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Sarasota County Schools Welcomes Superintendent Dr. Brennan Asplen at August 10 Swearing-In Ceremony
SARASOTA COUNTY, August 10, 2020 – Sarasota County Schools formally welcomed Dr. Brennan Asplen as the district’s new Superintendent of Schools this morning. The ceremony, officiated by the Honorable Judge Lee Haworth, was held in the School Board’s chambers.
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August 5 – Important Information from Sarasota County Schools
August 5, 2020 - Please note: Remote learners must register before August 12. This message also covers school reopening resources, summer vaccinations, and registration/re-registration for the 2020-21 school year.
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July 15 – Final Reopening Plan & School Reopening Parent/Guardian Survey
July 15, 2020 - Please note the following information from Sarasota County Schools.
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Highlight of Student Work – “Putting Out Fire … with Gasoline? A Pragmatic Path toward Clean Fuels”
Please join us as we celebrate North Port High School rising senior, Nicholas C. Margiewicz, for his recently published piece in The Bridge 50(2). © National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC.
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Helping Your Child Cope with Back-to-School Stress
Insights from a school-based mental health therapist; preparing children for going back to school amidst a pandemic.
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Booker High VPA Film & Animation Student Piece Selected for Film Festival
Booker High School’s Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Film & Animation students' animated short, "Empty Nest”, was selected for screening in the 17th annual "Animation Block Party" film festival — one of the nation's largest festivals featuring solely animation.
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District’s Pupil Support Services Department to Host “2020 ESE Summer Institute: Shining Star – You Make the Difference”
SARASOTA COUNTY, July 21, 2020 – The Pupil Support Services department of Sarasota County Schools will soon virtually host their 2020 Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Summer Institute on Wednesday, July 29th.
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Reading Recovery – End-of-Year Success Stories & Reflections
Please join us as we highlight the end-of-year success of some of our Reading Recovery students & teachers!
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Booker High VPA to Host “Glory” on Friday, July 3
SARASOTA COUNTY, July 2, 2020 – On Friday, July3, Booker High School’s VPA Music department will proudly present its first-ever online concert: “Glory”. The concert will be streamed on the program’s YouTube channel.
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Inside a Child’s Mind – Insights from a Mental Health Therapist
Screaming, crying, whining, eye rolling, hitting, kicking and more are all things that teachers and parents may be a little too familiar with...
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District to Receive $50,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
Sarasota County Schools receives Art Works award of $50,000 for Social Emotional Learning Through Arts Integration.
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District Seniors Selected as TeamUP Council Award Winners
Please join us as we celebrate and recognize this year’s student winners!
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Managing Meltdowns with Mindfulness during COVID-19
Insights from a school-based mental health therapist; managing meltdowns with mindfulness during COVID-19.
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Florida Center: Being a “Good Enough” Parent During COVID-19
Valuable insights from a school-based mental health therapist; helping parents and children adjust to changes from COVID-19.
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North Port High School Recognized as a Florida Arts Model School
The Florae Alliance for Arts Education recently recognized North Port High School as a Florida Arts Model School, with an additional Florida Arts Achieve School designation.
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Booker High VPA: Ringling Collaboration has Lasting Effects in “Legacy.Left.”
SARASOTA COUNTY, March 4, 2020 – Booker High School’s VPA Dance department will dig into the past to present its upcoming showcase, “Legacy.Left.” at 7:00 PM, March 6 & 7 in the VPA Theatre. One of the pieces embraces the John and Mable Ringling legacy, a cornerstone of Sarasota’s heritage.
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How to Protect Your Child in an Increasingly Digital Age
Advice from a school-based mental health therapist on protecting children in the digital age.
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Booker Middle Drama Students Bring History to Life for a Younger Generation
SARASOTA COUNTY, February 21, 2020 – Booker Middle School’s Visual & Performing Arts program is partnering with Gulf Gate Elementary School to bring history to life through arts integration.
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First Lady Casey DeSantis Releases Guidelines for “The Facts. Your Future.” Video Competition
$34,000 in cash prizes available for students and schools for winning videos highlighting substance abuse prevention
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Booker High JROTC to Host Marker Placement Ceremony at Oaklands-Woodlawn Cemetery – February 19
SARASOTA COUNTY, February 11, 2020 – Booker High School’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program will host a marker placement ceremony at the Oaklands-Woodlawn Cemetery for African-Americans (1037 Gillespie Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236) at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, February 19. The event will pay tribute to veterans and community members who are buried there.
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Booker High VPA Theatre Students to Present Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” – February 20-22
SARASOTA COUNTY, February 11, 2020 – Booker High School’s Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) theatre department will present William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” during three 7:00 PM shows from Thursday, February 20— Saturday, February 22 in the VPA theatre. The productions will be directed by Sunny Smith.
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Sarasota Middle School’s "Joyful Voices" on Their Way to Nashville
SARASOTA COUNTY, February 5, 2020 – On February 13-17, students in Sarasota Middle School’s (SMS) "Joyful Voices" choir, under the direction of Nadia Sawa, will be travelling to perform in Nashville, TN, also affectionately known as "Music City, U.S.A.”. This is the first time the SMS choir will be travelling out of state to perform.
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Booker High Students to Adapt Stephen King’s “The Last Rung on the Ladder” Into Film
Students enrolled in Booker High School’s Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Film & Animation program will soon be adapting best-selling author Stephen King’s short story “The Last Rung on the Ladder” into a film.
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Pine View School’s High School Choral Program Hits All the Right Notes
SARASOTA COUNTY, December 17. 2019 – Pine View School’s high school choral program has had a remarkable first half of the 2019-20 school year. From prestigious performances to rigorous competitions, these students have impressed audiences near and far with their undeniable musicality!
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Prague Youth Film Festival to Showcase Booker High Students’ “Into the Storm”
SARASOTA COUNTY, December 13, 2019 – Booker High School’s acclaimed student-made documentary —“Into the Storm”— was selected to appear in the Prague Youth Film Festival, where it will be seen and adjudicated by industry professionals from around the globe
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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.
