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Astronomy Picture of the Day
The next three photos are provided until the U.S. Manned Space program is restored
Atlantis Reflection
Image Credit: NASA, Bill Ingalls
Explanation: Space shuttle orbiter Atlantis left planet Earth on Friday, July 8, embarking on the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. The momentous launch was the final one in NASA's 30 year space shuttle program that began with the launch of the first reusable spacecraft on April 12, 1981. In this reflective prelaunch image from July 7, Atlantis stands in a familiar spot on the Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A, after an early evening roll back of the pad's Rotating Service Structure. The historic orbital voyages of Atlantis have included a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, deployment of Magellan, Galileo, and the Compton Gamma-ray Observatory, and seven trips to the Russian space station Mir. Scheduled to dock once again with the International Space Station on Sunday, Atlantis has now made its 33rd and final trip to orbit.
Shuttle Atlantis Reentry Streak from Orbit
Image Credit: ISS Expedition 28 Crew, STS-135 Mission, NASA
Explanation: What's that strange bright streak? It is the last image ever of a space shuttle from orbit. A week and a half ago, after decoupling from the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle Atlantis fired its rockets for the last time, lost its orbital speed, and plummeted back to Earth. Within the next hour, however, the sophisticated space machine dropped its landing gear and did what used to be unprecedented -- landed like an airplane on a runway. Although the future of human space flight from the USA will enter a temporary lull, many robotic spacecraft continue to explore our Solar System and peer into our universe, including Cassini, Chandra, Chang'e 2, Dawn, Fermi, Hubble, Kepler, LRO, Mars Express, Messenger, MRO, New Horizons, Opportunity, Planck, Rosetta, SDO, SOHO, Spitzer, STEREO, Swift, Venus-Express, and WISE.
Atlantis Safe On The Ground
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January Aurora Over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright: Bjørn Jørgensen
Explanation: What's that in the sky? An aurora. A large coronal mass ejection occurred on our Sun five days ago, throwing a cloud of fast moving electrons, protons, and ions toward the Earth. Although most of this cloud passed above the Earth, some of it impacted our Earth's magnetosphere and resulted in spectacular auroras being seen at high northern latitudes. Pictured above is a particularly photogenic auroral corona captured last night above Grotfjord, Norway. To some, this shimmering green glow of recombining atmospheric oxygen might appear as a large eagle, but feel free to share what it looks like to you. This round of solar activity is not yet over -- a new and even more powerful solar flare occurred yesterday that might provide more amazing aurora as soon as tonight.
Red Aurora Over Australia
Credit & Copyright: Alex Cherney (Terrastro, TWAN)
Explanation: Why would the sky glow red? Aurora. Last week's solar storms, emanating mostly from active sunspot region 1402, showered particles on the Earth that excited oxygen atoms high in the Earth's atmosphere. As the excited element's electrons fell back to their ground state, they emitted a red glow. Were oxygen atoms lower in Earth's atmosphere excited, the glow would be predominantly green. Pictured above, this high red aurora is visible just above the horizon last week near Flinders, Victoria, Australia. The sky that night, however, also glowed with more familiar but more distant objects, including the central disk of our Milky Way Galaxy on the left, and the neighboring Large and Small Magellanic Cloud galaxies on the right. A time-lapse video highlighting auroras visible that night puts the picturesque scene in context. Why the sky did not also glow green remains unknown.
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HSCA employs teachers who have a servant's heart (Phil. 2:5-7).
HSCA partners with parents who seek to raise children in the training and instruction of the Lord (Eph. 6:4).
HSCA trains students who are being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ (Rom. 8:29).
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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 22, 2012
1561 William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais
1630 Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving
1744 Battle at Toulon English-French & Spanish fleet
1774 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright
1775 1st US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at £10
1784 1st US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China", sails from New York
1819 Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onís Treaty)
1821 Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million
1825 Russia & Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary
1847 Battle of Buena Vista US troops beat Mexican army
1854 1st meeting of the Republican Party, Michigan
1856 1st national meeting of the Republican Party (Pittsburgh)
1860 Shoe-making workers of Lynn MS, strike successfully for higher wages
1872 1st national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH)
1872 Labor Reform Party formed at Columbus OH
1876 Johns Hopkins University opens
1878 Greenback Labor Party formed (Toledo OH)
1879 1st 5¢ & 10¢ store opened by Frank W Woolworth in Utica NY
1889 President Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana & Washington state
1900 Hawaii became a US territory
1915 Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war
1922 Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin
1923 Transcontinental airmail service begins
1928 1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler)
1932 Purple Heart award re-instituted
1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House
1941 Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam
1945 Arab League forms (Cairo)
1948 Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die
1958 Egypt & Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR)
1959 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH)
1972 President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing
1973 US & China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing & Washington DC
1989 UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"
1989 US authors demonstrate against Iranian death threats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals"
1991 Bush & US Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal
1992 Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox
1995 Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km)
2001 A U.N. war crimes tribunal convicted three Bosnian Serbs on charges of rape and torture in the first case of wartime sexual enslavement to go before an international court.
2002 The Angolan army and government announced the killing of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi.
2005 A Virginia man was charged with plotting with al-Qaeda to kill President George W. Bush. (Ahmed Omar Abu Ali was later convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison.)
2006 Insurgents destroyed the golden dome of one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines, the Askariya mosque in Samarra, setting off a spasm of sectarian violence.
2006 Thieves stole $96 million from a Bank of England cash depot 30 miles southeast of London in Britain's largest cash robbery.
