Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Patrick Dougherty is known for his sculptures using primitive construction techniques.
Welcome to the sticks. This may not be the backcountry of Sarasota County, but these sticks are being sculpted into dreamlike structures by a world-renowned artist in front of the Sarasota Museum of Art. It's part of the museum's "ARTmuse" program featuring sculptor Patrick Doughtery, who started on the work on Monday in front of the historic Sarasota High School, which will soon be home to the museum. The public is encouraged to stop by to see the work in progress, and free docent tours are available at the museum between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Sunday through Jan. 26. (No scheduled tours for Jan. 18, 19 and 20). Dougherty, born in Oklahoma and raised in North Carolina, is known for building using primitive techniques, though with the …
Friday, December 21, 2012
Principal Jeff Hradek sent out a telephone message to parents Thursday night to let them know that a threat was made.
Sarasota High School is on "high alert," "with extensive security mesaures in place," after a threat was made against the school, according to the school district. The Sarasota County School District reported today that Sarasota High School Principal Jeff Hradek sent out a telephone message to parents Thursday night to let them know that a threat had been made against the school. The school district is "safe, extensive security measures are in place, and the staff is on high alert regarding security," according to a written statement from the school district. School was held as usual Friday, but is not in lockdown. Additional police officers were assigned to monitor activity around the school. Since finals ended Thursday and today was a …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Production offers whimsical twists on "Snow White," "Cinderella," "Alice in Wonderland" and others.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Classic children’s stories will get a modern-day makeover as the Sarasota High School Drama Guild presents “Twisted Fairy Tales” at 7 p.m. nightly, through Saturday, in the SHS Auditorium. The play offers updated whimsical versions of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Cinderella,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Beauty and the Beast” and 24 other beloved fairy tales. A matinee performance also will be staged at 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Special performances for 1,200 elementary and middle school students will be held at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and at 1 p.m., Friday. “Every year our theater students choose to do something to help benefit the community,” said Melissa Dweck, SHS drama teacher. “This year they chose…
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Sarasota High School students will lurch along St. Armands Circle as zombies and then perform Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
Don't mind the walking dead lurking in St. Armands Circle during Halloween. They're just there for a good time. Sarasota High School students will present its fourth annual St. Armands Cirlce Fright Night tonight that includes a zombie walk, trick-or-treat and a performance of Michael Jackson's "Thriller." It all starts at 6:30 p.m., when 50 students will do a zombie walk and surprising unsuspecting shoppers, leading then to the center of the circle where the "Thriller" dance will be performed at 8 p.m. "This has become such a huge annual event on St. Armands," said Melissa Dweck, drama teacher at SHS. “Last year more than 3,000 spectators follow us to the Circle. The event has become so popular that we have organizations and places …
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Option 5 will cost $30.5 million and other details need to be figured out including if School Avenue should be permanently closed.
A proposed plan to renovate Sarasota High School's 70-acre campus is something the community said it wants, but it's going to be at least $4 million over budget. Scott Lempe, chief operating officer of Sarasota County Schools, presented Tuesday the proposed site planned signed by charrette participants for an upgraded Sarasota High School. Those upgrades for Option 5 will cost $30.5 million, Lempe said, which is $4 million more than the $26.5 million budget the Board of Education provided. "In fairness to Option 5, none of those options could we do for $26.5 million," Lempe said. Also, a solid proposal with a better estimated price could not be figured until late summer, he said. The renovation is to improve security and to update old …
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
A design charrette will offer residents a way to have their say in an interactive setting for how to renovate Sarasota High School's campus.
An interactive session to figure out how Sarasota High School will be renovated continues tonight at 5:30. The meeting will run from 5:30-8:30 p.m., Thursday, June 7, in the Conference Center at the Sarasota County Technical Institute, 4748 Beneva Road in Sarasota. The first meeting held Wednesday is an open forum for parents, school district staff, business leaders, neighbors and other community members to examine the issues involved; to learn what needs to be done to update the campus; to look at some proposed site plans and to express their expectations and concerns. There, many folks opposed using glass to enclose Building 4's breezeway, reports The Herald-Tribune: "Strong support was expressed for the options that would keep the …
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Two design charrettes will let the community to give input on what a remodeled and renovated Sarasota High should look like.
How would you remodel and renovate Sarasota High School? That's what Sarasota County School District officials want to know and the school system is hosting two meetings where the community will be hands on with designing the school. The school's renovation project is slated to begin in late 2012 and to be completed in about two years. The campus once included Sarasota Junior High School until that school was moved to Ashton Road. School officials say the campus is too spread out and has more classrooms than what it needs — including two cafeterias and two gyms from the 1950s that cost too much to maintain. Security and out-of-date instructional spaces are other concerns that the renovated campus must have too, according to the school …
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Find out about planned renovations to Sarasota High School at an open house on March 8.
1. Sarasota High School families, nearby residents and other community members are invited to learn about planned renovations to the campus at an open house from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 8. The open house will be in the west cafeteria, just east of the parking lot on U.S. 41/Tamiami Trail next to the original 1926 SHS building. 2. A new business has opened up in Sarasota. Delight, a boutique featuring unique designs with the Delight Couture label, recently opened at 537 S. Pineapple Ave. in Sarasota. The store offers handmade up-cycled designs which have been popular mainstays at the Sarasota Farmers Market and local retailers. The locally owned business currently is open Tuesday-Friday 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m…
Thursday, May 19, 2011
At Tuesday's monthly work session the board approved district staff to come up with a master plan for the renovation.
The project is in its infancy but Sarasota County School officials are planning on a multi-million dollar renovation to multiple buildings at Sarasota High. At Tuesday's monthly work session, the school board unanimously approved staff to internally come up with a master plan for the school's renovation. Approval came after a lengthy presentation and discussion about the district's construction priorities. According to a capital project matrix the schools that have the most renovation needs, along with Sarasota High, are Bay Haven Elementary, Gocio Elementary and Pine View School. "Based on a whole lot of analysis, we focused on Sarasota High School," said district chief operating officer Scott Lempe. "If you’ve been on that campus, …
Friday, December 3, 2010
This year's squad is just the latest in a long line of Sarasota teams to raise funds through the sale of Christmas trees
SARASOTA - What the everyday driver on South Tamiami Trail may mistake for another Christmas tree lot represents so much more to Ron Jones. Jones took a minute out of his busy day recently to watch the sunset from inside the fenced-in space, located just north of the old Sarasota High School building. The longtime Sarasota High wrestling coach has done this routinely since his charges began the annual fundraiser more than a quarter-century ago. "Your stress just releases out here," said Jones, who took over the Sarasota program in 1982 and later earned Hall of Fame recognition from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla. "When you come out in the forest with the people you love, there is no stress." In addition to all of …
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9:40 am on Saturday, December 22, 2012
People who make threats rarely carry them out. They are cowards who hide behind hidden identities. Truly dangerous perpetrators rarely threaten--they suddenly act. more ›