BRIGHTON — Before they walk into the next chapter of their lives, former Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School students gladly returned to the school on May 22 for an afternoon of appreciation, congratulations and reminiscing. It is an annual rite of passage each May at PECS as the pre-K through grade 8

BIG CYPRESS — After only four months playing musical instruments, Ahfachkee School students showed what practice and motivation can do as they performed a rousing, pop-inspired spring concert April 30 for family, friends and other students. The students demonstrated their new-found skills on guitar, bass, ukulele, keyboards and drums on songs

WESTON — Tribal students at The Sagemont School’s Lower School researched, created and presented projects about famous people who have been inspirations to them in some way. As part of the Wax Museum program in April, the students not only did major research on their specific persons of choice but

After a few years in the comfort and safety of preschool, preschoolers around the reservations donned caps and gowns, said goodbye to what was and took their first steps into what will be their future. IMMOKALEE One at a time, eight graduates proudly walked through a gauntlet of loved ones as they

Elementary School Serenity Bishop Malieue Bonilla Bradley Villanueva Dylanie Peak Kanae Jumper Aliyana Torres Travis Mitchell Brace Miller Juan Solis Mikayle Summeralls Augustice Jumper Koni Osceola J. Wayoo Billie Jaelee Weimann Meleah Billie Landon French Jace Johns Hinton "JB" Anderson Steel Gopher Tyler Peacock Ringo Billie Middle School Madison Taylor Valentine Martinez Shylynn Testerman Lupe Mora-Lara

PALM BEACH GARDENS — He met the governor at Florida Space Day in Tallahassee and has worked with Congressman Brian Mast. He was part of a presentation for the Seminole Tribe’s executive director of administration, Lee Zepeda. He’s been working with classmates on the launch of a satellite into space.

HOLLYWOOD — Some grandmotherly advice has taken Tous Jumper Young Sr. on an academic path few grandsons – or anyone – can match. The late Betty Mae Jumper’s emphasis on education when Tous was a youngster and into adulthood is paying off. At age 43, he’s found his education niche, and