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Dawson Young and Nick Petruccelli listen to a presentation by Robert Rehmer.
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  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 5, 2015
Lakewood Ranch Imagine Schools students prepare for Washington D.C. trip

Retired Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinel presented to eighth-graders yesterday.

  • East County
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Bella Guzman and Lentz Laurent
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  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 2, 2015
Lakewood Ranch High School students dance amid 007-theme

Around 570 students filled the ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Sarasota.

  • East County
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    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • May 1, 2015
LeVar Burton inspires Booker Elementary students

Educator and actor LeVar Burton made a stop at Emma E. Booker Elementary School Friday morning to read to first-grade students.

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In the courtyard breezeway students weave yarn on a loom.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • May 1, 2015
ODA hosts Art Extravaganza

Out-of-Door Academy students spent Friday morning exploring a variety of art techniques for the Arts Extravaganza at the Lower School campus.

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Julia Price holds up the Florida State flag while another student explains the symbolism behind it.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • May 1, 2015
Bashaw Elementary fourth grade students perform Sunshine State history

It was the first year the fourth grade transformed a core topic of study into a program.

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Samantha Callaway, Clare Carter and Tina Miller
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  • Amanda Morales
  • April 30, 2015
First Presbyterian fundraiser puts down roots

Parents and friends of the First Presbyterian Preschool enjoyed an evening out for the annual fundraiser First Roots at Michael’s Wine Cellar Thursday evening.

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Zak Barnes, Sarah Davis, Christian Berendes, Marianna Haluska and Zach Berendes
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  • Amanda Morales
  • April 25, 2015
Cardinal Mooney hosts masquerade prom

Elegance was the key for the masquerade theme for the Cardinal Mooney Catholic School prom Saturday night at the Lakewood Ranch Polo Grill.

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Carly and Daniel Brown listen to the rules before playing with Andy Branco.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • April 24, 2015
Foundation rolls the dice for Southside Elementary

The Southside Foundation went all in for a casino night fundraiser for the elementary school Friday evening at Michael’s on East.

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Courtesy photo. Members of the blue "jelly" team show off their donations for the Out-of-Door Academy’s annual Peanut Butter and Jelly Food Drive Competition.
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2015
Peanut butter upsets jelly in ODA food drive

Students at the lower campus and upper campuses participated in the Peanut Butter and Jelly food drive to benefit the All Faiths Food Bank Campaign Against Summer Hunger.

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Bay Haven School teacher Maribeth Ditmars reads a list of students’ names from her 1995 class. Photo by Amanda Morales
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  • Amanda Morales
  • April 23, 2015
Bay Haven students dig up the past

In 1995 the Major League Baseball strike came to an end, the Academy Award for Best Picture went to “Forrest Gump” and the verdict for the O.J. Simpson trial was not guilty.

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SCF Model UN team members: (front) Anne Miller, Carolina Montes, Carlyle Styer, Kristen Moreno and Jordan Foth; (back row) Matthew Ruch, George Vasquez and team adviser Danny Fuerstman. Courtesy photo
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  • Amanda Morales
  • April 23, 2015
School board

SCF Model UN delegation honored; Three Fulbright grants awarded to New College students; Pine View team qualifies for TARC

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Courtesy photo
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  • Amanda Morales
  • April 23, 2015
Teacher spotlight: Angela Mejicanos

Engaging students in a foreign language is Angela Mejicanos’ specialty at the Out-of-Door Academy lower campus.

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The Sarasota County School Board is currently in the middle of its budget process.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • April 22, 2015
Health care debate adds dose of uncertainty to schools budget

The Sarasota School District faces uncertainty about final revenue numbers as the Florida House and Senate wage battle over Medicaid expansion.

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  • Amanda Morales
  • April 20, 2015
Digging up the past: Bay Haven students unearth 1995 time capsule

The students in Maribeth Ditmars' fourth grade class helped unearth a time capsule that her first class in buried in 1995 at Bay Haven School of Basics Plus.

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'The Wiz'
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 1, 2015
Emerald City shines at ODA

Theater students at The Out-of-Door Academy brought the sights and sounds of “The Wizard of Oz” to life.

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