Browse past news stories for Plantation High School in Plantation, FL.

• Harvest drive comes to Stoneman Douglas High next week (Coral Springs Forum)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 08:58:19 pm
  Rabbi Mitch Feld has a simple reason for supporting Harvest Drive , a community driven fight against hunger going on in the county. “Food is a basic right. I believe hunger anywhere in the community is unacceptable,” Feld said. “I have food on the table. I have food in my fridge. I am lucky, but there are so many people out there who are not. I am glad there are people willing to help them.” For ...
• Center's preschoolers get pals for day (Miami Herald)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:26:54 pm
  Ethan Paul dragged a red crayon across his paper as he completed his artwork. Nikhil Mohip, a South Plantation High School senior, watched the preschooler intently, offering him words of encouragement and a ready smile.
• Fla. teacher suspended for autism vote reinstated (MalaysiaNews.net)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:13:43 pm
  When Plantation High School teams hit the road this season, it will be different. Marge Payton, the school's longtime bus driver, died Aug. 26. Payton, 76, a Plantation resident, was known for drivi...
• Broward schools want to shake up magnet program (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 12:34:25 am
  The Broward School District wants to shake up its magnet program, adding at least three new schools to its mix in hopes of luring students to campuses in the east that have recently lost enrollment.
• 'Skunk huggers' head Down Under (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 08:24:23 am
  Australia Zoo hosting juniors from animal magnet program Because they "hug skunks," two teens from South Florida are headed to The Land Down Under.
• Lauderhill Man's Rubber Band Ball Bounces Him Into the Guinness Book (Broward-Palm Beach New Times)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 11:16:43 pm
  A ratty blue tarp is wrapped tightly around a huge sphere in a Lauderhill driveway. It takes up a full parking space and is nearly as tall as the simple white house behind it. It looks like a captured UFO. As Joel Waul throws aside cinder blocks to remove the tarp, he appears otherworldly...
• Thief threatens couple in Miramar parking lot (Miami Herald)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 05:01:34 am
  A 40-year-old man driving a Dodge Stratus through the Pillbox Plaza, 1701 NW 123rd Ave. in Miramar, about 3:15 p.m. Oct. 8 was lost.
• Motorist is victim of `crash-and-grab' (Miami Herald)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 05:01:34 am
  About 10:15 p.m. Oct. 14, a 36-year-old man was driving west on West Broward Boulevard in his 1995 Honda Civic. He told police he stopped at the light at Southwest 54th Avenue in Plantation when he was hit from behind and left his car to speak to the other driver.
• Harold, Keeler help send Plantation to next round (Miami Herald)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 05:03:00 am
  Jenna Keeler, the top player on the court, had 23 kills (seven blocks, two tips) and 11 digs as the Plantation High School girls' varsity volleyball team defeated host South Broward 25-20, 25-19, 25-11 in a District 11-6A semifinal on Tuesday.
• Emert will keep on pounding, big offers or not (AccessNorthGA)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 03:19:43 am
  CUMMING -- Frank Hepler simply can’t understand why more colleges aren’t burning up his phone lines to speak to Ben Emert. “There’s a bunch of Division I schools that are going to miss out if they don’t offer him a scholarship,” the West Forsyth football coach said.
• West Broward's Cruz working toward goal (Miami Herald)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 05:04:06 am
  Sineidy Cruz knew when she was a third-grader playing volleyball at the Bayamon Military Academy in her native Puerto Rico that she wanted to go pro.
• UL focused on creating a new direction today (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:58:08 am
  Maurice Rolle Jr. recalls UL's history of disappointment against Florida Atlantic. Outside of a 6-0 win over the Owls in 2006, the Ragin' Cajuns have lost the other three meetings in the head-to-head series.
• Volleyball Players of the Week (Miami Herald)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 10:11:57 am
  Broward County High School Varsity Volleyball Players of the Week Leigh Andrew, Westminster Academy: sophomore hitter had 17 service points, two aces, 30 kills, one block in wins over Calvary, Douglas and Yeshiva.
• Harvest Drive aims to feed needy children (Pompano Forum)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 07:36:04 am
  Representatives of Harvest Drive 2009 have begun seeking donations to achieve their goal of providing 1,000 needy families in Broward County with a complete Thanksgiving feast. The organization is reaching out to the community in its search for donations and volunteers to help disadvantaged families with children.
