County Educators, Communities Mourn Death of First African-American Female Area Superintendent
Mercedes Robinson, age 89, passed away on Father’s Day, June 20th. A community leader and educator, she had risen through the ranks in the school system to become the first African-American female Area Superintendent.
Mrs. Robinson taught at East Lake Middle School for seven years before transferring to Lake Shore Elementary School in Belle Glade and [...]
Updated 2010 FCAT Results Delivery Schedule
The Department of Education has reported that it will release the Spring 2010 FCAT Results on Tuesday, June 29 at 6:00 a.m. to district and schools only through a secure website.
District and School administrators will be able to access the information using unique logins and passwords to begin working on student schedules for August.
The tentative [...]
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The Education Network (T.E.N.) Move Update
To improve and increase public access to educational programming, Palm Beach County School District Television “The Education Network” (T.E.N.) has moved from Comcast Channel 97. Subscribers of Comcast’s Digital Service (with a Comcast digital box) receive T.E.N.’s programming on Channels 234 and 235.
Temporarily, due to technical difficulties at Comcast, subscribers with Comcast’s Basic Service (cable [...]
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Palm Beach Juvenile Correctional Facility Students Attend On-Site Career Fair
The 100 male students at the Palm Beach Juvenile Correctional Facility enjoyed a recent opportunity to get “up close and personal” with a variety of professionals from diverse careers. Under the leadership of the graduation/career coach, and faculty and staff organizers– the 2010 Career Fair provided students with firsthand insight into the training and skills [...]
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Four Inductees From Village Academy To Enter The National Honor Society For The First Time
Anthony Adderly, Adrianna Spivey, Vanessa Petiford and Laura Jazmin Tolliver are the first four inductees from Village Academy to enter the National Honor Society (NHS).
Village Academy and the Community of Delray Beach invite the public to the inaugural class ceremony on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 6:30 P.M. at the Village Academy School Art and [...]
Project Transition Offers Free Continuing Education Classes for Refugee Families
The Department of Adult and Community Education’s Project Transition is offering a variety of classes at Gold Coast Community School in West Palm Beach for families who qualify as refugees. Classes include English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL); basic and advanced computer classes, classes that prepare people for the Test for Adult Basic [...]
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Eleven Palm Beach County High Schools Among Top Six Percent In U.S.
Atlantic Community High, Boca Raton Community High, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Dwyer High, Olympic Heights High, Palm Beach Gardens High, Park Vista High, Spanish River High, Suncoast Community High, Wellington Community High and West Boca Raton High are celebrating their distinction of being among the top in the nation. They are listed in Newsweek [...]
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National Board Certified Teachers Selected For Science And Math Summer Camp
For the third year in a row, National Board Certified Teachers from Palm Beach County have been selected to fulfill federal grant funds for a Summer Science and Math Program at Highland Elementary through the Department of Student Intervention Services in the School District of Palm Beach County.
This camp is the only one of its [...]
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Boca Raton Community High School Educator Named Kappa Delta Pi “Teacher Of Honor”
Dr. Phyllis T. Pacilli, a mathematics teacher at Boca Raton Community High School, won this year’s Teacher of Honor Award from Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education.
Dr. Pacilli’s ongoing experiences as an educator on high school and college campuses keep her teaching fresh and relevant in both environments. She was selected to present [...]
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Senior School Volunteer Honored As A Community Champion By Molina Healthcare
Molina Healthcare of Florida recently recognized six unsung heroes at its first annual Community Champions Awards dinner, which was held in Tampa. One of the winners was 79-year-old retired scientist and Crosspointe Elementary School volunteer Fred Rosene, who won the Volunteer Award.
Being in a wheelchair has not hindered Mr. Rosene from volunteering and working with [...]
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District To Assist Schools, Will Mail Student FCAT Scores Directly To Students’ Homes – State Testing Firm To Pay Expenses
District administrators will assist schools this summer by sending student FCAT scores directly to students’ homes as soon as the state finally releases the scores, now estimated to arrive at the end of June.
“We want to take the burden off the schools and get the test scores out as quickly and efficiently as possible,” said [...]
Hagen Road Elementary Honored By Alliance For A Healthier Generation For Efforts To Combat Childhood Obesity
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, founded by the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, recognized Hagen Road Elementary for transforming its campus into a healthier place for students and staff at their National Healthy Schools Forum in New York, NY. The school received an award for increasing healthy eating and physical [...]