Mimi McCallum's Art Reflection
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My “people stories” are paintings including figure in them. This is a subject I enjoy painting. My people are All People and an experience we can share. The “At the Beach” series provides glimpses of sensual and relaxing times that are the beach. The beach offers a refuge from the routine and mundane. The figures enjoy the warm sun, the wind blowing their hair, umbrellas, towels, sand in their toes and the beauty of the ocean.
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CLARK ADVANCED LEARNING CENTER
RANKED 7TH BEST HIGH SCHOOL IN FLORIDA
High academic achievement, exceptional graduation rates and outstanding student success earned the Clark Advanced Learning Center designation as the 7th best high school in Florida, according to rankings released by the Florida Department of Education. The Clark received 1,453 points, 91% of all possible points. The public charter high school is an "A"rated school located on the Chastain Campus of Indian River State College in Stuart.
"Clark students benefit from an outstanding teaching and learning environment. Every Clark student receives personal attention in our small school setting, with opportunities to connect what they learn in the classroom to their career interests and to earn college credits while still in high school," said Maria Mosley, Clark Executive Director. "We are very proud of our students and teachers for attaining this level of achievement and state-wide recognition."
High Schools are ranked statewide according to the number of school grade points they received for the 2010-2011 school year. Florida's high schools are graded based on scores attained by their students in the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), graduation rates, accelerated coursework participation and performance, and postsecondary readiness. The total possible points for high schools is 1600.
Since the 1998-1999 school year, Floridians have used school grades to help assess the quality of their local schools. The school rankings, based on the points used to determine school grades, are part of the Department of Education's ongoing effort to increase transparency by providing clear measures and metrics to help parents of school-age children, educators, and taxpayers in Florida evaluate their local schools.
Clark Advanced Learning Center students have an opportunity to complete one to two years of college at no cost through dual enrollment. Students engage in internships related to their interests and utilize technology in project-based learning. A personal laptop computer is assigned to each student while in attendance at the school. The Clark Advanced Learning Center is now accepting applications for the 2012/2013 school year. For more information, call (772) 419-5750 or
Martin Youth LEADERship Explores Health & Wellness Day
Stuart, FL – On Tuesday, the 36 students and mentors with the Martin Youth LEADERship (MYL) Program held their sixth session of the 2011-2012 school year. This month’s event (Health & Wellness Day), began at Publix learning good healthy food through the use of a scavenger hunt. After a short trip across U.S. 1 to Stevy B’s Pizza and a presentation by Jessica Leslie and the consequences of Drinking and Driving. It was then off to the YMCA where a group fitness experience was conducted by Christina Wood. That’s one way to burn off all those pizza calories.
The Martin Youth LEADERship Program is for high school students, and is in its 15th year, sponsored in part by Seacoast National Bank, the parent-organization Martin LEADERship through the Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce and supported by the Martin County School District. The group is continually striving to better serve the students that have made application, and been accepted in the program. The current Martin Youth LEADERship program is an opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors throughout Martin County to develop and enhance their leadership skills. Students must apply, and, on average, 37 are selected to participate in the comprehensive nine-month program that is modeled after LEADERship Martin County. Upon completion, these Leaders have learned about their community including history, government, business, arts and culture, criminal justice and the environment. Class members are given a rare opportunity to reach their highest leadership potential through sessions focusing on Covey’s Effective Habits and other leadership enhancing activities. Every effort is made to select a racially, gender diverse class representing various levels of leadership experience.
Coming up in May 2012, the Martin Youth LEADERship will celebrate “Graduation.” At Monarch Country Club in Palm City. For more information about Martin Youth LEADERship, and how you too, might become a sponsor, donor, event coordinator or advisory board member, please see the group web site at: www.leadershipmcalumni.com/youth_leadership.asp, or contact 2010-2011 Chair, Diana Bruton at 963 SE Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL. 34994 (772) 286-1900.
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Martin Youth LEADERship Explores Health & Wellness Day
Stuart, FL – On Tuesday, the 36 students and mentors with the Martin Youth LEADERship (MYL) Program held their sixth session of the 2011-2012 school year. This month’s event (Health & Wellness Day), began at Publix learning good healthy food through the use of a scavenger hunt. After a short trip across U.S. 1 to Stevy B’s Pizza and a presentation by Jessica Leslie and the consequences of Drinking and Driving. It was then off to the YMCA where a group fitness experience was conducted by Christina Wood. That’s one way to burn off all those pizza calories.
The Martin Youth LEADERship Program is for high school students, and is in its 15th year, sponsored in part by Seacoast National Bank, the parent-organization Martin LEADERship through the Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce and supported by the Martin County School District. The group is continually striving to better serve the students that have made application, and been accepted in the program. The current Martin Youth LEADERship program is an opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors throughout Martin County to develop and enhance their leadership skills. Students must apply, and, on average, 37 are selected to participate in the comprehensive nine-month program that is modeled after LEADERship Martin County. Upon completion, these Leaders have learned about their community including history, government, business, arts and culture, criminal justice and the environment. Class members are given a rare opportunity to reach their highest leadership potential through sessions focusing on Covey’s Effective Habits and other leadership enhancing activities. Every effort is made to select a racially, gender diverse class representing various levels of leadership experience.
