Summer Movie Knights showing Frozen, presented by Lynn Volleyball, May 30, 2014 at Lynn University Gym. Food trucks at 6 p.m. and movie begins at 6:30 p.m. $5 per person. Bring your own blanket please. Lynn University is located at 3601 North Military Trail.
The Utopian Strings, May 30th at 10:30 a.m., Classical Music at the Beifield Auditorium at the Levis JCC. Free concert.
Olympic Heights Spring Fling, May 30th from 6 to 8 p.m. See our story.
Princess Cooking Class, May 31st at 3 p.m. Glades Road Public Library. Ages 7-12. Preregister at 482-4554. Create recipes from the book “A Princess Cookbook.” The class is 60 minutes.
Minecraft and your Craft, May 31st at 10:30 a.m. West Boca Public Library. Ages 7 & up. Challenge other players or come for a craft. Preregister at 470-1600. Class is 90 minutes.
Rosen Gallery Opening: Florida Men in the Arts, June 1st from 1 to 3 p.m., Levis JCC Phyllis & Harvey Sandler Center. Free and Open to the public.
Category: Kids
Softball in June?
Registration for the fall 2014 session of fast pitch softballs is now open. All girls ages 4 through 16 and all experience levels are welcome. Regular registration is open until August 11, 2014. Registration is $135 – $155. A $50 late fee will be charged after that date.
There will be two free clinics this summer on August 2nd and August 9th. The general skills clinic is 9-10:30 a.m. for tee ball, 8u and 10u; 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. for 12u and 16u. The pitching clinic is 10:30 -11:30 a.m. for 8u/10u and 12-1 p.m. for 12u/16u.
The evaluations for all age groups excluding tee ball are August 15th or 16th. Evaluations on August 15th begin at 5:30 p.m for 8u/10u and 6:45 p.m. for 12u/16u; on August 16th they begin at 8:45 a.m. for 8u/10u and 10:00 a.m. for 12u/16u. Practices begin on August 23rd and the first games start September 8th. The season runs through November 1st.
Olympic Heights Spring Fling: May 30th
Olympic Heights High School is having a “Spring Fling” event next Friday from 6-10 pm.
Update: See comment at bottom for more details.
We’re not completely sure we understand how the event works, but here’s a video about it from a guy named Nate Horowitz. We haven’t figured out his connection to OH, but maybe he’s a dad.
The event came to our attention when we were in Somerset Shoppes and saw a flyer in a store window.
If anyone at OH wants to give us more details, we’ll be happy to update this article.
West Boca Weekend Roundup: May 22-26
Krush Band, May 22nd from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Delray Marketplace Ampitheater. Free admission. Smooth grooves, Motown and more.
Volunteer & Host Family Community Registration Day at Levis JCC, May 22nd at 6 p.m. Learn how to volunteer for the upcoming JCC Maccabi Games. Located in the Beifield Auditorium in the Sandler Center, 21050 95th Avenue S., Boca Raton.
May the Force Be With You: A Star Wars Celebration, May 24th at 3 p.m., Glades Public Library. Celebrate with games, snacks, a craft and more. Ages 6-10. Please preregister at 482-4554.
SNAKES 101, May 24, 1:00 pm at Daggerwing Nature Center. Ages 6 & up, $4/participant (Reservations Required – Call 561-629-8760) An interactive program to learn about local snake species and how to identify invasive snakes.
The Indian River Pops and Robert Sharon Chorale with the New Gardens Band, May 26th at 7 p.m. at Mizner Park Amphitheater. Free admission.
Ain’t Misbehavin, May 22-25, The Wick Theatre. Shows are 2 p.m and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $58.
For the local beach forecast, go to the City of Boca Raton: http://www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us/pages/rec-services/beach-conditions
Weekend Weather Forecast looks mostly sunny with highs near 90 degrees.
Middle School Bus Driver Goes Nuts
A middle school bus driver in West Boca Raton shoved and kicked a boy off a bus, as can be seen from a student’s cell phone video below, provided to us by a reader and parent.
NOTE: A number of readers have attempted to post comments with curse words. Our site generally does not allow obscenity. Keep it clean if you want your comments to appear on the site.
The driver can be heard yelling at the boy:
Off my bus
and
Cry like a little bitch!
Our source tells us that the bus driver’s name is Robert, and that this was a bus from Eagle’s Landing Middle School in West Boca Raton. The stop where this occurred was by the intersection of Lyons Rd and Kimberly Blvd. A friend of West Boca News who lives nearby confirmed visually that it matches the location.
We are told that there was a problem with the regular bus and the district sent a different bus with a different driver than usual. The driver missed a stop and reacted when the boy complained about that.
The video is short and we can’t see what happened beforehand. A commenter below says the driver was acting in self defense.
West Boca News is attempting to contact the school district for comment, but we got notice of this Friday evening and expect it may be some time before we hear anything from them.
This is the third recent bus/school incident in a few weeks. Yesterday a charter bus carrying students from a West Boca elementary school crashed and injured several students. And a few weeks ago a Boca Raton bus driver was beaten by parents in West Palm Beach.