When Senior Jade Norton left school March 13 after the annual Wildcat Challenge, she had not anticipated the possibility of not returning before graduation in May. But for the Class of 2020, the finale of the high-school experience is unlike any other. With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the country, school closures have been extended through May 4. For the seniors, that means events such as Prom, Grad Bash and Senior Breakfast have been canceled. “I feel cheated,” Norton said. “I think the most frustrating part is that there is nothing I, nor the principal, can do about this...

School is canceled by order of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis until March 30 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.  “[I was] excited that [the state] was taking precautions to limit the spread,” parent Michelle Tucker said. “Because it’s hard to get kids to wash their hands and put things in their routine that is not normally in their routine.” In addition, all field trips and overnight athletic events have been canceled through April, according to Brevard Public Schools. “I think schools are a good place to spread [COVID-19], even though it’s not here,” Tucker said....

The Advanced Robotics class has taken a pause on the space missions and is now moving over to a more scientific side of STEM. "We are going to do experiments to see which type of insulation holds temperature the best," robotics teacher Jill Whitacre said. "We are going to use the EV3 brick as a data collection piece." The class is exploring other ways the EV3 brick can be used. "We are expanding the EV3 to use it as an experiment device so we can collect data with it," Whitacre said. The students built a new stand to hold the temperature probe in place. "We will be running experiments...

The life of a high school teacher is a notoriously stressful one, but one teacher has found a way to cope. Heather da Silva practices aerial yoga, both personally and as a teacher. “It started a while ago, because I needed to do something to keep myself active,” the career research teacher said. “I went to the gym across the street from where I was living because they were having free classes. I really, really enjoyed it. That was traditional yoga, and then I got into aerial yoga and it was absolutely amazing. I’ve been doing it for about four years now.” But simply learning wasn’t...

Greg Pallone from Channel 13 News recently created a package on the space missions that the Advanced Robotics class is working on. Pallone and his camera man filmed the students working on their space missions and interviewed robotics teacher Jill Whitacre and Shawn C. (8). Tuesday evening they produced a package on the missions which aired on national television. "We thought it would be a great opportunity to talk to some students about what their future careers might be and how interested they are in the Mars rover mission," Pallone said. Pallone's news team was supposed to do a story on...

As the population of the world rapidly increases and resources are being over-consumed, the earth has been in its worst conditions, environmentally, yet. Seeing the risks that are posed for the future, Luke Marzano (11) decided to take a stand and do something few typical kids would do: start an environmental organization. Called the Global Sustainability Group, the organization was designed to increase awareness of sustainable living through environmentally friendly community activities, such as planting trees, beach cleanup and much more. "At first, the goal was to start with planting trees...