Author: KATHERINE AVRA

A New Year, A New Cobra Way Fort Pierce Central High School’s Creative Writing Club (CWC) was started in 2014 by Kelly Addams, a former FPC student and teacher. CWC was created to give students a place to share their writing. Mrs. McPhee has historically taught the only Creative Writing course on campus, so in 2015 Ms. Addams and a student in that class had an idea. They approached Mrs. McPhee about becoming involved with Florida’s Louder Than a Bomb Competition and their first Spoken Word Poetry Slam. Mrs. McPhee tapped Mr. Miserocchi, a spoken word poet, to become involved … Read More

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER For the past two years, Fort Pierce Central High School has been honored to have the famed Mr. Devon J. Goffman as its Drama Instructor. His talents on and off the stage have enraptured a generation of students to follow their passion of theatre and the performing arts. This year, Mr. Goffman and his exceptional cast presented Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to Peter Pan and a Tony-winning play, based on the best-selling novels. Peter and the Starcatcher reaches audiences of all ages. From those who grew up, never wanted to grow up, and are … Read More

Our Community’s Future is Rich through Cooking, Diversity, & Inclusion. In March of this year, students in Mrs. Swertfager’s Culinary Arts 1 class at Fort Pierce Central High School, read a brochure called “Roots to Recipes” to celebrate Women in History month. The brochure was given to Mrs. Swertfager by Doris Tillman, the manager of Fort Pierce Main Street. Stories in the brochure highlight immigrant women who moved to Seattle and opened businesses centered around culinary arts. After reading about these wonderful diverse women, the students answered three questions for their assignment. Doris then chose the best entries to highlight … Read More

FPC Cobra Chronicles In the midst of a complicating and trying year, Fort Pierce Central students wanted to share the lesser heard stories in Cobra Nation and the community and a school newspaper was the answer. In a decade’s long gap of a Journalism class, last year FPC offered a 100% virtual class, taught by Mrs. McPhee. Comprised of 9th and 10th grade students, one of the 9th grade students came up with the name and the Cobra Chronicles was born. The Chronicles reached more than just virtual students. An in-person student, who was not in the class, offered to … Read More

On Wednesday, Oct 20th, the sun rose over the east coast, illuminating Cobra Nation in a soft and bright glow. That glow was not just from the sun. The warm colors came on National Unity Day. Fort Pierce Central High School community came together, wearing orange to show unity for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. This visible message affirms that no child should ever experience bullying. If any Cobra experiences bullying, that is one family member too many. It doesn’t have to be October 20th and it doesn’t stop at wearing orange, Fort Pierce Central is united each day for everyone. … Read More

FPC Spirit Fridays! Fort Pierce Central, home of the Cobras, has spirit and it shows! Fridays, in Cobra Nation, are filled with purple and gold pride! From administration, to faculty, staff, and students, pride makes the difference! Having all students back on campus creates community togetherness and promotes our shared commitment to excellence. Cobra pride doesn’t just wait until Fridays. Students are welcomed into an atmosphere of high expectations with role models demonstrating integrity, respect, and professionalism. At FPC, pride makes the difference and every Cobra shows it!

Way To Go Cobra Track & Field! Congrats to the Coach Wilder and the ladies 4×4 relay team, for winning 1st place at regionals and breaking the school record.  The 4×4 consists of Rachelle Williams, Auhmya Wilder, Kiana Vreene and Brianna Clayton. A Cobra congratulations to Brianna Clayton, who also won 1st in the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash as well as breaking a school record.  Wow, ninth grader Nakayia Wilder also broke the school record in discus!  These student-athletes have all advanced to States next week!!! Congratulations to Mikoy Holmes, Jerneka Davis, Malik Collions, Jabari Aljoe, and … Read More

Central’s Beach Volleyball Makes a First Appearance in State Tournament! Congratulations to the Cobra Beach Volleyball team who competed in the Florida High School Beach Volleyball State Championships this past Friday and Saturday in Tavares!  Players include Presley Murray, Kendra Brown, Riley Wyatt, Maya Chase, Kailani Zezas, Kaleigh Becton, Kadiann Perry, Katie-Rose Wohlbold, Delaney Bolbach, and Lauren Woolley with Coach Quigley leading all the way! The team was presented with the Region 4AA Runner-up trophy before they began play!!!  Although the team did not bring home the Championship trophy, finishing in the top 12 in the state for their very … Read More

