EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY PRESENTS “EGRET IDOL”
Egret Lake Elementary School will be hosting Egret Idol Season 3 featuring performances by 120 students. When? Thursday, May 23, 2013 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Where? Egret Lake Elementary Cafeteria - 5115 47th Place N., West Palm Beach, FL 33417. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the Egret Lake Elementary Chorus will open the [...]
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HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY RECOGNIZES STUDENT EXCELLENCE
Hammock Pointe Elementary will host the 3rd Annual National Elementary Honor Society induction ceremony where 18 new members will be inducted into the organization. A total of 38 fourth and fifth graders from the school are now members of this prestigious organization that provides endless resources and skills to the students. When? Thursday, May 17th, [...]
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PALM BEACH SCHOOLS SUPPORT FOOD REVOLUTION DAY
The School District of Palm Beach County today announced that supports the day of action in honor of the 2nd Annual Food Revolution Day. On Friday, May 17, 2013 individuals across the globe will be standing up for eating good food and learning essential cooking skills. Please join this effort; together in homes, schools, [...]
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Loxahatchee Groves Elementary Annual Carnival Is Fun For The Entire Family
Loxahatchee Groves Elementary Annual Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and Silent Auction is a family activity that brings everyone from the school and community together for a day of fun. When? Saturday, May 18th, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Where? Loxahatchee Groves Elementary School – 16020 Okeechobee Blvd., Loxahatchee, FL 33470 Activities planned include [...]
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Palm Beach Schools Observe Food Allergy Awareness Week
Food allergies affect nearly 250,000 students in Florida and researchers estimate that up to 15 million Americans have food allergies with nearly 6 million being children. To increase awareness and education regarding this disease, Senator Joe Negron, District 32, has issued a Proclamation in recognition of Food Allergy Awareness Week, May 12th – 18th. [...]
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Local Students Prove To Be The Best In Neuroscience Competition
Royal Palm Beach High School junior, Anastasia Colas was the winner of the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience’s 2013 Brain Bee Challenge. This oral competition is similar to a spelling bee in format and it’s designed to test students’ knowledge of neuroscience through a series of questions on topics such as memory, intelligence, stress, [...]
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Great Teachers Make Great Public Schools! Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week
National Teacher Appreciation Week is upon us, and the School District of Palm Beach County is encouraging all students and parents to find ways to celebrate and recognize your special teacher from May 6 through May 12. “On behalf of our 178,000 students and their families I would especially like to acknowledge the remarkable teachers [...]
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Hammock Pointe Elementary Students Learn From Police Officers
Raising awareness about the issues surrounding missing and exploited children is the topic of conversation that Palm Beach Sheriff’s Officers will have with Hammock Pointe Elementary students on Friday, May 3rd, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. Kindergarten thru 3rd grade after-school students will participate in the exciting “Take 25” program where Police Officers will meet with [...]
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Teacher Participates In Jewish Resistance Program In Washington D.C. And Europe
Fawn Tenenbaum has been selected to participate in the Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Teachers’ Program/American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. Approximately 30 teachers are selected each year to participate in this summer program. The aim is to educate teachers about the Holocaust and Jewish Resistance, but to also take the lessons of this part of [...]
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Students Learn About Sun Safety, Prevention And Early Detection
The United States has the third highest rate of skin cancer in the world with almost one in fifty people developing some form of skin cancer during their lives. One person dies from Melanoma every fifty minutes and Florida is the state with the second highest incidence in our country. Some of the events presented [...]
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Okeeheelee Middle School Comes Together To Support Fellow Teacher Battling Cancer
Brian Thomas, Science teacher and track coach at Okeeheelee Middle School is an accomplished long-distance runner and founder of The Road Warriors organization. Last year, along with two former students, Mr. Thomas went on a 1,700 mile relay run through eight different states towards the finishing line in Lake Orion, Michigan. The purpose of their endeavor [...]
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School District of Palm Beach County’s eMobilize Program Named Apple Distinguished Program
The School District of Palm Beach County is proud to announce that the eMobilize initiative joins a select group of programs nationwide chosen as an Apple Distinguished Program. The recognition highlights the district’s successes in enhancing and extending teaching and learning with thoughtful and innovative implementations of technology. The Apple Distinguished Program designation is reserved [...]
Hammock Pointe Elementary Needs Help Naming Their Corn/Red Rat Snake
DaggerWing Nature Center and Hammock Pointe Elementary School coil around each other for the sake of naming a snake. The resident Corn/Red Rat Snake at DaggerWing Nature Center will be named by the 1st Grade students of the school but the general public picks the essay winner. The students have written essay letters to persuade [...]