Coming up in May 2012, the Martin Youth LEADERship will celebrate “Graduation.” At Monarch Country Club in Palm City. For more information about Martin Youth LEADERship, and how you too, might become a sponsor, donor, event coordinator or advisory board member, please see the group web site at: www.leadershipmcalumni.com/youth_leadership.asp, or contact 2010-2011 Chair, Diana Bruton at 963 SE Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL. 34994 (772) 286-1900.
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LADY STUART THE MOST FISHING TIME OF ANY BOAT IN THE AREA
Take a kid fishing today
Located at the Hutchinson Island Marriott Marina, Stuart, FL
Martin Youth LEADERship Explores Health & Wellness Day
Stuart, FL – On Tuesday, the 36 students and mentors with the Martin Youth LEADERship (MYL) Program held their sixth session of the 2011-2012 school year. This month’s event (Health & Wellness Day), began at Publix learning good healthy food through the use of a scavenger hunt. After a short trip across U.S. 1 to Stevy B’s Pizza and a presentation by Jessica Leslie and the consequences of Drinking and Driving. It was then off to the YMCA where a group fitness experience was conducted by Christina Wood. That’s one way to burn off all those pizza calories.
The Martin Youth LEADERship Program is for high school students, and is in its 15th year, sponsored in part by Seacoast National Bank, the parent-organization Martin LEADERship through the Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce and supported by the Martin County School District. The group is continually striving to better serve the students that have made application, and been accepted in the program. The current Martin Youth LEADERship program is an opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors throughout Martin County to develop and enhance their leadership skills. Students must apply, and, on average, 37 are selected to participate in the comprehensive nine-month program that is modeled after LEADERship Martin County. Upon completion, these Leaders have learned about their community including history, government, business, arts and culture, criminal justice and the environment. Class members are given a rare opportunity to reach their highest leadership potential through sessions focusing on Covey’s Effective Habits and other leadership enhancing activities. Every effort is made to select a racially, gender diverse class representing various levels of leadership experience.
Coming up in May 2012, the Martin Youth LEADERship will celebrate “Graduation.” At Monarch Country Club in Palm City. For more information about Martin Youth LEADERship, and how you too, might become a sponsor, donor, event coordinator or advisory board member, please see the group web site at: www.leadershipmcalumni.com/youth_leadership.asp, or contact 2010-2011 Chair, Diana Bruton at 963 SE Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL. 34994 (772) 286-1900.
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Arts, Coffee, Conversation & Goodwill
  
Jensen Beach -- This event was sponsored by Starbucks Coffee Company in cooperation with the Jensen Beach Chamber of Commerce & Entreprenuership Foundation to provide essential support to the arts programs at Felix A Williams Elementary School, Jensen Beach Elementary School, Stuart Middle School and Jensen Beach High School.
The evening was highlighted by student performances, student art work, live student artists.
In addition a variety of area restaurants and businesses provided food samples including but not limited to 11 Maple Street, Ian's Tropical Grill, Ind. Consultants from The Pampered Chef.
There was an amazing selection of auction items available to help support the schools!
There was a mini obstacle course for kids to try and face painting.
Chair massages were provided by Vital Chiropractic for a donation to the fundraiser and so much more!
Everyone joined in this hometown community event put on in partnership with community members for the students of our community! Last year was great. This year wassimply amazing!
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Arts, Coffee, Conversation & Goodwill
  
Jensen Beach -- This event was sponsored by Starbucks Coffee Company in cooperation with the Jensen Beach Chamber of Commerce & Entreprenuership Foundation to provide essential support to the arts programs at Felix A Williams Elementary School, Jensen Beach Elementary School, Stuart Middle School and Jensen Beach High School.
The evening was highlighted by student performances, student art work, live student artists.
In addition a variety of area restaurants and businesses provided food samples including but not limited to 11 Maple Street, Ian's Tropical Grill, Ind. Consultants from The Pampered Chef.
There was an amazing selection of auction items available to help support the schools!
There was a mini obstacle course for kids to try and face painting.
Chair massages were provided by Vital Chiropractic for a donation to the fundraiser and so much more!
Everyone joined in this hometown community event put on in partnership with community members for the students of our community! Last year was great. This year wassimply amazing!
Out2martincounty.com is a photo journal featuring people, "Who they are, what they do and where they do it".
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Arts, Coffee, Conversation & Goodwill
  
Jensen Beach -- This event was sponsored by Starbucks Coffee Company in cooperation with the Jensen Beach Chamber of Commerce & Entreprenuership Foundation to provide essential support to the arts programs at Felix A Williams Elementary School, Jensen Beach Elementary School, Stuart Middle School and Jensen Beach High School.
The evening was highlighted by student performances, student art work, live student artists.
In addition a variety of area restaurants and businesses provided food samples including but not limited to 11 Maple Street, Ian's Tropical Grill, Ind. Consultants from The Pampered Chef.
There was an amazing selection of auction items available to help support the schools!
There was a mini obstacle course for kids to try and face painting.
Chair massages were provided by Vital Chiropractic for a donation to the fundraiser and so much more!
Everyone joined in this hometown community event put on in partnership with community members for the students of our community! Last year was great. This year wassimply amazing!
Out2martincounty.com is a photo journal featuring people, "Who they are, what they do and where they do it".
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Arts, Coffee, Conversation & Goodwill
  
Jensen Beach -- This event was sponsored by Starbucks Coffee Company in cooperation with the Jensen Beach Chamber of Commerce & Entreprenuership Foundation to provide essential support to the arts programs at Felix A Williams Elementary School, Jensen Beach Elementary School, Stuart Middle School and Jensen Beach High School.
