Donna Sacco is Making Oakland Park Elementary a More Beautiful Place
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 resources they need to grow and develop. Donna Sacco, a 3rd-grade teacher at […]
Yulekethia Hankerson: Oakland Park’s Youth Literacy Advocate and Community Organizer
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. […]
An Unusual Start for Students at Rickards Middle School
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 […]
Rickards Middle School Scores a Priceless Win
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 […]
Why Students Should Enroll In Broward College Over Universities Throughout The State
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 […]
Northeast High School InventTeam Makes Local News for Invention Award
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 mosquito […]
Northeast High School Football Team Overcoming COVID-19 Obstacles
“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 […]
5 Tips on How Parents Can Adapt to Online Classes
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 […]
First Day of School 2020
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 […]
Home Pods, Homeschooling, Online Schooling, Oh My!
Home Pod: Have you Ever Heard About It? What is a home pod? Well, it’s a teacher who will come to your home and privately teach their own curriculum, or assist your child in their new online school’s curriculum. Prior to 2020, I do not recall hearing this word. But now there are Facebook groups […]
