Palm Beach County School District

January 11th, 2009

The main mission of Palm Beach County School District is aptly detailed as ” The School Board of Palm Beach County is committed to excellence in education and preparation of all our students with the knowledge, skills and ethics required for responsible citizenship and productive employment”. Succinctly said, imparting this endeavor to over 167,000 students in 167 sites, not to mention communication and training to an almost 12,000 teaching staff is a definitely giant task.

palm beach county school district

The Palm Beach County School District is embarking full throttle on the use of personal computers and the reliable Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional software to virtually establish communication lines with everyone else doing business with the school district. First, the Palm Beach County School District aims to provide continuing education training, live meetings and interaction online, without compelling the teaching staffs, the professors, principals and supervisors to leave their posts and lecture rooms.

With communication lines established, the Palm Beach County School District can link with members of the community and business leaders to streamline growth proposals. And the best thing about this online communication system is that it creates a feeling of community and synergy with everyone else accessing the system.

Palm Beach Jewelry

August 16th, 2008

Since 2004, the Presidents’ Day Weekend has always been anticipated in Palm Beach each year as it coincides with the Palm Beach Jewelry and Antique Show. Held every February, this event flies in thousands of jewelry collectors and art connoisseurs not only from the United States, but also around the globe to participate in the annual show. The Palm Beach Jewelry and Antique Show generates an attendance of over 56,000 guests for the five days fair to generate solid sales of over $200 million worth of jewelry items and art works.

Palm Beach Jewelry

The Palm Beach Jewelry and Antique Show was the brainchild of Kris R. Charamonde, Scott Diament and Rob Samuels, young jewelers based in Palm Beach. Actually the show was conceived six years earlier after Charamonde attended a similar show in Las Vegas. The effort of the three pioneers paid off, making the show the biggest gathering of jewelry and antique art collectors worldwide.

With the Palm Beach Jewelry and Antique Show upcoming , hotel occupancies are booked in advance and plane flights to and from Palm Beach are always full to the rafter. Likewise traffic is naturally heavy on the road that leads to the Convention Center and parking problems are unprecedented.

Chrysler West Palm Beach

June 18th, 2008

People who are familiar with the K-car platform of the 80s would immediately think of Chrysler as the one responsible for its invention - now used by all automotive manufacturers. Some motorists consider the K-platform as an invention of Lee Iacocca that was introduced following his termination as chairman of Ford Motor Corporation in 1978. Owing to this technological contribution, Chrysler reinforced its status in the industry, as car sales remarkably increased nationwide, a feat duplicated by Chrysler West Palm Beach, Florida.

Chrysler West Palm Beach

The long partnership with Daimler further enhanced Chrysler’s status with the motoring public to maintain its leadership in the sales of trucks and the minivans sector. Chrysler West Palm Beach is no exception to these trends as more and more motorists ply their showrooms regularly. Using truck and minivans sales from various Chrysler West Palm Beach car dealerships as gauge, it would reveal that Chrysler is enjoying a new surge of popularity nationwide.

Chrysler West Palm Beach car dealers are also in the brink of a tremendous success streak as experienced by other North American cities, a product of Chrysler’s continuing commitment to passion and creativity, a spirit of innovation and the will to indulge in calculated risks.

Palm Beach Community College

June 5th, 2008

The Palm Beach Community College (PBCC) main campus is located in Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida. The College sits on over 114 acres of prime property and operates with 51 building complexes. Currently, PBCC serves the educational requirements of over 46,000 enrollees with diverse 100 study disciplines that includes an associate in arts; associate of science degree programs; as well as short-term certificates.

Palm Beach Community College

The Palm Beach Community College was founded in 1933 to provide additional training to local high school graduates who are unable to find decent jobs following the Great Depression. The first ever classes of the PBCC was held at the Palm Beach High School. But then in 1948, the school transferred to Morrison Field, a deactivated US Air Force Base. Finally, in 1956 the Palm Beach County Commission awarded the present day location of the Palm Beach Community College.

The Palm Beach Community College also established colleges in other locations to serve its growing student base. First at Belle Glade in 1978, then in 1982 at the Palm Beach Gardens and at Boca Raton in 1983. Notable alumni of the Palm Beach Community College, to name a few, are Ken Green and Jesper Parnevik both professional golfers, Burt Reynolds and Judge Reinhold, both movie actors.

Porsche West Palm Beach

September 17th, 2007

Porsche is a German car manufacturer founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, who also created the first Volkswagen. The company is one of the last to produce its cars in Germany, as most have moved their factories to other countries in a bid to lower costs. A survey in the US on households earning more than $200,000 a year showed that Porsche is viewed as the most prestigious automobile brand in America.

The flagship model for Porsche is the 911 with 35% of Porsches total sales being from the line of models in the 911 series. At the moment there are nearly 10 cars in this series, all with exceptionally powerful performance.

Porsche in West Palm Beach can be purchased from Braman Porsche, the only dealer in the area. Prices start from $50,000 with top of the range 911 models selling for around $130,000. There is only a handful of second hand Porsches to be found in West Palm Beach, as they are not a car you grow tired of quickly.

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