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May 13, 2008
Seminole Community College Kitchen and Bath Program Wins National Recognition
Seminole Community College’s (SCC) Interior Design Program was one of only seven schools awarded a "Most Outstanding Annual Requirements" trophy at the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s (NKBA) 2008 conference.
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May 13, 2008
Tampa Student Group Named "Chapter of The Year" By Junior State of America
The Junior State of America (JSA) awarded the student-run JSA Chapter at C. Leon King High School in Tampa with the "Professor E.A. Rogers Chapter of the Year Award."
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May 8, 2008
Seminole Community College Recognized For High Outcomes
Seminole Community College’s (SCC) Respiratory Care Program at the Altamonte Springs Campus, was recently lauded for its high ratio of credentialed therapists by the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).
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May 6, 2008
Florida Students Named U.S. Presidential Scholars
Five Florida high school students were announced as 2008 United States Presidential Scholars. The U. S. Presidential Scholars program honors students for academic achievement, artistic excellence, leadership, citizenship and service at school and in their community.
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May 2, 2008
Florida High Schools Honored for Excellent Student Councils
The National Association of Student Councils (NASC) has recognized five Florida high schools with the National Gold Council of Excellence Awards. The NASC provides national recognition for student councils that consistently provide quality leadership activities and service to their schools and communities. This award provides broader recognition for the most worthy efforts of NASC member schools.
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May 1, 2008
Pine Ridge High Wins $10,000 Goody’s Good Deeds for Schools Grant
Goody’s Family Clothing, Inc., has awarded Pine Ridge High School a $10,000 check that will be used toward purchasing software and a mobile laptop lab to enhance foreign language instruction.
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April 30, 2008
Hamilton County Student Awarded $180,000 ROTC Scholarship
Chad Billington, a senior at Hamilton County High School, has received a $180,000 Navy ROTC scholarship.
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April 30, 2008
Three Florida School Districts Honored for Music Education
The NAMM Foundation announced that Brevard Public Schools, Hillsborough County Public Schools, and Polk County Schools have been recognized in the ninth annual “Best Communities for Music Education” survey
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April 28, 2008
Immokalee High School BETA Club Wins First Place
Immokalee High School (IHS) BETA Club members recently won first place honors at the 66th Annual Florida BETA Club Convention held in Daytona Beach.
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April 23, 2008
Oak Ridge High School Hotel Magnet Students Win National Title
Student teams from around the country competed in the fifth annual National Lodging Management Competition sponsored by the American Hotel and Lodging Association Educational Institute.
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April 18, 2008
Indian River Community College Wins Award From National Group
Indian River Community College (IRCC) has won recognition from a national education group for its successful efforts to enhance the college's culture to foster change.
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April 17, 2008
Marion County Automotive Program Earns Nationally Recognized Certification
Vanguard High School’s automotive training program has received certification by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).
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April 15, 2008
Florida Sunshine State Scholars
The Sunshine State Scholars Program, a mathematics and science recognition program for high school seniors throughout Florida, recently announced its regional scholars for 2008.
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April 14, 2008
Lee County Middle School Wins Odyssey of the Mind
Gulf Middle School students in Lee County recently won first place during the Odyssey of the Mind competition.
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April 14, 2008
Florida PTA Announces 2007-2008 Reflections Recipients
The Florida Parent Teacher Association (PTA) recently announced the 2007-2008 Reflections Recipients.
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April 11, 2008
Orange County Public School Student Achieves Perfect Score On ACT
This year only one Florida student out of 29,000 statewide earned a perfect 36 on the ACT exam.
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April 10, 2008
Rutherford High School Senior Wins State Voice Competition
Rutherford High School senior Darius Jackson in Panama City, Fla., recently won first place in the Grady-Rayam Negro Spiritual Competition in Lakeland, Fla.
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April 7, 2008
Gulf Breeze Schools Set To Compete In National Event
Students from Gulf Breeze Middle School and Gulf Breeze High School are preparing to represent not only their schools but the entire state of Florida.
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April 1, 2008
2008 Flight of Teacher Liaisons Selected
Six Florida public school teachers were recently selected by the Space Foundation as 2008 Flight of Teacher Liaisons.
