Students Help Upgrade Next Year’s School Menu At Freedom Event

Published on 16 July 2011 by Sean Bowes in Education

When you think of words like “cafeteria” or “school lunch,” images of Sloppy Joes, tiny milk boxes and cardboard- consistency pizza squares may come to mind. However, it looks as if Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) is looking to spice up its menus with tasty meals such as chicken burrito bowls and Asian flatbread pizza.

Around 200 students from various schools around the county, including some from Chiles and Clark Elementaries, assembled at Freedom High on June 29 for the second-annual “Fresh Flavors — Foods for Body & Mind Expo” to judge dishes that could be featured at local schools next year.

Freedom High Senior Wins Perfect Car for Perfect Attendance

Published on 16 July 2011 by Sean Bowes in Education

No playing hooky, no sick days, and no missing classes for vacation. It sounds unlikely that many high school seniors could complete this feat. Many high school seniors feel the pressure to take days off to look at college campuses, or participate in “senior skip days,” but Freedom High’s Katherine “Katie” Janiga, along with 150 other high school seniors frrom across Hillsborough County, managed to go the whole year without missing one day.