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Atwater Elementary Selected for 2019-2020 ECTAC E2 Project
SARASOTA COUNTY, December 12, 2019 – Sarasota County Schools is pleased to announce that Atwater Elementary School has been invited to participate in the 2019 – 2020 ECTAC Exceeding Expectations (E2) Project. Currently in its ninth year, the ECTAC E2 Project strives to uplift and recognize Title I schools across Florida that are exceeding expectations related to improving student achievement across many benchmarks.
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Venice Elementary’s Heather Young Named Sarasota County 2020 Teacher of the Year
SARASOTA COUNTY, December 11, 2019 – Heather Young, a 22-year veteran teacher in her first year of teaching visual arts at Venice Elementary School, was named the 2020 Sarasota County Teacher of the Year at the Dec. 11 Ignite Education celebration hosted by the Education Foundation of Sarasota County (EFSC).
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Sarasota County School Board Appoints Jody Dumas to the Position of Assistant Superintendent, Chief Operating Officer
SARASOTA COUNTY, December 10, 2019 – The Sarasota County School Board approved the appointment of Jody Dumas to the position of Assistant Superintendent, Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. Mr. Dumas has served as both interim COO and the executive director of Facilities, Planning and Construction since June. The school district will look to hire a new executive director to assume his previous position.
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Behind the Curtain of Sarasota High School Theatre’s “White Christmas”
SARASOTA COUNTY, December 10, 2019 – From December 11 to December 14, Sarasota High School will be hosting performances of “White Christmas”. With show stopping numbers, a bit of romance, some mischief, and a lot of heart, this is the musical we have all been dreaming of!
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Booker High School to Showcase “Tuck Everlasting”
SARASOTA COUNTY, December 10, 2019 – The award-winning Booker High School Visual & Performing Arts (VPA) Theatre department will present the area premiere of “Tuck Everlasting”, a musical based on the cherished children’s novel by Natalie Babbitt.
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How School-Based Therapy is Destigmatizing Mental Health
“My family thinks I’m crazy … is there something wrong with me?”. This is a phrase I’m used to hearing when I take on a new client.
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Booker Middle School Teacher Recognized by CFES Brilliant Pathways for Preparing Students for College and Careers
SARASOTA COUNTY, November 8, 2019 – When Booker Middle School Principal Dr. LaShawn Frost asked Haley Shaffer to become a CFES Brilliant Pathways liaison, she knew the social studies teacher would take the award-winning program to even greater heights.
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Reading Recovery Initiative in Sarasota County Schools Outperforms National Average for Third Consecutive Year
SARASOTA COUNTY, November 4, 2019 – The results are in: Reading Recovery in Sarasota County Schools has outpaced the national average of success for this widely implemented literacy intervention for the third year in a row.
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Safe Trick-or-Treating Tips Every Parent Should Know
SARASOTA COUNTY, October 25, 2019 – As a school-based mental health therapist and the mother of two teenagers, I have put a lot of thought into Halloween and trick-or-treating safety over the years.
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Record-breaking 803 Superintendents Pledge to Prioritize Attendance in 2019-20 School Year
Sarasota County Schools contributes to record-breaking pledge to prioritize attendance.
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Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is All Day, Every Day
Monday mornings get a bad rap, and they get even worse when national headlines such as “UN Meeting Reveals a World in a Really Bad Mood” flood our minds. Negative headlines such as this set the tone for the entire day, and if you are like me, you may wonder if you took one deep breath throughout the day... Read more to learn about Sarasota County Schools' approach to Social and Emotional Learning (SEL).
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Booker High School VPA Theatre to Open Season with Rough Magic
The Booker High School VPA theatre department will present Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s “Rough Magic” as the VPA season opener.
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Booker High School Students Collaborate with Award-winning Children’s Author
Award-winning children’s book author Ethan Long will collaborate with students from the Booker High School Visual & Performing Arts (VPA) Film & Animation department to create an animation for his story “Empty Nest”.
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Forty Carrots Family Center – Celebrating 25 Years of Serving Sarasota County
Since 1993, more than 40,000 families from all walks of life have been strengthened through Forty Carrots’ programs and services, which can mitigate the negative effects of toxic stress, poverty, abuse and other adverse environments.
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Booker High School’s Kaleidoscope of Creativity Program Awards $16,000 in Scholarships
SARASOTA COUNTY – This past school year, several students in the Booker High School Visual & Performing Arts Program were awarded scholarship money to provide funding relief for enrollment in summer pre-college or collegiate programs in the arts.
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Allison Hamley Named 2019 Venice-Nokomis Rotary Teacher of the Year
Learn more about the amazing Venice Elementary teacher that received the 2019 Teacher of the Year award from the Venice-Nokomis Rotary Club
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Family Members ‘Major’ in Mental Health at Parent University
The Florida Center for Early Childhood’s team of school-based mental health therapists took on new a role this summer – they served as “professors” at Parent Universities across the county.
