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HAPPY TO BE OF HELP!Marilyn Farber Jacobsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886894077278565751.post-81691790390945762272008-06-24T02:49:00.001-07:002008-12-11T01:17:10.176-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_76ne9hu7aUQ/SGDDYYRt2LI/AAAAAAAAHZs/-bsvVfuVO5Y/s1600-h/PARK+SCENE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 136px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_76ne9hu7aUQ/SGDDYYRt2LI/AAAAAAAAHZs/-bsvVfuVO5Y/s320/PARK+SCENE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215383192096069810" border="0" /></a><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Have you visited our beautiful <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Boca Raton</st1:place></st1:city> parks?<span style=""> </span>Some have ball fields for the school age children, some present shows, both at <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Sugar</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Sands</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>At <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">South</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Inlet</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place> you have lots of sand to sit on, beautiful direct oceanfront views, a picnic and play area.<span style=""> </span>Patch Reef has a community house with classrooms and meeting rooms and ball fields.<span style=""> </span>Check them all out and enjoy our local facilities.<span style=""> </span>You and the family can snorkel at <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Red</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Reef</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>For a large pool, head to <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Meadows</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>Call for their schedules… a great way to spend a Sunday and some have picnic facilities.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b> <p><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Red</span></b></st1:placename><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <st1:placename st="on">Reef</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> -561-391-5014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Sugar</span></b></st1:placename><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <st1:placename st="on">Sand</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> – 561-347-3900<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Meadows</span></b></st1:placename><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>- 561-393-7851<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Patch</span></b></st1:placename><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <st1:placename st="on">Reef</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>- 561-997-8504<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">South</span></b></st1:placename><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <st1:placetype st="on">Inlet</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>- 561-966-6600<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">ENJOY!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886894077278565751-8169179039094576227?l=bocaratonfreeschoolreports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marilyn Farber Jacobsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886894077278565751.post-24798389245467203862008-06-20T22:01:00.001-07:002008-12-11T01:17:10.398-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_76ne9hu7aUQ/SFyLTSUzahI/AAAAAAAAHM4/He7qNr61HQU/s1600-h/SCHOOL+CLIP+ART.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_76ne9hu7aUQ/SFyLTSUzahI/AAAAAAAAHM4/He7qNr61HQU/s320/SCHOOL+CLIP+ART.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214195632041060882" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">NEWSWEEK’s May 21, 2008 “TOP OF THE CLASS” article showed the following area schools in these ranks in the top 1000 of 1400+ public high schools in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>: </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></strong></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Suncoast Community (<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Riviera Beach</st1:place></st1:city>) is #3</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st1:placename st="on"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dreyfoos</span></strong></st1:placename><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype> of the Arts (<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Palm Beach</st1:place></st1:city>) is #33</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Atlantic Community (<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Delray Beach</st1:place></st1:city>) is #58</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Boca Community (<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Boca Raton</st1:place></st1:city>) is #146</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Spanish River (<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Boca Raton</st1:place></st1:city>) is #196</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><st1:placename st="on"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Palm Beach</span></strong></st1:placename><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <st1:placetype st="on">Gardens</st1:placetype> (<st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Palm Beach</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Gardens</st1:placetype></st1:place>) #663</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">West Boca Raton (<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Boca Raton</st1:place></st1:city>) is 675</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Jupiter (Jupiter) is #859</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">William T. Dwyer ( <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Palm Beach</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Gardens</st1:placetype></st1:place>) is #978</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">Public schools are ranked according a ratio devised by <st1:state st="on">Washington</st1:state> Post Education Reporter Jay Matthews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Cambridge</st1:place></st1:city> tests taken by all students at a school in 2007 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in the top 5 percent of public schools measured this way</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886894077278565751-2479838924546720386?l=bocaratonfreeschoolreports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marilyn Farber Jacobsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886894077278565751.post-75761152966920629422008-06-20T09:18:00.000-07:002008-12-11T01:17:10.662-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_76ne9hu7aUQ/SFvYiMU8MmI/AAAAAAAAHLw/SpboBOSQB7Q/s1600-h/couple+reading+house+plans.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 123px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_76ne9hu7aUQ/SFvYiMU8MmI/AAAAAAAAHLw/SpboBOSQB7Q/s320/couple+reading+house+plans.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213999075547689570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><em style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: normal;">BOCA NEWS, August 21, 2006</span></em><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Bonus checks in various amounts, at $100 per student, were handed out recently to 1800 Florida Schools by Governor Jeb Bush and other top government officials.<span style=""> </span>Rewards totaled more than $157-MM.<span style=""> </span>Bush says the best use for the extra money is to provide bonuses to teachers and staffers; but he says there are all sorts of creative ways that schools celebrate their success.</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong> </strong><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Among Boca Raton schools receiving these bonuses were:</strong><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong> </strong><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Boca Raton Community Middle School: $109,264</strong><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Boca Raton Elementary School: $36,450</strong><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Boca Raton High School: $194,224</strong><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Calusa Elementary School: $74,304</strong><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Eagles Landing Middle School: $126,497</strong><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Omni Middle School: $123,500</strong><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Spanish River Community High School: $212,816</strong><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong style="font-family: arial;">West Boca Raton High School: $213,703</strong></span><b><span style="font-size:14;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4886894077278565751-7576115296692062942?l=bocaratonfreeschoolreports.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marilyn Farber Jacobsnoreply@blogger.com0