FPC truly means family Deann Justice, head girls softball coach at Central shows us the true meaning of family coming together to support one another.  Cobra softball player, Kieanna Angelotti, lost her father Keith in a tragically unexpected accident, during his own softball game.  “Kieanna is a major part of our softball team as well as being one of Chef Strell’s amazing culinary students” Coach Justice shares.  Family comes together, so the softball team partnered up with the culinary department to put on host a spaghetti lunch to-go fundraiser with all proceeds going to Kieanna and her mother, Michele.   The … Read More

(Seniors Andrea Moreno & Tara Monfort) EXTRACTING STRAWBERRY DNA  Ms. Jackson’s scientists are unraveling the mysteries of DNA with fruit!  For all the emerging scientists, Ms. Jackson shares some background knowledge.  Each individual cell in an organism has a copy of the DNA pattern used to reproduce cells.  Usually, DNA is combined within the cell, so it cannot be seen or observed.  However, when a mixture of dish soap, salt, and strawberry pulp are combined, the strawberry cells are broken down into individual parts.  Then, alcohol is added to the pulp, encouraging the DNA strands to rise to the top … Read More

  Fort Pierce Central has a unique program to offer support to co-workers.  The program is called Cobra Secret Friends. Co-workers are matched by drawing names with the Program Coordinator Sandra Rohn.  The secret is that only the coordinator knows who the secret friends are.  Once matched, group emails are exchanged so they can publicly thank their Secret Friends for little gifts, notes of encouragement, and snacks given once a week or so.  The big Secret Friend reveal will be held at the end of the year. Ms. Rohn, says “it has been a fun, feel good program.” For info … Read More

Ft. Pierce Central High School participated in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) Regional Manatee Bowl Competition on March 27, 2021, coached by Steven Shotola and Retta Rohm. Overall, the two Ft. Pierce Central teams placed 5th and 7th in this year’s Florida Manatee Bowl hosted by Harbor Branch. While this year’s regional competition was virtual due to COVID-19, last year’s competition was hosted by University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science in Febuary 2020 and the students competed head-to-head. Ft. Pierce Central has a long-standing history of participating in NOSB. Central’s Head Coach, Steve Shotola, holds … Read More

Twin Cobra Seniors, Grace and Emily Welby are academically inclined, incredibly focused, and college-bound!  Emily is heading to the University of Florida and Grace will be attending the University of Michigan. Mother and licensed psychologist for SLC, Shelley Welby says she is “so excited for them to start the next phase of their lives” and know the girls are “more than ready!”  Although Mrs. Welby admits that she is a mixed range of emotions, she trusts in their decisions-making and “prays for their safety.  They are really, really great kids – I got so lucky that they are secure in … Read More

Mr. Devon Goffman and his talented Cobra performers are excited to present Mamma Mia this month!  Originally opened on Broadway on October 18, 2001, Mamma Mia came at a time when the world had just dealt with the tragedy and pain of 9/11 in NYC.  Mamma Mia was exactly what NYC needed to bounce back. It was a huge success! It was hilarious, light, fun, and had tunes that everyone already loved! The end of the show IS a disco dance sing-a-long, and the audience ALWAYS joins the fun whole-heartedly. 20 years later…we have all been affected by the Covid-19 … Read More

Made possible with the outstanding collaboration of FPC CTE teachers and students, FPC’s Freshman Seminar classes participated in a CTE Fair.  FPC CTE academies set up “CTE Stations” in building 2 to showcase their programs and the myriad of advantages and opportunities offered to Cobra students. The Freshman Seminar teachers rotated their classes around to each station encouraging students to learn about the course offerings ahead of class registration for next year. This is a wonderful way for rising Cobra sophomores to make confident and informed decisions regarding their electives and potential career paths. Thank you to all those involved … Read More

  Cadet and FPC student Dominyck Jacob has been accepted to the honorable West Point Academy.  His cobra family joins his family with pride in witnessing the leadership of Dominyck and the many other JROTC cadets under LTC Saxton and SGT Lawson!!! #CobraProud Congrats Dominyck!

  The Treasure Coast Food Bank along with Fort Pierce Central High School, Lincoln Park Academy, Fairlawn Elementary, and Centennial High School participated in this year’s annual Empty Bowls event. Students and Art teachers from across this district participated in creating soup bowls to address the growing issue of food insecurity in our community. This year’s Empty Bowls looked very different. Instead of the usual event at the Ft. Pierce Farmers Market, this year’s sales were online. We raised a total of $12,819.00. This amount includes the online sales and the virtual silent auction. Many people made a direct donation, … Read More