sunlake High; Best Use of Aluminum, Brinkley Simpson, Sunlake High; Best Use of Materials, Eleni Athanasoulis, Genesis Preparatory; Best Use of Plastic, Sarah Oliva, Pasco High; Pasco Arts Council Merit Award, Darian Proper, Anclote High; Best Environmental Concept, Madison Kaylor, Pasco High.

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