“Blessings In A Backpack” Third-Graders At Village Academy Take Home More Than Homework On Fridays
Third-graders at Village Academy are given a backpack with nutritious food for the weekend as part of a program called “Blessings in a Backpack”. This is a program is coordinated by Delray Beach-based Sound Tree Entertainment and is sponsored in part by Disney teen-star Jake Short, who visited the school last year. The “Blessings in [...]
Village Academy School Students Honor King On April 4, The 44th Anniversary Of The Civil Rights Leader’s Death
Ceremony Highlights Students’ Work With PBSC Photography Student Journalism students at Village Academy recently participated in a powerful reenactment of the life of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., to help commemorate the 44th anniversary of his assassination. The pictorial tribute, “A Movement That Changed the Country, Village Academy’s Journalism Class Remembers the Civil Rights Movement,” [...]
NBC Nightly News Features Santaluces High And Village Academy Students In “Fishing For Success” Story
The Florida Fishing Academy, a nonprofit organization that uses fishing to teach valuable life lessons was recently highlighted on the NBC Nightly News. Students from Santaluces High School and Village Academy, enrolled in the Fishing Academy, were interviewed by NBC news correspondent Mark Potter and featured in the story. The “Making A Difference” segment titled [...]
Dancing Classrooms Of “Mad Hot Ballroom” Fame Comes To Village Academy
Students at Village Academy School in Delray Beach are finding a new way to relate to each other, learn social skills and promote physical well-being. Dancing Classrooms Southeast Florida (DCSFL), under the direction of Founding Executive Director Deborah Briggs, vows to teach students confidence, self-esteem and respect for one another. The program is part of [...]
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Village Academy School Graduates First Promotion
Village Academy School in Delray Beach will make history on May 29, 2011 when it celebrates its first graduating class. Twenty-eight seniors will graduate and begin their post-secondary careers. After its inaugural year in 2001 as a K-2 school, a grade level was added each year to Village Academy with the continuum being completed in [...]
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Village Academy Students To Get Guidance From Career Professionals During Career Day Event
More than 50 career professionals are expected to share a piece of their lives with students at Village Academy on December 1, 2010. The Inaugural Career Day will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. in the gymnasium and courtyard. Grades K-12 will participate in the events scheduled for that day. “We want to make [...]
Innovative Student-Run Program Needs Community Votes to Win Changemakers Prize
A group of students from District schools are hoping their “Rise and Shine Program” will win a $5,000 prize being offered by a social enterprise and change agent organization. The community food distribution program was created and run by the students through their involvement in the Boys and Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County. Families [...]
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Four Inductees From Village Academy To Enter The National Honor Society For The First Time
Anthony Adderly, Adrianna Spivey, Vanessa Petiford and Laura Jazmin Tolliver are the first four inductees from Village Academy to enter the National Honor Society (NHS). Village Academy and the Community of Delray Beach invite the public to the inaugural class ceremony on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 6:30 P.M. at the Village Academy School Art [...]
