HOLLYWOOD — Competition was fierce Jan. 7 at the Hollywood Boys & Girls Club as teens battled youth in a Smash Bros. video game tournament. While fun, the contest offered teens a chance to mentor younger club members through a new program. The Hollywood mentoring program began last summer when the

BRIGHTON — Four exceptional Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School faculty and staff, nominated and voted on by their peers, were recently named 2015-16 Teachers and Non-instructional Employees of the Year for demonstrating excellence in the workplace. "The goal was to get the cream of the crop of local employees from the district,"

BRIGHTON — Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School students by the dozens were honored Jan. 15 during the school’s nine weeks awards ceremony. Honorees received certificates for excellence in effort, citizenship, improvement, grade averages and culture categories.

IMMOKALEE — Shortly after the Immokalee Boys & Girls Club upgraded to a stand-alone club in February, it received a $20,000 grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to provide mentoring and fitness activities to the club’s 122 youth through the SMART Moves program. "Based on statistics,

R&B singer John Legend’s song "Live It Up" talks of embracing prosperity after experiencing a life plagued with limitations that come with financial struggle. Throughout the song, he reflects on those arduous periods in the past, which help make it easier to appreciate success. Long gone are the days where it’s

BRIGHTON — Teenagers from Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School in Brighton sat in a campus chickee on a recent Monday in December and discussed reasons why giving to others in deeds and charity is important. "It shows leadership," said Kaleb Doctor, 13. "It tells people they are loved," said Janessa Nunez, 13. Kamani Smith,

HOLLYWOOD — Hollywood Preschool students answered "yes’ to the Disney question, "Do you want to build a snowman?" thanks to a Dec. 11 visit from Olaf and Elsa of the Disney movie "Frozen" and edible snowmen fashioned from little pancakes, chocolate morsels, marshmallow drops and crispy bacon. The hands-on winter activity

BIG CYPRESS — Planning for the Ahfachkee School holiday pageant basically began at the same time Ja’Nia Harden started her first day as the Big Cypress school’s new music teacher. "I walked into a room filled with instruments and instantly wanted every child to experience every one of them," Harden said.

HOLLYWOOD — Hollywood preschoolers showed their families and friends how to rock Christmas Dec. 17 during their A Rockin’ Christmas show at Tribe Headquarters. Students performed "Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree" with inflatable guitars, sang "O Christmas Tree" decked in patchwork created for them by the Hollywood Culture Department and

HOLLYWOOD — A video of Jenna Billie at only 16 months old identifying letters of the alphabet could have been perceived as an awesome learning fluke – until three months later when she recited the alphabet in Spanish and sounded out each letter. Fast forward to last month when Jenna, at