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Students in Mrs. Maxwell’s math class “turned up the volume!” With a partner and a ruler, they measured the length, width, and depth of rectangular prisms in order to calculate the volume. This hands-on activity gave them not only practice with calculating volume, but also sharpened their ruler skills!
Kenny Robinson, pastor, Board of Director(Christine Wilson, Felix Scavella, Dr. LeiNitia Robinson, Dr. Ed Robinson), and the Bass Temple Family as a whole, proudly present a check of $1,000.00 to Chester A. Moore Elementary”. We’ve only just begun!
This weekend at the Rosen Plaza in Orlando, Florida our Culinary arts students had the opportunity to compete at the 23rd annual Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, Educational Foundation, state high school competition. Centennial walked away with all of our students winning an award, a placement medal, and multiple scholarships to pursue their hospitality industry careers. Abigail Roth placed fifth in the state with one of the fastest times, ending with a stunning fruit carving representing her talent. Alannah Gomez, Merlyn Lamb, and Jonathan Satey won best uniform in the waiters’ relay competition. Precision and speed were needed to accomplish … Read More
Southern Oaks Middle School celebrated February’s Black History Month encompassing the 2024 theme, African Americans and the Arts, a concord with the theme established by The Association for the Study of African American Life and History. For February, students and staff were invited to contribute art they owned or created. Students and staff of all races contributed work celebrating Black history and culture. The museum curator and Media Specialist, Kaitlyn Kloser, displayed the art as a walkthrough of history to modern-day Black life. Students and staff toured on their own all month long. However, on February 23rd, classes were able … Read More
Our wonderful Mosaic Digital Academy K-5th grade students in Mrs. Lankow and Mrs. Schwenger’s class created Law Day Posters! Students completed projects to represent their understanding of the electoral process and the importance of turning out to vote! Way to go Mosaic Digital Academy Owls!
Morningside Elementary is advancing to the state competition. On Saturday, four teams from MSE competed at the Odyssey of the Mind regional competition. Odyssey of the Mind is an international problem-solving, competition where students learn to work together and solve problems using creativity. Two teams won first place and will be advancing to states. Although our primary team is not competitive, their performance earned them a position at states as well. We are super proud of all four of our teams that worked very hard. #MSEshinesBRIGHT #OM #OdysseyoftheMind #academicexcellence
Lawnwood Leopards are celebrating Black History Month. Ms. Frazier’s VPK students read books and completed art projects in honor of Mae Jemison. Mae Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Jemison joined NASA’s astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve for the STS-47 mission, during which the Endeavour orbited the Earth for nearly eight days on September 12–20, 1992.
Students from Fort Pierce Westwood Academy attended the Chart Your Course Maritime and Marine Career Expo at the Fort Pierce Yacht Club on Thursday, February 22nd. Students learned about a variety of career opportunities in Fort Pierce and the Treasure Coast, highlighted by hands-on activities, panel discussions, and demonstrations from a variety of local businesses and the U.S. Coast Guard. Lots of useful job and career expectations and opportunities were shared with all.
