COMMUNITY EVENTS
Includes private screenings of local or national programs plus public or private receptions, seminars, workshops, and conferences held by WXEL or organized through WXEL's partnerships with strategic community partners.
WXEL TV42 EVENT ENCOURAGES
LOCAL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE
IN NATIONAL STEM VIDEO GAME
CHALLENGE
Event encourages students and educators to build original games in support of STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – learning
To help promote participation in the 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge, WXEL TV42 is hosting the “STEM Workshop: PBC Teens & Educators”. Science/Technology/Engineering/Math (STEM) will be the focus of workshop participants from Palm Beach County when developing video games for children ages 2 – 8 by the deadline of March 12, 2012. Supported nationally by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS KIDS through the Ready To Learn Initiative, the contest being promoted by WXEL TV42 is inspired by the “Educate to Innovate Campaign, ”President Obama’s initiative to promote a renewed focus on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. The Challenge is an annual competition to motivate interest in STEM learning among America’s youth by tapping into students’ natural passion for playing and making video games. ...more...
Celebrating Families
June 2011 - WXEL once again supported the annual Hippy event:
"Celebrating Families" Fun Day @ Gaines Park Community Center, West Palm Beach
Book Breakfast
"The Book Breakfast was a success today! Friday, May 20, 2011....Thanks to you!
Thank you so very much for continuing our partnership to help promote our
summer literacy initiative!"
- Yvette Gilroy, First Grade Teacher, D.D. Eisenhower Elementary
Children’s Museum of the Treasure
Coast Earhtfest Celebration
The Mission of the Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast is to offer Children’s and families a place to explore and learn through hands on activities, educational programs and cultural experiences.
The Children’s Museum is dedicated to providing a safe state of the art environment where curiosity and self confidence are fostered.
Pahokee Reads!
Pahokee Reads was a free event for the community held at Pahokee Elementary School , the objective of this initiative was to educate parents about the importance of reading. The event was held on March 5, 2011.
13th Annual Holiday Book Drive
Get ready to make a difference in a child's life by donating a book through the upcoming 13th Annual WXEL Holiday Book Drive!
From November 30th through December 30th, WXEL will be collecting new or well preserved used books for at-risk kids ages 2 to 8.
Thanks to your book donations many kids are enjoying a new book today! Like the kids from Pahokee Youth Enrichment Academy (Housing Partnership, Inc.) as featured in these special photos!
Literacy Day 2010
WXEL and many other participants from all the Family Literacy Programs in Palm Beach County got together in Palm Beach Gardens to celebrate Literacy Day. The event's purpose is to encourage families to read together and promote education.
WXEL Outreach 2010
Here are some of the many events and activities that we participated in this year! Including...
Love of Literacy Luncheon at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
The Lake Worth Resource Center, in cooperation with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services presented a "Path to Citizenship"
The Read Together Palm Beach County 2010 Finale featured a live interview from Australia with Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief, and Palm Beach Dramaworks performed scenes from the book
Family Central - Hippy Annual Family Fun Day
ReadingTogether2010 - Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County Celebrates The Snowy Day by award-winning author Ezra Jack Keats. The preschoolers were also treated to an ice skating show as well as snow cones.
LiteracyExpo2010 at Palm Beach Airport Hilton
2010 Business Career Fair at Barry University
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