The evening was highlighted by student performances, student art work, live student artists.
In addition a variety of area restaurants and businesses provided food samples including but not limited to 11 Maple Street, Ian's Tropical Grill, Ind. Consultants from The Pampered Chef.
There was an amazing selection of auction items available to help support the schools!
There was a mini obstacle course for kids to try and face painting.
Chair massages were provided by Vital Chiropractic for a donation to the fundraiser and so much more!
Everyone joined in this hometown community event put on in partnership with community members for the students of our community! Last year was great. This year wassimply amazing!
Out2martincounty.com is a photo journal featuring people, "Who they are, what they do and where they do it".
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FAU Department of Music Presents Concert of Works from the Richard Beattie Davis Collection
Florida Atlantic University’s department of music in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters presents “Gems from the Davis Collection,” a concert including works in the Richard Beattie Davis collection that is housed at FAU. The concert is on Saturday, February 18 at 3 p.m. in the University Theatre, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. Admission is free, with a suggested $10 donation.
The concert program includes the American premiere of Adolph von Henselt’s “Ave Maria” for piano and cello; a piano quintet by Sargey Taneyev and music by Nikolai Medtner, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Paul Juon and Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky.
The concert will be performed by Leonid Treer, piano; Sandra McClain, soprano; the Delray String Quartet: Mei Mei Luo and Tomas Cotik, violins; Richard Fleischman, viola; and Claudio Jaffe, cello.
There also will be an exhibition of the Davis Collection from Tuesday, February 7 through Friday, April 6, in the S.E.Wimberly Library on FAU’s Boca Raton campus. The collection consists of first and early editions of a wide variety of music, dating from the early 1790s to the first two decades of the 20th century. There are full scores of first German editions of the nine symphonies of Beethoven and several other of his orchestral works, a miscellaneous collection of 19th century editions of choral, orchestral and piano music, and more than 60 piano works of J. N. Hummel. There are also more than 200 Russian scores, almost all first editions dating from the mid-19th century to the years immediately preceding the Russian Revolution. There are more than 60 chamber works by a variety of composers, complete with parts, available for use.
FAU’s concerts are supported in part by the Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Palm Beach County and the Tourist Development Council.
For more information about the concert, call 561-297-3853.
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Martin County Student Named State’s Region III Youth Volunteer of the Year
In photo: Pictured (Left-Right) Becky Hartman (Stuart Middle School Guidance Counselor), JDP Principal Mary White, Dr. Tracey Miller (Director of Elementary Programs and School Improvement), Mikayla Pickard (State Region III Youth Outstanding School Volunteer of the Year), and Dodie Hale (JDP Assistant Principal).
The Martin County School District congratulates Mikayla Pickard, an 8th grade student at Stuart Middle, for being named the State’s Region III Youth Outstanding School Volunteer of the Year. Mikayla volunteers to mentor kindergarten students each school morning at J.D. Parker School of Science, Math and Technology (JDP). Mikayla was previously named the District’s Youth Outstanding School Volunteer of the Year, after being nominated by JDP.
“Mikayla is an excellent young lady. She is bright, clever, funny and loved by all of the children at our school. We’re so proud of her,” said JDP Principal Mary White.
This morning, a surprise spirit assembly was held at JDP, so that the entire school could be on-hand as the principal announced that Mikayla had won the State award for her dedication to the school.
“Mikayla is an outstanding young lady and a true role model for her peers. It is always heartwarming to see our students taking such an active role in volunteering in our schools. I commend her for dedication and true giving spirit,” said Superintendent Nancy Kline.
Attached is additional information regarding Mikayla and the letter sent to her by Florida Department of Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson.
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FAU Has $4 Billion Economic Impact on Service Areas
BOCA RATON –- Florida Atlantic University has an estimated economic impact of $4 billion annually in its six-county service region, according to a recently released sponsored project report to the Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida. The study was led by Alan W. Hodges, Ph.D., at the University of Florida, and Julie Harrington, Ph.D., at Florida State University.
“Universities must be fully engaged in the lives of the communities they service, and FAU clearly fulfills this responsibility on many different levels,” said FAU President Mary Jane Saunders. “Economic development, research and community engagement are three areas in which FAU is dedicated to and will continue to expand upon in the years to come.”
To put it into perspective, the $4 billion economic impact is the equivalent impact of 10 Super Bowls, 15 Oasis of the Seas cruises or seven Fort Lauderdale boat shows. The report also states that FAU has had a positive direct or indirect impact on 59,000 full-time and part-time jobs across the service region. According to the study, present value over a 30-year period of a bachelor’s degree from a state university in Florida is $550,000, while a graduate degree is worth $1.87 million.
FAU has focused on becoming a stronger engine of economic growth in South Florida most recently through a multi-faceted initiative to support existing and new businesses, particularly those in the high-tech sector. Intensifying the university’s focus on its economic development role is one of the key initiatives of the FAU Board of Trustees.
“The FAU Board of Trustees has a laser focus on ensuring that FAU is an integral part of the economic development of our service area,” said Board Chair Robert J. Stilley. “FAU is an impressive institution, and the impact it has on its service region will only increase in importance as it develops further in the areas of research and biotechnology.”
