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Acreage Pines Elementary to celebrate 20th anniversary

In the beginning there was only one elementary school that served the Acreage area – Acreage Pines Elementary School. That was in 1991. On Saturday the school will celebrate its 20th anniversary during its annual Fox Family Festival.

April 27, 2011

Miami-Dade high school student shot in after school fight

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The altercation happened an hour after school was dismissed, about 3:45 p.m., on the sports field of the school, located at 1050 NW 195th St., schools spokesman John Schuster said.

April 27, 2011

NASA brings its traveling space program to Pembroke Pines school

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Students at the Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School East Campus recently had the chance to see a planetarium without leaving school.

April 9, 2011

NASA brings its traveling space program to Pembroke Pines school

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Students at the Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School East Campus recently had the chance to see a planetarium without leaving school.

April 8, 2011

In Broward schools, some grass cutters and stock clerks earn more than veteran teachers

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The Broward County School District last year paid about 34 of its painters and 24 of its roofers at least $59,000 more per day than it paid teachers with 16 years of experience.

March 26, 2011

The Importance of High School Prom

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High School Prom is that famous event where you spend months worrying about what to wear, and finding a date.

March 15, 2011

Broward schools review lockdown policy

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Broward school leaders held a meeting to review important lessons learned after last year’s countywide school lockdown.

February 8, 2011

Court decides against Pembroke Pines in charter school fight

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Fight for school district funds continues

Pembroke Pines suffered a setback in court, but its fight with Broward Schools continues.

February 8, 2011

Pines students have their say

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Pembroke Pines school has ‘Free Speech Zone’ on Fridays

When it’s lunchtime on Fridays at Pembroke Pines Charter High School, Matt Sensebe can say whatever he wants — whether it’s about ramen noodles or recess.

January 20, 2011

First-grade teacher starts Happiness Tour at Cooper City school

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Fran Katz wants to spread some happiness around her school.

January 7, 2011

Mustangs gallop off with title

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Silver Trail girls’ soccer team wins second middle school title in three years

Silver Trail needed only 48 seconds to gain the upper hand in the recent middle school girls’ soccer county championship match at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.

December 5, 2010

School shooting threat locks down Florida schools

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School shooting threat locks down Florida schools Broward County, the 2nd-largest county in FL, has locked down educational facilities due to a danger of a shooting.

November 15, 2010

Fla. county locks down schools after threat

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Thousands of students in the nation’s sixthlargest school district spent hours locked in their classrooms Wednesday after an unidentified woman called a South Florida radio station and said her husband might go to a campus and open fire with a gun.

November 13, 2010

Palida “Monica” Pongpluempitichai speaks during a news conference | Thurs., Nov. 11

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The Archbishop McCarthy High School teen who lost her right leg in a freak accident outside school last month musters just enough strength to climb the 20 steps to reach her walk-up second-floor Hollywood apartment.

November 12, 2010

Pembroke Pines Police: Confident that threat is diminished, Broward schools lockdown lifted

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The nation’s sixth largest school district was placed on lockdown for several hours Wednesday after Pembroke Pines police received an unconfirmed tip that threatened violence but was not specific to a school or incident.

November 10, 2010

Hundreds Of Schools In Fla. District On Lockdown

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Schools in the nation’s sixth-largest school district were on lockdown Wednesday, and police in bullet-proof vests guarded at least some entrances after authorities said an unidentified woman called a radio station, saying her husband might go to a school and start shooting.

November 10, 2010

All Broward public schools, some buildings on lockdown after Pines police receive threat

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All 230,000 Broward County public school students, along with faculty members and employees in 275 buildings, were placed on lockdown Wednesday morning after Pembroke Pines police received a threat, according to Schools Superintendent James Notter.