Mackenzie Dowdy is a cobra through and through! In January of this year, she was diagnosed with Leiomyosarcoma or soft tissue cancer. At 46, her bravery propelled her into treatment, future surgeries, and ongoing chemotherapy. In support of Ms. Dowdy, Cobra Nation came together at Duffy’s Sports Grill to raise funds toward her medical expenses. Thanks to Ms. Dowdy’s son (pictured above) who works at Duffy’s for championing this event honoring and supporting his mother. Mr. Gardner and Mr. Siminski join Ms. Dowdy. Well-wishes from colleagues, students, and Ms. Dowdy’s family!

Our St. Lucie West Centennial football team was given the opportunity to participate in college-level practices at FIU, FAU, and USF, with our senior and upcoming senior players receiving instruction from experienced college coaches. Our coaches also took away valuable lessons from the experience.  

Students, teachers, and staff enjoyed our monthly PBIS event at Morningside Elementary. This month, everyone dressed up in clothing from their chosen decade to celebrate having awesome behavior! Morningside Elementary is a PBIS GOLD model school. The hard-working PBIS team really know how to put FUN and one-of-a-kind experiences in our school year. Way to represent Bluejays!

The Lincoln Park Academy Wind Symphony & Orchestra recently traveled to New York City to perform in the Worldstride’s Heritage National Festival and had an outstanding week of performances and activities. They earned several accolades as listed below: Wind Ensemble received straight superiors, placed in the Gold division, earned an Adjudicator’s Choice award, and an Invitational Award to perform in the annual Festival Gold. Jazz Ensemble received straight superiors and placed in the Gold division. Steel Drum Ensemble, led by LPA Senior Ricardo Bailou received straight superiors, placed in the Gold division, earned an Adjudicator’s Choice award, and an Invitational … Read More

Students and staff at Lakewood Park celebrated the grand reveal of their STEAM Classroom makeover this month. Lakewood Park Elementary was awarded a $50,000 grant from FPL this school year to be used towards STEAM Education and field trips for all students.  During the ribbon cutting ceremony, FPL conducted a generator building competition with some 5th grade students and took a tour of the upgraded STEAM Resource classroom.  A huge shoutout to FPL for making this day and this entire school year so special for our Falcons!  

Mrs. Quiles, Mr. Steckler (aka Mr. Jesse), and some of our jawsome students represented St. Lucie West K8’s SharkNation to support one of our very own T1D warriors, Isabella at the Macy’s Believers Annual T1D Walk today! We are so honored to have Isabella as part of our Shark family. Her fight is our fight! #SharkNationStrong  

Students in Mrs. Quiles & Ms. Lane’s 3rd-grade classes were excited to see a partial view of the solar eclipse. We had a special guest, our amazing Assistant Principal, Ms. Sexton. She showed us the pinhole method to safely view the solar eclipse!  

Third graders in Ms. Pepe’s class solved real-world problems using liquid volume by completing a scoot around the room! Students were given a multi-step word problem involving liquid volume. They had to fill a 140-liter fish tank using the liter amounts of 9,5, and 2. Each group elected one spokesperson to explain their thinking to the class, then they were challenged to solve the same problem using a different method!

On Saturday, April 13th, 2024, the Southern Oaks Robotics team participated in their first T.R.E.A.S.U.R.E. Air, Sea, Land competition at Treasure Coast High School. Students (Aja Edwards, Trey Johnson, Matthew Abrego, Jayden Campbell, Michael Rodriguez, Luis Henry, Myles Licciardi, Brent Topmiller, Bailey Oddo, and Joseph Annis) paired up with Westwood Robotics students (Priscilla Hossain, Emmett Mounts, and Ashton Cooks) to put their built Tetrix robots to the test! Students entered their submersible (underwater), air, and land drones in the competitions to navigate through augmented reality courses. They also entered their air drones in an above-the-field scavenger hunt that aimed to … Read More

On Saturday, April 13th the Port St. Lucie High School Jaguar Battalion conducted their yearly Service Learning project with the help of “Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful”. This year’s project was held at Floresta Elementary School, in Port St. Lucie FL. For this project cadets cleaned the roads and sidewalks around the school. The cadets split into 3 teams going in different directions of the school. In the end, the cadets managed to collect 8 bags of garbage and had a great time cleaning up the city of Port St. Lucie.  

Today was a GREAT day with many more to come! Dan McCarty held its first Academic Signing Day highlighting students that were accepted into Fort Pierce Westwood MOAA! Thirteen of our students have been selected to attend this prestigious school based on their academic achievements, stellar attendance and commitment to excellence! We are excited to commemorate this day and look forward to the continuation of our Academic Signing day as a way to display our amazingly bright and talented students! 1%better. Everyday.Together Congratulations, Eagles Fort Pierce Westwood MOAA Fernanda Lara Diaz Madision Izaguieere-Presentacion Guadalupe Hernandez Xavier Hall Dominick Visconti Tyler … Read More

The Lincoln Park Academy Chorus Department has been invited to perform in Paris, France in June 2025! The chorus was selected for this ten-day residency from June 6 to June 15, by guest conductor, Dr. Stacie Rossow who will conduct composer Michael McGlynn’s THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS with the Orchestre Symphonique Bel’Arte De Paris and distinguished soloists. The LPA chorus along with other selected choirs, will perform three concerts:  Two major public performances, and one Finale Gala Concert at the L’église de la Madeleine Paris – The home church of the famous French composer Gabriel Fauré.  Congratulations Mr. Rahming and the … Read More

Last week, three Centennial Criminal Justice students attended the Florida Public Safety Association State Conference in Orlando and competed in the Criminal Justice competition.  Students competing included Brittany Burke, Ryan Chambers, and Shanise Schwietert.  Our team took 3rd place and we are so proud of them!