SPEND THE DAY AT A BEAUTIFUL PARK IN BOCA RATON

Have you visited our beautiful Boca Raton parks? Some have ball fields for the school age children, some present shows, both at Sugar Sands Park. At South Inlet Park you have lots of sand to sit on, beautiful direct oceanfront views, a picnic and play area. Patch Reef has a community house with classrooms and meeting rooms and ball fields. Check them all out and enjoy our local facilities. You and the family can snorkel at Red Reef Park. For a large pool, head to Meadows Park. Call for their schedules… a great way to spend a Sunday and some have picnic facilities.

Red Reef Park -561-391-5014

Sugar Sand Park – 561-347-3900

Meadows Park - 561-393-7851

Patch Reef Park - 561-997-8504

South Inlet Park - 561-966-6600

ENJOY!

LOCAL SCHOOLS RANK HIGH!

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 US:

Suncoast Community (Riviera Beach) is #3

Dreyfoos School of the Arts (Palm Beach) is #33

Atlantic Community (Delray Beach) is #58

Boca Community (Boca Raton) is #146

Spanish River (Boca Raton) is #196

Palm Beach Gardens (Palm Beach Gardens) #663

West Boca Raton (Boca Raton) is 675

Jupiter (Jupiter) is #859

William T. Dwyer ( Palm Beach Gardens) is #978

Public schools are ranked according a ratio devised by Washington Post Education Reporter Jay Matthews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge 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.

BONUSES TO "A" SCHOOLS OR GRADE INCREASES

BOCA NEWS, August 21, 2006

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. Rewards totaled more than $157-MM. 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.

Among Boca Raton schools receiving these bonuses were:

Boca Raton Community Middle School: $109,264

Boca Raton Elementary School: $36,450

Boca Raton High School: $194,224

Calusa Elementary School: $74,304

Eagles Landing Middle School: $126,497

Omni Middle School: $123,500

Spanish River Community High School: $212,816

West Boca Raton High School: $213,703