The Martin County School District is hosting a series of town hall sessions designed to engage our local community in conversations about issues impacting education.

The second session is scheduled for Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. The session will be held at Felix A. Williams Elementary School, 401 NW Baked Road, Stuart, FL 34994. 

Interested community members are encouraged to RSVP here and come prepared to dialogue with fellow Martin County neighbors about legislation, topics and trends that impact our students' educational experience.

The Martin County School District is ready to welcome future students and provide families with all the information needed to prepare for kindergarten during its upcoming Kindergarten Blast Off orientation events.

Parents/caregivers of children who will be five (5) years old on or before September 1, 2024, are invited to visit their home-zoned school at 5:30 p.m. on February 7, 2024. Families will have the opportunity to tour their child's future school, meet the leadership team, visit a kindergarten classroom and learn more about how they can prepare their child for success in elementary school. Staff will provide families with information on our school meal and transportation programs, Extended Day (after-school care) opportunities and how to enroll their child in our high-performing school district!

Families are encouraged to view our attendance boundary maps to determine which elementary school their child will be zoned to attend based on their address. Parents/caregivers may begin the enrollment process now by registering for a FOCUS Parent Portal account or linking their incoming kindergartner to their existing FOCUS Parent Portal account.

The Martin County School District's Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten programs will begin accepting enrollment applications for the 2024-2025 school year on February 7, 2024. Programs are available at select schools with limited enrollment. 

VPK is an early learning program that provides developmentally appropriate instruction and activities to prepare children for kindergarten and beyond by building a solid foundation for school success. To be eligible, students must be four years of age on or before September 1, 2024, and reside within an eligible school attendance zone. 

During the regular School Board meeting on Tuesday, January 16, Martin County School Board members approved new school start times for the 2024-2025 School Year.

Florida HB 733, passed in 2023, requires school districts to comply with new middle and high school start times beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. By July 1, 2026, middle schools may not begin the instructional day prior to 8:00 a.m., and high schools may not begin prior to 8:30 a.m. In order for the Martin County School District to comply, school start and end times have been adjusted for the 2024-2025 school year.

Employee work hours will also be adjusted to coincide with the revised bell schedules, and specific changes will be disclosed at a later date.

The Florida Department of Education allocated funds for school districts electing to comply with the legislative requirement before the mandated start year. The District plans to use a portion of this funding to purchase a school bus tracking system, allowing families to securely monitor the location of their child’s bus.

Families of juniors and seniors will have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with dozens of college representatives and industry professionals during the Martin County School District's Secure My Future College and Career Fair.

The event will take place on February 8, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Martin County School Board Room, located at 1939 SE Federal Highway in Stuart.

Representatives from dozens of secondary institutions will be on-site to provide information about their respective programs, admission requirements, and the numerous scholarships available to our students.

UPCOMING EVENTS

February 6 - 3rd Quarter Interim Reports Posted (Middle & High School Students) - FOCUS Parent Portal

February 7 - 5:30 p.m. - Kindergarten Blast Off- Orientation Event for Class of 2037

February 7 - Enrollment for 2024-2025 School Year Opens - Grades PK/VPK and New Students in Grades K-12

February 8 - 5:30 p.m. - College & Career Night - Juniors/Seniors & Families

February 12 - Professional Learning Day (No School for Students)

February 13 - 4:00 p.m. - School Board Workshop

February 19 - Presidents' Day (Schools/Offices Closed)

February 20 - 4:00 p.m. - School Board Meeting

February 27 - 5:30 p.m. - Community Town Hall (Jensen Beach Area)

The Martin County School District has launched a two-way communication solution that allows teachers, students and families to engage like never before! 

Middle school students in the Martin County School District will soon discover the answer to the question, “Why do I need algebra?”

As part of its “Re-Engineering Algebra” program, the Education Foundation of Martin County brought the “Engineers Teaching Algebra” program to each MCSD-operated middle school earlier this month.

Participating students learned how math is used to create traffic flows at intersections. Although the lesson focused on civil engineering, students were able to observe the use of algebra in numerous real-world applications.

Forty-four exemplary members of the Martin County School District's Class of 2024 have been nominated for the Palm Beach Post's 41st Annual Pathfinder Awards. 

The Pathfinder Awards are presented each year to 54 of the best and brightest seniors in Martin and Palm Beach counties, acknowledging their remarkable achievements in 18 academic, vocational, athletic, and art categories.

The Society for Science recently announced the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2024, and Nira Goyal, a Martin County High School senior, earned a spot on the list.

Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious STEM competition for high school seniors. Nira was selected as a top 300 scholar from 2,162 applications from 712 high schools across 46 states, Puerto Rico and 10 other countries. 

Nira earned this esteemed recognition for her project, Quantification of Macrophomina Phaseolina Survival After Organic Soil Treatments Under Multiple Temperature Regimes, in which she studied how to control the spread of the soil-borne fungus that impacts many crops.