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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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