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20th Annual “Just Do It…I Did!” Student Awards Program Honors Students With Disabilities During Disability and History Awareness Weeks
October 16, 2018
WHO:
School Board Members, Superintendent Robert W. Runcie, Students, Parents, Teachers, School Administrators and District Staff
WHAT:
The 2018 “Just Do It I Did” Student Awards Program honors the exemplary achievements of students with disabilities.
WHEN:
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
9 – 11 a.m.
WHERE:
Atlantic Technical College, Arthur Ashe Jr. Campus
1701 NW 23rd Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311
WHY:
The “Just Do It…I Did!” Student Awards Program is a District wide celebration recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of students with disabilities as part of Disability and History Awareness Weeks, observed during the first two weeks of October. During the awards ceremony, approximately 100 Broward County Public Schools students will be recognized for showing significant improvement or exemplary achievement in a variety of areas. In addition, five students will be honored as “Recognized Recipients” for earning the highest scores in their grade level category: preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school and adult (ages 19-22 years).
The “Just Do It…I Did!” Student Awards Program is presented by the Exceptional Student Learning Support Division, with the generous support of the following sponsors: Aveda Institute South Florida, Follett School Solutions, Historic Stranahan House Museum, Home Depot, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, James Dean, The Officiants, Key2Ed, NSU Art Museum, Publix, Really Good Stuff, Scholastic Education, The Broward Autism Foundation, The Eppy Group, The Jason Taylor Foundation, Touch Math, RandomSource & Hinson and, Voya Financial Services.
MEDIA ARE INVITED TO COVER THIS EVENT.
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