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Congratulations to Fort Pierce Central High School Senior Laura Haggerty! Laura was honored on Senior Day for her academic and athletic accomplishments. With 4 Years Varsity Soccer and 3 Years Varsity Tennis, Laura will graduate this May from FPCHS with a 5.58 weighted GPA, and 3.98 unweighted GPA. She will also graduate from IRSC with her AA degree on May 2, 2019. Laura plans to attend the University of Florida in the fall to study engineering. Congrats Laura! Once a Cobra, Always a Cobra!
Have you made your voice heard on this very important school funding referendum? With the Tuesday, April 23rd deadline upon us, you can hand deliver your ballot to one of the Supervisor of Elections Office locations to ensure that your vote counts. SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE LOCATIONS: 250 NW Country Club Drive, Port St. Lucie 1664 SE Walton Road, Port St. Lucie 4132 Okeechobee Road, Ft. Pierce Tax Collector 10264 SW Village Parkway Drive, Port St. Lucie You can track your ballot here: https://www.slcelections.com/VOTE-BY-MAIL/Absentee-Request-Form-Lookup/Vote-By-Mail If you have questions about your ballot or need additional information, please contact the Supervisor of … Read More
There are some great offerings this summer for non-instructional staff to further their skills! Both in-person and online courses are offered. Click the link below for more information on courses and how to sign up. https://www.smore.com/3z802-summer-professional-development?ref=email
The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office bomb disposal team on Thursday, April 18, 2019 hosted their annual Beeping Easter Egg Hunt. The event took place place at Westside Church in Fort Pierce. The Beeping Easter Egg Hunt is hosted each year for visually impaired students in the St. Lucie School District and features plastic eggs that beep, assembled by the bomb disposal team. The students and adults all have a wonderful time finding the beeping eggs!
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FL — In a competitive academic competition, local high school teams competed for top honors and individual team members vied for a seat on the prestigious Team St. Lucie – an elite six-member team representing St. Lucie Public Schools (SLPS) at the 34th Annual Commissioner’s Academic Challenge. This state competition took place April 11-13, 2019 at Disney’s Boardwalk Inn where the St. Lucie Team advanced to the Division 2 Finals and ended up finishing 5th in the state! Maria Battaglino Hernandez, Madeleine Sosa, Callie Zheng (Lincoln Park Academy); Ryan Lu (Treasure Coast High School); Alan Senkus (St. … Read More
In a competitive academic competition, local high school teams competed for top honors and individual team members vied for a seat on the prestigious Team St. Lucie – an elite six-member team that represented St. Lucie Public Schools at the 34th Annual Commissioner’s Academic Challenge. Maria Battaglino Hernandez, Madeleine Sosa, Callie Zheng (Lincoln Park Academy); Ryan Lu (Treasure Coast High School); Alan Senkus (St. Lucie West Centennial); and Matthew Zoll (Fort Pierce Westwood) accumulated an impressive number of individual points in this year’s local tournament to secure a seat on Team St. Lucie. SLPS teacher Paige McMahon served as coach … Read More
Tools for Teachers recipient Mrs. Kristen Lee was surprised by Channel 12’s Teri Hornstein with a check for $312.00. Mrs. Lee is a third grade teacher at Morningside Elementary School. Tools for Teachers recognizes outstanding teachers along the Treasure Coast. If you would like to nominate a teacher, go to: https://cbs12.com/station/contests/tools-for-teachers-09-06-2018
Our new shows for the week are Sak Pase hosted by Maggie Remy and the 2nd Annual Student Culinary Cook-Off. Be sure to check them out! We are on Comcast Channel 13 (Fort Pierce), Channel 19 (Port St. Lucie), and Channel 99 on AT&T U-Verse. You can also catch us on YouTube. While you’re there, subscribe to our channel, then head over to Facebook and like/follow our page – WLX-TV. Weekly Programming Guide http://www.stlucie.k12.fl.us/Media/Weekly.pdf WLX-TVhttps://www.youtube.com/c/WLXTV-SLPS State of the Schools Update https://youtu.be/BYAJiSeXQl0 Sak Pase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8HRuCxEr_I Culinary Cook-Off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dTpWOS1LJA
The students of Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies were excited to raise money to benefit the March of Dimes. Students were asked to make donations and they were able to choose a bucket in which to place their donations. Each bucket represented a different administrator on campus. The administrators’ buckets with the most money received a pie in the face! Students could also purchase raffle tickets to be chosen as a pie thrower. Thank you to everyone at SGAET who donated to this worthy cause!
