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Force also trained on handgun conversions

By Steve Plunkett

Gulf Stream’s police force is eagerly waiting for free software and hardware to arrive to check for security weaknesses at the Gulf Stream School.

Police Chief Richard Jones applied for the

At the end of the ribbon-cutting event, a group of pre-K students, including Aiden Reinhardt, got to ring a kid-height bell in the parking lot of the Gulf Stream School’s new Delray Beach campus. The K-8 campus in Gulf Stream has a similar bell.

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Celebrating Gulf Stream School’s 86th graduation, departing eighth-graders Grace Pellerin and Isabella Nazzaro perform ’The Climb’ in the Clough Chapel. 

With Head of School Gray Smith looking on, Patrick Donovan shakes the hand of his son, Nate, as

By Steve Plunkett

Roadway catch basins are stacked up behind Town Hall, and the right-of-way on Wright Way is staked out, but even before Gulf Stream’s street and drainage improvement project in its Core district kicked off, officials were making cha

As you may already know, the Gulf Stream School has applied through the town of Gulf Stream to have an amendment approved that would allow them to enroll 50 more students at the school.

Fifty more students means 50 more cars twice per day as most of

By Steve Plunkett

Halfway through the school year, the private Gulf Stream School would get an A for starting a new preschool but a C-minus or lower on its communication skills with town commissioners.

Patrick Donovan, president of the school’s board

The Early Childhood Academy in Delray Beach cares for children who often wind up in pre-kindergarten at Gulf Stream School. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Steve Plunkett

As rumored for months, the Gulf Stream School is expanding into Delray Beach, b

By Steve Plunkett

Resurfacing roads and improving drainage in Gulf Stream’s Core District will begin in November as consultants wait for the Army Corps of Engineers to sign off on plans to divert storm water runoff into the Intracoastal Waterway.

The

By Steve Plunkett

Town commissioners made Gulf Stream School’s newly raised 300-student limit a permanent one after twice postponing their decision so residents could come to Town Hall to give input.
The school won permission on Jan. 13 to raise the l

By Steve Plunkett

Town commissioners postponed for a second time their vote on Gulf Stream School’s request to boost its enrollment, but they hope to turn the delay into a teaching moment on civic involvement.
Dr. Gray Smith, head of the school, won p

By Steve Plunkett

The head of the Gulf Stream School asked for — and received — permission to boost enrollment past the town’s 250-student cap, but only after attendance exceeded the limit for more than two years.
The school currently has 293 students

Fifth-graders Valentina Autiero and Emma Imperatore stand beside the new duck-crossing sign outside the Gulf Stream School that they designed and promoted. A second sign was installed in front of Town Hall. The persistent students asked town commissi

Deb and Larry Handler will mark their 30th wedding anniversary this school year at Gulf Stream, where they total 75 years of service as teachers. They also love basketball. Deb played for Keene State College in New Hampshire and Larry is co-athletic

Graduation day: Sarah Dagher hugs her mother, Joumana, as her father, Salam, looks on following Gulf Stream School’s graduation ceremony on June 10. Sarah recorded a 99.5% average during her final year at the school, one of the best scores ever r

Emma Imperatore and Valentina Autiero show the Gulf Stream Town Commission possible new locations for duck crossing signs. BELOW RIGHT: Prototype they drew two years ago. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Steve Plunkett

Thanks to the determin

By Amy Woods

A husband and father of three young children who simultaneously has emerged as a quick-witted comedian out of Chicago will headline this year’s Laugh with the Library.
Pat McGann is a last-minute fill-in for James Austin Johnson, who had

Cast members of Respect: A Musical Journey of Women toss their cowgirl hats in the air at the conclusion of a dress rehearsal last month. Rachel O’Hara is fourth from left. They all wore clear plastic masks to limit the potential of spreading COVID

By Rich Pollack

GULF STREAM — Even after her retirement in 2004, Anne Gibb remained one of Gulf Stream School’s most beloved educators.
“Everyone adored her,” said Barbara Backer, whose now-grown children attended the school and who remained close to

Athena Zarcadoolas has worked with her family to help people in Costa Rica, where her mom was born. Photo provided

By Janis Fontaine

At 14, Athena Zarcadoolas has done more to make this world a better place than some others manage in a lifetime.
“It

Third-grade students at Gulf Stream School took a ‘Step Back in Time’ to see what getting an education was like between 1870 and 1912.

 Teacher Nancy Moore reads and explains to the students about life in the early years of Florida.

Bridget Barbieri