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Commissioner Corcoran Releases New Back-to-School Reading List
Read all about Commissioner Corcoran's new Back-to-School Reading List
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Career & Technical Education: Opening Opportunities for Students in an Ever-Changing World
Learn more about the benefits of CTE and how this immersive program is helping to shape our future.
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Unplug and Connect: 4 Ways to Limit Screen Time this Summer
A few tips on how to get your child to unplug and engage this summer.
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3rd Annual Sarasota Police Department ‘Pack the Patrol Car’ July 8 - August 2, 2019
Help the Sarasota Police Department 'Pack the Patrol Car'!
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From Teacher to School Therapist: 5 Lessons I Learned on my Journey
A local school therapist shares her insights on children's mental health
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JFCS of the Suncoast’s Book Drive & Distribution Benefits Fruitville Elementary Students, Among Others
Charitable giving is hardly a “Novel” concept for our friends at JFCS of the Suncoast!
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Pine View Students Among Top Honorees in Florida History Day Competition
Pine View's Quinn and Devin Gulliver are ready to take their history expertise to a "national" next level
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Sarasota County Schools Gets Ready to “Dive Into Reading” This Summer
Students are set to "dive" into great books with Sarasota County Schools and Gecko's this summer!
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District Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Sarasota County Schools and Any Given Child Sarasota are pleased to share that the school district has been awarded a $45,000 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant
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Habitat Sarasota and Suncoast Technical College Complete Affordable Home Funded with SHIP Dollars
Learn more about the innovative partnership between Habitat Sarasota, Suncoast Technical College (STC), and the Sarasota Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD)
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Booker High School’s Engineering Program Ignites Passions, Empowers Females
Booker High School empowers engineering-inclined female students to harness their potential
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Pine View School’s Kevin Zhu Places Second in State STEM Fair Engineering & Competes at Intel ISEF
Kevin shares the inspiration for, and rationale behind, his award-winning project
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Bay Haven Students Experience “Careers in Tech Expo”
Students explore exciting future careers at annual Careers in Tech Expo
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Lamarque Elementary Students Share Kindness and Love
On Tuesday, May 7th smiles were present on the faces of young and elderly alike in North Port.
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ESE Program Specialist Elizabeth Lewis Receives “Making a Difference” Award
Congratulations to our very own Elizabeth Lewis! She was recently recognized at FDCDT’s VISIONS XXVI: Charting the Course, a transition planning institute and conference held in St. Augustine.
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Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week Shines Light on Mental Health in Early Childhood
A piece by Melissa Bradley, director of school-based mental health therapy at the Florida Center for Early Childhood, in recognition of Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
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Sarasota Middle School’s Odyssey of the Mind Team Heads to World Finals
Some amazing students from Sarasota Middle School will soon find themselves performing for the world… the Odyssey of the Mind World Championship, that is!
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Meet Record-Breaking 10-Year-Old Playwright, Viviana
Viviana is a normal fifth grader. Her favorite colors are robin’s egg blue and sea foam green. In her spare time, she enjoys reading Harry Potter and playing with her dog, Millie. She also really likes watching random videos on YouTube.
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Pine View’s Claire Critchett Wins Florida Governor’s Black History Month Essay Contest
The following award-winning essay was written by Claire Critchett. Claire was the only middle school student in the state of Florida to win this essay contest. She received a four-year Florida College Plan scholarship provided by Florida Prepaid College Foundation.
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Booker High School's "Into the Storm" Featured at Sarasota Film Festival
The Booker High School VPA Digital Film and Motion Design Department will premiere its full-length documentary, “Into the Storm,” as a part of the Sarasota Film Festival’s Special Education Events at 6:30 p.m. on April 9 at the Municipal Auditorium.
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Pine View School Clubs Set to Deliver Fresh Produce to Families in Need
Several service clubs from Pine View School will soon distribute more than 40,000 pounds of fresh produce and other food to low-income families in Sarasota.
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Alta Vista Elementary Wins Measured Treasure Math Challenge
How often do you guesstimate the amount of money that’s sitting in your change jar at home? Some use fancy formulas to figure it out, but one community volunteer wanted to put local students to the test to do the hard work for them.
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Innovative New CFES Course at Booker Middle School Takes College and Career Readiness to Next Level
Booker Middle School Principal Dr. Lashawn Frost is dedicated to ensuring that every one of her 800 students is on track to be college and career ready.
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Lunchtime with Officer Roy
School Resource Officer Roy loves to visit with his kids at Lamarque Elementary!
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Pine View School's Lenny Gross
PE Aide Leonard “Lenny” Gross is a bit of a legend at Pine View School.