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Park Vista High School Is Serious About Wrestling
Park Vista Community High School and Ring Warriors would like to invite all teachers, students and community members to a fun filled evening of “COBRAMANIA.” When? Saturday, April 13, 2013. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Where? Park Vista High School – 7900 Jog Rd., Lake Worth. This event will feature current professional wrestlers from TNA [...]
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Lincoln Elementary Charging Up To Take The FCAT Test
Lincoln Elementary students, teachers and staff have been working hard to prepare for the upcoming FCAT test. To get students excited about the assessment the school is partnering with community members and other educational centers to bring the Lincoln Elementary FCAT Pep Rally. When? Friday, April 12, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Where? [...]
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Hammock Pointe Elementary Supports The Fight Against Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma
Leukemia and Lymphoma are different types of blood cancers that affect children, adults, women and men and unfortunately change the lives of many citizens of our country. An estimated 44,600 new cases of leukemia were diagnosed in the United States in 2011. For this reason, students, teachers and staff at Hammock Pointe Elementary School proudly [...]
Jennifer Seidenstucker Selected As School-Related Employee Of The Year
Frank Barbieri, School Board Member; Dr. Connie Tuman-Rugg, Area Superintendent and Cynthia Chiapetta, Principal surprised Jennifer A. Seidenstucker, Treasurer at Eagles Landing Middle School, with the news that she is The School District of Palm Beach County’s School-Related Employee of the Year. Ms. Seidenstucker began working for the School District in 1998, and has been [...]
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Maria Aparicio Named Palm Beach County Teacher Of The Year
Frank Barbieri, School Board Member; Connie Tuman-Rugg, Area Superintendent and Mark Stenner, West Boca High School Principal surprised Maria Aparicio, April 5, 2013 with the announcement that she is the Macy’s/Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) Teacher of the Year for The School District of Palm Beach County. Ms. Aparicio, a Physics Honors teacher and Advanced Placement [...]
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Riviera Beach Preparatory Teacher To Assist In National Holocaust Museum Education Division
Toshimi Abe-Janiga, outstanding educator for the FAU Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Center has been named a United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) Fellow for the next two years. She will be part of the national team assisting the museum’s education division with their regional teaching summits. Toshimi Abe-Janiga is a Language Arts teacher at Riviera [...]
Understanding The Effects of Prejudice By Honoring The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Understanding of the ramifications of prejudice, racism, and stereotyping, and becoming a responsible and respectful person are some of the skills that students and adults learn when they study the history of the Holocaust. In an effort to encourage tolerance of diversity the K-12 Holocaust Studies and Curriculum Department invites students, teachers and staff to [...]
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Royal Palm Beach High’s Speech & Debate Heads To Nationals
The Royal Palm Beach High School Speech & Debate team competed in the National Forensic League Panther District Finals that took place at Royal Palm Beach High School. This tournament qualifies the top three in each event to the NFL National Championship Tournament Competition, which takes place this year in Birmingham, AL. The tournament features [...]
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The School District Is Committed To Living A Healthier Lifestyle! – We Completed Over A Million Minutes of Exercise
The School District of Palm Beach County put their New Years’ resolution of living a healthier lifestyle into action by encouraging students, staff and faculty to take part in the WonderFit wellness challenge which kicked off on February 6, 2013. WonderFit, a four-week competition, encouraged overall well-being by increasing daily physical activity levels through various [...]
Seminole Ridge Community High School – Health Fair
In an effort to promote healthful eating along with physical activity and in conjunction with the March National Nutrition Month®, the School Food Service Department has organized an educational health fair to be held at Seminole Ridge Community High School. This year’s theme is: “EAT RIGHT, YOUR WAY, EVERY DAY” All students will be exposed [...]
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Lake Worth High Culinary Arts Team Places Top In Pro-Competition
The Department of Choice and Career Options is pleased to announce Lake Worth High School’s Culinary Arts Team took 5th Place overall in the 13th Annual ProStart Team Competitions, recently held in Orlando, FL. Participating for the first time in the two day event, Lake Worth’s Culinary Team competed with 64 other Culinary Arts High [...]
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Wellington High’s Debate Team Become Champions For The Third Time
For the second consecutive year, Wellington Debate traveled to the Liberty Bell Classic Debate Invitational on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania and brought home a championship trophy. This is Wellington High’s third championship at a major national tournament since Paul Gaba became coach in 2002. The previous one was also earned at UPenn [...]
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