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March 28, 2008
Sixth Grader Wins National Art Award
Sixth grader Amanda Tutera from Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School, recently won the national award in the Unilever International Schools Art Project (USIAP).
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March 26, 2008
Marion County Teacher Recognized for Her Animation
Karin Gunn, a West Port High School photography and digital animation instructor, has been named one of the nation’s best by the National Art Education Association.
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March 26, 2008
Duval County Teacher Receives Target Grant
Mai D. Keisling, an art teacher at Paxon School for Advanced Studies, was recently selected to receive a $1,000 Target Field Trip Grant.
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March 26, 2008
Marion Technical Institute Named Model School
Marion Technical Institute (MTI) has been selected as a Model High School by the International Center for Leadership in Education.
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March 26, 2008
School Administrator Honored for Contributions to Health
Pinellas County Schools Pre K-12 Health Education Supervisor
Peggy Johns was recently honored at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Steps Program’s Action
Institute.
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March 24, 2008
Oviedo High School Wins State Marksmanship Team Competition
The Oviedo High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
(NJROTC) recently won the state championship as the best NJROTC
Marksmanship Team.
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March 19, 2008
Brevard Robotics Teams Lead Regional Competition
Eight Brevard public high schools recently competed in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Florida Regional Competition.
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March 18, 2008
Rutherford Student Government Association Receives Medallion Award
The Rutherford High School Student Government Association was recently named a Bronze Medallion Council at the Florida Association of Student Councils Convention held in Gainesville, Fla.
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March 12, 2008
Okaloosa County Teacher Named Science Teacher of the Year
Meigs Middle School Science teacher Greer Harvell in Okaloosa County was named the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Shell Science Teacher of the Year.
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March 12, 2008
Choctawhatchee High School Student Wins ADDY Award
Andrea Todd, a sophomore at Choctawhatchee High School in Fort Walton Beach, is the first student to receive the Emerald Coast Advertising Federation's ADDY award.
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March 04, 2008
Escambia County Teacher Receives National Recognition For Technology
Don Manderson, Director of Information Technology for the School District of Escambia County, recently received the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) “Making it Happen in Technology” award at the Florida Council of Instructional Technology Leaders meeting for his contributions to the successful integration of technology in education
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March 03, 2008
Florida Schools Honored By Magnet Schools of America
Seventeen Florida magnet schools were recently recognized by Magnet Schools of America (MSA) as the 2008 Schools of Excellence.
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March 03, 2008
Two Plant City Teachers Recognized for Excellence
Teachers Tecca Kilmer and Janice Rivers Lancaster were recently recognized for their work at Turkey Creek Middle School in Plant City.
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February 29, 2008
“LIFE” Program Engages Middle School Students in Beach Nourishment Project
The Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Learning in Florida’s Environment (LIFE) program recently hosted middle school students from Clearwater’s Kennedy Middle School at Honeymoon Island State Park for a three-day series of labs centered on the park’s recent beach nourishment project.
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February 29, 2008
Seminole Community College Professor and Student Win State Awards
A Seminole Community College (SCC) professor and a student were named Teacher of the Year and Student of the Year by the Florida African American Educators Association (FAAEA).
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February 29, 2008
Polk County Seniors Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists
Eleven Polk County area high school seniors have been named National Merit Scholarship finalists.
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February 29, 2008
Five Elementaries Win National Magnet Awards
Campbell Park Elementary, Douglas L. Jamerson Elementary and Maximo Elementary each have been selected a 2008 Magnet Schools of America (MSA) Magnet School of Excellence.
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February 14, 2008
Polk Superintendent Named Administrator of the Year by Music Association
Polk County Superintendent Gail F. McKinzie, Ph.D. was announced as the 2007-2008 Administrator of the Year by the Florida Music Educators’ Association.
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February 14, 2008
Brevard Public Schools Earns National Civic Star Award for Second Year
Brevard Public Schools’(BPS) partnership to create the Melbourne High School Academy of Business and Finance has been selected as the Florida winner for the 2008 National Civic Star Award.
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February 14, 2008
Tallahassee Community College Honors Students
For the ninth consecutive year, members of Tallahassee Community College’s (TCC) Honors Program have been named winners in the annual Florida Collegiate Honors Council Writing Contest.
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