Our Love of Literacy parent night was a huge success! Thank you to our amazing teachers and staff for all of your hard work creating such fun, engaging, and meaningful stations. Thank you to our parents and guardians for coming out to celebrate our love of literacy event. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to more events highlighting of the wonderful learning happening here at Bayshore
At Parkway Elementary School, we have the wonderful opportunity to be a part of Odyssey of the Mind. What is Odyssey of the Mind? Odyssey of the Mind teaches students how to develop and use their natural creativity to become problem-solvers. Imagine being faced with a problem that requires an original solution. It can be frightening. Now imagine not being afraid to solve that problem – that is what Odyssey of the Mind members learn. This skill and self-confidence will carry over to all areas of their lives. Ms. Gilbert, our K – 2 ESE Support Facilitator, is the coach … Read More
WLX Horizon is the school district’s TV channel that provides St. Lucie County with instructional television programming, school board meetings, along with what’s happening in our district, and local shows about our schools. WLX Horizon can be streamed on-demand for free via the WLX Horizon app! WLX Horizon can also be found on Comcast channel 13 (Ft. Pierce), Comcast channel 19 (Port St. Lucie), Blue Stream Fiber channel 19, and AT&T TV channel 99 (under St. Lucie County Community Channels) or check out the live feed. Join us this week for new episodes of Sak Pase? with Joelle Saint-Dic and her guest Kandiss Moore … Read More
On February 16th, 2024, 180 students competed in the 36th annual St. Lucie County Regional STEM fair at Indian River State College. These grade 6-12 students represented 21 schools in St. Lucie County. The competition was split into two divisions, junior and senior, with 13 categories in each division. Students were interviewed by community judges from organizations such as IRSC, USDA, City of Port St. Lucie, UF/IFAS and many more. After the morning judging most students were taken on a tour of some of the IRSC STEM buildings. On February 21st, 2024, 88 students were recognized with category awards, special … Read More
Village Green’s Odyssey of the Mind team competed over the past weekend at the regional tournament hosted by Treasure Coast High School. Blake Minouge, Silas Pemberton, Kason Liebe, Calissa Nick, Emily Rivera, Emma Conway, and Liam Currin are the seven fourth graders who competed in the Spontaneous problem. Thank you to Ms. Price, Ms. Angle, and Ms. Millard for their commitment to our Odyssey team!
St. Lucie Public School students (middle and high school students) participated in the Chart Your Course: Maritime & Marine Career Expo. This event was hosted by the Fort Pierce Yacht Club Foundation in partnership with the Career & Technical Education department (St. Lucie Public Schools). This career expo provided opportunities for students to learn about various career pathways available to them in St. Lucie County. Local Maritime and Marine business representatives provided information on skills and education needed for various career options, along with guided knowledge on obtaining career goals. The day afforded each student the time to explore post-secondary … Read More
The students in Ms. Glendinning’s sixth-grade science class have been learning about various organelles. They enjoyed working in the science lab as they used microscopes to look at onion cells and cells of various types of plants. The students rotated microscope stations to see the cells of the different plants. They identified and drew the organelles according to what they saw in the microscope. They worked in groups to discuss their findings. The students really enjoyed working on this assignment as they Level up Learning and Level up Success. … Read More
Village Green Elementary School’s students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade created a wonderful display for the St. Lucie County Fair. They have been working hard on their art projects for the past few weeks. Special thanks to Ms. Ankiel, Ms. Pelayo, Dr. Venzen, Ms. Harris and Ms. Price for putting this masterpiece together. We appreciate the time and dedication you spent on this project. We are so proud of our Manatees!
Comcast’s “Internet Essentials” is geared to those who have at least one child that receives free school lunches through the National School Lunch Program. Other criteria include being located where Comcast offers Internet service. This Sign-Up Event is for families that do not have Comcast services or have not subscribed to Comcast Internet Service in the last 90 days. This sign-up event is RSVP ONLY and will be held on February 28, 5 PM – 7:30 PM at the Treasure Coast High School Gymnasium, 1000 SW Darwin Blvd, Port St. Lucie, FL 34953 Comcast providers will be on-site to answer … Read More
On February 16, 2024, 16 students from Fort Pierce Westwood Academy participated in the 36th Annual STEM Regional Fair hosted by IRSC. The students demonstrated exceptional skills in presenting their projects and justifying their research to the judges. At the subsequent STEM Fair Award Ceremony held on February 21, 2024, eleven participants were chosen for one or more awards. One of the students, Alexander Delamarter, a 9th-grade student, was selected to proceed to the State STEM Fair and represent the school. Here are the winners and the awards they received:
Inspired by the Award-Winning Show Shark Tank, Mrs. Balletta’s second-grade class celebrated Inventors’ Day by creating robots. Amelia Horn presented her Pencil Robot project which she constructed out of clay. Congrats to our future inventors!
Please help us congratulate the following Fort Pierce Westwood Academy students who passed their state certification on 02/14/2024 and are now Florida state-certified nurses aides! Marie Sainvil, Katalin Gonzalez-Cardona, Cournecya Harris, Jodian Johnson