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Jul
29

Palm Beach County Students To Benefit From School Supply Drive

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The School District Office of Community Involvement, in conjunction with Clear Channel Radio, Office Depot and Palm Beach County Fire/Rescue, is hosting a school supply drive to help families supplement the necessary tools needed to achieve academic success.  Clear Channel Radio stations WILD 95.5 and KOOL 105.5 are promoting the supply drive and donation boxes [...]

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Jul
27

District Educators Participate in Annual Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council Symposium

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Lee Kolbert, a teacher at Waters Edge Elementary School, and Melissa McBride, a Technology Program Specialist for the School District of Palm Beach County, along with 75 other educators from across the country, recently participated in the Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council Symposium, which took place recently at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. The event [...]

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Jul
27

School District Joins Palm Beach Partners Business Matchmaker Conference and Expo

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

The Palm Beach Partners invites all members of the community to attend the 2010 Business Matchmaker Conference and Expo that will take place on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
The conference will feature power workshops about finance, accounting, legal issues, insurance including bonding and marketing with social networking as a [...]

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Jul
26

Palm Beach County Cultural Council Offers Professional Development Workshops

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Palm Beach County Cultural Council is offering professional development workshops to arts and cultural organizations, education administrators, classroom teachers, art teachers, artists and teaching artists.  Building Learning Communities through Art and Culture workshops will be led by Dr. Gail Burnaford, an expert in arts integration. She is a Professor of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational [...]

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Jul
22

Jupiter High Teacher Wins MIT Teaching Award

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Jupiter Community High School teacher Anne Blankenship recently received the 2010 MIT Inspirational Teacher Award. The award was given by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the MIT Alumni Club of Palm Beach.  Ms. Blankenship was nominated by Erica Pino, a 2009 graduate of Jupiter Community High School, who is now studying bioengineering at MIT. The [...]

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Jul
22

Summer Hits Feature Dreyfoos Grads

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

This summer’s television line-up finds three Dreyfoos School of the Arts graduates living their passion. Joshua Harto, Dreyfoos class of 1997 and a former theatre major at Dreyfoos, has created, written and produced the hit series Memphis Beat on TNT, with his wife, Liz Garcia (Cold Case) and the famed George Clooney. Josh, [...]

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Jul
22

Tropical Depression Causing No Changes In School Or Program Operations

Posted by: Nat Harrington

Officials in the School District of Palm Beach County continue to monitor the approaching tropical depression and are in touch with the county’s Emergency Operations Center.
At this time all summer camps and programs held in our schools will take place as scheduled.  If conditions change, additional information will be updated on the district website  www.palmbeachschools.org [...]

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Jul
21

Lake Worth High School Senior Wins National Recognition

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Over 5000 students participated in the recent Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) National Leadership Conference (NLC) held in Orlando—but by the time competition in various events such as medical terminology and EMT skills had ended —Lake Worth High School senior Shaun Plunkett had placed 8th in HOSAs main event for health occupation students [...]

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Jul
21

District Employees Join Palm Beach Atlantic University Haiti Mission Trip

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Three District employees are part of a ten-person mission trip organized by Palm Beach Atlantic University and their graduate Psychology Program– headed to Haiti to help in relief efforts following the devastating earthquake six months ago. ESOL guidance counselors Viviane Jean-Francois and Velouse Jean-Jacques, from the Multicultural Education Department, and Anax Pompilus—who coordinates District [...]

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Jul
20

School District Summer High School Graduation

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

The 2010 Summer High School Graduation in Palm Beach County took place on Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. in the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
Approximately 150 students from different high schools in the county were present and received their high school diploma. The students that participated in the summer graduation ceremony have successfully [...]

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Jul
15

Summer Is The Busiest Time of Year for Facilities Management

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

For a number of people, summertime means easy days filled with vacations and fun.  For the men and women of the School District’s Facilities Management Department there is certainly nothing easy about summer, it is the busiest time of the year.  “Ask most people how long summer is and they will probably tell you that [...]

