The Matheson History Museum will celebrate the opening of its new Matheson Library & Archives and Mary Ann Cofrin Exhibit Hall on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This expansion will allow for more exhibition space and preservation and will give history buffs more opportunities to visit the museum.
An unknown driver rear-ended a school bus Wednesday morning and left the scene of the collision, Florida Highway Patrol said.
Growing up, I always loved school. I loved my teachers, and I loved my friends; I loved putting my pencil case on top of the laminate desk, tearing paper out of spiral notebooks and filing my assignments away in pronged folders. It all just made sense to me. Now that I’m a senior in college, I’ve had to consider more seriously what school means to me. With nearly 17 years of public education under my belt, how will I use what I’ve learned?
High school me was very different than the current me. Now, this column is not going to be about my dynamic growth as a person, so I’m not going to go into too much detail. Here are some highlights: High school me was going to wait until she was 21 to drink (ha). High school me thought it was cool to wear a skirt over jeans. High school me once put a stuffed lobster in her pocket to be quirky. High school me was very self-conscious about wearing glasses. High school me thought no boy would ever like her. High school me didn’t go to parties and then justified that she wasn’t invited with the fact that she wouldn’t have wanted to go anyway.
UF faculty taught Alachua County elementary school teachers the importance of STEM during a National Science Foundation-sponsored showcase Wednesday.
Alachua County’s 40 public schools remained closed Thursday and Friday after the city decided to cancel classes after Hurricane Irma made its way through Florida.
An homage to Confederate war history will soon be removed from Alachua County public property.
The first day of school may be eclipsed by a phenomenon 38 years in the making.
After more than half a year of searching for a new superintendent for Alachua County Public Schools, some community members are unhappy with the outcome.
When Assistant Principal Ed Haukland stepped foot onto the field of his elementary school April 29, he knew he’d be getting dunked underwater.
One in five people will experience mental illness while in middle or high school.
Aazaar Abdul-Rahim doesn’t remember exactly how many interceptions Jalen Tabor had during his freshman year.
I’ve chosen to live my life by many overarching rules. These include, but are not limited to: Don’t drink caffeine after 8 p.m., avoid tanning at all costs and don’t believe anyone who doesn’t make eye contact. These guidelines, while seemingly disjointed, have all arisen from some specific experience that impacted (or scarred) me enough to turn whatever lesson I learned into a cardinal rule. Yet the most important rule by far is this: “Never trust anyone who was cool in middle school.”
Hogtown HomeGrown will host its eighth annual Eat Local Challenge Community Celebration on Sunday at the Matheson History Museum to celebrate the end of Eat Local Month. Festival events will be from 1 to 4 p.m. and are free to the public.
Daisey Gainey is nervous about failing the GED.
Without the men and women who serve in the U.S. armed forces, we wouldn’t be able to enjoy the freedoms many of us take for granted on a daily basis. A typical reaction from an American when they see someone in uniform is to thank them for their service and sacrifice. But recently, one school had a very different reaction.
Even though this flu season has brought an increase in life-threatening cases to Alachua County, the health department provided vaccinations for a record number of the county’s children.
The School Board of Alachua County has launched an online survey to help search for someone to replace the outgoing superintendent.
In perfect unison with those around her, Lauren Eisenschenk marched onto the field under the cloudless blue sky. Small puffs of dust rose from the ground with each step. She lifted her mellophone to her lips, and she was ready.
Jayson Blaire said he wanted to join a fraternity before entering college — until he realized drinking heavily was one of the requirements to be accepted.
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