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Brevard County Student Named Arts4All Florida March 2019 Student of the Month
Congratulations to 19-year-old Kyle Romero, named Arts4All Florida’s March 2019 Student of the Month. Kyle participates in Eau Gallie High School’s CraftBLAST program. The school provided this non-verbal young man with autism an iPad to serve as a communication device. However, Kyle’s motor skills were limited to touching the icons on the screen. That was until he was introduced to an Intro to Pottery-Making class. Art opened a whole new world for Kyle. Working with Eau Gallie’s staff, he became involved in rolling out clay, cutting, shaping and then glazing it, and producing products that could be sold. The results are nothing short of amazing. Kyle now uses the iPad
to communicate and interact with friends and has become noticably more outgoing and engaged in social activities with his peers. Pottery has served not only as a creative outlet for Kyle, but a means to develop so many other life skills.
For more information about the Student of the Month program and others, pleasevisit www.arts4allflorida.org.
Congratulations to our students participating in the ‘Brevard’s Got Music Talent’ show, in Cocoa Beach, Sunday, March 31. Click here to learn more.
Odyssey of the Mind
On Saturday, March 2, 2019, 570 students on 89 teams competed at Viera High School in the 29th Space Coast Odyssey of the Mind Regional Tournament. Thirty teams are advancing to the state finals at the University of Central Florida on April 6th. These teams from across the state will vie for a chance to represent
Florida against teams from other states and dozens of countries at the 2019 Odyssey of the Mind World Finals at Michigan State University, in East Lansing, Michigan. Click here to see the teams advancing to the state finals in April.
Future Problem Solvers
(FPS) Affiliate Competition was
held in Orlando March 17-20.
More than 650 students from 39
schools across the state of Florida
competed in seven different
competitions over the three day
event. Brevard County schools
represented very well, bringing home ribbons and trophies from all components along with tons of great memories from the competition. Congratulations to Anika Vaishnav (Freedom 7 Elementary), Jasmine Francik and Chloe Seifert (West Shore Jr./Sr. High School), Ada Umiceva (Viera High School) and Abigail Perez (Palm Bay Magnet High School). These students have been invited to the international competition this summer in Massachusetts.
A complete list of winners can be viewed here.
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