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Growing the Voices of Our Future

In a joint effort to get students involved with the Children Services Council’s 2019 Broward AWARE! Protecting OUR Children campaign: Growing the Voices of Our Future, the Westside Gazette will engage youth in a photovoice (photojournalism) project.  The youth will tell their stories through the written word and through the lens of cameras they will operate as  photojournalists focusing on but not limited to the Broward AWARE campaign. […]

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A Daughter’s Discovery

     Faye Richards of Tamarac began to slowly notice that something was happening with her mother, Ruth. The 83-year-old was starting to ask where the kitchen was. However, she was standing in the kitchen inside the home she had lived in for 30 years. The home where she had raised her family, and in the kitchen where she made breakfast, lunch and dinner for her five children for years. […]

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BCPS Athletic Director recognized by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association

     Congratulations to Roderick “Rocky” Gillis, athletic director at Broward County Public Schools (BCPS), for being recognized as a Certified Athletic Administrator by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). He is now one of a very elite group of interscholastic athletic administrators nationwide to attain this level of professionalism. […]

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The 2nd Annual Black History Celebration Spins Stories of Excellence and Knowledge

    On Friday, February 22, 2019 at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, there was a showcase of talent, storytellers, Poets, Dancers, Drummers, Singers, Actors and Actresses. This was a wonderful evening of Black time travel, where the vision of the two directors Dr. Sybil Johnson PHD, and Sydel LeGrande MD. beaconed a call to our ancestors, they were honored   with a phenomenal performance from everyone involved. […]

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FTC Adds More Than Twenty Business and Tech Certification Programs, New HVAC Program in Spanish

Florida Technical College is reaching new milestones in 2019 with its recently launched Continuing Education division, which expands its offerings in Florida and solidifies its position as a premier post-secondary education provider in the Sunshine State. The school also added a new program to its Spanish language lineup to help newly arrived Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic Floridians make an effective transition into the state’s labor market as they work on improving their English. […]