The WXEL Community Affairs Department is responsible for handling a variety of educational and civic matters. Throughout the year, this department submits grant proposals for a number of outreach projects based on various PBS programs. When WXEL is selected for an outreach project by other PBS stations or other grant funders, the WXEL Director of Community Affairs implements projects by collaborating with key community partners in order to effectively achieve the goals for particular outreach campaigns.
The 7th annual sell-out luncheon celebrates 12 Latinas from South Florida on August 15th. WXEL’s Marlene Ross is the only nominee from Palm Beach County.
The 7th annual charity luncheon honoring 12 Latinas and a Latina Pioneer will take place on Friday, August 15th at the Signature Grand in Davie, Florida from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Presented by Bank of America and Latina Style Magazine, the nation's leading publication for Hispanic women, this high-powered, entertaining salute to distinguished Hispanic-American women will benefit the March of Dimes and ASPIRA of Florida,a Hispanic youth-mentoring and drop-out prevention program. read more »
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2008 WXEL Outreach Events
Center for Family Services Annual HIPPY Event - June 2008
WXEL Outreach Coordinator Samantha Conde sets up a table at the community center to provide resources to more than 300 parents that participated in the event.
Gaines Park Community Center and Pleasant City Multicultural Center host:
The Center for Family Services Annual HIPPY Event (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters)
"Touching a Multitude of Lives"
Saturday, June 21, 2008
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Official Welcome by DeMarchia Gibson, HIPPY Program Director
Opening Ceremony - Grand Marshall - Staneisha Asbury (HIPPY Alumni); Parade of Flags; Graduates HIPPY Age 5
Special performances Junior Explorers, Jacob Cornelius, Sophnie Perou
Remarks & Acknowledgements by Dorla Leslie, Executive Director The Center for Family Services, Inc.
HIPPY Family Cultural Showcase
Parents' & Children's Literacy Night at Melaluca, May 2008
At this Title I School special Literacy event, WXEL's Outreach Coordinator provides a table full of resources, books and advice for raising better readers and writers.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Melaleuca Elementary School (A Title I School)
Parents' & Children's Literacy Night at Melaluca, West Palm Beach
Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest Winners
Congratulations Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest Winners!
WXEL-TV42 & DT27 is pleased to recognize 16 outstanding young authors for their award-winning stories through the 14th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest. They were chosen from among 126 local entrants.
Pictures of the local celebration held at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum in Boynton Beach, FL on Friday, May 30th, 2008.
Kindergarten
First Place: “Down in the Safari ZOO” by Brenden
Second Place: “Guess, What Pet I Have?” by Aihber
Third Place: “The Princess Who Had a Problem” by Hanna
Third Place: "The Magical Unicorn" by Nicole
Third Place: "The Traveling Manatee" by Ryan
First Grade
First Place: “The Big Fire Truck” by Elliott
Second Place: "A Dreamy Adventure” by Dhananjay
Third Place: "The Flying Killer Whale” by Juliette
Third Place: "Baby Sea Lions Big Surprise” Corinne
Second Grade
First Place: "My Candy Dream" by Daisy Elizabeth
Second Place: “French Toast, French Toast” by Joy
Third Place: “The Boy who went to the Alien's Planet" by Baltazar
Special Thanks to the Judges and Outstanding Teachers:
Karen Abramson, Boynton Beach City Library
Jayne Kupperman, T.E.N./The Education Network-School District of PBC
Mario Aguilar, Schoolhouse Children's Museum
Ellen Huxley-Laffer, WXEL’s Assistant Director of the Garnet Society/ Co-Producer of WXEL’s locally produced show South Florida Profile
Gloria Allin, Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition
Gerda Loeb/Elana, WXEL's Member Relations Assistant
Check out this excellent PBS Parents resource; learn how to teach your kids healthy TV habits. This site takes an age-by-age approach to helping select appropriate programs for kids of different ages and provides strategies for using TV as a learning tool.
The WXEL Community Affairs Department is responsible for handling a variety of educational and civic matters. Throughout the year, this department submits grant proposals for a number of outreach projects based on various PBS programs. When WXEL is selected for an outreach project by other PBS stations or other grant funders, the WXEL Director of Community Affairs implements projects by collaborating with key community partners in order to effectively achieve the goals for particular outreach campaigns.
