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Apr
13

Okeeheelee Middle School Teacher Inspires Students to Become Runners and Raise Funds for Colon Cancer

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Brandon Mercado and Ramiro Melendez are two high school students who would likely say that long distance running has changed their lives. In a couple of months they’ll join veteran teacher Brian Thomas and other members of The Road Warriors running team on an incredible 1800 mile run from Greenacres, Florida to Lake Orion, Michigan [...]

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Apr
13

Palm Beach County High School Student Films Win Major Awards – Films To Be Screened at the International Film Festival

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Students from A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Spanish River High, Palm Beach Gardens  and G-Star School of the Arts will see their films featured this weekend at the 2012 Student Showcase of Films Movie Premiere.  When? Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 12:30 p.m.  Where? Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center – 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, [...]

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Apr
13

Former U. B. Kinsey/Palmview Teacher Has Theatre Dedicated In Her Name

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Actor’s Repertory Theater in West Palm Beach will have activities and the dedication of the Theater to former teacher Bhetty Waldron this coming weekend Saturday April 14th and Sunday April 15th.   Both days are free and open to the public. Saturday April 14th there will be a day of Young Actors Guild performances of [...]

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Apr
13

Palm Beach County Students Excel at State Science and Engineering Fair

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Recently, forty students represented Palm Beach County at the State Science and Engineering Fair in Lakeland, FL.  These high achieving middle and high school students qualified for this competition at the Palm Beach Regional Science and Engineering Fair held this past December.  Their projects covered all areas of scientific investigation.   “They definitely represented our county [...]

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Apr
13

Holocaust Remembrance Day at the School District of Palm Beach County

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

A butterfly release commemorating Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) will take place on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the Memory Garden at the School District of Palm Beach County.  The ceremony will include survivor speakers who will share their experiences and share some readings. A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts students will culminate the [...]

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Apr
13

Lighthouse Elementary First Graders Sing And Sign Songs To Help Break The Cycle Of Homelessness

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The evening of April 20th, Debbi Coccia’s first grade class will be performing at the Meyer Amphitheater, downtown West Palm Beach, to support the Lord’s Place Annual Sleep Out Benefit. Ms. Coccia’s class works with the American Sign Language classes at W.T. Dwyer High School throughout the year learning to sign and will be singing [...]

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Apr
13

Three Palm Beach County Educators Named Outstanding Social Studies Teachers

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Three Palm Beach County Social Studies teachers have been named as the 2012 Elementary, Middle, and High School “Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the Year” respectively by the Florida Council for the Social Studies (FCSS). Pine Jog Elementary School teacher Dean Fleischman, Loggers Run Middle School teacher Julie Gates, and William T. Dwyer High School [...]

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