• School's Harvest Drive aims to feed needy children (Pompano Forum)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 07:35:33 am
  Representatives of Harvest Drive 2009 have begun seeking donations to achieve their goal of providing 100 needy families in Broward County with a complete Thanksgiving feast. The organization is reaching out to the community in its search for donations and volunteers to help disadvantaged families with children.
• Plantation run/walk will benefit sarcoma research (Miami Herald)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 08:00:09 am
  Paul and Allison Liotti will be among hundreds of walkers at Plantation's Central Park on Oct. 18 for the Second Annual 5K Run/Walk for a Cure to benefit the Sarcoma Foundation of America.
• Keeler propels Plantation over steady Flying L's (Miami Herald)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 08:01:11 am
  Jenna Keeler had 15 kills and 22 digs to lead the Plantation High School girls' varsity volleyball team over visiting Fort Lauderdale 23-25, 25-22, 25-14, 25-14 on Thursday afternoon.
• Cundy returns, helps lead Panthers over North Broward (Miami Herald)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 02:44:09 pm
  Pine Crest outside hitter Katie Cundy injured her ankle in a match earlier this season against Martin County when 6-5 standout Elise Walch landed on it.
• Dreadnaughts Run Past Colonels (The Lakeland Ledger)
  posted on October 3, 2009 at 04:50:45 am
  By MIKE AKINS Ledger Correspondent LAKELAND | The Lakeland Dreadnaughts ran their way to a 46-14 victory over Plantation High School before 3,500 homecoming fans at Bryant Stadium Friday night. Lakeland (4-0), ranked No. 2 in Class 5A, ran for 375 yards in the game with four touchdowns.
• Booty shaking banned from homecoming dance (WTSP-TV Tampa)
  posted on October 3, 2009 at 01:08:27 am
  Lakeland, Florida - The booty shaking ban was enforced at the homecoming dance Saturday night for Lakeland High School students at the Lakeland Center.
• Theater listings for the 2009-2010 season (Miami Herald)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 04:31:30 am
  Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre: 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. 305-444-9293 or actorsplayhouse.org
• Plantation High will miss a beloved mentor (Miami Herald)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 05:04:24 am
  When Plantation High School teams hit the road this season, it will be different. Marge Payton, the school's longtime bus driver, died Aug. 26.
• It's official: Harrison named Plantation police chief (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on August 27, 2009 at 03:30:54 am
  Deputy chief accepts new job but rejects pay raise that comes with it, citing 'uncertain economic times' The City Council Wednesday night officially named Howard Harrison as the new police chief.
• Walkathon to benefit paralyzed man (Miami Herald)
  posted on August 22, 2009 at 11:16:25 pm
  Laurie Valenzuela is hoping hundreds of people will turn out this Saturday to walk for her older brother, who can no longer walk on his own. Her brother, Keith Peterson, was left paralyzed from the chest bone down after the four-wheel ATV he was riding flipped over on him this summer.
• Missing Plantation teens found Saturday (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on August 22, 2009 at 05:21:22 pm
  Two Plantation teenagers were found Saturday afternoon after being reported missing by their mother two days earlier.
• Do Lexus lanes discriminate? On the Roads answers that and more (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on August 14, 2009 at 06:25:01 pm
  Q: I see about one car a week trigger a blue light in the SunPass lanes on South Florida's toll roads. Are the penalties for not paying tolls that insignificant?
• Broncos sign Rashod Moulton and Travis Shelton (KKTV 11 Colorado Springs)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 01:55:29 am
  Moulton is a first-year cornerback, Shelton a rookie wide receiver
• Sundancer team splits competition with first, second-place wins (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
  posted on July 18, 2009 at 11:36:56 am
  The award-winning Sundancer race team from Houston High School won its ninth championship in the open division of the Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge in Texas on Friday, and unofficial results put the team in second place in the classic division.
• High school solar car competition hums along on the Texas Motor Speedway (Dallas Morning News)
  posted on July 14, 2009 at 07:19:46 pm
  G.J. McCARTHY/DMNThe Winston School of Dallas is one of two Texas teams facing students from New York, Connecticut, Florida, Oregon, Colorado, California, Nevada, Mississippi and Louisiana in a four-day competition that ends Friday.
• Bathroom break-in prompts police search at South Plantation High School (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on June 30, 2009 at 08:29:36 pm
  What looked to some like a massive manhunt involving several patrol cars and a police helicopter Monday evening turned out to be little more than teenage girls looking for a restroom at a local high school, police said.