The SLW Centennial NAVY JROTC “Black Talon” Company participated in an Academic Brain Brawl hosted by Boca Raton High School’s Navy JROTC unit located in Boca Raton, Florida, on Saturday, September 16th, 2023.  The Black Talon Company competed with two Academic Teams, Alpha and Bravo.   The Alpha Team consisted of Cadet Petty Officer Third Class Kylie Pierce, Cadet Petty Officer Third Class Natalia Ventura, Cadet Seaman Apprentice Brandon Ramirez, Cadet Petty Officer First Class Jennaya Grant, and Cadet Petty Officer Second Class Kristian Claudio.  They finished 13th place out of 16 teams. The Bravo Team consisted of Cadet … Read More

Mrs. Proctor’s students were engaged in a “roam the room” activity. Students roamed the classroom to review solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division expressions, which included positive and negative integers while utilizing various resources.

The SLW Centennial NAVY JROTC “Black Talon” Company provided a Color Guard and a 50 State Flag detail for the opening festivities of SLW Centennial High School’s Thunder Night on the evening of Thursday, September 21st, 2023. The Color Guard detail was provided by Cadet Ensign Faith Miller (Left Rifleman), Color Guard Commander Cadet Petty Officer First Class Zachary Columbia (Ensign Flagman), Cadet Petty Officer Third Class D’Andre Bramwell (Unit Flagman), and Cadet Petty Officer First Class Jennaya Grant (Right Rifleman). Thunder Night is the SLW Centennial High School evening pep rally held the night before the Homecoming Varsity Football … Read More

The parent meetings were facilitated by the teachers. Parents received information about grade-level benchmarks, at-home reading strategies, attendance initiatives, and progress monitoring. GO LEOPARDS!  

On Monday, October 2, 9-12 IB students gathered for a continental breakfast. IB Student Committee Officers and teachers were introduced, Dr. Herrington spoke, upcoming programs and events were shared, and most importantly, students spent time meeting each other. The importance of the IB community was stressed; IB students need each other throughout their time in high school. Each graduating class can learn from those that preceded it. It was a great time of fellowship with one another.      

Parkway Elementary students are getting real-life experience using our Class Dojo token economy system!  Students are “shopping” our Pirate Trading Post during their media resource class, where students spend their dojo points on a variety of prizes.  Students can earn Class Dojo points every day here at Parkway just for demonstrating PBIS school-wide behavior expectations.  

LPA Key Club helped unload 1,500 pumpkins at All Villages Presbyterian Church in Port Saint Lucie on October 7th, 2023. Their pumpkins needed to be unloaded and set up as well as the hay that needed to be spread out all around the patch. With all the hard work of the members, 45 members and other volunteers, the pumpkin patch was a success! With all the teamwork, they were able to get it all done in around 3 hours. These pumpkins are now ready to be sold to the public for the fall season thanks to the LPA Key Club!

On Tuesday, October 3, SLW Centennial HOSA hosted a blood drive. The blood drive was a huge success! They were able to collect 75 pints with 11 of them being platelets! Overall, it was a great turnout, especially for the first one in years.  The blood donations will help to save so many lives!!!  Way to go EAGLES!

4th graders at Fairlawn Elementary dug deep into the history of the Ais Indians with a visit from the Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast! This included trading beads with other “tribes” to make necklaces, creating clay pottery, and uncovering artifacts.

Kindergarten students had an enriching experience at the 4-H farm, where they explored their five senses and interacted with various farm animals. The students were thrilled to have the opportunity to touch and learn about these animals in a hands-on environment.

Lincoln Park school counselor, Aixa Jamison, spearheaded a military exploration day!  Students in the high school section of Lincoln Park Academy had the chance to explore the various career opportunities the military branches have to offer.  Recruiters were able to conduct classroom visits to educate our students on the multitude of professions one can pursue.  The interactive sessions left all seeking more information on the military branches and their high academic service academies.

We are so proud of our T.I.T.A.N.S. Robotics team for participating in Robot Build Day at Boca Raton High School. They were able to build the robot and practice for the upcoming competition on November 4th at our school. Titan Born, Titan Bred!

Village Green’s PBIS team held a Back to School Luau for students to encourage positive behavior this school year. Students and staff were able to enjoy fun games, music, photo opportunities, and Kona Ice! Everyone had a blast together and we look forward to celebrating positive behavior throughout the school year!      

Mr. Lewis’ Science classes were learning about invertebrates and the five groups of vertebrates. We learned most invertebrates are categorized as Arthropods, meaning segmented or jointed. Students explored once-living specimens, preserved in resin. After getting over the shock of holding an insect, crustacean, myriapod, or arachnid, students were able to identify the specimens using their expository journal notes.    

St. Lucie West Centennial High Nursing Assisting students are working hard towards their certification. They had a successful day at clinicals and will continue to reach for their goals.  SLW Centennial High School has partnered with Port St. Lucie Rehab Center to give students hands-on experiences to help students further develop their skills.  Go Eagles!!!  

  The SLW Centennial NAVY JROTC “Black Talon” Company had a field trip to visit the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, September 13th, 2023.  Cadets visited various attractions, including the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, the Apollo/Saturn 5 Center, and of course the Gift Shop.   Cadets learned the importance of America’s “Race to the Moon” as well as had fun virtually flying the Space Shuttle.  They look forward to visiting again next year!  

What an amazing turnout for our Read to Succeed book night! Thank you to Big Apple Pizza and our Bayshore Elementary family and friends who came out to support this amazing fundraiser.  

St. Lucie West K-8’s 4th/5th grade Gifted classes completed a jigsaw activity using the required Social Studies Curriculum on Founding Fathers. Each student had a different founding father that they researched as a group (x4) and then broke out into “teaching groups” where they each spoke to the others in their new group about their assigned historical figure as the expert on the topic. WAY TO GO SHARKS! 

Students at Oak Hammock K8 school Level Up Learning, Level Up Success, as they integrate math and art! In Mrs. Daugherty’s 7th grade Art class, students used their creative skills and imagination to create a masterpiece while incorporating the mathematic skill of measurement into their design. They measured lines and created shapes, forms, textures, values, space, and color, which are the 7 elements of art. These elements are the foundation of art and are a good place to start when making or analyzing works of art.