Mrs. Quiles, Mr. Steckler (aka Mr. Jesse), and some of our jawsome students represented St. Lucie West K8’s SharkNation to support one of our very own T1D warriors, Isabella at the Macy’s Believers Annual T1D Walk today! We are so honored to have Isabella as part of our Shark family. Her fight is our fight! #SharkNationStrong  

Students in Mrs. Quiles & Ms. Lane’s 3rd-grade classes were excited to see a partial view of the solar eclipse. We had a special guest, our amazing Assistant Principal, Ms. Sexton. She showed us the pinhole method to safely view the solar eclipse!  

Third graders in Ms. Pepe’s class solved real-world problems using liquid volume by completing a scoot around the room! Students were given a multi-step word problem involving liquid volume. They had to fill a 140-liter fish tank using the liter amounts of 9,5, and 2. Each group elected one spokesperson to explain their thinking to the class, then they were challenged to solve the same problem using a different method!

On Saturday, April 13th, 2024, the Southern Oaks Robotics team participated in their first T.R.E.A.S.U.R.E. Air, Sea, Land competition at Treasure Coast High School. Students (Aja Edwards, Trey Johnson, Matthew Abrego, Jayden Campbell, Michael Rodriguez, Luis Henry, Myles Licciardi, Brent Topmiller, Bailey Oddo, and Joseph Annis) paired up with Westwood Robotics students (Priscilla Hossain, Emmett Mounts, and Ashton Cooks) to put their built Tetrix robots to the test! Students entered their submersible (underwater), air, and land drones in the competitions to navigate through augmented reality courses. They also entered their air drones in an above-the-field scavenger hunt that aimed to … Read More

On Saturday, April 13th the Port St. Lucie High School Jaguar Battalion conducted their yearly Service Learning project with the help of “Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful”. This year’s project was held at Floresta Elementary School, in Port St. Lucie FL. For this project cadets cleaned the roads and sidewalks around the school. The cadets split into 3 teams going in different directions of the school. In the end, the cadets managed to collect 8 bags of garbage and had a great time cleaning up the city of Port St. Lucie.  

Today was a GREAT day with many more to come! Dan McCarty held its first Academic Signing Day highlighting students that were accepted into Fort Pierce Westwood MOAA! Thirteen of our students have been selected to attend this prestigious school based on their academic achievements, stellar attendance and commitment to excellence! We are excited to commemorate this day and look forward to the continuation of our Academic Signing day as a way to display our amazingly bright and talented students! 1%better. Everyday.Together Congratulations, Eagles Fort Pierce Westwood MOAA Fernanda Lara Diaz Madision Izaguieere-Presentacion Guadalupe Hernandez Xavier Hall Dominick Visconti Tyler … Read More

The Lincoln Park Academy Chorus Department has been invited to perform in Paris, France in June 2025! The chorus was selected for this ten-day residency from June 6 to June 15, by guest conductor, Dr. Stacie Rossow who will conduct composer Michael McGlynn’s THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS with the Orchestre Symphonique Bel’Arte De Paris and distinguished soloists. The LPA chorus along with other selected choirs, will perform three concerts:  Two major public performances, and one Finale Gala Concert at the L’église de la Madeleine Paris – The home church of the famous French composer Gabriel Fauré.  Congratulations Mr. Rahming and the … Read More

Last week, three Centennial Criminal Justice students attended the Florida Public Safety Association State Conference in Orlando and competed in the Criminal Justice competition.  Students competing included Brittany Burke, Ryan Chambers, and Shanise Schwietert.  Our team took 3rd place and we are so proud of them!  

HUGE praise goes out to the Westwood Army JROTC Raider Team who volunteered their Saturday, on April 6th, to compete in the 3rd Annual “Battle of the Branches” charity event held at the Florida Tech Challenge Course, in Fellsmere. The event is sponsored by Do You Give a Ruck? (DYGAR) which is a local veteran-run non-profit organization.  100% of the money that is raised at this annual event (from entries and donations) is used to help build homes for local homeless veterans and their families. Participants carried backpacks filled with donated non-perishable food and hygiene items. At the end of the … Read More

This weekend LPA Theatre presented Footloose: The Musical! Wow!! Another amazing show from LPA Theatre! Footloose was absolutely brilliant and so fun! Loved to see all our great performers cutting loose on stage! Round of applause to the amazing cast for bringing the show to life! It was a toe-tapping good time for all.  

Morningside’s principal is always finding ways to encourage students to show up! Recently, Morningside competed in a March Madness competition for perfect attendance. Grade levels who met their attendance goals each week earned points for their team. Then, the team with the most points (BEST attendance) for March, won the right to watch the “pie-ing” live. Fifth-grade students won that honor. Next, one student from each grade level  (and one staff member) with perfect attendance earned the right to pie their principal as a reward for perfect attendance. The kids had a great time and attendance improved. Mrs. Forman was … Read More

Engineering at its finest in Mrs. Spurr’s kindergarten class at Morningside Elementary— Recently, students watched Mrs. Forman, our principal, get “pied” for students meeting their attendance goals. During Play with a Purpose, Emrys built a “pie school” where you learn how to pie the principal! Also, Mrs. Forman’s new favorite gentle pie thrower made a rocket and a rocket launcher in MTSS steam. The goal was to make something that can move or be moved.

Fairlawn Elementary celebrated all students who grew in either math or reading from their fall to winter iready diagnostic! Students had an amazing time playing all sorts of different games and cooling down with a tasty treat!