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December 2012: Happy Holidays! |
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Transportation 'elves' visit Community Haven | |
SANTA SPREADS CHEER: Retired Sarasota County Schools Transportation Department employee Jim Chaich (Santa Claus) greets Community Haven resident Carol Ogden. Photo by Thomas Bender, courtesy Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Click here for a gallery of H-T photos. Click here for the H-T story.
SARASOTA - As they have done every year for two decades, Santa and his elves - employees of the Sarasota County Schools Transportation Department and friends - loaded a school bus with gifts for the residents of Community Haven. The bus arrived Dec. 11 this year at the facility for adults and children with disabilities.
Each year, department employees work with Community Haven to set a date for the party months in advance. Residents submit Christmas wish lists of their ideal gifts and the facility provides an additional list of items needed for the three houses where residents live. Read more... |
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Gulf Gate students donate Shoe Boxes for Seniors | | |
STUDENTS HELP SENIORS: Members of the Gulf Gate Elementary School Student Council prepare Shoe Boxes for Seniors. Click here for full caption with names of students and teacher.
SARASOTA -The Gulf Gate Elementary School Student Council recently contributed 79 shoeboxes filled with gifts to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune's Shoe Boxes for Seniors project. The boxes, which will be distributed to needy seniors in nursing homes, are filled with soap, combs, brushes, nail clippers and other health and beauty items, bedroom slippers, magazines and more.
"As they've done in the past, our students were happy to help with this worthwhile project," said Gulf Gate Elementary Principal Robin Magac. "Many of our students, parents and staff members contributed items and the Student Council members boxed them up for the project. I'm so glad our students realize the importance of giving back to their community." Read more...
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Riverview teacher honored for intern program | |
LEADING LIGHT: Sunshine State Public Relations Association President Joe Landon presents the SUNSPRA Margie Davidson Leading Light Award to Riverview High School teacher Effa Beauette Nov. 29 in Tampa.
TAMPA - Longtime Riverview High School teacher Effa Beauette was honored with the Sunshine State School Public Relations Association Margie Davidson Leading Light Award Nov. 29 at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay for founding and directing the school's Executive Internship Program since 2004. The statewide award is given each year to someone who "provides outstanding support to public education in Florida, promotes student achievement and helps connect the community to schools," among other criteria. It was presented to Beauette by SUNSPRA President Joe Landon. Read more... |
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Pine View student aces AP Macroeconomics exam | |
MACRO-ECON MASTER: Pine View graduate Anthony Grebe earned every point possible on the AP Macroeconomics exam he took in May 2012.
OSPREY - The College Board recently announced that Pine View School graduate Anthony Grebe earned every point possible on the Advanced Placement Macroeconomics exam he took in May.
Grebe, who graduated from Pine View in 2012 and currently attends Washington University in St. Louis, was one of only 17 students to earn the distinction among the almost 100,000 students worldwide who took the test in 2012. Read more... |
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Brookside students design, build model wind farm | |
WIND FARMERS: Brookside Middle School students in Engineering Technology classes designed and built windmills for a model wind farm. Click here for full caption and story.
SARASOTA - Students in Engineering Technology classes at Brookside Middle School designed and built miniature windmills for a model wind farm to show how an alternative energy source can help provide electric power, using the knowledge they acquired in school to complete the hands-on project.
"This was a complete 'STEM' activity because it incorporated science, technology, engineering and mathematics," said teacher Joel Kaplan. "All the constraints and criteria of this project enabled the students to use the processes of problem solving, thinking and reasoning, along with the safe use of tools and machines. What better way for students to learn than to take an idea from planning to design and then construct a finished working model?" Read more... |
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Sarasota County Schools News Briefs
The School Board of Sarasota County elected Jane Goodwin as chairwoman and Shirley Brown as vice chairwoman in Nov. 20. Chairmanship of the School Board is a one-year term that rotates among the five members. Read more...
The Sarasota County School District graduation rate for 2011-12 improved more than seven percentage points over 2010-11, according to the Florida Department of Education. Using the Federal Uniform Rate, which provides a consistent method for comparing graduation rates among all states and school districts, the 2011-12 graduation rate for Sarasota County public high schools is just under 78 percent, more than three points higher than the state rate of 74.5 percent. Read more...
More than 260 teachers, sponsors, volunteers and school district leaders celebrated the 23rd anniversary of the Classroom Grant Awards Dec. 5. The Education Foundation of Sarasota County announced grants totaling $143,145 for 164 classroom projects developed by teachers from 37 public schools in the district. Read more...
The School Board of Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in its educational programs, services or activities, or employment conditions or practices. To read the full text of the School Board's nondiscrimination statement click here.
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