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Apr
19

Johnson Scholars Receive $430,000 in Scholarship

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

The Johnson Scholarship Foundation and the School District of Palm Beach County will honor 43 deserving seniors with $430,000 in scholarship money on Sunday, May 5th.  The Johnson Scholarship Foundation partners with the District to provide a scholarship incentive program that helps first generation college students overcome barriers to reaching their college and career dreams. [...]

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Apr
19

Third Annual April Is For Authors Features Authors Who Write For Children And Young Adults-Free and Open To The Public

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The third annual April is for Authors festival will be held at Palm Beach Gardens High School on Saturday, April 27, from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Twenty-five children and young adult authors will make individual presentations; participate in panel discussions and autograph books, which are sold at [...]

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Feb
25

“Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day” – Celebrate National Nutrition Month

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

The School Food Service Department invites the community to celebrate National Nutrition Month during the month of March.  The campaign is created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly known as the American Dietetic Association) and focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating physical activity habits.  This [...]

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Oct
1

NYC Artist returns home as Hearst Artist to Work with Dreyfoos students

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Sculpture-Installation artist returns to inspire visual arts students Kim Holleman, an award-winning artist who grew up in Palm Beach County and had her first piece of artwork displayed at the Norton Museum of Art at the age of eight, will be a featured Hearst Artist in the Dreyfoos Hearst Masterclass series this fall.  Ms. Holleman [...]

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Sep
17

Legal Organization Helps Educate Students On Constitution Day

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Palm Beach Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) recently presented the James Otis Lecture Series to students at Palm Beach Gardens High School. Speakers included Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente, Chief Judge Peter Blanc and Constitutional Law professor, Michael Allen.  Bruce M. Ramsey, President Palm Beach Chapter, ABOTA said, “This [...]

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May
16

Palm Beach Gardens High Cadet Awarded Scholarship

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Domonick Lewis-Buchanan, a member of the Palm Beach Gardens High Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) was awarded the Alternative Scholarship Reservations (ASR).  This prestigious award totals $180,000 and was presented to Domonick at a recent awards ceremony at Palm Beach Gardens High School. The Alternative Scholarship Reservations scholarship is awarded through a program [...]

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Apr
19

UPDATE – Palm Beach County School Bands and Color Guards Entertain at Free Veterans “Welcome Home Heroes Concert”

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

The “Welcome Home Heroes Concert” is an event dedicated to honor those who have protected the freedoms and sovereignty of our country.  When? Saturday, June 9, 2012 from 4:30 – 9:30 p.m.  NEW DATE! Where? Meyer Amphitheater – Downtown West Palm Beach.  Several local schools are part of the program including Palm Beach Gardens High [...]

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Apr
18

Award Winning Author And National Teacher Of The Year To Speak To Palm Beach Gardens High Students And Parents

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Palm Beach Gardens High School is hosting Young Adult author Sharon M. Draper Wednesday, April 25, 2012.  Ms. Draper is an award-winning author, educator, speaker, poet and National Teacher of the Year. She is the author of: Tears of a Tiger, Forged by Fire, Romiette and Julio, We Beat the Street, Copper Sun and Out [...]

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Apr
18

Palm Beach County Public School Graduate Creates Art Using One Finger

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

AJ Brockman is a digital artist.  He also has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a progressive neuromuscular disease, and has been wheelchair bound since two years old.  As an artist he believes, “My disability definitely influences who I am but does not define me as an artist or individual. I view myself as being “differently abled” rather [...]

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Mar
28

Swamp Stomp 5K Road Race To Support Palm Beach Gardens High Magnet Programs

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Palm Beach Gardens High School’s inaugural Swamp Stomp 5K Road Race will take place on Sunday, April 1st at 7:30 am on the Gardens Mall property, thanks to presenting sponsor The Gardens Mall. The race is a project of the sophomore Sports Management and Recreation Magnet students under the direction of their teacher, Mary Testa. [...]

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Mar
1

Sylvia Gibson – High School Excellence in Education Award Winner

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Ms. Sylvia Gibson, a career educator at Palm Beach Gardens High School was recently awarded the Black History Month Excellence in Education Award by Governor Rick Scott in Tallahassee. Ms. Gibson was nominated by her colleague Mrs. Carolyn Bruce who stated, “Always inspiring her students to succeed, her goal is to prepare well-rounded young adults [...]

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Feb
28

Swamp Stomp 5K Road Race To Support Palm Beach Gardens High Magnet Programs

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Palm Beach Gardens High School’s inaugural Swamp Stomp 5K Road Race will take place on Sunday, April 1st at 7:30 am on the Gardens Mall property, thanks to presenting sponsor The Gardens Mall. The race is a project of the sophomore Sports Management and Recreation Magnet students under the direction of their teacher, Mary Testa. [...]

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Dec
8

Award Winning Author Connects With Palm Beach Gardens High Students And Educators

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Award Winning author and California Literacy Teacher of the Year, Alan Sitomer recently spoke to students and educators at Palm Beach Gardens High School. Mr. Sitomer works as an inner-city high school English Teacher in Los Angeles as well as a professor in the Graduate School of Education at Loyola Marymount University. According to Palm [...]

