John I. Leonard High School’s Finance Academy and Palm Beach Gardens Community High School’s Sports Management and Recreation Academy Are Certified Academies
John I. Leonard High School’s Finance Academy and Palm Beach Gardens Community High School’s Sports Management and Recreation Academy had their programs reviewed to evaluate how they rate on the National Standards of Practice for career academies. A team from the National Career Academy Coalition and the Association of Career and Technical Education assessed the [...]
Seminole Ridge High School Initiates Deaf Awareness Project
Seminole Ridge High School is extremely aware of the needs of its hearing impaired students. For this reason, the students in American Sign Language (ASL) class 3 and 4 came up with the idea of interpreting the TV morning announcements as a way to bring deaf awareness to the high school.
The project was initiated because [...]
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Suncoast and Atlantic Advance to “Elite Eight” Round of Global Debate Contest
Members of the Atlantic Community High School and the Suncoast Community High School debate teams will soon take to the skies, as they board a flight to New York City to participate in the finals of an international debate contest. Both schools have advanced to the “Elite Eight” round of the Bickel & Brewer/New York [...]
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Palm Beach Lakes High Students Make Major Contributions To Community
Members of the Palm Beach Lakes High School French Honor Society, French Club, Debate and Law Honor Society and 15 additional clubs on campus organized a relief effort for the people of Haiti. Students, teachers and staff enthusiastically joined together to send 59 boxes of food, water, blankets, toiletries and first aid supplies. In addition, [...]
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Project SMART Fights Underage Drinking
The Department of Safe Schools developed Project SMART which addresses the issues of underage drinking in four Palm Beach County schools. The program implements a comprehensive strategic plan involving teens, parents, schools, and the community. It is featured at the following schools: Western Pines Middle School, Royal Palm Beach High School, Jupiter Middle School, and [...]
Royal Palm Beach High School Participates In HOSA Competition
The Royal Palm Beach High School Medical Science Academy students recently participated in the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Region IX competition at Park Vista High School. Twenty students earned awards in eleven different categories.
HOSA is a nationally recognized professional organization for Medical Science students, that provide the opportunity to build a college portfolio, [...]
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H.L. Johnson Elementary Organizes “Helping Hearts For Haiti”
H. L. Johnson Elementary recently reached out to the needs in Haiti following the devastating earthquake that took place in January 2010. Students, administrators, teachers, support staff and parents committed their time and energy to supporting the Haitian Disaster Relief Effort. They named their outreach “Helping Hearts for Haiti.”
Each grade level was assigned a specific [...]
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Five Star Magnet Program Alumni Host Students for Job Shadowing
Palm Beach Gardens High School Five Star Magnet Program alumni Chris Volstad, Noel Ruiz-Castaneda, and Jason DelGrosso were among the dozens of hosts providing current magnet program juniors with a glimpse of their jobs for the magnet program’s annual Groundhog Shadowing Day. Juniors in all five career areas of the magnet program (Global Business and [...]
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Nationally Recognized Author Shares Messy Tessy With Manatee Elementary First Graders
When Manatee Elementary School first graders come to school Friday, they’ll get to hear all about the adventures of Messy Tessy—a new character and new book by Leah Orr. The author—who has now written three books that benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, will be on hand to personally read the book to the students—who will [...]
Forest Park Elementary Students And Nike Create And Sell T-Shirts For Haiti Relief
Forest Park Elementary students created designs for t-shirts and basketball shoes in collaboration with Nike, the sportswear company from Portland, Oregon shortly after the Haitian earthquake in January. Forest Park students and staff have received the shirts that were designed in that collaborative effort and will wear them to make a school picture on Thursday, February 18 [...]
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Palm Beach County Haiti Relief Coalition Schedules Interfaith Service at Atlantic Community High
Educators and others throughout Palm Beach County have been invited to participate in Thursday’s Interfaith Service hosted by the Palm Beach County Haiti Relief Coalition at Atlantic Community High School. The itinerary for the event , which is scheduled for 6:00-8:00 p.m. includes singing by the Atlantic High School choir and an offertory dance performed [...]
Student Engineers Become “Sailors” at Roosevelt Middle School
Students in the Pre Engineering Magnet program at Roosevelt Middle School will test their prowess on Friday, February 19, as they design and construct “cargo boats”! Boats will be floated in water and cargo loads added to determine the best in the RMS fleet.
As a business partner, Lockheed Martin has been involved with the Pre [...]
