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Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 4:26 p.m. EDT, April 26, 2013 Students at Northeast High in Oakland Park will be setting their “Words Ablaze” during the school’s first-ever school-wide poetry slam on May 1. The winning poet will move on to a county-wide competition on May 23 at Nova Southeastern University. Poems range from environmental concerns [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 6:14 p.m. EDT, April 26, 2013 It’s an honor of presidential proportions. Four students in Broward and four in Palm Beach County were named semifinalists in the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program out of more than 3,000 candidates. It’s one of the nation’s highest honors for graduating seniors who show superior [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 4:01 p.m. EDT, April 17, 2013 They’re still in school but they’re already making their TV debut – on C-SPAN. Eight South Florida students won C-SPAN’s StudentCam competition that asks middle and high school students to produce five to eight minute documentaries. This year, students were asked what issues the President [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 12:33 p.m. EDT, April 11, 2013 The Palm Beach County school district says it’s letting some students taking advanced math classes to opt out of their grade level FCATs. Last week, we ran a story about parents claiming the district was unfairly subjecting their kids to double testing. The state no [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 11:20 a.m. EDT, March 13, 2013 Some students in Delray Beach aren’t just taking class assignments home on the weekend, they’re taking a free supply of food. A program called “Blessings in a Backpack” gives third-grade students at Village Academy backpacks filled with easy-to-make meals and foods. It’s coordinated by Delray [...]
FAU students protest new stadium name (Scott Travis / February 25, 2013) Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel 11:44 a.m. EST, February 25, 2013 About 50 students and others are inside Florida Atlantic University President Mary Jane Saunders’ office protesting last week’s decision to name the stadium after a prison group. Students have nicknamed the project Owlkatraz. [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 6:31 p.m. EST, February 21, 2013 Twitter exploded this afternoon when students from Cypress Bay High School in Weston began tweeting about a website that reportedly contained pictures of naked female students. Officials with the Broward school district said the school was aware of the issue but did not disclose further [...]
By Scott Travis Sun Sentinel 2:51 p.m. EST, February 18, 2013 The University of Miami could become a hub for investigative journalists in South Florida. UM’s School of Communication has teamed up with the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting to train students to produce in-depth, hard-hitting reports and lead to the production of more investigative [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 2:32 p.m. EST, January 22, 2013 It’s not too late to graduate, according to officials at the Broward school district. They will be hosting a re-engagement fair Feb. 2 for students that left high school before earning their diplomas. The fair will help individuals who attend learn what the requirements are [...]
Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 5:35 p.m. EST, January 21, 2013 For 40 students at Roosevelt Middle School, Monday will be a day for the history books. The group attended the Presidential Inauguration and flew in for a three-day trip. The students also visited museums, including newest monument honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They were [...]
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