BOCASCOPES
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The smell of fresh office supplies and school uniforms fills the air as TIS is almost back in session
Written by Sheila Evans on . Posted in Education, News.
The Island School is at full capacity this year, as 60 students will start school on Thursday, Aug. 10. Head of School Christine Oliver is looking forward to a “normal” school year, free of pandemic or hurricane concerns. Classes will typically have 10 students in each grade level, with the “specials” teachers moving from class to class.
“I am pleased to announce that The Island School made impressive progress on our F.A.S.T. progress monitoring from PM1 to PM3 in both reading and math,” said Oliver. F.A.S.T. is the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking, instituted in 2022. The PM1 is testing done at the beginning of the school year, and PM3 is similar testing at the end of the year.
Leathery crusaders in the LBC: It’s beginning to look a lot like ‘Batmas’
Written by Garland Pollard on . Posted in News.
It may not be Halloween yet, but any time of year is perfect to celebrate our friend, the bat.
Lemon Bay Conservancy (LBC) has just commissioned a bat nursery that they hope will bring over 300 bats to Cape Haze’s Lemon Bay Wildflower Preserve – all at the same bat time.Possibly on the same bat channel.
“It is the beginning of our efforts to enter into bat conservation territory,” said Tonya Bramlage of the LBC, the group that installed the house at the Lemon Bay Wildflower Preserve.
BOCA GRANDE’S (NOT-SO)ACCUWEATHER FORECAST
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BOCASCOPES
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ASK A DOC
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Summer heat becoming a real issue with humans, as well as with pets
Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in Health & Wellness, News.
Anyone who knows island resident Libby Frazier knows that she is a lover of all animals. You might see her on her golf cart in town, several dogs in tow, running daily errands. There are few people who can say they have taken their cockatoo or their chickens to the Blessing of the Animals that the churches used to have here, but she is one of them.
Just recently Libby was at home when she saw her dog, Lucy, running toward her and knew right away that something was wrong. Libby could feel the heat emanating from her, could see her labored breathing and realized that she was overheating.
She did the only thing she could think of, the same thing that many people would do in her position – she filled a tub with cold water, dumped some ice in it and put her little dog in to cool off.
Two days later, though, Lucy passed away. Libby was devastated. We are so sorry for her loss.
Beacon/Gasparilla Island Magazine staff brings home 15 awards
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The Boca Beacon/Gasparilla Island Magazine staff attended the Florida Press Association and Florida Magazine Association awards ceremony last Friday, July 21 at The Westin in Sarasota and came home with 15 awards. Out of more than 1,200 entries in the Florida Press Association “Better Weekly Newspaper” contest, our little newspaper took nine awards. Editor Marcy […]
Public participation meetings for federal disaster recovery funds planned throughout Lee County (but not here)
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Resident participation meetings throughout unincorporated Lee County and in municipalities are planned in August to receive public comment and input on the Draft Action Plan for the $1.1 billion Community Development Block Grant – disaster recovery funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Draft Action Plan will be published at […]