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Mar
12

FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center Recognized For Innovative Green Schools Recognition Program

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller Sharon R. Bock recognized the FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center recently with the Clerk’s 2010 Best Practices Award for innovation in a nonprofit organization.
The Clerk recognized the FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center for its innovative Green Schools Recognition Program. This initiative encourages school communities to develop [...]

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Mar
12

Jupiter High Team Ready To Battle Lunar Terrain At NASA’s 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their specially crafted lunar rovers through a challenging course of rugged, moon-like terrain at NASA’s 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, Ala., April 9-10. Students on Jim Zachariah’s Engineering team from Jupiter High School will be competing.
Some 1,088 high school, college and university [...]

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Mar
12

Classic American Drama “A Raisin in the Sun” On Stage At Boynton Beach High

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Performing Arts Academy at Boynton Beach Community High School presents its first Main Stage Drama, the Lorraine Hansberry Classic, A Raisin in the Sun, April 14, 15, 16 and 17 at 7:00 PM.
The landmark American play tells the story of an African American family whose dreams have been deferred and how they join forces [...]

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Mar
12

Palm Beach Lakes Teacher Named Regional Winner of Just Read Florida, High School Reading Teacher of the Year

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Elaine Alvin, an Intensive Reading teacher at Palm Beach Lakes High School, has been named the Regional Winner of Just Read Florida, High School Reading Teacher of the Year.  Ms. Alvin now advances to the State competition.  Ms. Alvin is the Reading Department Chair at Palm Beach Lakes High and leads a team of 14 [...]

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Mar
12

Palm Beach Lakes Dance Ensembles Present “Paparazzi”

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The definition of paparazzi is scandal-seeking photographer.  Well the dance ensembles at Palm Beach Lakes High School are not seeking any scandal but they will be presenting “Paparazzi” Saturday March 20th.  23 students involved in the Dance Ensembles will perform at 6:30 PM in the school’s new auditorium.
“The show will consist of a variety of [...]

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Mar
12

Melaleuca Elementary Hosts Civil Rights Movement Awareness Event

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

What? Melaleuca Elementary School is honored to invite Edith C. Bush, Executive Director for the Martin Luther King Jr. Coordinating Committee, to share her Civil Rights Movement experiences.
When? Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.
Where? Melaleuca Elementary School
5759 W. Gun Club Rd., West Palm Beach, FL 33415
Edith C. Bush supports education programs speaking about her experiences, sharing [...]

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Mar
12

Citrus Cove Elementary Students Receive Letter From President Obama

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Ms. Julia Morien’s fifth grade students at Citrus Cove Elementary wrote letters to President Obama asking various questions about education and his experience as president of the United States. In their letters they described what it was like to be a student at Citrus Cove Elementary, requested a picture of Bo (the family dog) and [...]

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Mar
12

Dreyfoos Band Students to Perform in UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

 Only Seven High School Students Selected Statewide—Five From Dreyfoos
 When the University of Central Florida- Orlando Jazz Festival kicks off next weekend, five Dreyfoos School of the Arts band students will be playing with the big guns! The music department of the A. W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts has  been notified that the five will [...]

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Mar
12

Royal Palm Beach High Student Obtains “Florida’s Exemplary Participant Recognition”

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Staci Bell, a legally blind 11th grade student at Royal Palm Beach High School won state finalist at the Florida’s Exemplary Participant Recognition Program. The Exemplary Participant Program is a statewide initiative to nominate students with disabilities who have excelled in the arts and/or have developed leadership skills through the arts.
“I love to draw the [...]

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Mar
12

Palm Beach Central Students “BALDLY” Stand In Solidarity To Raise Money For Pediatric Cancer Research

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, has issued a lofty challenge to everyone who wants to help raise money for childhood cancer research. Palm Beach Central High will be holding their 2nd Annual St. Baldrick’s Day Event on March 25th 2010.  The head-shavings will commence at [...]

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