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May
23

STUDENTS BRING TOP PRIZE FROM INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

The International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) was recently held in Phoenix, Arizona and was attended by approximately 1,600 finalists from over 70 countries.  Seven Palm Beach County students qualified for this competition, the most of any region in Florida.   ISEF, which is sponsored by Intel, is the largest high school science research competition in [...]

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Apr
24

Award Winning Author – Sharon M. Draper – Visits Palm Beach Lakes High

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Tears of a Tiger, Forged by Fire, Darkness before Dawn, Copper Sun, Out of My Mind are some of the books written by Sharon M. Draper.  Palm Beach Lakes Community High School is thrilled to welcome the award winning and renowned author to its campus on Thursday, April 25th, 2013 starting at 7:30 a.m. in celebration [...]

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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

District Co-Sponsors The Weight of Words Musical

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

If there was ever a musical event that doubles as a call to action—The Weight of Words is it. The free musical was conceived, written, choreographed, designed, and produced by drama students from Broward’s Nova High School—all based on their personal experiences.  This multi-disciplinary, anti-bullying musical performance has been seen by more than 30,000 Broward [...]

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Feb
4

28th Annual A Team Competition a Test of Cross-Content Knowledge and Rapid Response

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

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 [...]

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Jan
28

Over 80 Scholarships Awarded and More Than 500 College Admissions Result from Annual HBCU Recruitment Tour

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

By the time recruiters from the 12 participating Historically Black Colleges and Universities  (HBCU’s) closed up shop and headed home, they had awarded  85 full and partial scholarships and 557 admissions to students who attended the 5th Annual HBCU Recruitment and Admissions Tour.  The following colleges, universities and district high schools participated in the tour January 15-17.   [...]

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Jan
8

Author, Concentration Camp Liberator to Speak in Palm Beach County

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Dr. Leon Bass, a former high school principal and a veteran of World War II who participated in the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945, will visit Palm Beach State College at the Eissey Theatre in Palm Beach Gardens this week. Dr. Bass, who wrote Good Enough-One Man’s Memoir on the Price of the [...]

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Dec
18

Palm Beach Lakes Students Raise Cancer Awareness

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

For the sixth consecutive year, the Spanish Honor Society (SHS) and Hispanic Culture Society (HCS) of Palm Beach Lakes High School recently held a LOCKS OF LOVE event.  Students with long hair were encouraged to donate 10 or more inches of hair, as well as other hair items.  Students collected 21 pony tails this year [...]

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Nov
26

Palm Beach County Students Featured at the Armory Center

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

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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Sep
21

Charity Golf Tournament To Provide Scholarships To District’s Law Academy Students

Posted by: Nat Harrington

  The Gerald A. Williams Legacy Foundation Charity Open Inaugural Golf Tournament will take place on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at The President Country Club, 2300 Presidential Way, West Palm Beach, FL.  Proceeds from the Charity Open will benefit the Gerald A. Williams, Esq. Law Academy Scholarship Fund at the Community Foundation for Palm Beach [...]

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May
24

Palm Beach Lakes Student Receives Medical Society Heroes Award, Rise and Shine Food Co-op Creator

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Brianna Hollins, a senior in the Medical Academy at Palm Beach Lakes High School recently received the prestigious Palm Beach County Medical Society 2012 Heroes in Medicine Student Award at a ceremony at the Kravis Center’s Cohen Pavilion. The Palm Beach County Medical Society recognized Brianna’s tireless efforts and expression of concern for economically disadvantaged [...]

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May
21

Local Teachers Win Statewide Honors

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Florida Council on Economic Education (FCEE) and Publix Super Markets Charities announced the winners of the 33rd Annual Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching Economics. The event was held on Friday, May 11, 2012, at the House of Blues in Orlando. Florida’s finest educators, as well as statewide business leaders were in attendance. Winners [...]

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May
1

Prevent Teen Pregnancy Day

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Celebrating the 12th Annual Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, the students of Palm Beach Lakes High School are presenting a student-run Health Fair, Wednesday, May 2nd from 7:30 AM – 2:45 PM. In Palm Beach County there were 1,010 births to girls ages 15-19 in 2010. Statistics show three in ten girls in the United [...]

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Apr
17

Palm Beach Lakes Dance Ensembles Present “Euphoric Motions”

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Palm Beach Lakes High School Dance Ensembles will present to the public “Euphoric Motions” on May 12, 2012    The show will begin at 6:30 pm in the school auditorium.  Established just four years ago, the ensemble show has developed and improved each year. The ensemble show provides a variety of dance from hip hop [...]