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Dec
7

Palm Beach Gardens High Hosts College Financial Aid Night – Tonight, December 7th at 6:00 PM in School Auditorium

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

How to pay for college is a dilemma many high school seniors are facing today. Palm Beach Gardens High School is hosting a financial aid training tonight, December 7th at 6:00 PM for college bound students and their parents. Robin Blank with the Florida Department of Education and the Florida Department of Financial Aid will [...]

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Nov
30

High School Students Play Santa To Elementary School Little Ones

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Palm Beach Gardens High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) students hosted the 2nd annual “Grove Park Elementary School Adopt-a-Child” event on December 1st.  The event took place at Grove Park Elementary located at 8330 N. Military Trail in Palm Beach Gardens. Palm Beach Gardens High has the largest FBLA chapter in the state [...]

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Nov
18

Palm Beach Gardens High Searching For Groundhog Job Shadowing Day Hosts

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Juniors and Seniors in each of the five Magnet programs at Palm Beach Gardens Community High School: Global Business and Entrepreneurship, Pre-Medicine, Sports Management and Recreation, Television and Film Production Technology, and Tourism, Hospitality, and Resort Management will participate in the February 2, 2012 Groundhog Job Shadowing Day. The Five Star Magnet Program would like [...]

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May
6

Palm Beach Gardens High Cadet Named Gates Millennium Scholar

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Sergine Brutus, the Cadet Commanding Officer of the Palm Beach Gardens High School Navy JROTC program, has been named a Gates Millennium Scholar.  As battalion commander she is responsible for 225 freshmen through senior cadets at the high school. An estimated 23,000 students applied for the Gates Millennium scholarship this year, but only 1,000 students [...]

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Apr
6

Palm Beach Gardens High School Senior Selected for Prestigious Science Program

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Palm Beach Gardens High School Senior Olivia Macowski  is a Girl on Ice! She is one of nine girls selected from a pool of 120 applicants to participate in an 11-day program of wilderness exploration in the North Cascades in Washington State. The students, along with three instructors, learn about glaciers and alpine landscape through [...]

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Mar
9

Palm Beach Gardens High Five Star Magnet Program Partners With Local Nonprofit

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Palm Beach Garden High Business Supervision students, under the guidance of teacher Tammy Skinner, recently visited Pathways to Independence, a local nonprofit that works with quadriplegic adults to bolster their independence through business opportunities.  The students, who are responsible for the Palm Beach Gardens High school store, will use Pathways to Independence as a wholesaler [...]

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Oct
7

Memorial and Funeral Services

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Viewing and Memorial Service for: NaTasha Whyte-Dell, Javon Nelson, Daniel Barnett, Bryan Barnett and Diane Barnett will be held on Friday October 8, 2010 at the new Palm Beach Gardens High School located at 4245 Holly Drive Palm Beach Gardens, Fl 33410. The viewing is scheduled for 5:00pm – 6:00pm.  Following is a memorial [...]

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Aug
23

Palm Beach Gardens High School Unveils New Football Field

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Palm Beach Gardens Community High School will be unveiling their state of the art football field on Friday, August 27, 2010.  This will be the first time the Palm Beach Gardens Gators have played a home game in 5 years. The original PBGCHS campus was replaced in 2009 by the facility that stands today.  This [...]

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Jun
21

Eleven Palm Beach County High Schools Among Top Six Percent In U.S.

Posted by: Bito David

Atlantic Community High, Boca Raton Community High, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Dwyer High, Olympic Heights High, Palm Beach Gardens High, Park Vista High, Spanish River High, Suncoast Community High, Wellington Community High and West Boca Raton High are celebrating their distinction of being among the top in the nation. They are listed in Newsweek [...]

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May
18

Palm Beach Gardens High Black Student Union Presents Show Tracing “Rich Legacy”

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Black Student Union of Palm Beach Gardens High School presents ‘STONY THE ROAD WE TROD’-A CELEBRATION OF A RICH LEGACY on Friday, May 21st at 7:01 p.m. in the school’s auditorium.  Students from Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, Palm Beach Gardens Elementary School, Suncoast High School, Wellington High School, Dwyer High School and [...]

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Apr
21

Student Showcase Of Films Awards Ceremony This Friday

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission has announced the finalists of the 15th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival’s Student Showcase of Films (SSOF). The SSOF is the largest statewide film competition for Florida students with more than $15,000 in cash and scholarships awarded to high school and college students enrolled in film [...]

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Apr
5

Three District High Schools to Pilot Save Our Students Drug Testing Program

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Three Year Grant Designed to Reduce Student Drug Use Students at Palm Beach Gardens High, Glades Central High, and Suncoast High will be the first high schools to pilot a comprehensive student drug testing program that recently won a grant for more than $200 thousand to assist students live substance-free, healthy lives.  Project Save Our [...]

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