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Students at Roosevelt Middle School Receive Gift of Sight
On January 28, Health Care District of Palm Beach County School Health staff partnered with local optometrists and OneSight, a national charitable organization, to provide students at West Palm Beach’s Roosevelt Community Middle School free eye exams and glasses. Facilitated by OneSight’s Vision Van, a 40-foot optical lab on wheels, this mobile clinic examined 62 [...]
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“Horn Blast” Will Rock Jupiter Middle School
Jupiter Middle School of Technology will again sponsor their “2010 Horn Blast” on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 which will begin at 7:00 pm in the school cafeteria. Jupiter Middle School’s Band program is one of the top band programs in Palm Beach County as well as one of the premier programs in the State of [...]
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Second Annual Girls Leadership Insitute Set for Saturday
Girls in 9th and 10th Grades Attend Full-Day Session to Hone Leadership Skills
What do ninth and tenth grade girls talk about when they get together? Well when they descend on the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Saturday, February 20, the hot topic will be leadership! Defining and understanding what leadership is, and the tools [...]
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Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary Students Celebrate Black History Month
Students in the 5th grade at Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary are not only studying hard for the FCAT this month, they are also tackling tough questions in The Black History Brain Bowl. The Brain Bowl will be held Friday, February 19th beginning at 8:30 AM at the school.
The Black History Brain Bowl is held [...]
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Final Battle of A-Team Competition To Air On The Education Network
The final contest of the Palm Beach County A-Team Competition is airing every night this week at 8:00 p.m. on The Education Network (Comcast channel 97). The event showcases the intellectual abilities of our best and brightest students. The A-Team Competition began airing the week of January 4, on The Education Network.
Each high school was eligible to [...]
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North Grade’s Caring and Sharing for Haiti Project Generates Cash and Supplies
What can we do?” It all began with a simple question posed by third and fourth grade students who first asked shortly after the earthquake struck Haiti. As a result, North Grade’s students and staff collected $1630.75 for the Red Cross, Missionary Flights International, and The United Way. In addition, Jude, the owner of Rita’s [...]
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Lake Worth High Future Educators Tops in State
District Team Brings Home First Place Trophy
Thirty-two Lake Worth High School Florida Future Educators of America Club members traveled together to attend the annual FFEA State Conference recently held in Orlando. They had to make space for a First Place trophy for the return trip when they won the competition in the PowerPoint High School division. FFEA is [...]
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School District Encourages Community To Participate In Walk Now For Autism Speaks
What? Walk Now for Autism Speaks is North America’s largest grassroots autism walk program and signature fundraising and awareness event.
When? Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.
Where? Centennial Square. 100 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
The School District of Palm Beach County currently services 1544 students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. “We are proud to [...]
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Palm Springs Middle School Staff “Commit to Get Fit”
Palm Springs Community Middle School faculty and staff have created their own version of “The Biggest Loser” competition. In an attempt to create a healthier lifestyle as well as initiating a school-wide moral builder the campus has embarked on a mass lifestyle change. They don’t like to use the word diet – preferring instead the [...]
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Middle School of the Arts Foundation Announces Star Studded Mardi Gras JazzFest February 20, 2010
The MSOA Foundation will host it’s first ever Mardi Gras JazzFest at Bak’s MainStage Theatre on February 20, 2010. The star studded evening will feature Bak MSOA and Dreyfoos School of the Arts’ band students in concert with music legends Ron Blake, Dion Parson, Ruben R. Rodgers, Lasim Richards, Jim Gasior and other surprise guest [...]
Forest Hill High’s Adult and Community Education Offers Nursing Recertification Courses Online
Hundreds of Other Courses Available
The world of online learning has opened up a multitude of opportunities for people who want to enhance their knowledge to get ahead! Courses begin the 20th of each month. Whether you’re interested in nursing recertification or a host of other language, business or computer courses, go to Ed2go.com/fhchs and choose [...]
Limestone Creek Elementary Celebrates Literacy Week with Disney
Limestone Creek Elementary recently participated in the “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” program during Literacy Week. Volunteers came to the school to read to the students and earned a one day, one park ticket to Disney World. “Over 60 voracious volunteers participated in the promotion for Florida’s Celebrate Literacy Week,” said Limestone Creek’s reading [...]
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Royal Palm Beach High School Achieves Great Honors In South Florida Latin Competition
The South Florida Regional Latin Competition took place at J.P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs and a team of ten members from Royal Palm Beach High School Latin Club participated. The team captured a total of 32 awards in twelve different categories.
The Latin Club at Royal Palm Beach High obtained four 1st places, five [...]
