FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Students mobilized to help those in need
The fruit of local students' efforts was recently on display as they donated hundreds of jars of peanut butter and jelly to the Broward Outreach Center in [ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/broward-county/hollywood-%28broward-florida%29-PLGEO100100403100000.topic ]Hollywood. The food drive was organized by Outreach Global and involved [ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/education/schools/middle-schools/apollo-middle-school-OREDU0000388.topic ]Apollo Middle School in Hollywood and 13 other Broward middle and high schools. Items also were collected for Kids In Distress and the [ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/social-issues/family/ronald-mcdonald-house-charities-ORNPR000014.topic ]Ronald McDonald House.
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Students create eco-bots at 4-H event in Davie
What can you do with a battery, toothbrush, cellphone vibrator and some tape? More than 100 students at the [ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/ ]Broward County 4-H at the UF/IFAS [ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/ ]Broward County Extension Office in [ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/broward-county/davie-PLGEO100100403050000.topic ]Davie recently found out by using the materials to create mini eco-bots….Jordan Latson, sixth-grader at [ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/education/schools/middle-schools/silver-lakes-middle-school--OREDU0000417.topic ]Silver Lakes Middle School in [ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/broward-county/north-lauderdale-PLGEO100100403180000.topic ]North Lauderdale, enjoyed the project. "It was fun," he said. "I liked having to use the toothbrush and the other things to make a working robot. I learned that there can be robots out there to help the environment." Jordan Brown, a sixth-grader at [ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/education/schools/middle-schools/margate-middle-school--OREDU0000402.topic ]Margate Middle School, worked with classmates Liam Fisher and Marco Cruzata.
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School Board discussion on honoring Muslim holidays grows heated
[ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/ ]Broward County schools will not close to specifically observe Islamic or any other religious holidays, district officials said Thursday. But whether there are valid secular reasons to shut down the school district on two Muslim holidays, such as a large number of student and teacher absences, remained unclear. The district's Diversity Commtitee declined to take a stance on the issue Thursday night following a heated three-hour, insult-laden meeting that required a police officer to maintain crowd control.
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Muslim council asks for school holidays in Broward
A religious rift over a proposal to close school for Muslim holidays at a South Florida school district could made tempers flare at a Broward County School Board meeting. The tension was high at the Broward County School Board meeting as a proposal from the Council of American-Islamic Relations to add two days off from school to recognize holidays for Muslim students was discussed Thursday night. "This is not about gaining a religious holiday in any means whatsoever it is about inclusively, equality and diversity," said Council on American-Islamic Relations, Ghazala Salam.
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Muslim Organization Wants Broward Schools To Recognize Holidays
The Florida chapter of a well known Muslim organization is asking the Broward School Board's diversity committee to consider adding two Islamic holidays to the school calendar.
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Bus stop prompts feud in Coconut Creek
Their road is private but it has led to a very public battle between neighbors in a quiet [ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/us/florida/broward-county/coconut-creek-PLGEO100100403010000.topic ]Coconut Creek community. At issue: whether a public school bus should be allowed to enter the one-street community of Wildwood Estates. Some residents say the bus is needed because it provides a safer commute for their kids; others insist it's a liability for homeowners who will have to pay if an accident happens on the private road….Tracy Clark, a district public information officer, said a transportation staffer determined "the bus could not, with consistency, clear the area without having to back up." For safety reasons, the district removed the stop. Now, children are picked up outside the community on Northwest 39th Avenue.
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