Posted on December 12th, 2010 by
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A recent donation was received for the Citrus County Blessings in a Backpack program from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.
Blessings In a Backpack Is a program designed to bridge the meal gap for students on federally funded meal programs during the school week. It provides three meals a day on Saturday and Sunday. From left are: Dusti Curry, vice president of Bank of America at Inverness Banking Center; Debbie Lattin, chairwoman of Citrus County Harvest; and Jeffrey Smith, vice president of Bank of America at Citrus Village Banking Center.
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Posted on December 10th, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
Photo by Chronicle Students from the Environmental Academy mix up a batch of biodiesel fuel from vegetable oil. From left, students Sarah Greer, Chance Owens, Cody Fountain and Dillon Walker watch the oil and other components mix during class Tuesday at the Marine Science Center. The biodiesel is mixed with 50 percent commercial diesel fuel.
Chuck Mulligan has found a way to fuel his students’ interest in chemistry. On a chilly morning earlier this week, a group of his Academy of Environmental Science students gathered at the Marine Science Station to produce their first big batch of biodiesel.
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Photo by MATTHEW BECK Ale Cretul, left, youth marketing vice president with the American Heart Association, presents a plaque and trophy to Inverness Middle School physical education teacher Brenda Fitzpatrick on Thursday morning in recognition of the $10,800 raised during the school's Hoops for Heart fundraiser. Fitzpatrick organized the fundraising event at the school. IMS was recognized for raising the third largest amount of money in Florida for the charity through the Hoops for Heart fundraiser and the most money among the schools participating in Citrus County. At right, Jared Fogle, a.k.a. Jared The Subway Guy, visited the school to congratulate the students for their hard work and teach them the importance of eating right and exercising. Fogle gained national fame 12 years ago after losing more than 200 pounds by eating two Subway sandwiches daily. At his heaviest, Fogle weighed 425 pounds. For more on Jared Fogle's visit to the school, see Wednesday's Education section.
By MATTHEW BECK
Ale Cretul, left, youth marketing vice president with the American Heart Association, presents a plaque and trophy to Inverness Middle School physical education teacher Brenda Fitzpatrick on Thursday morning in recognition of the $10,800 raised during the school’s Hoops for Heart fundraiser. Fitzpatrick organized the fundraising event at the school. IMS was recognized for raising the third largest amount of money in Florida for the charity through the Hoops for Heart fundraiser and the most money among the schools participating in Citrus County. At right, Jared Fogle, a.k.a. Jared.
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Jared w/ Superintendent of Schools' Sam Himmel and Inverness Square Subway sandwich artist Tina Hibbard
Jared addressing the full student assembly in the IMS gymnasium.
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Posted on December 8th, 2010 by
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Queries & theories
Young Citrus County scientists show off their experiments, findings to judges
Photo by Dave Sigler Merci' Ovard explains her project Wednesday at the Citrus County Regional Science Fair at Citrus County Auditorium in Inverness.
By Cheri Harris
Brenna Towne has a friend who is allergic to red food dye. She wondered which colors of M&M candies contain it. This question was the basis of the Central Ridge Elementary School student’s science project.
Towne’s project was among more than 300 projects selected for judging in the Citrus County Regional Science Fair on Wednesday at Citrus County Auditorium in Inverness.
The fifth-grader said she had hypothesized that red, orange, blue and green M&M’s contained red dye. After soaking candies on a paper plate, transferring samples of the candy coatings to a paper coffee filter and soaking them in a saltwater solution to separate the dyes, she concluded that only brown, red and orange M&M’s contained the red dye.
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This week, after consideration by some individuals whose opinions I respect, I decided to make a name change to both my Blog site and the domain address name. The new domain name is: www.ThomasTalksOnCitrusSchools.com. It is important that visitors of my personal Blog site not think my Blog site is the official Citrus County Schools site. The opinions I express on my Blog are solely mine (Thomas Kennedy) and are not necessarily the opinions of Citrus County School Board, Superintendent, Administrators, Staff, Educators, Agents or others of Citrus County Schools. The original domain name will automatically redirect visitors to www.ThomasTalksOnCitrusSchools.com so no internet visitors will be missed.
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Pleasant Grove Elementary will participate in the Inverness Christmas parade Saturday, Dec. 11, and it is asking the community for donations of gently used children’s books.
The library would like to hand out books to every child at the parade. Books can be dropped off at the school from now until Friday. Call 637-4400 for more information.
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A recent donation was received for the Citrus County Blessings in a Backpack program from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.
