JON SMITH SUBS 9TH ANNUAL RACE FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCES WINNERS

The 9th Annual Race for the Arts/Celebration of Young Artists held recently at John Prince Park is pleased to announce the following winners from their event.
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Dr. Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education and the author of 21 books on education, sat down with The Education Network’s Alan Gerstel for a half-hour discussion to explain why she believes schools across the country are heading in the wrong direction.
Dr. Ravitch is a research professor of education at New York University. [...]

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Andrea Aguilar, a 12th grader at Royal Palm Beach High School and CTE (Career and Technology Education) pathfinder nomine for 2010 was selected to attend and awarded a scholarship for the James L. Wilcox Minority Summer Residency Program  for Junior and Senior high school students. The program is scheduled to take place at Florida International University [...]

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The Florida Alliance for Arts Education (FAAE) recently renewed Bak Middle School of the Arts as an Arts Achieve! Model School. The recognition will be presented at FAAE’s annual Leadership Summit on June 17 in Lakeland, FL.
 The Arts Achieve! Model Schools program recognizes exemplary schools in Florida that have done an outstanding job making the [...]

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The Black Student Union of Palm Beach Gardens High School presents ‘STONY THE ROAD WE TROD’-A CELEBRATION OF A RICH LEGACY on Friday, May 21st at 7:01 p.m. in the school’s auditorium.  Students from Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, Palm Beach Gardens Elementary School, Suncoast High School, Wellington High School, Dwyer High School and [...]

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Jeaga Middle School’s 7th grade Pre-Law Academy class has made it to the state competition for Project Citizen that will take place in Orlando, FL on May 21st, 2010. Project Citizen is a civic education program for middle and high school students created by the Center for Civic Education.
Project Citizen engages students in hands-on, project-based [...]

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Dr. Ron Archer will be speaking to the administrators, staff and all the students in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th  grade class levels at Roosevelt Elementary School on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 from 8:45 -10:00 a.m. in the school cafeteria. The topic will be “Bullying, how does it affect everyone?”
Ron Archer has an amazing twenty year professional career [...]

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The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair was held in San Jose, California this past week. There were 1625 participants from 69 countries. Congratulations to the four students representing Palm Beach County:
Tucker Sterling Elliott – Junior, Suncoast Community High
Project: Grammar Agnostic Syntactical Validation of Natural Language
Zachariah Quinn Moustafa – Sophomore, Alexander W. Dreyfoos High School [...]

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The Armory Art Center’s First Annual Student Art Exhibition: The K-12 Instructor’s Choice Show is being held at the Armory from May 21st until May 31st with opening reception scheduled for May 21st from 5-7pm.  Over thirty Palm Beach County Schools are participating with over three hundred student art pieces on display celebrating the exceptional visual arts programs [...]

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Claude Emmanuel David, a junior at Wellington High, Kelsey Strose, a senior at Wellington High and Jupiter Cham Fleurimon, a junior at Palm Beach Lakes High, who won respectively first, second and third place in this year’s Haitian Heritage Month Essay Contest, will participate at an author talk at the County’s Main Library on 3650 [...]

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Mr. Greg Rice gave a motivational presentation to the Royal Palm Beach High School Medical Science Pre-Medicine students recently.  He visited with the students sharing his thoughts on the importance of being passionate and working hard toward their academic and career goals. �
Mr. Greg Rice along with his brother John E. Rice were listed in [...]

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What? Pahokee Elementary I.B. World School would like to invite all students, parents and community members to their “I love Pahokee Day.”
When? Friday, May 21, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where? Pahokee Elementary I.B. World School. 560 E. Main Place, Pahokee, FL 33476
I Love Pahokee Day will be an all day event which will be a true [...]

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The Kinsey Singers represented U. B. Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School of the Arts in the Elementary Honors Chorus of Spotlight on Young Musicians. The performance was held on Friday, May 14th at the Kravis Center.
According to Ericka Locke-Williams and Andrea Ward-Dumervil, Co-Directors of Music for U. B. Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School of the Arts, “These students have [...]

