Schools offering second round of flu shots
Because of press reports of a 'second wave' of flu cases, the Alachua County Health Department and Alachua County Schools are again offering students free...
Thirty district high school students named National Merit finalists
Thirty Alachua County Public School students have been notified that they are finalists in the prestigious 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program, a significant increase from...
Coca-Cola donates laptops to Reichert House
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida donated 10 HP Chromebook laptops today to the Reichert House Youth Academy STEM lab....
Eastside High culinary students compete for the right to send their creation into space
Students had to create a recipe that met strict NASA nutritional guidelines. They also had to submit a research paper that addressed such issues as...
ExploraVision competition allows middle schoolers to tackle global challenges
7th-graders at Howard Bishop Middle School have been tackling global challenges as part of ExploraVision....
Gainesville High students qualify for state health competition
Thirty-one students from the Gainesville High School Academy of Health Professions have qualified to compete in the upcoming State Leadership Conference for HOSA, an organization...
Local student earns national attention for work tracking drug epidemic
Navya Tripathi, a sophomore at Buchholz High School, was the only high school student in the country whose work was selected for a full presentation...
Teacher of the Year finalists announced
Alachua County's Teacher of the Year finalists are Kasey Norris from Alachua Elementary School, Kirk Tapley from Howard Bishop Middle School, and Josh Forgione from...
Black Male Enrichment Conference helps young black men prepare for college
This free program provides 7th - 11th-grade black male students an opportunity to access information about college, financial aid, scholarships, and additional services offered by...
Santa Fe College will name Fine Arts Hall after Jackson Sasser
The Santa Fe College District Board of Trustees announced at their meeting on Tuesday that they will rename both the College’s Fine Arts Hall and...