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Palm Beach Gardens High School, 1968
Palm Beach Gardens High School opened in 1968 with 1,700 students. It was the first public high school in the area, on Holly Drive just a few blocks from the heart of MacArthur's first neighborhood on MacArthur Boulevard.
Mindstorm Program at HL Watkins Middle School
Luke Pidgeon, 13 (left), and Nasean Cole, 12, both eighth-grade students, work on a NXT Robot that uses Mindstorm programming in the Math, Science and Robotics Academy room at H.L. Watkins Middle School in Palm Beach Gardens. Florida Power & Light…
Howell L. Watkins Junior High School, 2005
In 2005, Howell L. Watkins Junior High School was demolished and a larger school was built at the same location, renamed Howell L. Watkins Middle School. Site improvements include a redesigned site drainage system and play fields. The play fields…
Howell L. Watkins Junior High School, 1962
Howell L. Watkins Junior High School opened in 1962 on Gardens Boulevard (later renamed MacArthur Boulevard). Built on 20.3 acres across the street from the Little League ball field and Lake Catherine, it was the first middle school in Palm Beach…
Teacher Retires from Allamanda Elementary
Teacher Sally Hyduk, retiring after 40 years, says goodbye to Allamanda Elementary students as the school day ends. Hyduk was an inclusion teacher, going into other teachers' classrooms to work with students, so that the students could stay in class…
Allamanda Elementary School, 1964
Allamanda Elementary is located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, a suburban community in the northeast area of Palm Beach County. It was built in 1964. Originally, there were six buildings: an administration, cafeteria, and three classroom buildings…
Palm Beach Gardens Elementary School, 2008
The 43 year old buildings for Palm Beach Gardens Elementary School were demolished in 2007, and a new larger school opened at the same location in 2008. CR Klewin Southeast Inc, GG and Davco Electrical Contractors were tasked with building, replacing…
Palm Beach Gardens Elementary School, 1962
When Palm Beach Gardens Elementary School first opened in 1962, it was the first of two schools built in the city. It was constructed on 11 acres located at 10060 Riverside Drive and cost $340,000. The school, which opened with 450 students, had 14…
Train Wreck in Palm Beach Gardens, 1963
A 1963 train wreck on the F.E.C. Railway at Alternate A1A in Palm Beach Gardens caught the attention of a passerby who felt compelled to capture the image.
Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital - Operating Room, 1977
One of the new operating rooms at Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital with, from left to right, Operating Room Supervisor Jean Shaw, RN, Connie Fitz, RN, and Marilyn Smith, RN.