Every year Palm Pointe Educational Research School @ Tradition hosts a breakfast for the school’s bus drivers.  Drivers and aides that come to our school each day are invited to come and enjoy a fun morning with a delicious hot breakfast. A PowerPoint presentation is also shared with the drivers going over the P.B.I.S. (Positive Behavior Interventions and Support)  expectations for the students. All drivers go home with a gift to show how much they are appreciated.  Raffle prizes and a game were also part of the morning’s festivities. Pictured from left: Dean Debborah Estrada as she gives a gift … Read More

Palm Pointe Educational Research School @ Tradition recently celebrated our P.P.E. bus drivers during our 4th Annual Bus Driver Breakfast prepared by one of our volunteers, Ms. Pam Molner. The bus drivers were treated to a delicious breakfast and a short Positvie Behavior Intervention Support (P.B.I.S.) presentation given by Dean Debborah Estrada and Dean Matthew Kovach. Diana Hight,(P.B.I.S. parent volunteer) collected gifts from area businesses that were used as raffle gifts for drivers to win. Pictured is Assistant Principal, Mrs. Kathleen Perez as she welcomes the bus driver’s to the breakfast. Thanks to the many parent volunteers that helped to … Read More

Palm Pointe hosted their annual Bus Driver Appreciation Breakfast on Thursday, September 28th. PPE appreciates all their bus drivers do each day bringing our Rockets to and from school safely! Each driver received a gift, enjoyed special drawings, a delicious breakfast, and hopefully left knowing how much we appreciate all they do!

Cobra Nation and Big Apple Pizza’s Van Duzer Foundation rallies with one our own! On Wednesday, February 21, 2024, Big Apple Pizza hosted a fundraiser for Fort Pierce Central High School Chemistry teacher, Adora Burkes. Mrs. Burkes is diagnosed with stage four cancer. Although it is not curable, the chronic condition is considered treatable but is very expensive. For the foreseeable future, she is bravely facing rigorous radiation, chemo, and physical therapy treatments. Mrs. Heather Blackmon-Gordon along with former and current teachers at Fort Pierce Central High School worked with The Van Duzer Foundation to raise money towards Mrs. Burkes’ … Read More

MOA Students engaged in an ecosystem sampling/surveying activity that included dip-netting, cast netting and hiking through mangrove swamp and hammock along the Indian River Lagoon at Pepper Park and Wild Cat Cove. Our young minds are exploring and finding solutions to protect our waterways! Way to go Bulldogs!  

Participation in athletics and extracurricular programs at Forest Grove Middle School is on the rise! SY25 has already brought us an exciting girls’ volleyball season and our intramural soccer team advanced to the second round wrapping up a competitive run at a championship. Boys’ and girls’ basketball already played two exhibitions in preparation for their tournaments, while our very animated BULLDOG CHEER TEAM brings energy and enthusiasm to the gym every game! Coaches have already held conditioning for track and flag football – which kick into full gear after Winter break. Let’s give a huge SHOUT OUT to our Athletic … Read More

CRUSHING IT AT ODYSSEY OF THE MIND! Huge congratulations to our Palm Pointe Middle School Odyssey of the Mind team, who placed FIRST PLACE in Division II at the regional competition! This amazing team tackled the Structure Problem, where they engineered a structure strong enough to hold as much weight as possible, withstand balls being thrown at it, and still shine through a creative problem‑solving skit. On top of that, they rocked the spontaneous problem‑solving competition with quick thinking and teamwork! All that hard work, creativity, and collaboration truly paid off, and because of it, they’re advancing to STATE COMPETITION … Read More

October is Bully Prevention Month and Palm Pointe Educational Research School @ Tradition had some exciting things planned in order to continue to create a safe and caring school environment free from bullying and exclusion. One way to increase tolerance at the school was to have students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade create anti-bullying posters about Building Tolerance and students in grades six through eight write essays with the same topic. One poster was selected from grades K-2 and 3-5 and one essay from grades 6-8. Winners won a pizza party for their entire class. Congratulations to Caroline Croce … Read More

Saturday morning, our dedicated high school team made a difference! 4 staff members conducted 12 home visits over 5 hours, reaching out to students and families to support regular school attendance. Every visit is a step towards better engagement and student success.

Paraprofessional Latoya Barnwell meets with her mentor during lunch. CAM’s Rising Explorer Mentoring Program focuses on building relationships with students. Over 30 students have mentors on campus that are dedicated to transforming our school and community through mentoring.

On Saturday November 11, test drive a new Buick and help St. Lucie West Centennial High School located at 1485 Cashmere Boulevard in Port St. Lucie receive up to $10,000. Garber Buick GMC in Ft. Pierce will have new Buick vehicles at the school for this Test Drive Event from 8:00am-3:00pm.  For each 2-3 minute Test Drive, Buick will donate $10.00.  When the event exceeds 100 test drives, Buick will double the donation to $20.00.  The goal is to reach the maximum donation of $10,000 for the day! Participants will sign-in at the front of St. Lucie West Centennial’s campus … Read More