Biggest Winners – Facilities Management Division Gets Fit
The School District’s Facilities Management Division has taken a cue from the reality television show The Biggest Loser. For six months employees competed in their own version of the hit TV show. The Biggest Loser Challenge is a team-oriented challenge to help employees achieve a more optimal state of health through encouraging physical activity, healthy [...]
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Dreyfoos Graduating Senior Students Featured In Palm Beach Dramaworks “Emerging Artists Showcase”
Palm Beach Dramaworks, is proud to announce its inaugural “Emerging Artists Showcase” featuring Dreyfoos School of the Arts graduating senior class students, on Tuesday, June 15th (7PM) and Wednesday, June 16th (2 & 7PM). The theatre is located in downtown West Palm Beach at 322 Banyan Boulevard. All tickets are $15.
Student actors will be performing [...]
Four Palm Beach County Schools Rank Among Top 100 In Newsweek America’s Best High Schools For 2010
Suncoast Community High, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Boca Raton High and Atlantic High, are among the top 100 Newsweek America’s Best High Schools in the nation for 2010.
Each year, Newsweek picks the best high schools in the country based on how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced placement college-level courses and [...]
The Education Network (T.E.N.) Is On The Move
The Education Network (T.E.N.), currently available on Comcast Channel 97 will be moving to new digital tier channels, effective June 29. The move will provide a better signal and better picture quality for T.E.N. programming.
Comcast subscribers who have a DIGITAL converter box will automatically find The Education Network on channels 234 and 235.
Comcast BASIC customers [...]
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Boca Raton Middle School Bands Earn First Place In Smoky Mountain Music Festival
Boca Raton Middle School Band students recently boarded buses to head to Gatlinburg, Tennessee to compete in the Smoky Mountain Music Festival, one of the oldest and most respected band competitions in the United States. This is the first time the Boca Raton Middle School Bands, led by Band Director Michael Fraley, has traveled out of [...]
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LatinArt Expo Features School District Employee
Ida Perez, Graphic Artist for the School District of Palm Beach County is one of a group of talented Hispanics being featured at the LatinArt Expo that is currently taking place in CityPlace in West Palm Beach. The event is the first big art exhibit in the Palm Beach County dedicated to promote Hispanic artists in [...]
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Palm Beach Central High Receives Model Academy Ranking
Palm Beach Central High School’s Engineering Academy had their program 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 academies using the Career Academy National Standards of Practice. These standards were [...]
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Principal Gets Pie In The Face After Challenging Students To Read
Students at Limestone Creek Elementary were recently given the privilege of putting pies in the faces of Principal Sue Gibbs and Assistant Principal Kelly Mullen. This activity was the culmination of a yearlong reading challenge initiated by Ms. Gibbs. The school’s goal was to read 20,000 books during the year. The students exceeded the goal [...]
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School District Educator To Serve On National Council On Digital Citizenship And Creative Content
Hollyanne Ruffner, Specialist, Library Services, with the School District, was recently selected to serve on the National Council on Digital Citizenship and Creative Content. The Council, formed earlier this year, aims to understand and address K-12 school systems’ needs to teach appropriate, educational, responsible, and fair usage of digital content — the music, movies, software, [...]
2010 Beginning Teachers Of The Year Honored For Outstanding Performance
The 3rd Annual Beginning Teacher of the Year Award Ceremony took place at the School District of Palm Beach County on Tuesday, May 25. The Professional Development Department and the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County, Inc. co-sponsored the event in support of first year teachers.
The award was presented to an elementary, middle, and high [...]
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Noted Scholars and Educators To Attend African and African American Summer Institute
The School District of Palm Beach County Office of African and African American Studies annual AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN SUMMER INSTITUTE will be held at Royal Palm Beach High School on June 14-17, 2010. The Summer Institute will be exciting and inspiring to all those who attend. The institute is opened to all district employees. [...]
Palm Beach County Council of PTA/PTSA Awards Two Scholarships
The Palm Beach County Council of PTA/PTSA awarded two scholarships this year. Scholarship winners were chosen based on an original essay and letters of recommendation. The first scholarship went to a graduating high school senior and for the first time ever, a second scholarship was awarded to an active adult PTA member.
The student applicants’ essays [...]
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Binks Forest Hosts Author’s & Mother’s Day Tea
Binks Forest Elementary students in Mrs. Ann Jacob’s third grade writing class celebrated their accomplishments by hosting an Author’s & Mother’s Day Tea.
Students shared their published books and presented their moms with a beautiful, personalized address books. Each book is individualized to the student – filled with personal poetry and pictures of the child.
For more [...]
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