Earlier this year, Florida K-5 students had the opportunity to submit a piece of art inspired by the theme “Time Travel to 2123: Florida’s Future as a space capital”. The Department of State’s Division of Arts and Culture reviewed more than 1,500 applications and selected the top 60 applications, which were sent to the lieutenant governor. Jeanette Nuñez, which selected the top 12 finalists. There were two big winners, as well as prize winner Romero Britto.
One of the 12 finalists was a West Volusia student. West Volusia’s runner-up was Ankie Shi, currently a student at Deltona Middle School. She was attending Spirit Elementary School in Deltona when she submitted her work. Other finalists came from Martin, Madison, Brevard, St. Johns, Miami-Dade, Broward, Hillsborough and Orange counties.
The Romero Britto Prize was awarded to Chloe Barry of St. Johns County, while the two grand prize winners, whose work will be carried into space on an upcoming SpaceX mission, were Rafael Kleiman of Miami-Dade County, and Ailynn Chen of Orange County.
Visit FloridaSpaceArt.com to see the finalists’ works. Sponsors of the event included SpaceX, Space Florida, the Florida Department of State Division of Arts and Culture, and the Florida Department of Education.
The 3rd of October, Volusia County Schools revealed its state of the art STEM Busa mobile learning lab created to help students develop 21st century skills by providing innovative experiences that build on classroom learning in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields.
The STEM bus will travel to elementary schools across the district to engage students in modules on virtual reality, robotics, electricity, microscopes and more. The bus was unveiled at Beachside Elementary School in Daytona Beach.
THE Florida High School Athletic Association announced that the nine-class Florida State Football Championships will be played at Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium on the campus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. The championships will be played from Thursday December 7 to Saturday December 9. This will be done in partnership with Visit Tallahassee and Florida A&M University.
There will be no school for students on Monday October 16. Teacher Service Daymarking the end of the first marking period.
Early release Wednesdays are October 4, 18 and 25.
West Volusia High School Football
September 22 games found DeLand soundly defeating Seabreeze, 50-3, while Deltona Pine Ridge lost for the first time to Lake Howell, 21-20, and Deltona Trinity Christian lost to Keswick, 40-12.
Orange City Universitya day earlier, beat Flagler Palm Coast by blocking a second lost basket, 29-28. Deltona And Pierson Taylor I had the night free.
Friday October 6 DeLand go to Deltona, Deltona Pine Ridge goes to Mount Dora High School, Pierson Taylor goes to Interlachen, and Deltona Trinity Christian is at Bronson University. All matches take place at 7 p.m., except Taylor’s at 7:30 p.m.
DeLand Dawgs Football
THE DeLand Dawgs will host the Celebration Storm on Saturday, October 7.
DeLand High School
THE School Advisory Council has DeLand High School will hold its next meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 19 at the media center.
DeLand High School Athletics
THE DeLand High School Swim Teams were crowned champions of the record-breaking swim meet at the Port Orange Family YMCA, with 11 teams competing for the crown. DeLand accumulated 754.50 points, more than 100 points from second place.
Seabreeze was second; Spruce Creek, fourth; Father Lopez, sixth; New Smyrna Beach, seventh; and Orange City University, ninth. After the victory, the team swam against the continent, with the boys winning 146-12 and the girls 143-14.
THE Lady Bulldog Volleyball Team defeated Seabreeze, 3-1, and lost to Timber Creek, 3-0.
THE DeLand women’s golf team dominated New Smyrna Beach, 172-193, with Evie Cohen shooting a 38. They then beat Father Lopez, 163-186, with McKenzie Coody being the low medalist at 39 years old.
THE Bulldog Golfers placed 12th at the Winter Springs Invitational, then beat University, 177-211, with Stanton Bonk carding a 40 for the nine-hole round.
