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2015 Tampa Bay Area High School Visitation Schedule Fall 2014 ` 2015 Tampa Bay Area High School Visitation Schedule Fall 2014 Date Location Time County September 2nd Crystal River High School 8:00am Citrus September 2nd Academy of Environmental Sci. 11:00am Citrus September 3rd Fivay High School 9:35am Pasco September 3rd Bishop McLaughlin Catholic 11:10am Pasco September 4th Anclote High School 1:45pm Pasco September 5th Hudson High School 10:30am Pasco September 5th Ridgewood High School 2:00pm Pasco September 8th Weeki Wachee High School 9:15am Hernando September 8th West Hernando Christian School 10:54am Hernando September 8th Central High School 12:30pm Hernando September 8th Clearwater High School Fair 6:30pm Pinellas September 9th Pasco High School 8:30am Pasco September 9th Strawberry Crest High School 11:00am Hillsborough September 9th Pasco County East Fair 6:00pm Pasco September 10th Sunlake High School Fair 8:30am Pasco September 10th Wiregrass Ranch High School 12:05pm Pasco September 10th Pasco-Hernando State College Fair 6:00pm Pasco September 11th Hernando High School 9:47am Hernando September 11th Springstead High School 12:20pm Hernando September 11th Hernando County College Fair 6:00pm Hernando September 12th Lecanto High School 8:45am Citrus September 16th Durant High School 9:30am Hillsborough September 16th Spoto High School 2:00pm Hillsborough September 16th Bloomindale High School 12:00pm Hillsborough September 17th Gaither High School 9:00am Hillsborough September 17th A.P. Leto High School Fair 11:00am Hillsborough September 19th Middleton High School TBA Hillsborough September 19th Tampa Bay Technical High School 1:00pm Hillsborough September 22nd C. Leon King High School 8:30am Hillsborough September 22nd Carrollwood Day School 11:30am Hillsborough September 23rd Freedom High School 9:00am Hillsborough September 23rd Land O’ Lakes High School 12:10pm Pasco September 24th Sickles High School 8:30am Hillsborough September 24th Jesuit High School 11:00am Hillsborough September 26th East Bay High School 8:45am Hillsborough September 26th Newsome High School 11:30am Hillsborough September 26th Plant City High School 2:00pm Hillsborough September 28th Pinellas County Fair 1:00pm Pinellas ` September 29th Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate 11:00am Hillsborough September 29th Sickles High School Fair 6:00pm Hillsborough September 30th Academy of the Holy Names 9:00am Hillsborough September 30th Plant High School Fair 6:00pm Hillsborough October 1st Alonso High School 10:30am Hillsborough October 1st Dixie Hollins High School Fair 7:50am Pinellas October 1st Chamberlain High School Fair 6:00pm Hillsborough October 2nd Armwood High School 7:30am Hillsborough October 2nd Jefferson High School 12:00pm Hillsborough October 2nd Brandon High School Fair 6:00pm Hillsborough October 3rd Berkeley Prep High School 8:30am Hillsborough October 3rd Plant High school 1:30pm Hillsborough October 5th Bay Area Independent Schools Fair 1:00pm Pinellas October 6th Clearwater Central Catholic 9:29am Pinellas October 6th Countryside High School Fair 6:00pm Pinellas October 7th Blake High School 10:55am Hillsborough October 7th Hillsborough High School 12:30pm Hillsborough October 7th Tampa Catholic High School 2:15pm Hillsborough October 8th Tampa Preparatory School 8:50pm Hillsborough October 8th Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate 11:00am Hillsborough October 8th Chamberlain High School 1:15pm Hillsborough October 9th Villages Charter High School 11:20am Sumter October 20th East Lake High School 10:29am Pinellas October 21st Admiral Farragut Academy 2:00pm Pinellas October 22nd Clearwater International Academy 2:40pm Pinellas October 23rd Calvary Christian High School 11:05am Pinellas October 24th Seven Rivers Christian School 11:20am Citrus October 27th Riverview High School 9:36am Hillsborough October 30th St. Petersburg Collegiate High 12:30pm Pinellas Richard Truncale --- Florida Polytechnic University Tampa Bay Admissions Counselor Counties: Citrus, Hernando; Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and Sumter [email protected]; 863.874.8626 Apply Now on Bethenext.com! .
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