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
St. Joseph’s Episcopal School and its wealthy benefactor have lost their courtroom quest to reverse the decision by St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church not to renew their lease.
Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Bradley Harper, invoking the
By Steve Plunkett
St. Joseph’s Episcopal School, locked in litigation with St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church — its neighbor and landlord — will shutter its campus at the end of the school year.
The school’s board of trustees announced March 31 that it ma
By Steve Plunkett
St. Joseph’s Episcopal School has lost its bid for an injunction to allow it to continue operating on the grounds of St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Boynton Beach while a lawsuit between the parties is resolved.
The school claims it
Students protest in front of St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church on April 24 after the church’s decision. The lease ends Nov. 30. A mediator may help settle the dispute. Photo provided by Change.org
By Janis Fontaine
Parents, teachers and school administra
Saint Joseph’s Episcopal School’s parent organization had its fourth annual links event, raising more than $20,000 for the institution. Parents along with faculty and staff not only golfed but also volunteered to make the outing a philanthropic succe
St. Joseph’s eighth-grade students contributed food and prepared a Christmas dinner for about two dozen homeless and needy people at Holy Redeemer Episcopal Church in Lake Worth. ‘This is a wonderful opportunity to help the students understand that t
St. Joseph’s Episcopal School’s parent network had its second Jaguar Classic golf tournament to raise money for upgrading and making improvements to the Boynton Beach campus.
The event brought out 80 participants to the Seagate Country Club in Delray
The school had its annual Halloween event at which guests enjoyed trick-or-treating in costume, showed off decoratively themed trunks and shared in the camaraderie of the campus community. Prizes were awarded for Best Overall Trunk. Faculty and staff
Students participated in an annual event in which all grade levels run, walk and navigate
an obstacle course to raise awareness of the importance of fitness and funds for the school’s new playground.
An informative lecture from parent Lew Gallego (le
Middle-school students conducted a monthlong food drive to benefit WPTV-Ch. 5’s Food for Families
community outreach program. They donated nonperishables such as bagged rice, dried beans, canned meats,
soups and vegetables to help less fortunate peop
Students in prekindergarten through eighth grade gathered to show their support
against bullying in a celebration of Unity Day, a national initiative. To demonstrate acceptance,
inclusion and kindness, they created posters with uplifting messages and
Faculty, family members and friends ushered in a new school year with the annual barbecue that attracted more than 300, a record. The event also kicked off the school’s Jaguar Fund, a giving campaign. ABOVE: (l-r) Class of ’16 alumni Grayson Westine,
The school’s Academy of the Arts presented Let Your Hair Down, Rapunzel, the 11th stage performance
that showcased the talents of middle-schoolers. In addition to the play, students presented the Great Wall of Art
featuring hundreds of works created
Fifth-graders concluded a schoolwide collection drive to support the Alliance for Kids at Palm Beach Children’s Hospital at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach. Boxes of bandages were gathered and donated to children in need. In all, 481 box
Saint Joseph’s Episcopal School eighth-graders, along with their parents and faculty
and staff members, served a Christmas meal for nearly 50 underprivileged families.
In addition to collecting and cooking the food, the school donated new work shoes
The school entertained families from nearby neighborhoods with contests for most creative and scariest costumes, as well as tastes of the hot-and-spicy southwest concoction. ABOVE: (l-r) The Elliott family — David, James, Avery and Kristin — in their
Parents, students and teachers gathered for a barbecue and raffle to celebrate the start of the 2015-16 academic year at the nationally recognized pre-kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school. ABOVE: Lucas Shahrabani, Madison Jones and Anthony Murry
Maya Kirie,12, takes a break at Aqua Crest pool
in Delray Beach. She swims for the East Coast Aquatic Club.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Pike
Maya Kirie gently pressed her head on the left shoulder of her mother, Joanna Malin.
“She’s
Middle-school students at St. Joseph’s Episcopal School’s Academy of the Arts presented the classic tale,
directed by Becky Cleveland, during three days of performances presented free to the public.
Attendees included students from Title I and other
