HIGH SCHOOL

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It’s hard enough for any school to get to a state baseball final, let alone a school in a city where prep baseball is an afterthought. But the improbable nature of Edison’s run goes even further than that.

The Edgewater High School crew teams are raising money to compete in a pair of national competitions later this month.

High School Endorsement Deals Johnuel "Boogie" Fland shoots hoops in the gymnasium of Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y., Monday, May 2, 2022. “All the hard work is finally paying off.”In Ohio, high school principals began voting May 1 on whether to change the state high school athletic association’s bylaws to allow athletes to sign deals. “A lot of us here at the OHSAA and school administrators don’t like NIL,” said Ohio High School Athletic Association spokesperson Tim Stried. Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York, has hired a marketing consultant to help Fland and other students at the school with NIL deals. High school athletic associations in states where NIL deals are permitted bar students from using their school names and team logos in the deals they strike.

Check out this week's Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring Brooke Stephens of Hagerty High School.

For those who still haven’t reserved a ride to prom, Oscar Meyer is offering an opportunity to REALLY stand out upon arrival to the big event.

DeSantis Florida Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law new guidelines Friday involving race-based discussions in businesses and schools as part of his campaign against critical race theory, which he called "pernicious" ideology. “We believe in education, not indoctrination,” DeSantis said during Friday's bill signing in South Florida. DeSantis said Florida students will not have oppressive ideologies imposed on them, as the bill provides “substantive protections” for students in grades K to 12. Critical race theory centers on the idea that racism is systemic in U.S. institutions and that they function to maintain the dominance of white people in society.

Justin Williams is a double award winner: Jersey Mike's Naismith High School Basketball Courage award and Sonic Prep Player of the Week.

We listened to thousands of minutes of student podcasts and curated a list of episodes that will make you laugh, smile, or stop to think for a minute.

Check out the Winter Park girls' crew team as they prepare for a competition overseas

Check out this week's Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring Janiah Barker from Montverde Academy.

This is a story that seems too good to be true. But it's very much true.

This competition was years in the making, and the team came through while making history.

Check out this weeks Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring Zavier Avera from Jones High School.

Check out the Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring the Henderson twins at Seminole High School.

Check out this week's Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring Jasmine Beckett of Hagerty High School.

Check out this week's Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring Adriana Rosa from Harmony High School.

Check out this week's Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring Sean Stewart of Windermere High School.

Check out this week's Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring Jada Eads of Wekiva High School.

Check out this week's Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring Brice Sensabaugh of Lake Highland Prep.

Check out this week's Sonic Prep Player of the Week featuring Davin Wydner from Cocoa High School.

Each year, more than 100 members of the Andrews High School band participate in a Christmas parade during the holiday season.

Check out this week's Sonic Prep Players of the week, featuring three players from Dr. Phillips High School.

Now that the school year is well underway and students are off to the races for another year of learning and studying, we thought we’d ask: Can we see your pictures?

More and more students are taking advantage of the opportunity to graduate high school early, mostly a semester early in December or January.

Starting high school can understandably create nervousness among parents and kids.

The term actually is listed in dictionaries, and it’s one that every parent of a high school senior will hear plenty from counselors, teachers and principals.

It’s hard to say this is the revival of something that was dead, because higher-ups in the Pontiac School District don’t even know if it was alive in the first place.

Authorities are investigating what's being called a racist incident at the end of a high school basketball playoff game.

As the announcement blared over the school’s PA system, Zahria Liggans became curious.

Hobbs Kessler produced one of the greatest runs ever by an American high schooler.

The Wisconsin high school will offer a class on drones starting next fall.

The Wisconsin high school will offer a class on drones starting next fall.

The Wisconsin high school will offer a class on drones starting next fall.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a media conference after a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 22, 2021. (Aris Oikonomou, Pool via AP)BEIJING – China on Tuesday said it summoned foreign diplomats in protest after the United States, the European Union, Canada and Britain jointly imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses in China’s far western Xinjiang region. That came hours after the Chinese and Russian foreign ministers denounced a new wave of criticism and sanctions against both countries over human rights. “These measures will not be embraced by the international community.”Russia is also under Western sanctions over human rights abuses and military aggression against Ukraine. The Australian and New Zealand governments reiterated their grave concerns about the growing number of credible reports of severe human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

It’s a term that sounds like it’s some sort of physical sickness, but it's a malaise that plagues the mind and one’s actions.

[MORE: Blog | Theme World: Extreme Park Makeovers | What Disney's plans mean for area| POLL: Will you be attending? ] One big Disney holiday tradition, known as The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights, is coming to an end after 20 long years of holiday lights. Disney will officially begin the final holiday season for the Osborne Lights Friday at Hollywood Studios. Millions of dancing lights have delighted thousands over the past 20 years. The Osborne Lights will run from Nov. 6 until Jan. 3.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orange County Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday voted down a request for the complex that would house what would be the tallest roller coaster in the world. [MORE: Local 6 Theme World | VOTE: Would you ride world's tallest coaster? The project is supposed to go up on an empty plot of land by 2018, but this snag could derail the coaster entirely. "Skyplex is an unbelievable project that's going to do nothing but bring thousands of jobs and millions of people to I-Drive," developer Joshua Wallack said. "It has to be the world's tallest roller coaster," Wallack said.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A water main break closed Legoland Florida Monday afternoon, according to park officials. Officials said management closed the park because of the water main break, which occurred outside of the Legoland Florida Resort. According to a statement from Legoland, "The necessary repairs are being made, and we anticipate reopening tomorrow, Tuesday, July 7, at 10 a.m."Guests were given a complimentary pass to revisit the park. No other details were immediately available.

WINTER PARK, Fla. – Brothers Alec and Drew Christy made their debut on CBS' "Survivor" Wednesday night, with friends and family cheering for them at a private viewing party. Taping on the show is over for the season, so the brothers were able to return to Winter Park to see the show. They were cast by CBS executives after the brothers sent in a video they created in their family's living room. "Even though I was competing against Drew, he's the only person I can look at and be like, 'He's got my back.' Drew said living their entire life in Florida actually helped them prepare for the competition.

"Frozen Summer Live" -- a character-driven procession down the park's Hollywood Boulevard with Anna, Elsa and Kristoff -- will run through Sept. 1, each day at 11 a.m. There's also a new sing-along show, a dance party, "Frozen"-themed fireworks, a polar playground, ice skating rink and ice carving demonstrations. "Frozen" tells the story of how Anna and Elsa overcome Elsa's terrible power to turn everything into ice and snow. The park is offering a VIP package deal for Frozen fun at $59 for adults and $34 for kids on top of regular park admission. The deal includes reserved viewing for special events and a VIP dessert party before the fireworks.

When Pitbull arrives at the Mall at Millenia, 100 lucky fans will get to meet him, too. Pitbull will perform a free concert at the Mall at Millenia on Tuesday to celebrate the grand opening of Microsoft's new store. The first 100 fans in line will also receive "premier passes" to meet Pitbull before the show. [RELATED: Microsoft store grand opening schedule]An additional 1,500 people will get free tickets to the show. The concert will happen in the grass lot behind the mall, along Millenia Lakes Boulevard.