We got word that two area schools would be playing together and we managed to get some of the various performances on video. All performances were directed by Larry Shane with Logger’s Run band director Craig Denny assisting. First up is the West Boca High “Symphonic Band” playing As Torrents in Summer by E. Elgar:…
Update: We have a new video with both Austin Mahone and interviews with local fans from West Boca High, Spanish River High, and Olympic Heights High as well. Lexi Segal from West Boca High sent us this picture of her with Mahone: Thanks to readers we were tipped off that pop superstar Austin Mahone would…
The Palm Beach County school district’s “All-Star Academic Challenge team” competed in the Commissioner’s Academic Challenge at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort from April 9 to April 11. Overall the team placed 7th out of the 12 “large county” districts that competed. West Boca students who participated included Miles Fertel of Spanish River High (top right…
Last night we saw Rent at West Boca High School, put on by the local professional Slow Burn Theatre Company. They took a sad story and made it fun and sexy. As a warning to those who might be bothered, there is some very brief female nudity in the show. Director Patrick Fitzwater reassured the…
Several students from high schools in greater Boca Raton were named as finalists in the National Merit Scholarship program and a couple were finalists in the National Achievement Scholarship program. From West Boca High, Noah Graff was named a National Merit finalist. A resident of the Mission Bay community, Graff has his own tutoring business…
