From Teaching To Ties: John I. Leonard High Partners With Habitat For Humanity To Help Students Dress For Success
Through its partnership with John I Leonard High School, Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County will be opening up its Thrift Store on Friday, May 17th to high school seniors who are participating in the High School Graduation Initiative, so they can choose appropriate clothing to wear for upcoming job/scholarship interviews – at no [...]
Deaf Entertainer CJ Jones Returns To Palm Beach County For VSA Florida-Palm Beach County Sponsored Drama Residency For Students Who Are Deaf and Hard Of Hearing
Internationally known CJ Jones will be visiting students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing at three local schools the week of May 20 – 24 to conduct drama workshops. While CJ will be working mainly with the students of Indian Pines Elementary School, other schools included in the residency are Palm Springs Middle School [...]
28th Annual A Team Competition a Test of Cross-Content Knowledge and Rapid Response
Ninety of the District’s high schools’ brightest and best came together to answer questions such as “what is the theory that defines space and time as relative concepts and not absolute as in Newtonian physics” during this year’s A Team Competition. The County contest—held in January– is over and the high school that will represent [...]
John I. Leonard Achievers Work to Support Orphanage in Haiti
Members of the Achievers Club at John I. Leonard High School are using creative ideas to plan fundraisers to benefit an orphanage they’ve adopted in Haiti. The club started about three and a half years ago when the group of talented and compassionate teens pooled their gifts to benefit the hurting and less fortunate. [...]
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Palm Beach County Students Featured at the Armory Center
Palm Beach County student photographers were selected to represent their schools at the 25th Anniversary of the Armory Art Center. They are celebrating all things artful and as part of this initiative invited middle and high school art teachers to select three great works from their school for the exhibit. Palm Beach Daily News is [...]
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Local Educator Named Florida High School Physical Education Teacher Of The Year
Patricia Martin from John I. Leonard High School is the 2012 – 2013 Florida Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance, and Sport (FAHPERDS) High School Physical Education Teacher of The Year. A resident of Wellington, Ms. Martin has been teaching Physical Education for the past 23 years. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Physical [...]
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Financial Aid Night at John I. Leonard High School
Financial Aid is one of the major concerns of parents and students that are inspiring to attend college have. John I. Leonard High School will be hosting a Financial Aid for 11th and 12th grade parents and students. When? Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. Where? John I. Leonard High School Auditorium – 4701 [...]
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Student Wins People’s Choice Award at Vita Nova Event
Vita Nova, Inc., is a non-profit organization that provides independent living services such as vocational training, education preparation, and life skills development to young adults currently homeless or previously in foster care. The Vita Nova Fourth Annual “Tempt Your Senses” Gala was recently held in West Palm Beach. The evening featured an art competition presented by [...]
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John I. Leonard – Medical Sciences Academy Students Have 100% Pass Rate On Medical Assistant Industry Certification Exam
The Department of Choice and Career Options is pleased to announce that the Allied Health Assisting Program, part of John I. Leonard’s Medical Sciences Academy, just completed their Certified Administrative Medical Assistant industry certification and achieved a 100% pass rate. Under the leadership of Jackie Burgess and Dr. Isabel Gonzalez, John I. Leonard’s Medical Sciences [...]
John I. Leonard – Academy of Finance Selected To Participate In New York Benefit
The Department of Choice and Career Options is pleased to announce that the Academy of Finance at John I. Leonard High School has been selected to attend the National Academy Foundation’s (NAF) 2012 Benefit and Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on Monday, May 7, 2012. Under the leadership of Cindy Culp, [...]
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Media Advocacy Training About Tobacco Prevention for Palm Beach County Students
Students from 13 counties across South Florida will be in attendance to learn how to speak to the media and use it to get their tobacco prevention message out on March 17, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. at the Palm Beach County Health Department’s Headquarters located at 800 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, FL. The training [...]
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Pierre Garcon of the Indianapolis Colts Holds Third Annual Sports Fest
John I. Leonard High is the site of the Third Annual Pierre Garcon Sports Fest set for Saturday, May 7. From 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., a free football camp featuring comprehensive drills and tutoring with Pierre and his NFL friends. The community is invited to join in at 11:00 a.m. when games, bounce houses, and food [...]
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Spain Takes Over John I. Leonard’s Homecoming Door Contest
John I. Leonard High School celebrated their homecoming week recently. Part of the activities included a door decoration contest in which the students had to select a city from around the world and decorate it accordingly. The winners were the students from the International Spanish Academy (ISA) with the city of Pamplona, Spain. The 9th [...]
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Palm Beach County Students Receive Art Scholarships
Each year Palm Beach County schools are invited to participate in the Women in the Visual Art exhibit at Sugar Sand Park in Boca Raton. This year 77 students received over $14,000 in scholarships, monetary awards and art supplies from generous donations to the organization by private benefactors. Women in the Visual Arts, Inc. is a [...]
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Super Bowl Wide Receiver Returns to Alma Mater to Motivate Students
Leonard Graduate Pierre Garcon Pushes Student Success and Haiti Relief Efforts Pierre Garcon, wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts and John I. Leonard High School graduate, will be on hand at John I. Leonard High School Friday, March 5, at 10:30 a.m. to address over 1200 ninth and tenth graders on how to utilize essential [...]
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John I. Leonard High School’s Finance Academy and Palm Beach Gardens Community High School’s Sports Management and Recreation Academy Are Certified Academies
John I. Leonard High School’s Finance Academy and Palm Beach Gardens Community High School’s Sports Management and Recreation Academy had their programs 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 [...]
