Allamanda Elementary And The Home Depot Partner For Exciting Parent Night

Allamanda Elementary School students and their families recently participated in a hugely successful Science Fair Home Depot “Make and Take” Family Picnic event sponsored by the Allamanda PTO and Science Committee. More than 300 Allamanda families participated in this educational, creative evening at the school.�
Students’ Science Fair projects were displayed while families toured and picnicked [...]

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PGA Tour Player, Robert Allenby made a generous donation to help special needs children in Palm Beach County.  He donated $40,000 to Allamanda Elementary School in Palm Beach Gardens to help the special needs students who attend the school. The money will be segmented for a special “Blue Room” which contains sensory equipment for the children. [...]

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Sometimes the difference between a child that is excelling and one that is struggling is an adult who cares, listens and reaches out to them.  Volunteers from BallenIsles, one of Palm Beach County’s premier country club communities, are wasting no time in helping the children from Allamanda Elementary School prepare for academic success and a [...]

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Mark Roithmayr, President of Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest Autism science and advocacy organization will visit Allamanda Elementary School in Palm Beach Gardens, Thursday, February 24th at 9:30 AM. Mr. Roithmayr will tour the North Area’s A-rated school cluster site for Autism, as the school prepares for “Walk Now For Autism Speaks!” March 6th.�
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Allamanda Elementary School in Palm Beach Gardens and the BallenIsles Volunteer Women’s Group are the grateful recipients of a $2,000 TARGET Corporation grant for the 2010-2011 school year.  This pilot program will pair special needs students with BallenIsles volunteer mentors for intergenerational current events awareness and news reading.�
“We are so fortunate to have such involved [...]

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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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Allamanda Elementary School recently received a donation of $10,500 from the Frenchman’s Creek Charities Foundation, Inc., in Palm Beach Gardens.  Marilu Garcia, Allamanda Elementary Principal, accepted the check at an event at Frenchman’s Creek April 14th.�
The money will be used to enhance the Very Special Arts program and the Autism Spectrum Disorder program at the [...]

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Allamanda Elementary School was presented with a check April 6th for $3,454 to benefit the school’s Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) program.  The Singer Island Sunrise Kiwanis Club and the Florida Kiwanis Foundation made the donation to the Palm Beach Gardens school.  Marilu Garcia, principal, and Marcey Murray, teacher of students with ASD, happily accepted the [...]

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4th and 5th graders in K-Kids at Allamanda Elementary collected items to help with the relief effort in Haiti.  K-Kids is a service organization for elementary students sponsored by Kiwanis International.  Allamanda staff members, Diane Wilson and Janie Villegas, worked with the students to collect items for three weeks to be sent to Haiti due [...]

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