Grant boosts school's environmental efforts
A Weston school's environmental program has gotten a big boost. Country Isles Elementary School'sPTA
recently received a $54,780 grant for its environmental education
enrichment program from the State Farm Youth Advisory Board. It was one
of 68 to receive funding for service learning projects in the U.S. and
Canada. The money will go toward a new science lab and a garden space
for third-graders.
Nonprofit gets $100K to help high school students
The
Firewall Centers in Davie is getting a big boost to its efforts. It
recently received $100,000 for its high school outreach program from the
AT&T Aspire High School Educational Foundation. The money will be
used for the nonprofit's THINK (Take charge, Have a plan, Involve the
right people, Never quit, Keep giving back) program over the next two
years. The program helps students raise their grades and prepares them
for college or a career….Indian Ridge Middle School Principal Frank
Zagari said his students have improved with the help of Firewall
Centers.
Students take part in e-field trip to 1800 election
Sebastian Rolando and his classmates recently got to experience parts of Colonial Williamsburg without ever leaving the library at their Pembroke Pines school. Fourth- and fifth-grade students at
Pembroke Lakes Elementary School
were part of a national electronic field trip hosted by the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation. As part of a live webcast, schools from
California, Oklahoma, New Jersey and more watched actors perform
dramatizations regarding the presidential election of 1800.
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Mom protests Confederate flag at Sunset Lakes Elementary
A
Miramar elementary school designed to showcase U.S. history is being
criticized for its display of the Confederate flag. Sunset Lakes
Elementary School in Miramar is not your typical school — opened 10
years ago with a “U.S.History” theme, just about every hallway is
emblazoned with historical murals, artifacts, or flags.