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![Four students in blue graduation caps and gowns, standing at a podium on a stage.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1736538661/palmbeachschoolsorg/hfetfye64ke3hwuywkyx/DJGHS2024Graduation.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1736538661/palmbeachschoolsorg/hfetfye64ke3hwuywkyx/DJGHS2024Graduation.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1736538661/palmbeachschoolsorg/hfetfye64ke3hwuywkyx/DJGHS2024Graduation.jpg","width":600}])
The graduation rate for Palm Beach County schools leads Florida’s largest seven school districts and exceeds the state average, according to new data released by the Florida Department of Education (FDOE).
![Katherine Thompson and a group of her students are posed in front of their classroom whiteboard, holding a large check.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1737134040/palmbeachschoolsorg/ya8rx0o8for04y0ol08r/TATKatherineThompson.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1737134040/palmbeachschoolsorg/ya8rx0o8for04y0ol08r/TATKatherineThompson.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1737134040/palmbeachschoolsorg/ya8rx0o8for04y0ol08r/TATKatherineThompson.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1737134040/palmbeachschoolsorg/ya8rx0o8for04y0ol08r/TATKatherineThompson.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1737134040/palmbeachschoolsorg/ya8rx0o8for04y0ol08r/TATKatherineThompson.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1737134040/palmbeachschoolsorg/ya8rx0o8for04y0ol08r/TATKatherineThompson.jpg","width":2200}])
This week’s “Thank a Teacher” winner says when she was a student at Del Prado Elementary, the school taught her to not only love reading, but also to love herself. Katherine Thompson now takes these lessons from her childhood into the classroom as a third grade teacher at Del Prado.
![Five students in the Park Vista drumline, standing at the gate entrance to the school, playing their instruments.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1736977648/palmbeachschoolsorg/aiv1efzduogblc4wqyxk/ParkVistaAnniversary.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1736977648/palmbeachschoolsorg/aiv1efzduogblc4wqyxk/ParkVistaAnniversary.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1736977648/palmbeachschoolsorg/aiv1efzduogblc4wqyxk/ParkVistaAnniversary.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1736977648/palmbeachschoolsorg/aiv1efzduogblc4wqyxk/ParkVistaAnniversary.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1736977648/palmbeachschoolsorg/aiv1efzduogblc4wqyxk/ParkVistaAnniversary.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1736977648/palmbeachschoolsorg/aiv1efzduogblc4wqyxk/ParkVistaAnniversary.jpg","width":1920}])
Happy 20th Anniversary Park Vista Community High School. Recently, the Park Vista community held a celebration ceremony to mark two decades of high academic achievement.
![Author Lois Lowry, reading her book to a classroom of students, sitting on a large rainbow carpet.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1736956994/palmbeachschoolsorg/mz7yrreqlif9h1tgzcbb/LoisLowryatNewHorizons0-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1736956994/palmbeachschoolsorg/mz7yrreqlif9h1tgzcbb/LoisLowryatNewHorizons0-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1736956994/palmbeachschoolsorg/mz7yrreqlif9h1tgzcbb/LoisLowryatNewHorizons0-2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1736956994/palmbeachschoolsorg/mz7yrreqlif9h1tgzcbb/LoisLowryatNewHorizons0-2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1736956994/palmbeachschoolsorg/mz7yrreqlif9h1tgzcbb/LoisLowryatNewHorizons0-2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1736956994/palmbeachschoolsorg/mz7yrreqlif9h1tgzcbb/LoisLowryatNewHorizons0-2.jpg","width":1920}])
Lois Lowry, the renowned author of "The Giver," "Number the Stars," and many other beloved books, visited New Horizons Elementary School.
![Winner of Teacher of the year portrait photo David Sellepack]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1736885517/palmbeachschoolsorg/liz5zcdmqmuyds5ofjod/DavidSellepackTeacheroftheYear.jpg","width":200}])
David Sellepack is a longtime District Science Teacher who received the prestigious Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Teacher of the Year award for the state of Florida.
![January is Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month with SDPBC logo and blue ribbon]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1736884411/palmbeachschoolsorg/fab3wyij14ouvrky23qa/HumanTrafficingAwareness.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1736884411/palmbeachschoolsorg/fab3wyij14ouvrky23qa/HumanTrafficingAwareness.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1736884411/palmbeachschoolsorg/fab3wyij14ouvrky23qa/HumanTrafficingAwareness.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1736884411/palmbeachschoolsorg/fab3wyij14ouvrky23qa/HumanTrafficingAwareness.jpg","width":1080}])
The School District of Palm Beach County is joining forces with the Human Trafficking Coalition of the Palm Beaches to acknowledge January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month.