Expansion of Booker High College & Career Center

Coconut Telegraph

The Education Foundation of Sarasota County was the recipient of $60,000 in leveraged grants made possible through a partnership between Gulf Coast Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. These funds will be used to expand the College and Career Center at Booker High School, a program developed to provide students and their parents with free services to assist with planning for education beyond high school, including: SAT/ ACT testing preparation, resume and essay writing, college research and completing college applications and identifying scholarships and financial aid. The Education Foundation recognizes that schools, students, and families need additional support to create and sustain the skills necessary for life after high school graduation. 

Education Foundation of Sarasota County

« View The Saturday Dec 10, 2016 SRQ Daily Edition
« Back To SRQ Daily Archive

Read More

A Magical Evening | SRQ Magazine's Holiday Soiree at Waterworks, December 9

Photos from the SRQ Magazine Holiday Soiree at Waterworks, December 9

Jan 4, 2020

The Sexiest Show in Ballet

The Sarasota Ballet perform, for the first time, George Balanchine’s evocative and exotic Bugaku April 27-28. This remarkable ballet was a tribute by Balanchine to the refined elegance of Japanese music and dance, and during its world premiere renowned dance critic Anna Kissel

Apr 11, 2018

 Families First Institute Offers Free, Public Courses to Strengthen Families

Children First, Sarasota County’s exclusive provider of Head Start and Early Head Start programs serves more than 700 of the county’s most vulnerable children and their families each year, providing high-quality education, care, nutrition and family support services. Children First&rs

Apr 4, 2018

Give Gratitude, Grateful Patient Program

If you have been a patient at Sarasota Memorial, perhaps you can look back to when the care you received exceeded your expectations. Maybe it was kind words from a doctor or nurse, the patience of a technologist who took the time to explain a procedure, or a volunteer, housekeeper or food service

Jan 12, 2018