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A Post-Graduation Letter of Thanks for an Extraordinary Graduation from Superintendent Jim Tager

June 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Superintendent Jim Tager, right, with Chip Wile, president of Daytona International Speedway, Sunday. (Flagler Schools)

We would never be able to make up for missed moments, but for the biggest moment in their K-12 journey, Flagler Schools was able to showcase these graduates on one of the biggest stages, says Superintendent Jim Tager.

FPC and Matanzas Graduates Cross Finish Line at Speedway in Indelible, Pandemic-Defying Ceremonies

May 31, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Caps went airborne as Matanzas High School graduates prepared for their victory lap this morning at the Daytona International Speedway. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools)

Over 1,000 graduates of Matanzas and Flagler Palm Coast High School gathered at the Daytona International Speedway to receive their diplomas today in two ceremonies that broke with precedent even as they rousingly reaffirmed tradition in the face of limitations imposed by the coronavirus emergency.

Graduates, Start Your Engines: FPC and Matanzas Will Have In-Person Graduation at the Speedway on May 31

May 1, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

The plan is for Matanzas and Flagler Palm Coast Graduates to drive their cars across the finish line in a graduate ceremony at the International Speedway on May 31. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School will hold their graduation ceremonies on May 31 at the International Speedway in Daytona Beach following a committee’s work on devising an original plan to ensure a safe, in-person event despite the coronavirus emergency.

Flagler Schools’ Graduation Rate Rises to 89%, Powered by Girls

January 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Florida's graduation rate has improved almost every year since 2003, a trend mirrored by the rate in the Flagler County school district, which has exceeded the state. (Department of Education)

There is a sharp disparity between boys and girls: among girls, 97 percent of Matanzas’ students graduated, and 91 percent of FPC’s did. Among boys, the rate was 91 at Matanzas and 82 at FPC.

Bethune Cookman University 2019 Consecration: “I Leave You Love”

May 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Bethune Cookman University 2019 graduates. (BCU)

Hubert Grimes, Bethune-Cookman University’s interim president, delivered his last message as interim to the Class of 2019 at a consecration ceremony, urging students to “overcome the lies and negativity that were unleashed over the past eighteen months about your school.”

Flagler District’s Graduation Rate Soars to 88%, Vindicating Big Push and Tager’s “Bunker”

January 8, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The district’s graduation rate’s improvements were powered by gains among black and at-risk students, and by Superintendent Jim Tager’s “bunker,” a system that focuses on students who think they can;t make it.

Commencement Season in an Age of Community Failures

May 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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We can make excuses for failure and we too often do so, writes Ed Moore. In life there should be no excuses for quitting, for abandoning dreams and ambitions and for pursuing our goals.

Flagler Schools Improve Graduation Rate For 5th Year in a Row, to 76.6%; Black Rate Lags

December 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler’s rate improves from last year’s 74.8 percent, and is up significantly from the 2008-09 rate, when it was 65.1 percent. But the graduation rate of 67.9 percent among black students continues to lag, adding to pressure on the district that it’s not doing enough to address a vast gap between white and black achievement.

Between Fleeting Time and Family Feel at Matanzas High’s 2013 Commencement

June 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Some 340 students graduated from Matanzas High School Friday evening in a ceremony that emphasized the school’s successes and the connections of the student body with its extended families.

FPC Graduates Are Urged: Don’t Just Show Up. Know the Why of Your Life’s Purpose.

May 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

For Flagler Palm Coast High School, a day that began with a bomb scare ended with the graduation of some 450 seniors at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach Thursday evening, with Katie Young delivering the Commencement Address and Lynettt Shott watching her first graduating class as FPC’s new principal.

A Pig’s Tale With Hitchhiking Advice from Thoreau as 327 Graduate Matanzas High

May 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The fourth graduating class in six years at Matanzas included 43 seniors graduating magna cum laude and 23 graduating suma cum laude, with 28 percent of the class receiving high honors.

Pride of a Principal, Pride of a Thousand Parents As FPC Class of 2011 Graduates

May 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Flagler Palm Coast High School Class of 2011’s 509 graduates will, in their principal’s words, be “competing for jobs that haven’t been invented yet.” But not yet: Monday evening was for jubilation at the Ocean Center.

Graduation Rates: FPC Falls to 83.5%, Matanzas Soars to 90.4%, Both Beat State’s 79%

November 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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It’s Matanzas High School’s best graduation rate to date, helping the district increase its overall graduation rate by either state or federal standards.

Graduations from God to America

May 30, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 1 Comment

Graduation speeches are part of the American habit of reinvention. They should be provocative and revealing, even if we don’t all agree with the message.

Pryor to Class of 2010: “Take Your Chance, Make Your Choice, Make Your Move”

May 29, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Citing William Jennings Bryan, Robert Frost and David Wilcox, Matanzas High School Principal Chris Pryor mixed anecdotes and metaphor in his last words of advice to the Class of 2010.

Photo Gallery: Matanzas High School Class of 2010

May 29, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A 38-image gallery of Matanzas’s third graduating class, with the full David Sequence.

FPC Commencement Stirs Tassels and Circumstance at Daytona’s Ocean Center

May 24, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Anthony DeAugustino, Taylor Tofal and Brandon Dean headline Flagler Palm Coast High School’s Class of 2010’s commencement.

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