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FCAT man to the rescue

Students get a little extra motivation from a “Super [...]

Theatre provides for Golden Terrace students with grant

The Gulfshore Playhouse Theatre Education Project teams up with Golden Terrace Elementary to provide an innovative educational program for nearly150 [...]

JOE LANDON: Class Notes – Literacy highlights “Bush Month”

Last month was “Bush month” here in our little corner of the world. “Bush 43” (George W.) and brother Jeb grabbed the Naples Town Hall Series [...]

Collier superintendent calls state bill requiring merit pay for teachers a disaster

Senate Bill 6, which is co-sponsored by Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, would require school districts to adopt performance pay models for their teachers. [...]

Barron Collier High sets the stage at thespian competition

Excitement ensues as the Barron Collier High drama team returns victorious from the International Thespian Society District 6 Competition, and begins preparations to represent our area in the state competition in [...]

St. Elizabeth Seton induct students to the National Junior Honor Society

Young citizens with top [...]

JOE LANDON: Class Notes – Board certification prestigious as it is arduous

You may have heard that our school district has two new National Board Certified Teachers [...]

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: 6 Collier teachers surprised with Golden Apple Awards

Each of the Golden Apple recipients receives $2,000 from the Mary Ingram Fund of the Columbus Foundation, an engraved Golden Apple and other gifts from the [...]

New health care plan will require Collier School District employees to get blood tests

The Collier County School District will roll out its new health care insurance program for employees this week. Officials say the program will make employees healthier and reduce costs but some employees worry that the plan will give the district Big Brother-type [...]

Students welcome soldiers home from Iraq

Every night before Patricia Verder went to sleep, the 5-year-old asked her mother, Brandi, how many more days until her father came home from Iraq. “It was very hard – on all of us,” Brandi Verder [...]

JOE LANDON: Class Notes – First meal and first books both important

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Not sure who “they” are but I’m guessing they are right. I know I do better once I’ve had my bowl of cereal. Same, of course, holds true for our students – your [...]

Helping others has healing effect at GGHS as students raise $1,000 for Haiti

As Americans across the country rushed to assist earthquake victims in Haiti, last month, Golden Gate High School students and faculty joined forces on the school track, raising $1,100 in relief [...]

“The three R’s” have changed: Relevance, rigor and relationship

Ever since I was a kid (many moons ago) I’ve heard about the “3 R’s” – reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic, the alliteration of course of reading, writing, and arithmetic. So much for spelling, huh? The 3 R’s have long been considered to be the fundamentals of a good elementary [...]

Festival: Gulf Coast High shows off talent, with an international flair

For the past nine years, Gulf Coast High School has celebrated the diversity of students and staff with its annual International Festival. This year’s eventswill take place at 9:45 and 11:20 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 17, in the school auditorium. [...]

JOE LANDON: Class Notes – Florida schools ranks 8th in nation

Florida is ranked eighth in the nation for K-12 public education! I’m guessing you haven’t seen or heard that since the annual Quality Counts report recently issued by the Education Week publication drew little, if any, media [...]

Collier students prepare to write for Collier Writes test

Collier County Public School students in grades 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 will be sharpening their No. 2 pencils in preparation for the Collier Writes test, Feb. [...]

Survivor cookbook: history with a new twist

The Holocaust has inspired a number of specialized classroom activities and consumer science teacher Sandy Brock has brought the concept to a new level at Pine Ridge Middle School. Brock, who has been teaching for 24 years, says she got the idea of incorporating a cooking unit tied to the era while visiting the Holocaust [...]

JOE LANDON: Class Notes – District’s Web site revamped

The district’s Web site has a fresh, new look. If you haven’t been on the site recently, you might want to check it out at collierschools.com. As of the first of the year, the district’s Webmaster is in our office at the Communications Services [...]

Back to school in a whole new way

School was back in session at Naples First Baptist Academy High School this month, but the daily schedule was anything but routine. During the month of January, the school’s 96 high school students took part in a unique, in- depth study opportunity called “J-Term.” [...]

JOE LANDON: Class Notes – More first semester highlights

Earlier this month, I shared some first semester school highlights with you, hoping to give you a little bit of insight into what’s happening on our campuses. With the second semester just getting underway, here are a few more highlights from more of our [...]