New App Will Allow Students to Report Concerns Directly to Local Enforcement
The School District of Palm Beach County and District Police Department are joining with the
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office to provide students and parents with a new tool to connect schools directly with law enforcement.
The app, called Student Protect, allows students, parents and staff to report threats and suspicious activity directly to local law enforcement. It also has the ability for the user to dial 911 and have the exact GPS location of their mobile device sent to first responders. Users can also subscribe to specific schools to receive alerts and notifications from law enforcement. Read more...
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Governor Scott Releases Plan for School Safety and Security
The Sun Sentinel - Governor
Rick Scott
has released his plan for school security and safety, following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Governor Scott has called for $
500 million in new funding for school safety and mental health programs, and major changes in gun sales. He wants to ban the sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21.
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Registration is Now Open for the 2018 Palm Beach Technology Conference:
The Technology Conference Steering Committee and Department of Educational Technology are happy to announce that registration is now open for the 20th Annual Palm Beach Technology Conference to be held on
Saturday, March 3,
at Santaluces Community High School! Read more...
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Get Pumped for Pi Day During the (pre) Pi Day Social!
Join Palm Beach County Council of Teachers of Mathematics (PBCCTM) and the K-12 Mathematics Curriculum Team for a (pre) Pi Day Social!
Enjoy an evening of networking and sharing of classroom-ready Pi Day activities for elementary, middle, and high school. In addition to activity tables, participants will enjoy pizza and pie.
The (pre) Pi Day Social will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 5, at the FHESC in the main cafeteria.
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Quote of the Day from the Teacher of the Year
"I'm just so happy to be a teacher. It's what I was always meant to be." - Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts teacher Sarah Ray, upon learning she had been named the District's Teacher of the Year.
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Got Spirit? Show Us Why Your School Reigns Supreme for a Chance to Win the 2018 Swag Cup!
One lip dub changed everything.
It seemed virtually every Seminole Ridge High School student was amped about all things "Hawks" on their recent video showcasing what makes their school special. As the video boasted more than 139,000 views, there was only one question left unanswered. What does everybody else have to say?
In the spirit of friendly competition, we've created an opportunity for students and schools to engage in some fitting self promotion. The prize? The prestigious Swag Cup
. Yes, we have trophies that say that, and your school could win one of them.
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TED Talk: Success, Failure and the Drive to Keep Creating
Best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert was once an unpublished diner waitress, devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' she found herself identifying strongly with her former self.
With beautiful insight, Gilbert reflects on why success can be as disorienting as failure and offers a simple -- though hard -- way to carry on, regardless of outcomes.
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Battle of the Books Brings Loads of Literary Fun to Palm Beach County Students
On your mark, get set, read!
Battle of the Books is a fun, friendly competition where teams of students read books from a specified list and then compete in a trivia contest based on what they've read. The 2018 Battle of the Books finals competition took place recently inside the studios of The Education Network.
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