Top Fundraisers
Earn Right to Give
Coach Mohawk
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Jay Parush keeps his promise to Sunshine
Elementary students. |
In an effort to jumpstart the
fundraising efforts for Sunshine
Elementary School’s annual
Jump Rope 4 Heart event,
physical education coach and
event organizer Jay Parush
promised the top four moneyraisers
that they could cut his
hair in a Mohawk style if the
event raised $6,000 ($1,000
more than last year’s event). The students met the challenge, and on March 15th,
the “hair-raising experience” took place. All proceeds from the Jump Rope 4 Heart
event went to the American Heart Association.
J.P. Taravella’s Les Miserables Honored By State
Thespian Society
J.P. Taravella High School’s Drama Department was honored by the Florida State
Thespian Society for its student presentation of Les Miserables, which was selected
as one of two musicals to be presented on the main stage at Festival 2007 in April. The
purpose of the event – which is held at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center – is to
showcase the outstanding theatre productions in secondary schools throughout the
state of Florida. To raise funds to pay for the trip to Tampa, students held two benefit
performances at the school. This marks the third time the school’s drama department
has been recognized. Its productions of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and On the
Town were honored in 2005 and 1996, respectively.
Coral Springs Band
Performs at ESPN
Party
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Members of the Coral Springs High Marching
Band performing at the ESPN corporate party |
Fifty members of the Coral
Springs High Marching Band
performed at an ESPN corporate
party attended by almost 300 of
the company’s top executives.
The performance took place
at the Orange Bowl on Super
Bowl Sunday and – although wet
weather required band members
to wear their rain ponchos – that
didn’t dampen their enthusiasm or hamper their performance. The band’s director
is Brett Dawson.
2D Animation Grant Supports Reading
Thanks to a grant from the Artist in Residency program, students at Boyd H. Anderson
High School are using 2D animation to create Flash animated public service
announcements to promote reading. Mitzi Plunkett, from the school’s Academy of
Information Technology, applied for the grant. Plunkett is working along with Norman
Henry, Chair of the Fine Arts Department, to assist students in the project. Jeanna
Graham, Mariela Cotto-Cruz and Katrina Whittaker from the school’s Reading
Department are also coming to classrooms to implement reading strategies based
on graphic design and Flash animation topics. Artist Brett Baker, Chair of the Media
Arts Department, Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, is critiquing students’ work and
providing guidance. For information about the project, contact Mitzi Plunkett, 754-322-0200, ext. 3151.
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Career and Technical
Education Conference
Draws 750 Students
On a Wednesday in mid-April, almost 750 students who are enrolled
in the Academy of Finance, Hospitality and Tourism , Information
Technology or in the Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship took
part in a Career and Technical Education Student Conference held at
the Broward County Convention Center. The event was held to provide
high school students with a perspective into the business world and
stress the importance of career preparation. The students listened to
presentations from motivational speakers, industry experts, admissions
officers and college professors. They also attended breakout sessions,
roundtable sessions and panel presentations. Various exhibitors
– including savings institutions, cruise lines, armed forces and
institutions of higher learning – were on hand. Each volunteered their
time to look over student resumes, give dress for success tips, assist
with public speaking suggestions and provide successful interviewing
techniques.
The conference, in its ninth year, was sponsored by the Broward County
Public Schools Career, Technical and Adult/Community Education
Department; Citigroup; American Express; Greater Fort Lauderdale
Convention and Visitors Bureau; DeVry University; Citrix, Broward
Community College, area businesses and postsecondary institutions.
Students are selected to participate because of their association with
the career preparatory program.
Reassignment Window
Is Open
Now – June 15th for the 2007/08
School Year
Employees may submit a reassignment request to have their child attend
the school in which they work, or any school within a five mile radius of
their work site. The Pupil Placement/Reassignment Department will verify
employment and notify the employee in writing if the reassignment has
been approved. After the reassignment window has closed on June 15,
2007, only reassignment requests received from new hires and employees
transferring to a new worksite will be accepted.
You may apply online at (www.browardschools.com). Click on the
“Reassignment Window Now Open” link located on the left side of the home
page or go to the “Departments” link at the top of the home page. Click on
“Pupil Placement/Reassignment” and follow the directions. Once you
have entered the information, press the “submit” button and you will
receive a confirmation number acknowledging that your application was
received. Please print the confirmation page for your records. If you are
unable to apply online, applications are available at all Broward County
Public Schools and the North Central Area Office. Only ONE application
per student will be accepted. Applications received after the window has
closed will not be accepted.
Transportation is not provided with a reassignment, as it is the parent’s
responsibility to provide transportation to the reassigned school.
If you have any questions, please call the Pupil Placement/Reassignment
Department at 754-321-3035. |
