Schools

Politicians Become Expats: South Florida Power Couple Retires to Panama

Politicians Become Expats: South Florida Power Couple Retires to Panama

Two Broward County Politicians will soon become expatriates when they head off to a new life in Panama in June.

Former Broward County School Board Member, David Thomas, and his wife Cindy, who sits on Broward Soil and Water Conservation District, are teachers at J.P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs where David teaches AP Psychology and Cindy teaches AP American History.

Coral Springs High School Establishes Four Innovative Programs to Attract and Retain Motivated Students

Coral Springs High School Establishes Four Innovative Programs to Attract and Retain Motivated Students

By: Ben Mitchell – Coral Springs High School (CSHS), one of the premiere high schools in the district, is attracting some of the top students in the county through the implementation of four new and exciting Innovative Programs.
Broward County’s Innovative Programs are schools that provide unique or thematic instruction to attract and maintain home boundary student enrollment, as well as offering students an opportunity to attend a school other than their boundary school.

City recognizes Coral Springs Charter School for ‘A’ rating

City recognizes Coral Springs Charter School for ‘A’ rating

Last week, the Florida Department of Education released the 2011-2012 high school grade results. Coral Springs Charter, along with Coral Glades High, Coral Springs High, J.P. Taravella High, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, all received an ‘A’ rating based on students’ performance relative to state standards, graduation rates, participation and success in accelerated courses, and postsecondary preparation.

Local High School Student Develops Program Helping Students and Local Food Bank

Local High School Student Develops Program Helping Students and Local Food Bank

Rachael Rosier spends afternoons teaching both writing and theatre to students who would not otherwise get exposure to either. Her program called, Lil’ Playwrites not only helps the students in the schools that she teaches, but helps stocks the shelves of the WECARE food pantry in Sunrise, as the only fee to take her class, is one can of food.

Foreign Exchange Students Seeking Local Host Families in Coral Springs and Parkland

Foreign Exchange Students Seeking Local Host Families in Coral Springs and Parkland

What do teens like Amanda from Brazil, Alexander from Germany, Rosa from Estonia, Ala from Tunisia and Rui from China have in common? These teens plus 60 others are headed to the United States in August as part of a group of about 3,500 teens from 60 countries, all of whom will be Youth for Understanding (YFU) high school exchange students.