Press – 2010
06/04/10
Boca Observer Article on Burt Reynolds and Dreyfoos School of the Arts
Article excerpt:
Reynolds was born in Lansing, Mich., but his family moved to Riviera, Beach, where he was raised by his father, the City’s Chief of Police and mom, Fern. He attended Palm Beach High School, which has since become the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach (this past April the street fronting the school was renamed Burt Reynolds Road).
05/19/10
Dreyfoos Social Studies Teacher Appointed to Presidential Academy
Social studies teacher, Jeffrey Stohr has been appointed as the Florida representative to this summer’s Presidential Academy for American History and Civics, July 11 through July 29. The Academy selects one teacher per state to travel to Philadelphia, Gettysburg and Washington DC to be a part of an intensive study of American history and government.
“As a complete history nerd I have been applying for a spot in the Academy for the past 5 years, never thinking I would get a chance to go,” remarked Stohr, who is just now completing his first year at Dreyfoos.
Stohr and the other appointed teachers will begin with a study of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States in Philadelphia. They will then move on to Gettysburg where they will discuss the importance of the Gettysburg Address, as well as the causes and effects of the American Civil War. In Gettysburg, the group will tour battlefields and participate in ongoing lecture/discussions from leading college professors and a Pulitzer Prize winning author. The Academy ends in the Washington DC analyzing Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech and also spending time in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate.
Stohr noted, “Some past Academy participants have met the president while touring the White House.”
The Presidential Academy for History and Civics was introduced in 2005 and is scheduled to end this year.
Information regarding the Academy taken from the PresidentialAcademy.org website:
The Presidential Academies for American History and Civics Education Program. Originally introduced in the United States Senate by Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, the Presidential Academies are a part of the American History and Civics Education Act of 2004. This program supports the establishment of Presidential Academies for the Teaching of American History and Civics that offer workshops for both veteran and new teachers of American history and civics to strengthen their knowledge and preparation for teaching these subjects.
This Academy is administered by the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University as a result of a 2005 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Senator Lamar Alexander announced the grant in this speech (audio of speech) at the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University in March 2006.
05/19/10
Dreyfoos School of the Arts Literary Magazine Wins National Pacemaker Award
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — April 21, 2010 — SEEDS, the literary and arts magazine at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, has been named winner of the 2010 Pacemaker by the National Scholastic Press Association. This is the second Pacemaker for Seeds, having also won in 2006.
The staff of the Alaska Quarterly Review judged the Magazine Pacemaker contest. 61 total NSPA magazines entered the contest, which represents a slight increase from the 2008 contest. Entries were selected based on excellence in content, writing, editing, photography, art, graphics, design and concept or theme.
This magazine is truly a combination of the arts. Included in the book was a musical score, poems, photographs, short stories, personal essays, a play, paintings, sculptures, a chalk drawing, an architectural drawing and a costume construction. Submissions came from all art departments.
The editors were Brittney Lewer and Phoenix Kushner. The magazine is produced under the skillful advisement of Communication Arts instructor, Stephen Moore. Stephen is also the advisor for the school’s award winning news magazine, The Muse and the school’s outstanding yearbook, The Marquee.
Peter Stodolak and Jenny Gifford, who lead the Dreyfoos renowned digital and visual art departments, generate most of the art submissions. In addition, the Dreyfoos English teachers incorporate into their lessons submitting to Seeds. This is a true representation of the artistic talents and collaboration of the students who attend Dreyfoos.