The advent of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine will play a major role in the University’s economic development, partnering with Scripps Research Institute of Florida. FAU and Scripps Florida have collaborated on a dual MD/PhD degree option that is offered by the FAU College of Medicine and the Scripps Kellogg School of Science and Technology. The program combines the unique preclinical and clinical training programs currently in place at FAU with basic and specialty science courses offered through the Scripps Kellogg School of Science and Technology, a school whose graduate programs in chemistry and biology are continually ranked among the top five in the nation. The M.D. degree will be awarded by FAU and the Ph.D. degree by Scripps Florida.
The opening of its 30,000-seat football stadium also had a major impact on the community, adding an estimated $1.7 million to the local economy. With more than 2,700 employees, including 1,500 faculty members, and an annual operating budget in excess of $600 million, FAU ranks as one of the largest employers in South Florida.
The University also is a charter member of Life Sciences South Florida, a regional consortium that also has established a life sciences industry cluster in South Florida. FAU also holds charter membership in MedUTech, an initiative that is focused on building the technology and healthcare sectors of Boca Raton’s economy.
FAU also has focused on increasing its outreach to local communities, recently creating the Division of Community Engagement to purse this goal. Rendering meaningful public service has long been a priority for the university. Every year, FAU students, faculty and staff contribute thousands of volunteer hours to nonprofit groups and civic organizations.
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Crystal Lake Elementary Princi-PALS Visit Instructional Center
 
Stuart -- Crystal Lake Elementary (CLE) Princi-PALS went from the classroom to the Board Room! The students took part in a unique field trip to the District’s Instructional Center where they learned about School District operations. “Students need to understand what it means to serve all of the students in Martin County, know who the people are who are charged with those responsibilities, and have an opportunity to ask them about how they do their jobs,” said Crystal Lake Elementary Principal Xenobia Anderson.
The CLE Princi-PALS program is aimed at providing leadership training for 5th grade students, as well as activities that increase their communication skills and community service.
Superintendent Nancy Kline, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Frank Raffone and the District’s Executive Directors met with the Princi-PALS this morning. The students asked questions about a variety of topics, including what it is like to be a Superintendent and how technology in the classroom is changing.
Next, the students headed to the School Board Meeting Room, where they had the chance to sit at the dais and ask District staff questions ranging from Art in the Board Room to changes with FCAT testing.
“The students were magnificent. The Princi-PALS program exposes students to incredible leadership training opportunities at such a young age. It was a lot of fun having them visit with us; we were all impressed by their maturity and eagerness to learn more about what it takes to operate a school district,” said Superintendent Nancy Kline.
Pictured Below (jpegs attached): (Top) CLE Princi-PALS visit with Superintendent Nancy Kline and Executive Staff. (BOTTOM) CLE Princi-PALS in the School Board Meeting Room.
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Martin County Named 3rd Highest Performing School District in Florida Increases State Ranking Since 2009
Stuart -- The Martin County School District is one of the top three highest performing school districts in the state. Today, the Florida Department of Education released the rankings of all 67 school districts in Florida, based on academic performance in Reading, Math, Science, and Writing on the FCAT in 2010-2011. Martin County is 3rd highest in the state.
State data for academic achievement also shows that Martin County:
· Increased its state ranking since 2008-2009. In 2008-2009 the District ranked 6th highest in the State, compared to 3rd highest performing in 2010-2011.
· Ranked #1 in the state for the total FCAT and High School Component points earned in 2010-2011.
· Tied for #1 in the state for total High School Component Points in 2010-2011.
· Had the 2nd highest graduation rate (95.2%) in 2010-2011 among Florida school districts.
· Earned an “A” grade from the Florida Department of Education in 2011 for the 10th consecutive year.
“I congratulate our teachers, administrators and support staff for their efforts on behalf of our students. These are outstanding results,” said Superintendent Nancy Kline. “As the state continues to raise the bar on student achievement, our educators meet the challenge and remain dedicated to providing students with a world-class education in Martin County. We are committed to embracing the evolving needs of students and are proud to be one of the highest performing school districts in Florida,” continued Kline.
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FAU’s Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education Selects ‘Holocaust Teacher of the Year’ Awardees
BOCA RATON -- Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education has selected four South Florida teachers to receive the Gutterman Family Outstanding Holocaust Educator Award. The awardees will be announced at the Center’s third annual Teacher Appreciation Dinner on Wednesday, January 25, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Lakeside Terrace and Banquet Center, 7880 Glades Road, Boca Raton.
“As women and men committed to engaging students with the history of the Holocaust and the contemporary struggle for justice, this year’s award recipients are truly extraordinary,” said Rosanna Gatens, Ph.D., director of the Center. “Their lessons reflect a broad range of cognitive and service learning activities as well as the global reach of Holocaust study as it is implemented here in South Florida. Their knowledge, skill and creativity as teachers are clearly evident in their Holocaust instruction.”
Each year, the Center recognizes an elementary, a middle school, and a high school teacher in Broward and Palm Beach counties who have demonstrated positive impact on their schools and the wider community in the field of Holocaust, genocide and human rights education. The Gutterman Family Outstanding Holocaust Educator Award enables recipients to participate in a three-week, all-expenses-paid study tour to Holocaust-related sites in Poland, Germany and Israel, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. The award is funded by Arthur Gutterman, an FAU benefactor whose generous contributions help sustain the Center and its programs. The Center relies on private donations to provide professional development programs for teachers, and classroom resources for teachers and students, to support Florida’s mandate for Holocaust education.
