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Donna Sacco is Making Oakland Park Elementary a More Beautiful Place

Cassidy Webb April 18, 2022

Teachers are essential pillars of the community. Between underfunded schools, COVID-19 guidelines and complications, and the responsibility of educating the next generation, teachers are continuously stepping up to the plate, going above and beyond to ensure today’s youth have access to the

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Yulekethia Hankerson: Oakland Park’s Youth Literacy Advocate and Community Organizer

Megan Rebecca February 7, 2022

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. Albert Einstein Ms.Yulekethia Hankerson is a woman who lives every day to help others. As a Media Clerk at Oakland Park Elementary, she promotes childhood literacy by going above and beyond to help the children. She also founded a charitable organization called Talitha Cumi Inc. […]

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An Unusual Start for Students at Rickards Middle School

Rhiannon Samoyedny August 24, 2021

Oakland Park Middle Schoolers are temporarily attending neighboring schools while work begins at James S. Rickards Middle school. In March of 2020, the school suffered a devastating roof collapse in the media center. The room was not occupied at the time, and the county reported no severe injuries. The cause of the collapse is currently […]

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Rickards Middle School Scores a Priceless Win

Desiree Avila July 26, 2021

And The Roof Comes Tumbling, Tumbling Down On March 5, 2021 the roof over the media center at Rickards Middle School in Oakland Park came tumbling down in the middle of the school day. The media center, thankfully, was empty and nobody was hurt. The collapse brought to the surface the dire condition in which […]

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Free Webinars Help Provide Answers Regarding Health Insurance and Medicare

James Cox March 5, 2021

The start of 2021 finds itself riddled with questions as we try to catch up to what’s going on in our country. Investors with years of experience don’t even know what to do right now as stocks like AMC Theaters and GameStop are dominating the headlines and cryptocurrency has banks and governments rethinking their stances […]

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Why Students Should Enroll In Broward College Over Universities Throughout The State

James Cox February 5, 2021

Student debt was a leading topic during debates leading into the November election. Forgiving the debt is something that President Joe Biden is very big on and other democrats agree with him. If forgiveness will actually happen remains to be seen, but what we do know is that it’s becoming more expensive to attend a […]

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Northeast High School InventTeam Makes Local News for Invention Award

Rhiannon Samoyedny January 28, 2021

On Thursday, January 21, 2021, Northeast High Schools 2018 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam was featured on several local news stations for a U.S. Patent for its Mosquito Agitator. The ingenious device prevents mosquitoes from laying eggs in standing water. Researching Mosquito Breeding Habits The students, inspired by the Zika outbreak that reached Miami in 2017, researched

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Northeast High School Football Team Overcoming COVID-19 Obstacles

Albert Pulver October 21, 2020 Post a comment

“Communication and consistency. We haven’t been able to see each other for over 7 months and people have moved or changed numbers and email, it’s been tough”, says Nicholas Dellaria, Northeast High School Head Football Coach. The football team has faced many challenges due to COVID-19. The fear of the virus has caused players and […]

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5 Tips on How Parents Can Adapt to Online Classes

Desiree Avila August 31, 2020

What are online classes all about? Online classes are classes conducted over the internet. They allow teachers and students to meet online and learn like they would in a normal brick and mortar classroom. Online classes can be either synchronous or asynchronous. Synchronous means that the teacher and students are in the classroom at the […]

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First Day of School 2020

Desiree Avila August 20, 2020 Post a comment

The 2020-2021 school year started yesterday. On social media, parents posted their children’s back to school pictures. These back to school pictures were different from others years though. Instead of happy kids sporting their new backpacks in front of school, they were sitting in front of a computer. Yes, thousands of school age children all […]

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