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She's one of many graduates back on campus who made our June Summer Session extraordinary, by volunteering and acting as a role model for our middle-school girls. "I remember how shy Essence . . . Click Here to read more of 55 Seconds of Academy Prep |
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Student
Artwork from Academy Prep Center of Tampa Presented by Come join us and see - HCC Ybor Art Gallery, Performing Arts Building To see more Click
Here ( Cover artwork by Imani Smith, Class of 2008 |
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  Cooking
Up DreamsLives Transformed. 100 Guests Experience a School Day at Academy Prep The grounds of Academy Prep’s century old former V.M. Ybor
Grammar School lit up on Saturday, May 2 as over 130 Tampa’s
community members gathered for Cooking Up Dreams, an evening featuring
a five course dinner. The event’s culinary delights were donated
by The Columbia, Chez Bryce, Bailey’s and Mise En Place, Gallo
Wine, and supported by 15 financial sponsors and 10 additional design
vendors, including Marketing Associates USA. |
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History Celebration a Roaring Success Our 3rd Annual Black History Celebration, held on February 13, 2009, was a great success! There was a tremendous showing of talent by the Gospel Choir, Spoken Word, Culture Club, the St. Pete Step Team, and many more outstanding performers. Special thanks to Dr. Shawn Robinson, HCC Campus President for the Ybor City Campus. Dr. Robinson was our special guest and spoke about the importance of black history and personal achievement. A very special thanks also goes to all the families who donated time, food, and effort to ensure that the food tasting was a success. To learn more about our 3rd Annual Black History Celebration:
Reconnecting to our Past to Revolutionize our Future and
see some photos, please (Click
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| Academy
Prep Experience - An Outside View Please enjoy
the following beautiful and thoughtful letter written by a person
who saw our students volunteer. It expresses the essence of the
school. |
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| Road
To The Chess Nationals In Orlando The chess team coached by Ted McNair performed quite well in gaining experience in local and regional tournaments on their way to the 2008 United States Chess Federation National Scholastic K-12 Championship. The tournament was held the weekend of December 13 -14 in Disney World, Orlando, Florida. The 7th and 8th grade teams performed in an outstanding manner against teams laden with highly-rated competitors. Both teams entered the championship unrated because of not being able to compete in enough tournaments but both placed nationally. The 8th grade team placed 6th nationally in a filed of 47 and was awarded a large trophy, while the 7th grade team placed 9th. Two 8th graders finished first and third nationally, while two 7th grade boys finished 2nd and 3rd nationally in the unrated division. It was quite an accomplishment for the team and the six novice
players. Also, these students are two-time first place team winners
in the Region and more recently first place team in the 2008 West
Florida Fall Scholastic Gran Prix. |
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Battle (7th grade, 3rd place)Mattaldi Morris (8th grade, 3rd place) Christopher Flowers (7th grade) Javaris Samuels (8th grade), Ahmadou Varmah (8th grade, 1st place) Michael Hicks (7th grade, 2nd place) and Coach Ted McNair. |
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8th
Grade Team, 6th in Nation |
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Theme
of Survival The
sixth grade girls recently read We Beat the Street by the three famous
young gentlemen who survived the streets and became successful. As
a project, the girls were to pick one of the various themes of the
novel and write a song/poem about it.
Tache Bass and Renee Webb came up with a poem. This poem is a good
sample of how the girls are incorporating their readings into written
expression. (Read
the poem…) |
The
Ybor School of Visual and Performing Arts Gallery
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