The 2012 awardees are:
· Toshimi Abe-Janiga, a teacher of language arts to sixth through 12 graders at Riviera Beach Preparatory and Achievement Academy, a public alternative high school in Palm Beach County. Abe-Janiga became inspired to teach more than just the historical facts of the Holocaust after visiting the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. She organized a school-wide Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration event, including a visit with a Holocaust survivor. As a result of Abe-Janiga’s focus and her colleagues’ efforts to implement a cross-curricular approach, students are now able to take Holocaust studies as an elective.
· Rosemelda Ibalarrosa, a middle school teacher and U.S. history coordinator at Omni Middle School in Boca Raton. Ibalarrosa initiated and organized a forum for students to listen to and learn from stories of Holocaust survival as presented by survivors themselves. She collaborated with the school’s art teacher to teach students about peace and tolerance and guided students to create a peace quilt. Ibalarrosa organized and sponsored the Students for a Better World Club to raise awareness of the human rights violations happening all over the work due to poverty, cultural and political differences.
· Lila Kimbar, a fifth grade teacher at Somerset Academy Elementary, a Pembroke Pines charter school. After taking several courses, looking at her own family history, and speaking to colleagues and students, Kimbar decided to expand her Holocaust teachings beyond the mandated curriculum. She teaches elementary students the importance of tolerance and human rights by presenting lessons on diversity, prejudice and hatred using a variety of books, community service, posters, photographs, videos and Holocaust survivor guest speakers.
· Bruce Klansner, an instructor in the department of social studies at Everglades High School in Miramar. Klansner, the son of a Holocaust survivor, teaches an elective “History of the Holocaust” class and is the founder and advisor of Students for Tolerance and Acceptance through Knowledge and Education (S.T.A.K.E.), which created a Tolerance Museum at Everglades High School and workshops and programs on anti-bullying.
FAU’s Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education was established in 1996 by the Florida Department of Education to support teachers implementing the state’s mandate for Holocaust education. Through its training, programs and resources, the Center seeks to educate students about the Holocaust in order to nurture citizens who recognize prejudice and hatred, including anti-Semitism and racism; understand that such beliefs can lead to genocide; know how to intervene again prejudice and hatred; be prepared to act on behalf of others, even those who may not know; and understand citizens’ responsibility for upholding democracy in a pluralistic society.
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Martin Youth LEADERship Goes Into the Wild!
  
Stuart, FL – Yesterday students and mentors with the Martin Youth LEADERship (MYL) Program held their fifth session of the 2011-2012 school year. This month’s event (Environmental Day), coordinated by Kim Kanter from FAU/CES Education & Training Coordinator at DuPuis. The students were afforded the rare opportunity to tour the DuPuis Management Area, at 23500 SW Kanner Hwy, in Canal Point. DuPuis is a 21,875-acre multi-use natural area interspersed with numerous ponds, wet prairies, cypress domes, pine flatwoods, and remnant Everglades marsh. The area provides miles of hiking and horseback trails, an equestrian center, graded vehicle roads, backpack and group campsites, and seasonal hunting. There is no fee for camping in DuPuis, which is on a first-come, first-served basis. There also is a group camping site off the DuPuis Grade.
On this day, the high school students were afforded the opportunity to see, several bald eagles nests, herons, egrets, wood storks, and white ibis hunt for food in the marshes. Additionally, the students kept their eyes out for white-tailed deer, wild hogs and turkeys, as well as large owls and a very colorful Caccara found in the wild in western Martin County.
The Martin Youth LEADERship Program is for high school students, and is in its 14th year, sponsored in part by SeaCoast National Bank, the parent-organization Martin LEADERship through the Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce and supported by the Martin County School District. The group is continually striving to better serve the students that have made application, and been accepted in the program. The current Martin Youth LEADERship program is an opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors throughout Martin County to develop and enhance their leadership skills. Students must apply, and, on average, 37 are selected to participate in the comprehensive nine-month program that is modeled after LEADERship Martin County. Upon completion, these Leaders have learned about their community including history, government, business, arts and culture, criminal justice and the environment. Class members are given a rare opportunity to reach their highest leadership potential through sessions focusing on Covey’s Effective Habits and other leadership enhancing activities. Every effort is made to select a racially, gender diverse class representing various levels of leadership experience.
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Martin Youth LEADERship Goes Into the Wild!
  
Stuart, FL – Yesterday students and mentors with the Martin Youth LEADERship (MYL) Program held their fifth session of the 2011-2012 school year. This month’s event (Environmental Day), coordinated by Kim Kanter from FAU/CES Education & Training Coordinator at DuPuis. The students were afforded the rare opportunity to tour the DuPuis Management Area, at 23500 SW Kanner Hwy, in Canal Point. DuPuis is a 21,875-acre multi-use natural area interspersed with numerous ponds, wet prairies, cypress domes, pine flatwoods, and remnant Everglades marsh. The area provides miles of hiking and horseback trails, an equestrian center, graded vehicle roads, backpack and group campsites, and seasonal hunting. There is no fee for camping in DuPuis, which is on a first-come, first-served basis. There also is a group camping site off the DuPuis Grade.
On this day, the high school students were afforded the opportunity to see, several bald eagles nests, herons, egrets, wood storks, and white ibis hunt for food in the marshes. Additionally, the students kept their eyes out for white-tailed deer, wild hogs and turkeys, as well as large owls and a very colorful Caccara found in the wild in western Martin County.
