May 1 Cheat sheet: Intergrated prom, art and cinnamon

This really is from 2013

Last weekend high school students at Wilcox County High in rural Georgia got to attend the school’s first integrated prom — ever. No matter that ...

Filed in art, life, prom

April 23 The end of obsession

BY KATIE LAMONT, East Lake High

It was like opening Pandora’s box. A blue composition book, plastered in nail polish, filled with my past obsession.

Inside the notebook (which ...

Filed in life

April 23 That's what we said: changing ourselves

Nobody’s perfect, we get that. Most of the time, we want what we don’t have. Blonds want to be brunets and brunets want to be blonds. Shy people ...

Filed in life

April 23 Go natural or not?

BY NANDI MUSWENGA, St. Petersburg High

When people ask me how long it takes for me to straighten my hair, I can tell they expect me to say, “Oh, 45 ...

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April 23 Wrestling with weight

BY RACHEL MOWAT, Hillsborough High

If you heard of someone losing 10 pounds in a week, would you be jealous, wanting to know the secret? Would you be shocked? Concerned ...

Filed in life, sports

April 23 All the answers

Original reporting by SNN staff writer Marilyn Parker, who is an intern for tb-two* and the Tampa Bay Times.

Ask anyone at any school and chances are great you’ll ...

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April 23 Emerging from a sneak attack

BY SARAH ROONEY, St. Petersburg High

You’re in school, walking down the hall, everything seems normal: students crawling sluggishly to class, backpacks hanging haphazardly off shoulders, the sound of ...

Filed in life

April 23 Help and hope always at hand

BY LILLIAN SKYE NOBLE, St. Petersburg Collegiate High

Sydney Lanman, huge history buff and fan of the Transformers trilogy, has a tattoo on her wrist that reminds her she is ...

Filed in life

April 23 From Jason to Violeta

BY AMELIA GOLDSTEIN, Palm Harbor University High

Escape the life you have, just every once in a while. That’s what Jason Cruz likes to do.

All it takes for ...

Filed in life

April 23 From 'gray' into the light

BY ANGELINA DEVINCENZO, East Lake High

Melissa Larsen, strong and capable athlete, all-around involved and engaging teenager, had an eating disorder.

She went to treatment. She went to therapy. She ...

Filed in life

April 16 Cheat sheet: texting, cats and our mom

Diploma options

A bill that would give you more pathways toward a high school diploma, including more credit for career and technical course work, won unanimous approval from the Florida ...

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April 16 For Specials, a big date in New York

BY GABRIELLE CASLISE, Palm Harbor University High

While their classmates dance the night away at prom this weekend, the 24 members of Palm Harbor University High’s After School Specials ...

Filed in music, entertainment, life

April 16 Smarts + resilience = success

Compiled by LIZ TSOURAKIS, Hillsborough High
GABRIELLE CALISE, Palm Harbor University High
AND RACHEL MOWAT, Hillsborough High

What’s the formula for a successful life?

If you had the magic ...

Filed in college, life

April 16 A flight of faith

BY ANGELINA DEVINCENZO, East Lake High

As the clock struck midnight signaling the beginning of the New Year, a resounding voice of celebration rang throughout the world, including Egypt.

Just ...

Filed in life

April 16 Time for a pop quiz

Are you a journalism junkie who knows your world and ours would be better if you were on next year’s tb-two* staff?

We’re looking for people who like ...

Filed in life