Rachel Capitano, principal of Don Estridge High Tech Middle School, and Justin Arnone, assistant principal of Palm Beach Central High School were the big winners at the School District of Palm Beach County Principal of the Year and Assistant Principal of the Year awards ceremony on January 28.

A grant from the U.S. Department of Education will help the School District of Palm Beach County recruit, develop, support, and retain outstanding educators.

François Dulysse, a former student in the School District of Palm Beach County, was drafted by the New England Revolution as the 51st overall pick in the second round of the 2021 Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft.

Students and staff at John I. Leonard High School collaborate with the “Living Skills in Schools” team to provide 500 meals for school families to encourage meals at home and discussion of ways to prevent substance use and abuse. Living Skills in the Schools is a substance abuse prevention program serving schools throughout Palm Beach County with free programming since 1999.

The School District of Palm Beach County School Board approved employee pay raises at the January 20 Board meeting.

The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (FRLA), a longtime business partner with Palm Beach Gardens Community High, recently provided the school with a generous donation to fund scholarships for Culinary and Hospitality students in the Five Star Magnet program.

Latinos in Action (LIA) is a class/program in which bilingual Latino students provide more than 2,200 hours of instructional assistance to elementary and middle school English as a Second Language (ESL) students.

High-paying job skills, free industry certifications, college preparation, and life skills are all available to students in the HVAC Academy at Royal Palm Beach Community High School.

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!