The Martin Youth LEADERship Program is for high school students, and is in its 14th year, sponsored in part by SeaCoast National Bank, the parent-organization Martin LEADERship through the Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce and supported by the Martin County School District. The group is continually striving to better serve the students that have made application, and been accepted in the program. The current Martin Youth LEADERship program is an opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors throughout Martin County to develop and enhance their leadership skills. Students must apply, and, on average, 37 are selected to participate in the comprehensive nine-month program that is modeled after LEADERship Martin County. Upon completion, these Leaders have learned about their community including history, government, business, arts and culture, criminal justice and the environment. Class members are given a rare opportunity to reach their highest leadership potential through sessions focusing on Covey’s Effective Habits and other leadership enhancing activities. Every effort is made to select a racially, gender diverse class representing various levels of leadership experience.
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Martin County High School Presents Michelle Brown and her 2011/2012 Concert Band and Symphonic Winds Christmas and Holiday Performance
Stuart -- The Martin County High School Concert Band and Symphonic Winds presented their annual Christmas Concert Thursday evening at Martin County High School Auditorium.. The bands performed traditional Christmas selections including some “Russian Christmas Music” and the jazz sax quartet performed several holiday selections including the very recognizable and rousing “Hava nagila”.
Band Director Michelle Brown in her second year as band director said; “once again we have been practicing for this concert since the beginning of the year.
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Martin County High School Presents Michelle Brown and her 2011/2012 Concert Band and Symphonic Winds Christmas and Holiday Performance
 
Stuart -- The Martin County High School Concert Band and Symphonic Winds presented their annual Christmas Concert Thursday evening at Martin County High School Auditorium.. The bands performed traditional Christmas selections including starting with a dazzling trombone trio and the jazz sax quartet performed several holiday selections including the very recognizable and rousing “Hava nagila”.
Band Director Michelle Brown in her second year as band director said; “once again we have been practicing for this concert since the beginning of the year.
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Martin County High School Presents Michelle Brown and her 2011/2012 Concert Band and Symphonic Winds Christmas and Holiday Performance
  
Stuart -- The Martin County High School Concert Band and Symphonic Winds presented their annual Christmas Concert Thursday evening at Martin County High School Auditorium.. The bands performed traditional Christmas selections including starting with a dazzling trombone trio and the jazz sax quartet performed several holiday selections including the very recognizable and rousing “Hava nagila”.
Band Director Michelle Brown in her second year as band director said; “once again we have been practicing for this concert since the beginning of the year.
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Martin County High School Presents Michelle Brown and her 2011/2012 Concert Band and Symphonic Winds Christmas and Holiday Performance
  
Stuart -- The Martin County High School Concert Band and Symphonic Winds presented their annual Christmas Concert Thursday evening at Martin County High School Auditorium.. The bands performed traditional Christmas selections including starting with a dazzling trombone trio and the jazz sax quartet performed several holiday selections including the very recognizable and rousing “Hava nagila”.
Band Director Michelle Brown in her second year as band director said; “once again we have been practicing for this concert since the beginning of the year.
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Martin County High School Presents Michelle Brown and her 2011/2012 Concert Band and Symphonic Winds Christmas and Holiday Performance
 
Stuart -- The Martin County High School Concert Band and Symphonic Winds presented their annual Christmas Concert Thursday evening at Martin County High School Auditorium.. The bands performed traditional Christmas selections including starting with a dazzling trombone trio and the jazz sax quartet performed several holiday selections including the very recognizable and rousing “Hava nagila”.
Band Director Michelle Brown in her second year as band director said; “once again we have been practicing for this concert since the beginning of the year.
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Martin County High School Presents Michelle Brown and her 2011/2012 Concert Band and Symphonic Winds Christmas and Holiday Performance
  
Stuart -- The Martin County High School Concert Band and Symphonic Winds presented their annual Christmas Concert Thursday evening at Martin County High School Auditorium.. The bands performed traditional Christmas selections including starting with a dazzling trombone trio and the jazz sax quartet performed several holiday selections including the very recognizable and rousing “Hava nagila”.
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District’s Graduation Rate Reaches All-Time High and is the 2nd Highest in the State
Stuart -- Martin County is proud to have the second highest National Governor’s Association (NGA) Graduation Rate among Florida’s 67 school districts based on data released today by the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE). Martin County’s NGA Graduation Rate, which does not include students who earn a GED, is 95.2 percent, a new all-time high for the District. This is also significantly higher than the state average of 80.1 percent. The NGA Graduation Rate is the rate used by the FLDOE in calculating high school grades.
In addition, the FLDOE released the Florida Graduation Rate, which increased from 94.9 percent to 95.7 percent for Martin County. The Florida Graduation Rate includes standard and special diplomas, as well as regular and adult GEDs.
“Our entire community should be extremely proud of our all-time high graduation rate of 95.2 percent. Graduating on-time within four years of entering high school is vital to our students’ future success in college or the workplace. I would like to thank our teachers, administrators, parents and students for their hard work,” said Superintendent Nancy Kline.
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Tiger Woods Visits Murray Middle School
Port Salerno -- Tiger spent the afternoon experiencing life as an 8th grader, joining students in Mrs. Lynch & Mrs. Kirsch's class for a lesson in the Tiger Woods Learning Center's forensics program.
After visiting the newly completed TWLC Campus at Murray Middle School, Woods joined in the forensics lesson that included solving a crime, analyzing clues, fingerprinting, studying evidence and questioning "suspects."
