January 15, 2013
Nova Middle collects 500 loaves of bread for food pantry
Students
turned in more than 500 loaves of freshly baked bread Monday morning
after learning the science of baking last week. The Nova Middle School
students in Davie were asked to bake over the weekend and bring back a
loaf to donate to the local food pantry.They learned how to make bread
during a free program by King Arthur Flour.
Stoneman Douglas High hosts third annual hopscotch tournament
Three
years ago a group of high school juniors created the first ever
Hopscotch Club at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. That same afternoon it
became more than a club, it became a tournament. Douglas High hosts the
third annual Hopping for a Multiple Sclerosis
Cure event on Thursday Jan. 17 at 12:00 pm. The event will take place
at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High track and field (5901 Pine Island
Road in Parkland, FL 33076).
League of Cities, Broward School Board key in on top issues
The
Broward League of Cities and the school district set their legislative
funding priorities Monday, including money for special programs, class
size reduction requirements and capital improvement projects. However,
they made no mention of asking for additional revenue to pay for more
school resource officers.
Whole Foods to donate profits to Habitat for Humanity in one-day event
Your dollar will go a long way if you shop at the Whole Foods in Pembroke Pines on Wednesday. The store has agreed to donate 5 percent of its sales to the
Habitat for Humanity chapter at Cypress Bay High School.
Pines parents voice concern over charter schools' finances
PembrokePines
charter school parents showed up in full force Monday night to voice
their concerns about the financial instability of the city-run charter
system. City commissioners, Broward County School Board members and Superintendent of
BrowardCounty Schools Robert Runcie addressed nearly 1,000 people in a town hall meeting at the Pembroke Pines Charter High School.
Building public trust
OUR
OPINION: Updating Hallandale High School and Fort Lauderdale’s
Stranahan High should be a priority for Broward schools The eye-opening
evidence that some Broward County schools need critical repairs came
from a grassroots group during a recent school board meeting. Citizens
Concerned about our Children showed board members slide after slide of
leaky roofs, unusable playing fields and a sewage leak in a boys’ locker
room, all at two schools serving students in predominantly black
neighborhoods.
