How the Arts transform STEM to STEAM at Fort Pierce Central High School A classroom is more than four walls with tables, chairs, and learners.  In a STEAM classroom, an art studio merges with a scientific laboratory.  Fort Pierce Central High School Ceramics teacher, Doctoral Candidate, and Medici grant participant, Mrs. Katie Avra and her science collaborator Mrs. Laurie Morales, Honors Biology teacher, use arts-integrated lessons to academically support science achievement and artistic growth.  Successful arts integration into STEM is the focus of the four-year federal PDAE Medici Grant in St. Lucie County. … Read More

Kindergarteners at CAST listened to the story “The Rainbow Fish” and then completed a story map together to find the characters, setting, and major events. Then students listened to Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals and used their bodies to express the story. They stretched their arms wide like the starfish and wiggled fast like Rainbow Fish. This story also helped students think win-win!

CAST sixth and seventh graders in Mr. Reiher’s Media Arts class worked on their technical writing skills. They are working on crafting the structure of a segment – the introduction, story, conclusion, and sign-off. They are also practicing how to use punctuation to control their breathing while reading, perfecting penmanship, and defining and using vocabulary words in a unique sentence. All of these skills aid in the production of our amazing CAST Studios morning announcements.

Students in Mrs. Herndon’s 2nd grade class at Fairlawn Elementary used various pretzels to represent three digit place value.  Students enjoyed the tasty lesson as they learned to add two and three digit numbers together.

Fourth Grade teachers Kirsten Demps, Audrey Wood-Earle, Edlyne Byrd, and Jessica Hunt celebrate African American History at Francis K. Sweet.

The Lincoln Park Academy Girls Basketball Team defeated Lakewood High School (St. Petersburg) in front of a sold-out home crowd Friday night 38 to 30.  The Regional Final victory sends the team to the FHSAA Class 4A State Final Four for the first time in school history.  The team will play their state semi-final game against American Heritage-Delray on Thursday at noon at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.  Congratulations to the coaches:  Wendell Adams, Nicole Erickson, Veryl Moore, and Brandy Montgomery.  Congratulations and good luck to the players:  Lizbeth Ayala, Julianna Ball, Janiah Gardner, Dori Gayman, Trisann Gordon, Roniyah … Read More

Mornings are fun when they begin with STEM learning! In our literature text that we have been reading, Wonder, the main character turned in a project based on pyramids. Today, we identified the different parts of a pyramid and then began constructing different types of pyramids. We tested our pyramids for strength and identified the patterns in the shapes, faces, edges and vertices.

Oak Hammock K-8 participates in PBIS program as a schoolwide reward system. Students in the self-contained classroom in grades 4th- 8th operate the Osprey Cart Reward Program. This program allows the self-contained students many opportunities to practice functional skills by utilizing the task analysis approach for learning. The classroom teachers, Ms. Savanello and Ms. Haley support the students by providing the online order form and assist the students in breaking down the task into manageable parts to ensure the orders are completed successfully. The program is linked to ELA and Math, where the students practice counting, adding, and sorting. Students … Read More

Northport K-8 held its first SEL Virtual Parent Night. It was a Night of Family Learning (NFL) where students, teachers, and families experienced some of the engaging SEL activities that the children get to do each day! With 64 participants, the School-Home Connection was strengthened and fun was had by all! The event was sponsored by Chik-Fil-A and Sal’s Italian Ristorante, who provided door prizes. Northport K-8 provided a free book to all student participants! With virtual high fives and a virtual “wave” to end the session, everyone left with a smile. We are grateful to all of our participants and everyone … Read More

Students in Mrs. Wernhardt’s class record “Jot Thoughts” as they read the text for stamina. Way to go Mrs. Wernhardt for planning and implementing this strategy with your students!

Students in Mr. Redding’s 5th grade  Social Studies class at Rivers Edge Elementary School are studying why the colonists died off in Jamestown. Students wrote original scripts and performed them like a tv news brief, discussing each of the three main reasons! #REEREAL #schoolwithaheartofgold

Anthony Mendoza, 7th grader from Mrs. Silva’s class won big at the science fair with his project called Quick Charge. His project category is systems software, and he was chosen to represent St. Lucie Public Schools at the 66th VIRTUAL SSEF (State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida). In the most difficult school year while the pandemic is still going on, Anthony has undertaken the challenge of participating in the Science Fair and earned the opportunity to compete at the State level.  Way to go Anthony and Mrs. Silva!  Congratulations to the entire family!

  Miss Hailey Mangio was among the 15,000 finalists named in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically accomplished students are now eligible for continued competition in the program, which awards National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million each spring. With over 3.5 million students each fall taking the PSAT and only a little more than 3,000 qualifying for commended status, we are extremely proud of Hailey Mangio for her hard work and dedication to such excellence. Furthermore, we are thrilled that she was also recognized for her stellar performance and selected for the new Rural and … Read More