We have been fans of Mathnasium for four years now. The results are outstanding. We’ve seen kids who were struggling at their grade level of math improved to perform very well at two grade levels ahead. We wrote about the West Boca Mathnasium’s opening last year. A lot of parents go to math tutoring for…
Benjamin Schiller, an 8th grade student at Loggers’ Run Middle School, has been named to the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps, “the country’s oldest and largest student reporting program.” For more than 15 years, the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps has delivered news to classrooms nationwide. Stories by the kid reporters appear in select issues…
We received a tip this morning that a teacher from West Boca High was suspended for selling community service hours to students. That led us to reach out to our readers as well as to the school district and we learned more. Before we get into the details we remind our readers that West Boca…
Recent news shows another bad moment for Boca area schools. From the Palm Beach Post: A coach for a Boynton Beach travel soccer team was arrested Tuesday after soliciting a nude photograph from a 14-year-old girl (8th grade) on the team, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reports. We heard about the arrest from several…
West Boca High School has been known for some time for its outstanding band and drama group. They’re taking it up a notch by adding a fifth academy choice program for the coming year and beyond. Principal Sommer was kind enough to meet with us in his office last week. He’s new to the school,…
