Browse past news stories for Osceola Middle School in Ocala, FL.

• Boy produces video of Ocala history (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 10:32:51 am
  By Andy Fillmore Correspondent A video made by Grant Harriss, 11, which covers Ocala's history, with more than 8,300 viewings, has become a bit of a YouTube sensation since being posted in July.
• Off to a smooth start (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 10:39:28 am
  By Joe Callahan Staff writer Some parents cried when they dropped their kindergartners off for the first day of school. Some teary-eyed 5-year-olds clung to mommy's leg, fearing the unknown. 39,740 students filled classrooms at 50 schools in Marion County.
• First day of school year for Marion County (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 03:38:28 pm
  By Joe Callahan Staff writer Some parents cried when they dropped their kindergartners off for the first day of school. Some 5-year-olds cried as they clung to mommy’s leg, fearing the unknown. Located just off Lake Weir Avenue, Jeannie Wilkins walked her twin 5-year-old boys, Austin and Dillan, to Carol Chandler’s class at South Ocala Elementary School.
• Tallahassee boxer endures Cloud strenuous workouts while readying for title fight (Tallahassee Democrat)
  posted on June 27, 2009 at 06:05:59 am
  OCALA — What undefeated light heavyweight boxer Tavoris Cloud endured during a 12-hour span Thursday might be considered torture.
• Local girls take advantage of golf lessons (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 10:44:31 am
  By Jamie Voisine Correspondent OCALA - If you’ve visited Pine Oaks Golf Course at all in the past two weeks, you may have noticed a flurry of females taking over the grounds - crushing balls on the driving range, chipping their way out of a bunker or getting down and dirty on their hands and knees to line their putt up just right.
• Ocala speller makes 2nd round of semifinals (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on May 29, 2009 at 10:33:30 am
  Ocala student Miguel Gatmaytan, 13, made it to the second round of the semifinals in the National Spelling Bee,
• Central Florida student knocked out of spelling bee (Orlando Sentinel)
  posted on May 28, 2009 at 03:16:21 pm
  Miguel Gatmaytan is competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. A Central Florida eighth-grader outlasted most of the field at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week before stumbling on "crystosphene" -- a scientific term for buried ice.
• 'Crystosphene' ends bee-utiful run (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on May 28, 2009 at 10:34:17 am
  A Marion County teenager on Wednesday qualified for the semifinals of the national spelling bee, which will be aired at 10 a.m. today on ESPN.
• Ocala Student Through Round 1 At Spelling Bee (WFTV 9 Orlando)
  posted on May 27, 2009 at 09:39:11 pm
  WASHINGTON -- The buzz in Washington, D.C. this week is the 82nd National Spelling Bee. Nearly 300 students - the most in the competition's history - are vying for the title of top speller. The last person left spelling will take home $30,000.
• Struggling Evergreen Elementary gets new principal (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on May 20, 2009 at 10:32:45 am
  A former math teacher with a master's degree in curriculum and instruction has been given the task of revamping Evergreen Elementary School
• Teen who survived life's curve balls ready to be a sports ambassador (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on April 24, 2009 at 10:32:26 am
  Life has thrown father and son Jack and Tim Shotwell their share of curve balls, but together they hope to hit an international grand slam.
• Classroom supply store nears launch date (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on April 20, 2009 at 10:33:37 am
  Tools-4-Teaching volunteers continue to gear up for the official launch of the new classroom supply store. The Public Education Foundation of Marion County in March held the grand opening of the free store, which is aimed at supplying teachers with free classroom goodies.
• Ocala High Class of 1954 boasts strong bond (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on April 18, 2009 at 10:32:58 am
  The majority of high school graduating classes meet for reunions every five, 10, 20 or more years.
• Supplying demand (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on March 27, 2009 at 10:41:58 am
  State funding cuts have meant no raises for teachers, who in many cases are spending hundreds of dollars of their own money for their classes. A new store aimed at providing free classroom supplies for teachers, called Tools-4-Teaching, couldn't come at a better time.