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Mar
27

Whistleblower Awarded $18 Million To Address Pre-law Magnet Students

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

West Palm Beach Attorney Lynn Szymoniak who uncovered the “robo-signing” fraud perpetrated by some of the nation’s largest mortgage banks, will share her personal story with the Gerald A Williams Esq. Law Academy students at Palm Beach Lakes Community High School.  Ms. Szymoniak will address the students on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 from 9:00am -10:40am. [...]

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Feb
13

Palm Beach Lakes Community High School Wins First Place In Mock Trial Competition

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

“The team representing Circuit 15 at the 2012 Florida High School Mock Trial will be Palm Beach Lakes Community High School.  Congratulations and best wishes for an excellent experience at state finals in March,” with those words, Erin Crowe, Program Director of The Florida Law Related Education Association, Inc. in Tallahassee congratulated The Gerald A. [...]

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Nov
9

“Once On This Island” Musical At Palm Beach Lakes High Set To Open For One Weekend Only

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Palm Beach Lakes High Drama and Chorus departments have teamed up to present a touching story of forbidden love set on the island of Haiti. With a vibrant number setting the stage for the prejudice and social differences called “We dance” opening the show, the stage is set for the gods of Earth, Water, [...]

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Sep
20

Palm Beach Lakes High Students Gain First Hand Experience In Real Life Projects

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

There is an exciting, new collaboration taking place between the Digital Design students at Palm Beach Lakes High School and the Figs restaurant in Macy’s at the Gardens Mall.  Design students will be working with the General Manager, Caroline Mantel, and her staff, to design a variety of products including dinner, wine and dessert menus, [...]

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Jul
20

Palm Beach County Students Obtain Multiple Honors in Advanced Placement Courses

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Palm Beach County high schools and their students were awarded multiple honors through their participation in Advanced Placement courses and their successful performance on the culminating AP exams.   According to AP Online Score Reports, this past year in Palm Beach County, 13,514 students took 25,357 Advanced Placement exams.  Of those students, 2,732 were recognized with [...]

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May
3

Distinguished Judges and Attorneys To Enlighten Palm Beach Lakes High Students During Law Week

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Gerald A. Williams Law Academy at Palm Beach Lakes Community High School is celebrating Law Week 2011 May 2nd through the 6th with a week- long series of events for the students in the academy. The highlights of the week will include a Juvenile Justice and Civil Rights Panel featuring attorneys from the Palm [...]

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Apr
25

Palm Beach County Gates Millennium Scholars

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Five students from Palm Beach Lakes High School and two from Glades Central High School were selected as 2011 Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), this is a first in the school’s history. An estimated 23,000 students applied for the scholarship this year, but only 1,000 students were selected. From Palm Beach Lakes High School: Gadwin Stewart (3.65 GPA; [...]

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Apr
21

Freedom Reigns At Palm Beach Lakes High Dance Ensembles’ Recital

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Palm Beach Lakes High School Dance Ensembles will present the Third Annual Dance Recital, “Let Freedom Reign.” According to Palm Beach Lakes High teacher Kathy Greene, “The theme of our show is Freedom as it relates to dance.  We want to show the public how dance has evolved and become as free with movement [...]

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Apr
20

UF Levin College of Law Dean Robert H. Jerry To Visit Palm Beach Lakes High School Law Academy Students

Posted by: Nat Harrington

Students of the Gerald A. Williams Law Academy at Palm Beach Lakes Community High School will get an opportunity to receive unique insight into the rigors and rewards they may face when applying to law school and representing clients as Robert H. Jerry, II, Dean of the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of [...]

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Mar
28

Fourth District Court Of Appeal To Hold Oral Arguments At Palm Beach Lakes High Pre-Law Magnet Courtroom

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Fourth District Court of Appeals will be holding oral arguments in the Palm Beach Lakes High School Pre-Law Magnet Courtroom Tuesday, March 28, 2011.  The arguments are expected to last from 9am-11am.  The Honorable Matthew Stevenson, Carole Y. Taylor, and Jonathan D. Gerber will preside over the arguments.  “Having oral arguments in the Palm Beach [...]

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Mar
22

Palm Beach Lakes High Student-Athlete Shines In Class And On Court

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Myeisha Hall, a senior guard and stand-out on the Palm Beach Lakes High School basketball team, is also a star in the classroom and community.  “Myeisha has an outstanding work ethic on the basketball court and in the classroom,” according to Cassandra Rahming Palm Beach Lakes High School Basketball Coach.  “She is a natural leader [...]

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