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The 2010 Adult Education Graduation Ceremony will take place Wednesday, May 19th, 7:00 PM, at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Dreyfoos Hall.
Sponsored by the School District of Palm Beach County Division of Quality Assurance, Department of Adult & Community Education, and The Adult Education Center, the annual graduation ceremony honors students from adult [...]

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The Haitian Heritage Month Essay Contest Committee is proud to announce the winners of this year’s contest.
The winners are:
First Place
Claude Emmanuel David, Wellington High School, 11th grade
Second Place
Kelsey Stroze, Wellington High School, 12th grade
Third Place
Jupiter Cham Fleurimon, Palm Beach Lakes High, 11th grade
Claude Emmanuel David, first place winner, demonstrated outstanding thinking and writing skills in [...]

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The International Spanish Academy (ISA) at Okeeheelee Middle School organized the 1st United Nations Model Assembly where students from the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program also participated.
Student delegations from Australia, China, Pakistan, Spain, United States and Venezuela discussed different topics, provided points of information and made decisions to solve worldwide issues. The [...]

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Barry Grunow was a beloved teacher and basketball coach at Lake Worth Middle School who was tragically shot and killed on May 26, 2000. To continue his spirit and honor him on the 10th anniversary of his death, Lake Worth Middle School is hosting a celebration Saturday, May 15, to raise funds for the scholarship [...]

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While studying Animal Growth (cells, eggs, life cycles), the idea to incubate chicken eggs at Binks Forest Elementary was suggested by a 5th grade student. When the Principal, Mrs. Stacey Quiñones, gave permission and supported this inquiry-based / hands-on learning experience in the classroom the students were more than thrilled.
Mrs. Wilson’s and Mrs. Grosso’s 5th [...]

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Woodlands Middle School Chorus members and Choral Director Danielle VanEs are gearing up to transform the school’s Cafeteria into the Great White Way—or Broadway soon. The school is offering two performances of Broadway Our Way, the highly successful musical extravaganza which will take place Tuesday, May 25, and Wednesday, May 26 at 7:30 p.m. [...]

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Expect an air of excitement Friday night at the Kravis Center when hundreds of talented youth from around Palm Beach County convene to showcase their performing talents. The Kravis Center Community Outreach event is being produced in partnership with the School District, the Palm Beach Music Educators’ Association, and the Youth Orchestra of Palm [...]

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The Palm Beach County Council of PTA/PTSA was honored to recognize over 100 students who had artwork submitted to the council in six art categories, in four age divisions, from 11 different local PTA units.   At the Reflections Recognition event recently held at Schoolhouse Children’s Museum in Boynton Beach, the County Council awarded each student [...]

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Allamanda Elementary School’s fifth grade students recently participated in Junior Achievement’s Mobile BizTown.  Jordan McEvoy, Allamanda Elementary School Safety Patrol and BizTown City Hall selected mayor, had the honor of being sworn in as mayor of BizTown by Palm Beach Gardens Mayor David Levy.  BizTown is a fully interactive simulated town facility that provides elementary [...]

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Florida’s largest Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFJROTC) recognized the achievements of its cadets with an “Awards Night” recently. The Lake Worth High School Auditorium was filled with over 350 parents, relatives, faculty, and fellow cadets who attested to the numerous, often unnoticed, endeavors of the cadets within the wing. Cadets received national, [...]

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Turn the summer blahs into a summer blast for teens wanting to earn community service hours! Palm Beach County’s Clerk and Comptroller’s Office has a volunteer program that will allow high school students to earn their required community service hours any time during the year but officials say several opportunities are available there this [...]

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Leadership 2010 was held at PACE Center for girls recently under the leadership of Executive Director Angela Davis and her staff members. The Leadership Conference focused on “qualities” of leadership and other aspects that would inspire girls to become leaders in their schools and communities. Ms. Davis said the students exhibited leadership skills [...]

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