MELANIE L. BENFIELDhttp://www.gonaples.com/staff/melanie-benfield/<p>Melanie Benfield, who has resided in Naples since 1977, is originally from Hudson, N.C. She is a graduate of Barron Collier High School, attended Central Piedmont Community College and is a graduate of New York Institute of Photography. </p> <p>Melanie serves primarily as the School Page reporter for the Collier Citizen, covering feature stories on local students, teachers and programs in public and private schools in Collier County. She also writes local human interest stories for the Naples and Marco Island newspapers which have appeared in the Naples Daily News, Collier Citizen, Marco Etc., and the Naples Journal.</p>en-usPelican Marsh kindergartners make the most of the 3-R'shttp://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/may/20/pelican-marsh-kindergartners-make-most-3-rs/Pelican Marsh kindergartners make the most of the 3-R'sWed, 20 May 2009 17:50:00 -0000http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/may/20/pelican-marsh-kindergartners-make-most-3-rs/Success by any other name, smells as sweethttp://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/may/13/success-any-other-name-smells-sweet/Success by any other name, smells as sweetWed, 13 May 2009 17:42:00 -0000http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/may/13/success-any-other-name-smells-sweet/Mr. Clark goes to Washingtonhttp://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/may/06/mr-clark-goes-washington/Mr. Clark goes to WashingtonWed, 06 May 2009 13:33:00 -0000http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/may/06/mr-clark-goes-washington/NNES Adventurer Club excites studentshttp://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/29/nnes-adventurer-club-excites-students/NNES Adventurer Club excites studentsWed, 29 Apr 2009 15:58:00 -0000http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/29/nnes-adventurer-club-excites-students/BCHS band in Cherry Blossom Paradehttp://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/22/bchs-band-cherry-blossom-parade/BCHS band in Cherry Blossom ParadeWed, 22 Apr 2009 18:04:00 -0000http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/22/bchs-band-cherry-blossom-parade/Students welcome soldiers home from warhttp://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/15/students-welcome-soldiers-home-war/Students welcome soldiers home from warWed, 15 Apr 2009 14:42:00 -0000http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/15/students-welcome-soldiers-home-war/Local service replaces mission triphttp://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/08/local-service-replaces-mission-trip/Local service replaces mission tripWed, 08 Apr 2009 17:01:00 -0000http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/apr/08/local-service-replaces-mission-trip/All jazzed up at Golden Gate Middle Schoolhttp://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/mar/18/all-jazzed-golden-gate-middle-school/All jazzed up at Golden Gate Middle SchoolWed, 18 Mar 2009 16:56:00 -0000http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/mar/18/all-jazzed-golden-gate-middle-school/Teacher thankful for life after heart attackhttp://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/mar/11/teacher-thankful-life-after-heart-attack/Teacher thankful for life after heart attackWed, 11 Mar 2009 14:17:00 -0000http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/mar/11/teacher-thankful-life-after-heart-attack/Students await President’s responsehttp://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/mar/04/students-await-presidents-response/Students await President’s responseWed, 04 Mar 2009 19:16:00 -0000http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/mar/04/students-await-presidents-response/