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May
3

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

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

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 [...]

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May
1

Third Annual Dual Language Competition Set for Palm Springs Middle School

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

The Dual Language middle school competition set for Palm Springs Middle, Thursday May 2, will have students competing in expressive reading, poetry recitation, spelling, essay writing, and poetry writing all in Spanish. The schools will send their best 3 performers from each grade. Palm Springs Dual Language Coordinator Claude McKee said the idea is to [...]

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Apr
26

Equal Opportunity Office Announces Winners of 2013 Fair Housing Student Poster and Essay Contest

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

 Students from Northboro Elementary School, Western Pines Middle School, and Palm Springs Middle School earned the top prizes in the 2013 Fair Housing Student Poster and Essay Contest held in observation Fair Housing Month, observed each year in April.  Sponsored by the Palm Beach County Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO), the Realtos Association of the Palm Beaches [...]

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Apr
9

Palm Springs Middle School Observes National Poetry Month

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Everything’s coming up poetry at Palm Springs Middle School this month as students and staff celebrate poetry month with related activities throughout April. Poetry is posted throughout the school; the library is decorated with original poetry projects; and a poem a day is recited on PSTV’s morning news program. The students are looking forward to [...]

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Mar
21

Cumberland Farms Store Opening Initiative to Benefit Palm Springs Middle School

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Students and staff of Palm Springs Middle School are hoping that everyone who visits the newly opened Cumberland Farms store on Kirk Road will enjoy a cup of hot or cold Farmhouse Blend Coffee. The store has named the Palm Springs school a beneficiary of a month-long fundraiser to boost the student study incentive.  Starting [...]

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Mar
4

Calling All Middle School Poets: Enter the District Poetry Competition!

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

 Palm Springs Middle School is hosting a poetry competition which is open to all Palm Beach County middle school students. Original poems must be submitted by Monday, March 18. The competition will culminate with a poetry reading and awards ceremony set for Palm Springs Middle School Saturday, April 27. Over 200 students had their poetry [...]

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Jan
28

Palm Springs Middle School Students Create Legacy Mural

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

  A group of Palm Springs Middle School students recently put their artistic talents and environmental interests into a collaboration with Alexander Dreyfoos School of the Arts alumnus Marianne Romeo. Their efforts resulted in a colorful, expressive mural that’s part of the multinational social empowerment initiative called the Mural Project. Ms. Romeo graduated from Brooks [...]

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Oct
2

Palm Springs Middle School Participates in Pinwheels for Peace

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Imagine millions of pinwheels spinning in the wind – pinwheels in the United States, Great Britain, South America, Europe and Asia;  in fact, pinwheels all over the world.  Bonnie Hollihan and Jay Harmon’s art students at Palm Springs Middle School “planted” pinwheels in the annual Pinwheels for Peace initiative on Monday, September 24. The students’ [...]

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Jul
31

Two District Schools Earn Exceeding Expectations Award

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Wynnebrook Elementary School and Palm Springs Middle School have been notified that each has been selected as an Exceeding Expectations Award School by the East Coast Technical Assistance Center (ECTAC). “Your school was selected based on a combination of criteria consisting of FCAT scores and observations and conversations that occurred during our site visit in [...]

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Jun
18

SUNSPRA Awards 20 Sunshine Medallion Awards-Palm Beach County Takes Two “Best Of Show”

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

The Sunshine State School Public Relations Association (SUNSPRA) announced its annual winners of Sunshine Medallion awards, in Tampa on June 13. The presentations were made at the opening session of the 2012 Florida Association of School Administrators by SUNSPRA President Dylan Thomas (Orange County) and President-elect Joe Landon (Collier County). Twenty awards were given, of [...]

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May
30

Outstanding Student Performance at State Green, Energy and Climate Conference

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

Five secondary students from the School District of Palm Beach County were selected to read their winning essays about environmental issues on the radio program Radio Green Earth which airs on WQCS 88.9 FM  at 9 a.m. on Thursdays and repeated on Seaview Radio 960 AM at 6 p.m.  They participated in an essay contest [...]

