By Anna Ariani, Grade 6 Musicians, artists, writers, actors, and instructors from Florida Virtual School’s Fine Arts Fantasia Program met this summer to collaborate and create a fifteen minute performance. The goal was to debut their play at the annual FLVS Staff Conference in Orlando. They met virtually using Elluminate, Google+, and Oovoo. They scheduled …
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Jan
16
Journalist For a Day: The FSPA Convention
By Lauren Mackey, Grade 7 On Saturday, October 22nd, ten members from NIAC traveled to the Nicholson School of Communications at UCF to attend a conference held by the Florida Scholastic Press Association. At this conference, we were able to experience the life of both a college student and a professional journalist as we were …
Jan
09
International New Year’s Celebrations
Collaborative by Rachael Britton, Kelsey Gulick, Nicole Sills, Andrew Silver, Scotty Kane, Jessica Brown, Ashley, Samantha Coville, and Rosemary Reynolds Happy New Year! ハッピーニューイヤー! Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! Travel around the world with us as we introduce the New Year’s traditions and celebrations of four different countries: Japan, Australia, the Netherlands, and the United States. Welcome to …
Jan
09
Disney’s Magic Kingdom Renovations
By Christy Box, Grade 11 Recently, Disney park visitors have been noticing something very intriguing in Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland; a large portion of it has been blocked off with construction walls. This is because Disney is in the middle of some very exciting renovations that will add several new attractions, each centering around their most …
Jan
09
Re-Opening of St. Marks Trail
By Delany Peshek, Grade 10 On Thursday, October 6th, 2011, the St. Marks Trail in Tallahassee, Florida was officially reopened. After twenty years of service, the Trail was resurfaced and widened. The ribbon cutting marked the reopening of the Tallahassee-St. Marks Trail and kicked off Florida Greenways and Trails Month. The trail was originally the …
Jan
09
Innovation or Information Overload?
By Celia Deveaux, Grade 11 Americans have gone from heavy, hard to find newspapers to perpetual updates on our iPhones and Droids, but is this beneficial innovation or information overload? Over centuries of hard work, there have been many different types of innovations created to assist in the field of journalism. Is this beneficial? Perhaps …
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