- November 18, 2024
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Angie Buchanan’s second-grade class out racked up the Reading Counts points winning the monthly competition every month of the school year at Old Kings Elementary. The reading ninjas also ended the school year with the most Reading Counts points for the entire school with 4,249 points.
Reading Counts is a program that allows students to take comprehension quizzes on selected books. The points they earn increase with the difficulty of the books
Harshbarger named Grammy music educator finalist
Old Kings Elementary School music teacher Rodney Harshbarger was named as a quarterfinalist for the Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation for the second year in a row.
A total of 222 music teachers from 208 cities across 41 states have been selected and Harshbarger is one of 13 teachers in Florida to receive this honor.
The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools.
The semifinalists will be announced in September.
FPC seniors sign off with beach party
Flagler Palm Coast High School hosted a Beach Party for the Bulldog Class of 2014 May 23, sponsored in part by the Bunnell Moose Lodge and Women’s Auxiliary and the Reserve at Brookhaven. About 150 high school seniors attended, playing volleyball, football, swimming and enjoying hamburgers and hotdogs.
Four Flagler schools to be honored for fighting childhood obesity
Bunnell Elementary, Rymfire Elementary, Wadsworth Elementary, and Matanzas High School will travel to National Healthy Schools Program Forum to receive the award for Increasing Healthy Eating and Physical Activity.
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, founded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation, will recognize these schools for transforming their campus into a healthy place for students and staff.
To earn the National Recognition Award, each school improved its nutrition services and physical activity programs to meet or exceed stringent standards set by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program. The Healthy Schools Program provides professional development to schools such as onsite and virtual trainings with school health experts, access to a customer support center, science-based resources, and success stories--at no cost--to more than 23,000 schools nationwide to help them reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. Schools are eligible for Bronze, Silver, or Gold National Recognition Awards based on their level of achievement.
"As recipients of the Bronze National Recognition Award, I'm proud of the work each school has accomplished to create a healthier and happier environment for students and staff alike,” said Superintendent Jacob Oliva. “They serve as a model for all our schools and I know they will continue to improve and expand these programs in the coming school year".
