First Lady Melania Trump paid a surprise visit to West Gate Elementary School on Thursday to learn more about the school’s Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies and how they are effectively using techniques to curb bullying and focus on the needs of the whole child.

A senior at John I. Leonard High School, Neila Montelus has a passion for writing which she indulges through her membership in her school’s poetry club. Montelus is also an author, having already published two collections of inspirational poems, Glimpse of the Soul and Crookedly Aligned.

Maliyah Altemar from Panther Run Elementary School has earned a four-year Florida College Plan scholarship after winning the State of Florida’s Black History Month essay contest.

Dreyfoos’ first Mental Health Awareness Week was an initiative started by The Muse, the school’s newsmagazine. Throughout the week, they had the intention of spreading awareness about mental health, resources available to students, and coping mechanisms to help students work through issues in the school community.

The results will be posted Friday after 4 p.m. on your parent dashboard at www.mypbchoiceapp.com, as well as communications sent to the email address(es) on the application.

While students and staff were away from the classroom for spring break, construction crews were hard at work completing projects funded by the penny sales tax.

Round 2 features Boca Raton High School, Lake Worth High School, Palm Beach Lakes High School, Royal Palm Beach High School, Santaluces High School.

A team of 11,12 and 13-year-old students from Pahokee Middle School have garnered the attention of top physicists and NASA.

They didn’t plan on an all-girls SECME team at U.B. Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School of the Arts, but sometimes things just work out that way, and the young ladies are relishing the opportunity to work together.

Currently, more than 50 visiting teachers from Spain are working in programs throughout the School District. They are granted a visa for up to three years, and they love sharing their language and culture with District students and fellow instructors.

Low-income students benefited from the help of several local organizations, teaming up to assist them with food for over Spring Break. Schools across the District picked up pallets of food and distributed the meals to families at their schools.

David Alfonso, the principal of Palm Beach Lakes Community High School, has been selected by the Florida Department of Education as one of five finalists for the 2019 Principal of the Year for the State of Florida.

March is Women’s History Month, and many high-achieving young women in Palm Beach County high schools are making strides that could one day have them making history in their own special way. Gena Jean-François, a senior at Boynton Beach High School, is one of those accomplished young women.

The Criminal Justice Academy at Atlantic Community High School is a four-year college-level curriculum that combines academics, physical training, and marching and drill.

Conniston Middle is the first in the School District of Palm Beach County to be awarded the title of AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) National Demonstration School.

More than 600 entries from more than 49 schools and community centers were submitted to the ninth annual Alcohol Prevention Poster Contest, demonstrating that the community has made prevention of underage drinking a priority.

More than 13,000 high school juniors and hundreds of high school seniors in Palm Beach County schools will be taking the SAT, free of charge, at their schools on Wednesday, March 6.

The theme for the 2019 School Bus Safety Poster contest is “Red Lights Mean STOP!” Contestants must illustrate the theme in their poster, and all entries are due by Tuesday, May 14, 2019.