“I’m really excited to bring a Learning Center campus to Stuart,” Woods said. "This is the second time I've taken our forensics class. I really enjoy it, and so do the kids. It has gotten rave reviews from our students in Anaheim for the last five years, so it was a perfect fit for this campus. It's unique, gets kids fired up about science and helps them explore careers in the field.”
At the Tiger Woods Foundation, we believe every child deserves a shot at college. Designed to break through a culture of low expectations, our college-access programs reach underserved youth in all stages of academic life. For scholars in grades 5-12, the Tiger Woods Learning Centers provide hands-on experiences in science, technology, engineering and math coupled with college preparation workshops to create a unique environment focused on college and careers. The Tiger Woods Foundation launched its Flagship Tiger Woods Learning Center in Anaheim, Calif., in February 2006. Since inception, the innovative 35,000-square-foot education facility has reached more than 40,000 students through its one-of-a-kind classes ranging from forensic science and aerospace to robotics, biotechnology, video production and graphic design.
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FAU Harbor Branch Launches ‘Wild Dolphins’ iPad App to Inform, Empower Those Inspired by Dolphins
BOCA RATON, FL (September 21, 2011) – Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, which contributed to the rescue and initial care of Winter the bottlenose dolphin, has created an iPad application that provides an inside look at Winter’s story, background information on wild dolphin research and rescue, and ways that the public can help protect wild dolphins.
Winter’s story will be told in theaters nationwide in the upcoming Warner Bros. movie, “Dolphin Tale.” Caught in a crab trap, Winter eventually lost her tail fluke and was transferred by Harbor Branch personnel to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater for care. Winter soon became the first bottlenose dolphin to be fitted with a prosthetic replacement. Successfully using the prosthesis as her tail fluke, Winter was able to regain propulsion as she swam.
“‘Dolphin Tale’ tells a story of how one person can make a difference in the lives of others, both marine mammal and human,” said Steve McCulloch, manager of the FAU Harbor Branch Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Program. “The message of the ‘Wild Dolphins’ iPad app is the same. Our dolphin research and rescue work depends almost entirely on public contributions, and this app makes it easy for people to donate.”
The multimedia app includes several interactive components and games that allow users to explore a range of dolphin topics, including health and anatomy, threats they face in the wild and areas of research. Interview features provide perspectives from people who helped rescue and provided care for Winter.
Support opportunities contained in the app include a simple donation mechanism, a merchandise store, and for Florida residents, a direct link for purchase of the Protect Wild Dolphins specialty license plate that helps fund Harbor Branch marine mammal work.
The “Wild Dolphins” app is free for a limited time at www.wilddolphinsapp.comand is available for download at the iTunes App Store. For more information, contact Stephen McCulloch at 772-234-0070 or smccull5@hboi.fau.edu.
Waste Management offers teachers, parents and students tips on recycling and reducing waste volume
Pompano Beach -- Next week, students throughout South Florida begin returning to their schools, which are one of the most
potentially productive, yet often-overlooked, sources of recycling and conservation in any community. These late weeks of summer are an ideal time for teachers, parents and students to start planning "green school" programs built around the concepts of reducing, reusing and recycling waste.
Every year, schools produce millions of tons of waste that can either be recycled or reused, from paper to discarded cafeteria food. However, The George Lucas Educational Foundation's Edutopia Web site's poll reveals that 74 percent of the 118 schools that participated in its online poll <http://www.edutopia.org/poll-does-school-recycle> have either limited recycling programs or none at all.
"We encourage all public and private schools to have recycling programs for office paper, classroom paper, aluminum cans and plastic water and sport drink bottles," said Dawn McCormick, Community Affairs Manager for Waste Management. "Office and classroom paper recycling can be as easy as equipping every classroom with a receptacle for used paper that's collected separately from other garbage. Recycling aluminum cans and plastic water and sports drink bottles in the cafeteria requires only a small effort and is already done in thousands of schools across the country. Once the kids get into the spirit it takes on a life of its own."
Teachers can also prepare environmentally themed classroom projects utilizing the many resources on the Web covering everything from recycling to reducing consumption to buying products made of recycled materials. DoSomeThing.org provides a step-by-step plan for starting a school-wide recycling program that describes all of the internal and external issues a recycling committee would have to consider to start recycling. Its related site, earth911.org, gets into fun, innovative conservation programs, like how to travel to a prom green style.
Waste Management offers www.ThinkGreen.com/classroom, a K-12 resource in partnership with Discovery Education. Complete with standards-based lesson plans, compelling videos, interactive activities and Think Green(r) Resources to engage students and extend the learning to the home, www.ThinkGreen.com/classroomis a powerful suite of tools for educators seeking new materials to enliven environmental lessons. Teachers of children grades K-5 will find resources that will help them answer almost any question about the Three Rs of reducing, reusing and recycling.
Parents can help schools achieve their recycling goals by reducing the amount of consumables that children bring to school in their lunch boxes and by buying environmentally friendly school supplies. For example, kids who bring their own lunch can cut waste by:
* Packing lunches in washable, reusable bags instead of disposable bags and bringing water in refillable bottles. If parents are worried about losing refillable bottles, buy one with a cap that can be clipped to a lunch bag;
* Using whole fruits and vegetables as snacks, rather than packaged items; and
* Replacing sandwich bags with reusable sandwich-sized containers.
"There's a lot of home-based common sense that can make a big difference in schools' environmental footprints," said McCormick. "Between home and school, we have an opportunity to create a generation that sees conservation and recycling as a routine part of every day, which is just what it should be."
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