By Janis Fontaine
The Friends of the Boca Raton Public Library is like a perpetual motion machine promoting a love for reading.
Friends members sell donated books in their store in the lobby of the Downtown Library and then use the money to promote
By Janis Fontaine
When students return to Unity School in Delray Beach this month, they’ll find a new smile greeting them in the carpool line. It belongs to their new head of school, Genevieve Hoppe.
“I do carpool every morning,” Hoppe said. “The kid
The tween fiction section is part of an upgraded area for young readers made possible by a $25,000 grant. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Three words tweens and teens love? “No adults allowed.”
“It’s important for kids to have their space,” libraria
NOTE: Not all summer camp schedules have been set and some are tentative due to COVID. Please check thecoastalstar.com for additional information as it becomes available. Also, refer to listed websites for missing information such as pricing. If your
By Janis Fontaine
Our community has dozens of options for private school education, with some tuitions topping $40,000 a year. But the schools offer scholarships and financial aid.
Rigorous COVID-19 policies and procedures are in place at all schools
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
Bill Dorton, co-founder of Head Injury Treatment Corp in Delray Beach, speaks to students at St. Joseph’s Episcopal School about sports-related head injuries. Photo provided by Carol Cunningham
By Janis Fontaine
For kids who play sports, back-to-sch
Juliet Baum cuts the ribbon for a Type 1 diabetes research fundraising walk in April in Mizner Park. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Watch out, Washington. Juliet Baum is headed your way.
The 11-year-old Gulf Stream resident was chosen from more th
Sean Duhaney looks at the brain and spine exhibit that is part of Journey Through the Human Brain. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
The South Florida Science Center’s new permanent exhibition Journey Through the Human Brain is a 2,500- square-foot
Jett and Luke Justin, 11, founded the Boca Raton Cereal Drive Alliance to collect cereal to give to Boca Helping Hands for distribution to underserved people. Last month the drive collected more than 2,700 boxes from seven schools to go with more tha
Madison Nolan hopes to raise $50,000 by March 8 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in honor of her father, Ed Nolan, who died in April after battling lymphoma. On March 5 she wants fellow students to donate $3 each and wear lime green, the LLS color
Modern Boca Mom website author Michelle Olson-Rogers, her husband, Andrew, and daughter, Avery, visit the Boca Express Train Museum. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Every mom (or dad) needs a friend like Michelle Olson-Rogers. Someone else who has
Children get into the Halloween spirit during Sugar Sand Park’s Shriek Week, now in its 14th year. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Halloween is America’s favorite holiday. Americans love it so much, they’ll spend more than $8 billion on the holida
By Janis Fontaine
The best asset in your children’s “Do Better in School” toolkits might be a little card you can get for free. September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and a library card unlocks access to a world of information.
Before you say, “Who
Children in Samaritans365 help local charities and encourage kindness. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
The adage “Children learn what they live” is at the core of the Boca Raton-based nonprofit Samaritans365, a group that introduces kids to communi
Do you have a tale to share with Luna the sea turtle ambassador?
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton invites budding writers to submit stories about Luna the sea turtle ambassador, who returns to the beach at the center each year.
What has she
By Janis Fontaine
Boca Raton High School senior John “Jack” Chapman has an impressive résumé: student body president, co-valedictorian, multiple-sport varsity athlete.
But the thing that proved his biggest challenge?
Putting on a Speedo to join the
By Janis Fontaine
Attention local high schools with theater programs:
Applications are being accepted through mid-September from high schools that want to have their theater programs participate in the first-ever Dream Awards, a program sponsor
