The Buchholz High math team just won its 16th national championship in 17 years.
Marion County students showed year-over-year improvement in four subject areas.
North Central Florida’s equine community came together this week to raise funds for the Black Stallion Reading Project which provides the acclaimed book to 4th grade students in Marion County and exposure to horses and equine-related opportunities.
The Chelsea Art Center has an anniversary art exhibition featuring the work of 20 artists now through August 30.
Children can get a free book each week at the Ocala Downtown Market during the Heroes and Helpers summer literacy program and get to see a different miniature horse that matches each week’s featured book.
Winning students had their bicycle icon designs painted on the streets outside of their respective schools.
Police say the crimes involved five students over the course of nearly two years, happening on and off school campus.
Cornerstone School’s Team 1 placed 17th in the American Rocketry Challenge. That has earned them an invitation to participate in NASA’s Student Launch initiative.
Esperance J. Han is one of six Florida students, and 161 nationwide, to be acknowledged as a Presidential Scholar.
The district says the students competed against 2,000 other students from around the world.