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Jul
14

School Board Meetings, Workshops Now On Comcast Digital Cable Channel 234 and On Line

Posted by: Nat Harrington

The school district’s television station, The Education Network (T.E.N), continues to operate both on Comcast Cable and the district’s online webcast.
For viewers with digital service (with a Comcast box), T.E.N. is on digital channel 234 for School Board meetings and workshops.
For viewers interested in viewing the board meetings online using Internet service, the webcast can [...]

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Jul
14

Childhood Immunizations Update Palm Beach County

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

The Palm Beach County Health Department encourages parents of school age children to vaccinate early well before the back to school rush. Childhood immunizations are available by appointment at the Health Centers and the following outreach locations with the immunization van:                                                                                          

Wednesday, July 14th
Bright Futures Academy
Lighthouse Church Campus
757 Lighthouse Drive
North Palm Beach

Friday, July 16th
1st SDA [...]

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Jul
13

Pahokee Middle/Senior High Students Earn International Baccalaureate Diploma

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Pahokee Middle/Senior High School announces that Anna Roa and Jannet Gomez have earned the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. This is the third graduating class of IB students and for the first time two students have earned the IB Diploma.
Additionally, 45 students passed their IB exams and another 49 passed their Advanced Placement Exams. Comparing to [...]

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Jul
13

Community Coalition Recycling School Uniforms For Families In Need

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Many families in Palm Beach County are experiencing financial hardships.  In recognition of the costs involved in purchasing school uniforms, a coalition of businesses, service organizations, and individuals have organized a campaign to collect used and new uniforms that will be provided free to needy families.
“Last year we assisted over 200 families and this year we hope [...]

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Jul
12

District Transportation Employee Makes A Difference For Haiti

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Charmaine Pitter Jean-Francois is an accounting clerk for the School District of Palm Beach County Transportation Department and for the last eight years she has been doing mission trips to Haiti to help a nation in desperate need. Originally from Jamaica, she has developed a strong relationship with the people of Haiti.
Charmaine is the president [...]

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Jul
12

The School District of Palm Beach County School Food Service Department Announces Its Policy for Free and Reduced Price Meals Under the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Any interested person may review a copy of this policy by contacting:
School Food Service Office 3661 Interstate Park Rd. N., Suite 100, Riviera Beach, Florida 33404 or calling 1 (888) 383-2025.
Children from families whose income is at or below the Florida Income Eligibility Guidelines may qualify for Free or Reduced Price Meals.  Household size and [...]

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Jul
12

Medical Academy Students From South Tech Academy Wins Silver Medal And Fourth Place In National SkillsUSA Competition In Kansas City

Posted by: Bito David

Eleven South Tech Academy students represented the State of Florida at the National SkillsUSA competition in Kansas during the last week of June 2010. Sthanley Joseph won the silver medal for Practical Nursing, competing against students from all over the United States.  Health Knowledge Bowl team members Alan Bright, Ryan Oms, Noe Garcia and Stacy [...]

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Jul
8

William I. Koch Helps Parents Save the Arts at Bak MSOA

Posted by: Connie Ludemann

In mid April Bak Middle School of the Arts’ magnet budget was reduced by 10% for the 2010-2011 school year, significantly impacting its Artist in Residence Program. Artists in Residence provide vital small group and individual arts instruction in addition to reducing student-to-teacher ratios and offering additional course offerings, a vital component of Bak’s tremendous [...]

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Jul
6

Seminole Ridge High Biotech Students Win At National eCybermission Competition

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Seminole Ridge High School Biotechnology Academy students are National Champions in the United States Army eCybermission Competition that recently took place in Baltimore, Maryland.
eCYBERMISSION , a web-based science, math and technology competition had more than 2,005 teams nationwide made up of 12,000 students of sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grades. Their online research focused on [...]

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