June 2, 2021 | Education
Each year, Brevard After School hosts summer camp in various elementary schools. Coordinators and activity leaders develop themes to engage students with a variety of hands-on activities including STEAM, arts & crafts, in-house field trips, water days, fiel...
May 20, 2021 | Education
What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question every student faces all too frequently. Kids know what their parents do, and they see other professionals in their daily lives, like teachers, doctors, and nurses. But other than through social medi...
March 25, 2021 | Education
Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? That’s what the 5th graders at Palm Bay Elementary are learning! Last year, with the support of Brevard Public Schools’ Food and Nutrition Services, the background work for the school...
February 22, 2021 | Education
Even in the midst of a pandemic, Brevard Public Schools’ Adult Education program found a way to not only rise to the occasion, but to thrive and continue to serve its community while keeping it safe. With classes aimed at multiple community needs, adding ...
February 11, 2021 | Education
The kindness seed was planted early and continues to grow in my three sons. August, who is now 7 and in second grade, was in Mrs. (Barbara) Wilcox’s transitional kindergarten (TK) class at Tropical Elementary on Merritt Island that developed the kindness ...
December 17, 2020 | Education
Let’s make a box with the authors’ names and titles: By Gevonne Blum: family engagement resource teacher, Brevard Public Schools, and Ginny Gleason: parent, family, and community engagement resource teacher, Brevard Public Schools When was the last ...
December 3, 2020 | Education
We are entering a joyous time of celebration. We need to bring the joys of childhood back and let our children be children, full of hope and excited expectations. It is time to put away the worry and fear that this year has brought to so many families. Now is t...
September 8, 2020 | Education
Children love to learn and they learn best by doing, participating and being actively involved. Tasks around the house can offer many learning experiences. Children love working with their parents when work is accepted at their ability level. Real experiences a...
September 3, 2020 | Education
Learning During Pandemic Takes Multiple Forms The Friday before Spring Break, nobody could have predicted that Brevard County students and teachers would not walk back into classrooms until the next school year. Once the state gave word that schools...
August 5, 2020 | Education
When I stepped into a Montessori classroom for the first time, I noticed the quiet and peaceful environment. I saw shelves well organized, filled with interesting materials that provided eye appeal and reflected so much attention and care. The children were sca...
July 4, 2020 | Education
Congratulations to the two teams from Viera High School that placed at the 2020 Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. To do this under any circumstances would be amazing, but given the constraints of the pandemic, even more so. One team finished ninth, another 50th...
June 2, 2020 | Education
The “summer slide” is a real thing that happens each year. Studies show that children can lose up to three months of learning over the summer, when young minds sit idle during the 10 weeks that school is out. And with children this year having their...
