Students Help Classmate Make Special Mother’s Day Package For Mom Serving In Afghanistan

Christion Battle’s mother, Arailyus Walker, is on her third tour of duty with the military in Afghanistan.  Christion is in second grade at Northmore Elementary School in West Palm Beach and his teacher Lorena Bromell-Stone thought his heroic mom desires an extraordinary Mother’s Day package this year.  “I am a mother of three children and [...]

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The U. B. Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School of the Arts Gold Orchestra and Kinsey Singers performed at the Atlanta Heritage Festival along with other high school groups from all over the United States on Saturday, April 17, 2010.  Both Musical groups earned a rating of “Gold” which means that they had a average score from three [...]

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On Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Grammy-Nominated children’s musician Red Grammer will perform at an in-school concert for students to promote building good character. Songs from his hit CD “Be Bop Your Best!” will be featured. Prior to the concert, students will be participating in a “Good Character Writing Contest” and will have [...]

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Hagen Road Elementary School is making simple health changes to promote school wellness. In an effort to promote healthy eating habits and exercise the school decided to participate in fundraisers that involve selling items such as gift-wrap, ornaments and other holiday items.
Another way the school promotes wellness among the students, staff and teachers is by [...]

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What? Panther Run Elementary invites all parents/guardians and community members to celebrate National Physical Education & Sports Week.
When? May 3rd – 7th, 2010
Why? The purpose of the weeklong event is to encourage children and their families to be physically active.
Where? Panther Run Elementary. 10775 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth, FL 33467
Several special guests will be visiting the school [...]

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Seminole Ridge Community High School Construction Academy will be hosting an on-campus dedication ceremony for the new ticket sales and outdoor storage building, completely designed and built by the school’s construction academy students. The ceremony will take place on Friday, April 30, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. in the school’s Media Center. Immediately after the ceremony [...]

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Spaghetti Follies Showcase Teacher Talent
Food, entertainment, and a silent auction are all on the agenda for Manatee Elementary School’s Eighth Annual Spaghetti Follies—an event that’s sure to delight—and hopefully raise funds for next year’s classroom accounts!  The event is set for Thursday and Friday, April 22 and 23, starting at 6:00 p.m. in the Lake [...]

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WHAT:     Presentation Of The Musical “Seussical Jr.”   �
WHO:        Addison Mizner Aftershool Program                �
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WHEN:     Friday April 30th @ 7:30 PM & Saturday May 1st @ 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM�
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WHERE:     Kathryn Lindgren Theatre at Boca Raton Community High School�
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For more information, contact  Stephen Robert @ (561) 362-3130 or email robertste@palmbeach.k12.fl.us.

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 Professional Development Opportunity Designed to Transform Educators
Some teachers may become musicians, dancers, or story-tellers by the end of a workshop planned for the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach this Saturday! The Kravis Center and the School District of Palm Beach County are hosting a workshop for educators of third through ninth grade students titled [...]

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The faculty and staff of Crossroads Academy proudly extends an opportunity to all parents, friends, students, and community members to attend the ceremony where nine Crossroads Academy students will have the opportunity of a lifetime, as they are inducted into the Crossroads Academy Jr. Honor Society and Honor Society on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at [...]

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 Seminole Trails Elementary fifth grader Marcus Sutton has been named the Word Wizard Champion at the 25th Annual Statewide Brain Bowl competition held recently in Orlando, but he’s not the sole winner in the county!
Suncoast High School team members Jordan Sanches, Akua Abu, Rachel Webster, Yishui Chen, and Andrew Buckley came in FIRST place in [...]

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Dreyfoos theatre students just brought home 40 blue ribbons and other awards from the 2010 Florida State Thespian Festival and if that’s not enough glory, they’re also featured in Thespians (the movie) that kicks off  Satruday, April 24 at the Cobb Theatres!
 At the festival, the Dreyfoos Thespians received  40 Blue Ribbons as well as Superior Medals in [...]

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What?  The School Food Service Department has organized an educational Health Fair to be held at Forest Hill Community High School.
When? Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where? Forest Hill Community High School. 6901 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33405
The health fair event will provide the students and staff of Forest Hill High [...]

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Morikami Park Elementary School’s Science/Math Lab and Publix Supermarket have partnered to celebrate Earth Day 2010. Kindergarten through 5th Grade students drew Earth Day pictures and wrote positive Earth Day messages on Publix paper bags while they inquired about the earth’s environment and what actions must be implemented for the earth to continue as a green [...]

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This Friday, April 23rd, students at Jupiter Farms Elementary School will share their knowledge of the symbiotic relationship between plants and animals as they celebrate Project Naturescope Ladybug Day.  Rounding out a week of numerous environmental awareness events, The Bug Squad will glide from classroom to classroom, delivering vials of live and beneficial Ladybugs for [...]

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The Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission has announced the finalists of the 15th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival’s Student Showcase of Films (SSOF). The SSOF is the largest statewide film competition for Florida students with more than $15,000 in cash and scholarships awarded to high school and college students enrolled in film [...]

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Former president of Palm Beach Community College and other community members rally to honor Palm Beach alum, Burt Reynolds
He’s already got a star in Hollywood with his name on it, and now he’ll have a whole road in CityPlace in downtown West Palm Beach!
A public ceremony dedicating ‘*Burt Reynolds Road’ will take place on the [...]

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What? The School District of Palm Beach County invites all students, teachers and community members to the 5th Annual Elementary Music Fest.
When? Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Where? Royal Palm Beach High School Auditorium. 10600 Okeechobee Blvd., Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411
The Elementary Music Fest began in 2006 at the Duncan Theatre in the Palm Beach State [...]

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The Palm Beach County School District along with the Florida Department of Transportation, the City of Riviera Beach, the South Florida Commuter Services School Program and the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority and Operation Lifesaver will be hosting a Safety Fair on Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.  The fair will [...]

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Three Palm Beach County high school seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2010 Presidential Scholars Program.  Dreyfoos School of the Arts students Nina Laufbahn from West Palm Beach and Harrison Tyler from Lake Worth and Atlantic High School student Mike Qian from Boca Raton have been named semifinalist.
The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by executive [...]

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 United Way of Palm Beach County and the Palm Beach County Disaster Recovery Coalition are collecting basic hygiene kits that will be given to Haitian students who have come to Palm Beach County since the devastating earthquake struck Haiti in January. More than 600 students are now enrolled in The Palm Beach County School District. [...]

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Steve Walsh, former NFL quarterback, will speak at Roosevelt Middle School on Friday, April 23, 8-9 a.m., to boys in grades 6-8 on the importance of goal setting and how it has impacted his success. The values and discipline he learned as a child helped Mr. Walsh achieve his dream of earning a living in [...]

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The students at Beacon Cove Intermediate School in Jupiter read more minutes than any other school in the Unites States…151,599 minutes…in the Scholastic Book Fairs March Trial Run.  There were 1,181 usernames registered at Beacon Cove and 2,717 individual entries of minutes by those users. All told, the school averaged almost 56 minutes per entry.
“The [...]

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May has been designated Haitian Heritage Month by the School District of Palm Beach County. Students and schools, along with the Haitian community, will be celebrating with a number of exciting educational and cultural programs and events.
A student essay contest is being organized by the School District Haitian Heritage Month Committee sponsored by the Wayne [...]

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On April 13, 2010 students at Odyssey Middle School had the once in a lifetime opportunity of meeting Jim Bachner, a survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp.
This camp was one of the most notorious concentration camps set up by the Nazis to eliminate millions of people. Mr. Bachner spoke about the brutality he faced as [...]

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