South St. Petersburg's got talent! Oh, yeah!

We noted with considerable community pride the write-ups not long ago about the students in Pinellas County schools who received $60,000 in prizes and awards in the 13th annual Walker's Rising Stars Scholarship Competition. Some 24 students all over the county were recognized but we were particularly drawn to the students in our South St. Petersburg community, like Germaine Robinson, Jr., a senior at Gibbs who won a $5,000 scholarship in theater. He's in Dirk Shadd's picture  (above) in the Tampa Bay Times. There were other write-ups, too. The Weekly Challenger had a complete list of the winners and more pictures. We couldn't help but notice that four of the five first place winners were from Gibbs and, and all together Gibbs had 10 winners in the categories that included dance, instrumental, theater, visual art, and vocal. It comes down to this: South St. Petersburg's got talent! So proud of you!