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Hollins High students present programs and district highlights; Pinellas names top-10 teacher finalists
Summary
Students from Hollins High School presented their Student Rights and Responsibilities Committee report highlighting application programs, industry certifications and extracurricular successes. The board also showed a video celebrating Pinellas County Schools’ top-10 Teacher of the Year finalists.
Students and administrators from Hollins High School briefed the Pinellas County School Board on Dec. 17 about the school’s application programs, industry certifications and extracurricular successes, and the district presented a video recognizing its top-10 Teacher of the Year finalists.
Lede details: Senior Lena Adams, executive student-body president, and senior Lorelei Thompson, vice president, told the board Hollins is an application school offering Cambridge, Culinary Arts and the Academy of Entertainment Arts (AEA), along with technical programs including cosmetology, machining and robotics. Principal Candice Metcalf joined them for the presentation.
Why it matters: The students provided enrollment and outcome figures that show program scale and credentials. Adams said Hollins serves about 2,000 students, with 558 enrolled in one of the three application programs and roughly 120 seniors expected to graduate from those programs. She reported specific program enrollments: culinary arts 130 students (24 seniors); Cambridge 135 (34 seniors); and AEA 293 (62 seniors).
Program and achievement highlights: The culinary program offers up to three industry certifications and has placed in state culinary competitions, including multiple first-place finishes in category contests. The AEA program covers film, music production, game design and animation and has earned regional and national awards since 2014, including Scholastics Art and Writing recognitions and film festival awards. The district’s cosmetology program includes up to nine levels and prepares students to meet Florida Board of Cosmetology licensing-hour requirements through an affiliated program. The machining and robotics tracks include dual-enrollment and regional competition experience; Hollins robotics teams have competed at state and world events.
Teacher recognition: The board presented a video showcasing the district’s top-10 Teacher of the Year finalists. Several finalists and school leaders appeared in the video and offered brief remarks about their work and pride in serving students. The full list of finalists and the countywide Teacher of the Year selection were not specified in the meeting transcript.
Ending: Students thanked the board and district staff for the opportunity to present. The detailed enrollment and achievement statistics were provided by the student presenters and the Hollins principal during agenda item 1.5 and the student committee report.
