FLORIDA LIBRARY DAYS 2007

ON MARCH 19-21, 2007, REVEREND DEAN JOURNEYED BACK UP TO TALLAHASSEE WITH THE FRIENDS OF BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARIES FOR LIBRARY DAYS...WE WERE SEEKING ADDITIONAL FUNDINGS FOR OUR LIBRARIES AND OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, BOTH VITAL FOR THE YOUTH AND ADULTS OF BROWARD COUNTY. REVERNED DEAN AND THE FRIENDS OF THE BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARIES MET WITH SENATOR JEREMY RING (1ST PIC), REPRESENTATIVE JAVIER GARCIA (2ND PIC), REPRESENTATIVE PERRY E. THURSTON, JR (3RD PIC), AND REPRESENTATIVE ARI PORTH. WITH THE POPULATION OF BROWARD GROWING EVERYDAY, THE LAST THING WE NEED ARE CUTS TO OUR FANTASTIC LIBRARIES AND OUR MUCH NEEDED AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS...BUT ALAS, WITH PPROPERTY TAXES BEING CUT (FROM WHICH LIBRARIES AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS GET THEIR FUNDINGS) IT APPEARS THAT OUR PROGRAMING BUDGETS WILL BE CUT. BUT GOD IS GREAT AND WILL SEE US THRU!

DEANS ACADEMYS PAUL MADISON IN CONCERT

PAUL MADISON, A STUDENT IN THE DEANS ACADEMY WAS IN CONCERT WITH MISS DONNA CUTLER AT A NETWORKING SEMINAR AT A TASTE OF INDIA RESTAURANT IN SUNRISE FLORIDA IN JANUARY 2007. PAUL PLAYS TRUMPET IN HIS BAND AT SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NORTH LAUDERDALE, BUT HE TAUGHT HIMSELF TO PLAY PIANO AND GUITAR. WHILE DONNA CUTLER BROUGHT THE ROCK AND ROLL, PAUL BROUGHT THE JAZZ OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE ELECTRICITY OF JIMI HENDRIX. AND WHEN THEY DID THEIR DUETS, THEY BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN! THANKS TO MISS DONNA CUTLER FOR INVITING OUR STUDENT TO JAM WITH HER! A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!!!

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING GALA 2007

ON FEBRUARY 22, 2007 THE STUDENTS OF THE DEANS ACADEMY FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW VENTURED DOWN SOUTH TO THE ENGINEERING GALA HELD AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS COME FROM THE TRI COUNTY AREA TO SEE THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AND TO SEE THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE. THIS YEAR IT WAS A HANDS ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE AS THE STUDENTS TOUCHED HEART VALVES AND STINTS, MARVELLED AT SOLAR POWER HOMES AND CARS, AND AGAIN SAW THE LAB MICE WITH THE HUMAN EARS GROWING OUT OF THEIR BACKS FOR TRANSPLANTING ONTO BURN VICTIMS, PEOPLE BORN WITHOUT EARS, OR FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEM IN ACCIDENTS. AGAIN, THE STUDENTS WOULD LIKE TO THANK MISS STEPHANIE STRANGE FOR OUR THIRD INVITATION TO A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND FOR THE GREAT PIZZA PARTY !!!

ANTI PREDATOR SEMINAR WITH BROWARD SHERIFFS OFFICE

MARCH 8, 2007 THE DEANS ACADEMY'S STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT THE PERILS AND DANGERS OF THE INTERNET BY BROWARD SHERIFFS STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION DETECTIVE NICOLE ROSSINI. DETECTIVE ROSSINI SHOWED THE STUDENTS JUST HOW VULNERABLE THEY ARE WHEN THEY ARE ONLINE. SHE BROUGHT ALONG VIDEOS AND HELD A POWER POINT PRESENTATION, ILLUSTRATING HOW ADULTS PREY ON CHILDREN AND HOW EASY IT IS FOR A PREDATOR TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHERE THEY GO TO SCHOOL. THE STUDENTS WHO THOUGHT THEY COULD SPOT A PREDATOR WERE HORRIFIED BY WHAT THEY LEARNED, AND WERE SHOCKED AT THE EASE AND LENGTH A PREDATOR WILL GO TO ENTER THEIR WORLD. MANY THANKS TO DETECTIVE ROSSINI AND THE BROWARD SHERIFFS OFFICE FOR HER TIRELESS EFFORTS TO EDUCATE AND PROTECT THE STUDENTS ON THIS PRESSING PROBLEM.