The Hillsborough County School Board announced it has approved the 2012 schedule for graduation ceremonies.  

All regular high school and adult school graduations will take place at the Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall.  Exceptional center, career center, and virtual school graduation locations are included with other details in the second table below.

Hillsborough County, FL -- The City of Tampa Water Department is offering Hillsborough County teachers classroom grants to help teach students how to use water more efficiently.

The grants ranging from $250 to $1,000, are available to teachers in grades K-12 whose schools are served by the Tampa Water Department.

In addition to teaching at a school in Tampa's service area, qualifying teachers must have completed a Project WET workshop.  Project WET is an interactive water education program with classroom activities and lessons correlated to the Sunshine State Standards. The workshops are provided free to educators by the Southwest Florida Water Management District.

Citrus Park, Florida -- Westfield shopping centers and the Westfield Family Program announce that Incarnation Catholic School will receive a $2,500 donation through the "Give Back to School" Program.

Through the national program implemented at 23 centers across the country, Westfield will donate $57,500 to local schools, to be used to support such school programs as arts and music, sciences, physical education, libraries and technology resources.

The winning school was chosen by Westfield shoppers themselves - families "voted" in-center and online to choose Incarnation Catholic School as the winner, with sciences as the suggested area for the funds.