January 2021

In the Aerospace Science Academy at Boynton Beach Community High School, students learn to fly airplanes, having the opportunity to get into an airplane cockpit and take the controls.

Plumosa School of the Arts will begin welcoming sixth graders in Fall 2021, as part of its expansion to become a K-8 campus.

The School District of Palm Beach County is collaborating with Broward County Public Schools, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and the School District of Osceola County to host a college access event highlighting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Ashley Reese, a teacher at Carver Middle School, has been named a recipient of a Society for Science & the Public STEM Research Grant.

Congratulations to Pahokee High School senior Jasmine Calderon for being one of only twelve Take Stock in Children Leaders for Life scholarship finalists in the state of Florida.

Congratulations to Gove Elementary School and Park Vista High School for winning the Community Engagement of Volunteers Award sponsored by Horace Mann and the Florida Association of Partners in Education.

The graduation rate for the Class of 2020 in Palm Beach County’s District-operated schools climbed to 94.4%, according to the Florida Department of Education. This rate represents a sharp increase from the 91.6% graduation rate in 2019.

For Christmas 2020, Glades Central High School alumnus and Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes generously donated hundreds of gifts to families in need, through a collaboration between his 10 ALL IN Foundation, United Healthcare, and local farmers from U.S. Sugar.

Two School District of Palm Beach County departments will team up on an important initiative to support students in the community who are in need of meal assistance.

Students enrolled in the eSports program at Eagles Landing Middle School recently had the opportunity to build their own gaming computers. See their reactions when they found out they would get to take the computers home!