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Rhode Island Ballet Company Plans Weeklong Residency At Belvedere Elementary

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

As part of a U.S. Department of Education $1.2 million grant the School District received to bring arts integration practices into our public schools, the Island Moving Co., a classically trained contemporary ballet company from Newport, Rhode Island, will participate in an innovative, weeklong residency for students and teachers at Belvedere Elementary School March 7 [...]

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Mar
3

What’s Cooking In Kindergarten?

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Kindergarten teachers at Washington Elementary in Riviera Beach have created and implemented an incredible program called “What’s Cooking in Kindergarten?” for their students. The Kindergarten teachers were chosen last fall to win a grant sponsored by The Education Foundation of Palm Beach County.  The “What’s Cooking in Kindergarten?” grant included creating and writing the [...]

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Mar
3

Give Us Your Budget-Balancing Ideas – District Launches Web Survey To Collect Ideas From Students, Parents, Employees, Community

Posted by: Nat Harrington

The shortfall in the School District of Palm Beach County’s total Fiscal Year 2012 budget (7/1/2011 – 6/30/2012) could exceed $100 million. However, actual figures will not be known until the Florida Legislature approves the state’s budget, including K-12 education appropriations.   Development of the FY 2012 budget faces many funding challenges – from the loss [...]

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Mar
3

State Representative Praises District Business Partnership 1,000 Mark Success

Posted by: Jimmy Peterkin

The School District’s success in recruiting business partnerships to provide badly needed financial and material support for students, teachers and schools has been recognized at the state level. State Representative Bill Hager from District 87 has acknowledged that the School District has surpassed the 1, 000 mark for business partnerships this year. In a letter [...]

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