Education analytics is helping to improve learning outcomes for students in St. Lucie County, Florida. Through a comprehensive and data-driven approach using Microsoft Azure and Power BI, St. Lucie Public Schools has turned around its lower graduation rates and embraced policies that work, school by school, staff by staff, and student by student. Click below to view the inspirational story of one of our students at Treasure Coast High School. http://videos.microsoft.com/customer-stories/watch/UDP12GMEkDPV2Dq2goP8zj?
Registered voters recently received a mail-in ballot. To ensure your vote counts, it must be mailed by this Friday — April 19th. This referendum supports teacher pay, safety on our campuses, and mental health services for our children.
Don Carter, Director of Transportation for St. Lucie Public Schools, shares results that have been seen since implementing video surveillance and wifi downloading.
The St. Lucie County Fire District brought firefighters and fire trucks to visit a class at Fort Pierce Central High School. The students spent the afternoon learning about fire safety, finding out what it takes to be a firefighter, and exploring a fire truck. Thank you to SLCFD for making the visit so enjoyable for our students!
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – St. Lucie Public Schools is proud to announce that Morningside Elementary’s (MSE) Odyssey of the Mind Team won first place at the state competition and is advancing to the World Finals competition slated for May 21 – May 26 in Lansing, Michigan. MSE’s team will convene with approximately 850 other teams for what is deemed to be the largest creative problem-solving competition. When asked about the school’s team, Principal Kathleen Melrose said, “The students learn more than just engineering and performance arts, they learn to cooperate and work together. They learn to accept and build on each … Read More
On Saturday, May 4, Village Green Environmental Studies School will host a community Environmental Studies Exposition. From 10AM to noon, students will serve as tour guides for guests and will provide information about the school’s permaculture garden, raised bed gardens, astronomy night activities, solar energy kits, and weather stations.
The 2nd Annual Student Culinary Cook-Off is a collaboration between Child Nutrition Services and the Career and Technical Education Culinary Arts Program. The purpose of the event is to provide student chefs with the opportunity to create and showcase enticing entrees that their peers would enjoy while following the USDA guidelines for the National School Lunch Program. This year’s champion team is St. Lucie West Centennial High School. Their winning entree, Braised BBQ Pork Flatbread, will be placed on the school lunch menu for the 2019-2020 school year.
Emily Utts (Outstanding First Year Teacher for SLPS) is a winner on the field and in the classroom at Fort Pierce Central High. Emily threw the first pitch at Friday’s St. Lucie Mets game. Way to go! #StLucieProud There’s more! SLPS will be represented on the field at upcoming games. Plan to attend and show your support! April 25 – Samantha Piscopo (Assistant Principal of the Year) April 26 – Sabrina Faniel (Distinguished Minority Educator of the Year) May 2 – Dorothy Hall (School-Related Employee of the Year) May 9 – Makeda Brome (Teacher of the Year) May … Read More
SLPS and LEGO Education partner to bring innovative and engaging programs of study to students. Pictured: SLPS Magnet Schools Program leaders Jane Whitaker and Korissa Diaz, LEGO Education’s Laylah Bulman, and Executive Director of the National STEM Ecosystem Project Gerald Soloman. #StLucieStrong #stemeducation
FORT PIERCE, FL – Creative Arts Academy of St. Lucie’s (CAST) eighth grade science teacher, Aaron Barnes, was selected to represent CAST at Texas A & M University’s G-Camp through their College of Geosciences. The acceptance into this program is an extreme honor as only 50 teachers in the United States are chosen for this opportunity. G-Camp is a 20-day field camp for teachers that provides first-hand experience with the principles of geology in the field. It helps develop new curriculum and virtual field trips for classrooms and makes learning outdoors fun and exciting. This field experience puts participants on an outcrop, … Read More
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – St. Lucie Public Schools is proud to announce that Morningside Elementary’s (MSE) Odyssey of the Mind Team won first place at the state competition and is advancing to the World Finals competition slated for May 21 – May 26 in Lansing, Michigan. MSE’s team will convene with approximately 850 other teams for what is deemed to be the largest creative problem-solving competition. When asked about the school’s team, Principal Kathleen Melrose said, “The students learn more than just engineering and performance arts, they learn to cooperate and work together. They learn to accept and build on … Read More