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Jan
27

Royal Palm Beach High School Wildcat Speech And Debate Team Reaches State Finals

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

This past weekend, the Wildcat Speech and Debate team at Royal Palm Beach High School qualified a record breaking number of students to the state finals that will take place on March 5th and 6th, 2010 at the University School in Fort Lauderdale. The competition, held at Wellington High School, sent the top four in [...]

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Jan
27

Education Foundation Of Palm Beach County Announces Finalist For Distinguished Alumni Awards

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Education Foundation of Palm Beach County, Inc. recently announced the nineteen (19) finalists for the inaugural 2010 Distinguished Alumni Awards to be held the evening of Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Marriott in West Palm Beach.
The Award was created to honor Palm Beach County public school alumni who have distinguished themselves through achievement, [...]

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Jan
27

Forest Hill Community High School Night Students Mobilize to Help Haiti Relief

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

 Night School students attending Forest Hill Community High School have collected nonperishable foods and personal items to send to Haiti. The adult students and staff collected about 275 pounds of items during a collection drive that ran Friday January 15 through Wednesday January 20.  The items were boxed and delivered to the Alliance Life Church [...]

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Jan
27

Hidden Oaks Student Council Sends Relief to Haiti

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Hidden Oaks Elementary School’s Student Council is spearheading collection efforts for Haiti Relief.  The school has several bins set up in the lobby of and collect items such as nonperishable food, toiletries, baby wipes, first aid items,  and more every day. This project began the day after the earthquake  hit and the school family has [...]

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Jan
27

South Grade Afterschool Program Staff Pilot and Earn Aftercare Educator Certificate From Palm Beach State College

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

South Grade Afterschool Director Jana Hernandez and the Afterschool staff have successfully completed The Afterschool Educator Certificate.  The program, unique to the afterschool field, is sponsored  by Prime Time PBC, Inc. –who also underwrites the scholarships—which is offered at Palm Beach State College.
 Chosen as one of three programs in Palm Beach County to pilot an [...]

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Jan
27

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Marks Anniversary of Concentration Camp Liberation

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz/Birkenau.  In 2005 the United Nations General Assembly designated this day as International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD), a day of commemoration to honor the victims of the Nazi era.  Every member nation of the United Nations has an obligation to [...]

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Jan
27

Benefit for Haiti on Santaluces High’s Performing Arts Calendar

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

 The Fine/Performing Arts Department at Santaluces High School is gearing up for a memorable February in its Performing Arts Center. In response to the school’s vast Haitian population suffering from recent earthquakes in that country, a “Benefit for Haiti” will take place Thursday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m. The evening will showcase the best of [...]

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Jan
27

C.O.Taylor/Kirklane Student’s Art Wins Top Prize

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Winning Poster Headed for State Competition
Fifth grader Calli Esposito, who’s also an Art Club member at Clifford O. Taylor/Kirklane Elementary School,  has won the Palm Beach Soil & Water Conservation District’s 2010 Conservation Poster Contest.  There were over 187 entries from around the county.  She received a cash prize and tickets to the South Florida [...]

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Jan
27

Boynton Beach Community High School International Club Students Volunteer At Soup Kitchen

Posted by: Bito David

Students of The International Club got out of bed at 6:30 am on Saturday, January 23rd, to volunteer at the Boynton Beach Soup kitchen located at 8645 W. Boynton Beach Blvd. The Soup Kitchen is a non-profit organization that feeds the less fortunate members of the Boynton Beach community, particularly migrant workers and their families.
The [...]

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Jan
27

Crestwood Middle School Sells CD To Benefit Haitian Relief Effort

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Crestwood Middle School Chorus and Hand bell groups, under the direction of Veronica Johnson, co-authored and performed a song entitled, “Les Ailes D’amour,” (On Wings of Love in Creole). The song was recorded on Friday, January 22, 2010 and will be available for sale for $5.00 at the school and at local businesses. All proceeds [...]

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