THE DeLand Bulldog bowling team defeated Seabreeze, 5-2, handing the Sandcrabs their first loss of the season. The Bulldogs had a four-game 944 in the victory. They also beat Mainland 7-0. THE girls team beat Mainland, 7-0, but lost to Seabreeze, 7-0.
THE DeLand JV Football Team defeated Seabreeze, 36-6.
The Bulldog sports calendar sends the volleyball team at the Dig Pink tournament on Friday and Saturday, October 6-7 at DME Sports in Daytona Beach.
The spectacular New World fall cross-country competition has DeLand Cross Country Team present in Jacksonville at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 7, while the swimmers compete in the Five Star Conference Championships at the Port Orange Family YMCA at 7 a.m.
Monday October 9 will take place boys golf team participate in the Volusia/Flagler tournament at 9:30 a.m., location to be determined, while the bowlers go to Seabreeze.
Tuesday October 10 will take place Bulldog swimmers at home against Seabreeze at 4 p.m., with the volleyball team welcoming Seabreeze for Senior Night at 5:30 and 7 p.m.
On Wednesday October 11, the boys golf team participates in the Atlantic at 3:30 p.m., and the bowling teams go to Flagler Palm Coast.
Thursday October 12 will take place Bullpup JV Football Team welcome the University at 6 p.m.
Stetson University
Richard And Mary McMahanlong-time supporters of Stetson Universityhad enjoyed attending the concerts of Music school. They created the Richard and Mary McMahan Scholarship for Volusia County students in 1997 and funded Mary B. McMahan Hall for the School of Music in 2009.
Mary Blount McMahan died in June and left $15.4 million to the university, which will be split between its scholarship program supporting Volusia County students and an endowment for the music school.
Stetson University Athletics
The calendar for the 2023-24 season Stetson University Hatters men’s basketball team was announced. The team will begin play on Saturday, October 28 against Mercer in Gainesville at 1 p.m. The Hatter men’s first home appearance will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1 against Florida Tech.
The team will compete in the Sunshine Slam tournament in Daytona Beach on November 20-21, against Milwaukee and Central Michigan or Siena. They have road trips to UNLV, University of Houston, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Chicago State, Charlotte, Cincinnati, FIU and Central Florida, before starting conference play.
THE Stetson Hatter football players defeated UNF, 4-0, and FAU, 4-3. Defensive player Alvaro Gabancho and goalkeeper Nicolas Radaelli were selected as ASUN Players of the Week for their positional skills.
THE women’s football team lost to UNF, 2-1, and to North Alabama, 2-0.
THE Hatter football team was stopped by Butler, 28-18.
THE Stetson men’s golf team placed third at the VCU (Virginia Commonwealth) Shootout with a score of 23-under 885. Dominique Clemons tied for second at 13-under 203, with rounds of 66, 67 and 70.
THE Lady Hatter’s Golfers finished seventh at the Hoover Invitational in Alabama. Filippa Jansson tied for sixth with a 224.
THE Lady Hatter Volleyball Team opened conference play with a 3-2 victory over UNF.
The Hatter sports calendar has the men’s soccer team welcoming Queens at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 7, while the volleyball team hosts North Alabama at 6 p.m.
On Sunday October 8, the women’s football team greets Austin Peay at 1 p.m.
Monday October 9 will take place women’s golf team at the FAU, while the Men go to USF.
On Wednesday October 11, the men’s soccer team hosts Embry-Riddle at 6 p.m.
On Thursday, October 12, the women’s football team plays at Eastern Kentucky at 4 p.m.
Academic honors
Abigail Crévoiseratof Deltona, and Paige Scuroof DeBary, were appointed to The Citadelit’s spring 2023 Dean’s List. Scuro received gold stars for earning a 3.7 grade point average.
William Penneyof DeBary, was one of 178 cadets who began their careers as University of North Georgia Military College cadets by completing First Year Recruit Orientation Group (FROG) Week. FROG Week marks the transition from civilians to cadets for new freshmen.
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