The Five Star School Award was created by the Commissioner’s Community Involvement Council and is presented annually to those schools that have shown evidence of exemplary community involvement.
In order to earn Five Star School recognition, a school must show documentation that it has achieved 100 percent of the established criteria in the following categories.
- Business partnerships
- Family Involvement
- Volunteerism
- Student Community Service
- School Advisory Councils
Schools must also earn a grade of “C” or above, or school improvement rating of “maintaining or improving” for the year of nomination.
This year’s winners include:
1. Allapattah Flats K-8 School
2. Bayshore Elementary School
3. Creative Arts Academy of St. Lucie
4. Fairlawn Elementary Magnet School
5. Floresta Elementary School
6. Forest Grove Middle School
7. Frances K. Sweet Elementary School
8. Samuel S. Gaines Academy
9. Lakewood Park Elementary School
10. Lawnwood Elementary School
11. Lincoln Park Academy
12. Mariposa Elementary School
13. Morningside Elementary School
14. Northport K-8 School
15. Oak Hammock K-8 School
16. Palm Pointe Ed. Research School
17. Parkway Elementary School
18. Port St. Lucie High School
19. Rivers Edge Elementary School
20. Savanna Ridge Elementary School
21. Southern Oaks Middle School
22. Southport Middle School
23. St. Lucie West Centennial High School
24. St. Lucie West K-8 School
25. Treasure Coast High School
26. Village Green Env. Studies School
27. West Gate K-8 School
28. Weatherbee Elementary School
29. White City Elementary School
30. Windmill Point Elementary School
