CLEWISTON — With year-end school requirements satisfied and summer vacation closing in, a handful of Ahfachkee School Student Council members gave up an otherwise lazy Wednesday to work for people in need. The students, Elisah Billie, Kaitlin Osceola and Quenton Cypress, and Ahfachkee teacher Jarrid Smith, spent several hours May 28

BRIGHTON — After a year of hard work, Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School students proudly showed off individual culture skills with handmade beaded jewelry and pens, sweetgrass baskets, dolls and patchwork designs at the annual Culture Education Open House May 23. Arranged by grade levels, tables overflowed with dozens of creative and

With her Ohio State University degree in hand, Kirsti Zickefoose left her alma mater behind and made her way to Los Angeles for the next chapter of her young life. The recent Buckeyes communications graduate is pursuing a career with an event planning agency or casting agency to put her hard-earned

BIG CYPRESS — Ahfachkee School graduates may have received the best advice of their high school careers on the very last day. "Don’t let this be the last time you graduate," said Education Department director Santarvis Brown to five graduates during commencement ceremonies May 30. Dressed in mortarboard caps, academic gowns and

BIG CYPRESS — The 15 members of the Big Cypress Preschool graduating class of 2014 are officially ready to attend Ahfachkee School’s prekindergarten program come fall. The preschool held its graduation ceremony May 16 at the Boys & Girls Club in front of a camera-wielding crowd eager to document the occasion. "The

BIG CYPRESS — Peer pressure was turned upside down May 29 when Ahfachkee School kindergarten, third- and fifth-grade students were honored for taking a stance against drugs, violence and tobacco. With Seminole Police Officer Michele Short at the helm, children pledged allegiance to American and Seminole flags and then to the

BRIGHTON — Coconut palm trees and funny monkeys set the scene May 27 for the sweet and giddy graduation of the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School kindergarten class of 2014. Children paraded onto the Brighton Veteran’s Building stage to sing a lineup of melodies that spelled things ("Party in the Jungle"), counted

BRIGHTON — Some children were too excited to stay still. Others were so shy they could barely speak. But after plenty of cheerful songs and a heartfelt congratulation speech from Chairman James E. Billie, all graduates of the Brighton Preschool class of 2014 proudly marched dressed in cap and gown

HOLLYWOOD — Eighteen Hollywood Preschool graduates celebrated the completion of their first years of school during a May 21 graduation ceremony at Tribal Headquarters auditorium. "The most important thing they learn is to love learning," said Ilene Miller, Hollywood Preschool program manager. "That’s the foundation to be a successful student when

TRAIL — The Miccosukee Tribal Office auditorium was filled beyond capacity at the Miccosukee Indian School graduation May 2. Family and friends celebrated students as they made the transition from kindergarten, fifth grade, eighth grade and high school to the next steps in their education. Dressed in caps and gowns, graduates