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Alexandria Coutret, far left, and Joedyn Behringer, far right, from Laurie Boyer and Melissa Efron’s third grade classes at Palm Pointe Educational Research School @ Tradition enjoy celebrating Literacy Week with their middle school reading buddies. These middle school students from Sara Apostolico and Anne Lulkin’s classes helped the third graders read books. All the students enjoyed the time together.
Bayshore Elementary School fourth graders spend time with their reading buddies to improve reading fluency. Every Friday the students from Shannon McCoy’s fourth grade class read with Jeanne Comperchio’s kindergartners. Pictured is Grayson Waugh, left, reading with his reading buddy Jackson Young .
Students performed a Reader’s Theater selection at Palm Pointe Educational Research School @ Tradition during the Literacy & Linguini Night. The performance was for the book, Hansel and Gretel: The True Story. Pictured, from left, are Marisa Spicuzza, Kyerra Gordon, Dejon Lawrence, Tatyana Williamson, teacher Emily Bokhart, Kennedi Brissett, Bryan Burgos and Alberto Torres.
Some 38 students at F.K. Sweet Elementary read at least 15 Florida Sunshine Books and were treated to a “luau-themed” celebration of their success in the Media Center. Pictured are Lauren Nipper, left, and Kyla Pata enjoying the recognition.
Floresta Dolphins participate in a weekly Reading Challenge. For each book they read students submit a one-sentence summary to enter a weekly drawing. On Friday afternoons two lucky readers per grade level win a prize. Keep on reading Dolphins!
Palm Pointe’s 3rd–8th grade students and their families had an incredible time at our “Read, White and Blue Celebrating 250 Chapters of America” Literacy Night celebration! Guests rotated through interactive stations featuring vocabulary and comprehension games designed to stretch thinking and spark dialogue. Families sampled exciting new books during our book‑tasting experience, created one‑of‑a‑kind bookmarks, and collaborated to solve clues in our history‑themed literacy escape room. The energy was high as students and adults worked together, laughed, and embraced the joy of reading. We’re grateful to everyone who attended and helped make the evening unforgettable. Thank you for supporting literacy … Read More
Manatee Academy recently celebrated a memorable Literacy Week centered around the theme READ, White and Blue, bringing together students, staff, families, and community partners to highlight the joy and importance of reading. Throughout the week, every student and teacher participated in creating a schoolwide display by writing a favorite quote from a beloved book on a star. These stars were combined to form a beautiful flag display in the cafeteria, symbolizing unity through literacy and the shared love of reading across all grade levels. Students also enjoyed visits from guest readers representing both the local community and students from St. … Read More
Mariposa Elementary School recently held its second Read to Succeed night. Assistant Principal Sandra Bushby, pictured, presented reading strategies and tips for parents to use with their children at home. Afterwards, everyone played Word Bingo, and all students went home with a new book to read! Assistan Principal, Sandra Bushby, presenting some reading strategies to parents.
St. Lucie Public School’s VPK classrooms send a huge thank you to PNC Bank and The Education Foundation of St. Lucie County for sponsoring Read for the Record 2022. Each student received a book to take home and loved our guest readers.
In a united effort, St. Lucie Public Schools and PNC Bank spread the joy of literacy by participating with others around the world in Read for the Record. Guest readers from PNC Bank thrilled children in pre-kindergarten classrooms across the district by reading the book Quackers. #GrowUpGreat #StLucieProud
Read in this month’s Principal Leadership “how one school increased teacher collaboration, enhanced trust and transparency, and improved student performance.” This comes to you from our own Kathleen Manchester (Southport Middle School) and Tari Sexton (Forest Grove Middle School). To access the full article, click here: https://ygsgroup.egnyte.com/dl/CRoHtpqZnV
Kiwanis Club Member, Professor Michael Pelitera, reads to Ms. Mullin’s Busy Bees at Frances K. Sweet Magnet School.
Students at CAST celebrated Read Across America Day! Kindergartners did an author study on Eric Carle; they are hungry for reading! First graders recognized the amazing diversity in stories and wrote about what makes them special. Third graders went for a reading picnic and read outside.
Our first graders have been having so much fun learning about the sun, moon, and different things we can see during the day and night sky! After reading many stories about the sun and moon, we wrote important key details that we learned on our fun craft!
Students enjoyed our AttenDANCE. We celebrated students who showed up every day for the first semester of school. Students received pixie stix for “stixing” with us! #weroartogether #raisingourattendancerate
Mrs. Steward’s 1st-grade SEL group at White City Elementary works on how they can band together and keep the rainbow BRIGHT by reading “How Crayons Saved the Rainbow” by Monica Sweeney. She is a favorite from the SEL Dept. library collection.
St. Lucie Public Schools District Office was recognized as the Business of the Month for RaceTrac location RT667. Karen Preston, RaceTrac Store Manager, and Brittney McDowell, Community Marketing Coordinator for RaceTrac South Florida Region, supplied breakfast sandwiches to the employees on Thursday, April 2, 2015. “Thank you again for your guest loyalty and most of all the contribution to the minds of the children you influence every day. We couldn’t do it without the wonderful partnerships we have within our community!” stated Brittney McDowell, Community Marketing Coordinator. Pictured are, Jennifer DelCarpio, Karen Preston, Charles Hatherill, Linda Neill, Brittney McDowell, and Kathie Schmidt. … Read More
At St. Lucie West K8, students in Ms. Paries’ third-grade class competed in a race all about text features. Using an informational article about technologies for hearing-impaired students, they used text features to answer questions and race to the finish!
Village Green’s RACE TO SUCCESS FUN RUN! All students were able to participate in the fun color run hosted by Village Green’s PBIS team as a kick-off for a successful testing season! Students and families had a great time being active and enjoying the weather. Students who raised $100 or more through the MYBOOSTER fundraiser had the opportunity to pie a faculty or staff member in the face!
Lorri Rudzinski’s second grade class at Palm Pointe Educational Research School @ Tradition is learning place value. They practiced a game, “Race to a Flat” to learn how ten ones can be replaced by one ten, and ten tens turn into a hundred. Pictured are from left; Cooper Kuba and Nicolas Tovar winning with their hands held high, also pictured from left are Joshua Volcin, Karie Dyer, Breanna Sylvain, Naje’ Carter-Evans, Jack Lopez, Madison Kohn.