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May
1

Dual Language Competition at Palm Springs Middle to Draw Students Countywide

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Elementary and middle school students test their skills in two languages Students from across the district will converge on the campus of Palm Springs Middle School this weekfor a county-wide Invitational Dual Language Competition. Middle school contenders will compete Wednesday, May 2nd  and elementary school students will gather at the Palm Springs school Friday, May [...]

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Mar
15

Palm Springs Community Middle School Presents the 14th Annual Palm Beach County Strings Festival

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Fans of classical and contemporary music should mark their calendars to attend the Palm Beach County 14th Annual Strings Festival set for Saturday, March 31, at 3:30 p.m.  Over 400 string performers will convene at Palm Springs Community Middle School, host of the festival for the third year in a row. Students will perform under [...]

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Feb
10

Palm Beach County Students Learn to Practice Better Health Through Good Nutrition

Posted by: Natalia Arenas

In an effort to promote healthful eating along with physical activity and in conjunction with the National Nutrition Month®, the School Food Service Department has organized an educational health fair to be held at Palm Springs Middle School on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 from 10:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.  This year’s them is: “Get Your [...]

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Dec
1

Palm Springs Community Middle School Orchestra Students Part of Kravis Performance

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Some of Palm Springs Community Middle School’s Orchestra students will take to the stage as part of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Beyond the Stage series and participate in the From Classics to Carols showcase. The event is set for Tuesday, December 6, from 7:00-8:00 p.m.  The school’s Second Annual Teddy Bears’ Holiday Concert is [...]

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Mar
11

Top Spots At The 2011 Palm Beach County SECME Secondary Olympiad Go To Palm Springs Middle School and Suncoast High School

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Students from 14 middle schools and 15 high schools participated in the 2011 Palm Beach County SECME Secondary Olympiad on February 26 at Santaluces High School.  During the Olympiad, students participated in a variety of competitions which included bridges, mousetrap cars, water rockets, brain bowl, essays, banners, and posters.  The theme for this year’s SECME [...]

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May
20

Palm Springs Middle School 8th Grader Wins National “Fuel Up To Play 60” Award

Posted by: Vickie Middlebrooks

Accel Castillo, an eighth-grader from Palm Springs Middle School, has taken the top individual honor for the inaugural Fuel Up to Play 60 competition, beating 198,825 peers from around the country.  Castillo will be honored at his school on Friday, May 21, beginning at 8:30 AM and will arrive in style, riding in a limousine [...]

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Mar
3

Students and Teachers From Ecuador Visit Palm Beach County on Learning Tour

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

International Baccalaureate School Representatives Visit Florida Counterparts  A whirlwind visit of about 47 students and 12 teachers from Ecuador is scheduled for Palm Beach County later this month.  Home Language Program Planner Sandra Arroyo said the intent of the trip set for March 22 and 23 is enriching.  “The plan is to increase mutual understanding between [...]

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Mar
1

Palm Springs Middle School’s Keven Palacio Scores With Artwork

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Seventh Grader Wins First Place in International Tennis Championship Art Contest Kevin Palacio of Palm Springs Middle School will be in the grandstands at the International Tennis Championship in Delray Beach this Saturday after winning first place in the Kidz Day Art Contest sponsored by the ITC.  Guided by noted art teacher Bonnie Yorston Hollihan, [...]

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Feb
9

Palm Springs Middle School Staff “Commit to Get Fit”

Posted by: Deborah Stewart

Palm Springs Community Middle School faculty and staff have created their own version of  “The Biggest Loser”  competition. In an attempt to create a healthier lifestyle as well as initiating a school-wide moral builder the campus has embarked on a mass lifestyle change.  They don’t like to use the word diet – preferring instead the [...]

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