A youngster works on her reading in the company of a therapy dog at the Palm Beach County Library. Photo provided
By Arden Moore
Now this just may surprise you: The individual who may spark an interest in your child to read is one who cannot read a s
Author Shannon Q. McDonald also sold mask-making kits with holiday themes. Photos provided
By Janis Fontaine
When COVID-19 became a part of our lives last spring, Delray Beach mom Shannon Q. McDonald reasoned that mask-wearing likely would be requi
Space of Mind School introduced updated kindergarten and elementary curricula this year. Photo provided
Related Story: How other private schools are coping in face of unpredictable virus
By Janis Fontaine
As their children close in on winter break
By Amy Woods
The Boca West Children’s Foundation far exceeded last year’s tally by collecting more than 52,000 diapers from a record number of donors for the Junior League of Boca Raton’s Diaper Bank.
The annual drive took place Feb. 18.
Clean dia
Second-grade teachers Marie Boslow and Lizzie Paskal work in one the courtyards at Gulf Stream School on March 16, to organize take-home packets for their students to use while the school is closed. All Palm Beach County schools are closed in respons
Paul Miller, Steve Pate, Sandy Alcántara of the Miami Marlins, Stephen Lewis and Mark Wood. Photo provided
Jennifer Arndt, Chris Bell and Marshall Duane, all of Merrill Lynch in Delray Beach, helped raise $106,100 at the second celebrity golf tournam
Children decorated the hearts on the Legacy Wall. Photo provided
Founded in 1969 as the Community Child Care Center of Delray Beach, Achievement Centers for Children & Families began as a pilot program in response to the overwhelming need for afforda
Sweet Dream Makers founder Suzy Broad gets financial support from Neil Gillman and logistical help and donations from Marc Schiller of City Mattress. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Janis Fontaine
There is no substitute for a good night’s sleep. You
Members of Caring Stitches gather at Joy Banton’s home with the first batch of blankets and hats they will donate to children this year. BACK ROW (l-r): Annu Sharma, Doris Clark, Banton, Carla Linn, Dottie Costonis, Liz Geller, Susan Goldberg, Joset
Frank Gonzales, top, and Fernando Aciento, bottom, paint the original wooden-brick head
inside the rebuilt playground of Boca Raton’s Sugar Sand Park.
The playground is expected to be completed this month.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Visitors to se
Third-grader Phoebe Condon is the picture of concentration as she lines up a shot.
Ryan Fenton, a fourth-grader at Gulf Stream School, hits an iron at The Little Club range.
He has played golf for about three years.
After the practice session ends, t
Eight-year-olds Zepplyn Berry (left), of Boca Raton, and Giada Caniza, of Boynton Beach,
launch their 2040 mayoral campaigns during the YMCA ‘Kid for Mayor’ press event
at the DeVos-Blum Family YMCA of Boynton Beach. The event was part of a national
ABOVE: A group of home schoolers and their parents weed the Gray Mockingbird Community Garden in Lake Worth. The group grows fruits and vegetables on the plot of land run by Brian Kirsch, the garden founder.
BELOW: Kristen Litteken gives her daughter
A scary, skeletal guard greets visitors who dare to enter the spooky grounds
for Halloween in the Hammock at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton.
Photo provided
During Halloween, we throw many of our rules out the window, according to offi
Sons and moms compete with a fire hose during last year’s
Moms and Sons Challenge. Photo provided
By Shelley Gilken
On Mother’s Day, breakfast in bed would be a nice treat for Mom. Perhaps a bouquet of flowers, a beautiful card or, hey, why not th
A little princess, Rosavita Gilken, 4. Photo provided
By Shelley Gilken
The Schoolhouse Children’s Museum in Boynton Beach offers children a glimpse of South Florida history from a time when water was pumped into a basin and milk was delivered in
Join us at Delray Beach Center for the Arts on Sat. 12/14 for a book signing of Rosie's Song along with live music and tons of children's activities!
