Susan Bazin has enjoyed her job at Key Largo School and its students for two decades. HOLLY HOUSER/Keys Weekly

Bazin banding students together

Music brings people together. That’s what local musician and Key Largo School (KLS) band director Susan Bazin believes. It’s the reason she has spent most of her life in the...
Corey Malcom discusses underwater archeology of the slave trade - A man standing next to a glass display case - Tourist attraction

Corey Malcom discusses underwater archeology of the slave trade

Corey Malcom, director of archeology at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, spoke to a packed house at the History of Diving...
Keys schools get new fields and facilities - A couple of lawn chairs sitting on top of a grass covered field - Playground

Keys schools get new fields and facilities

The halls of learning in the Florida Keys got some much-needed improvements in 2019, which saw the opening of two brand new campuses at...
Principal Lisa Taylor and students

New building, exciting programs at PKS

Students, teachers and administrators at Plantation Key School entered through the doors to a new state-of-the-art facility at MM 90, bayside, in Tavernier last...
During her summer in Mongolia with the Experiment in International Living, Key West High School student Maryama Akhmetkaliyeva rode a camel in the Gobi Desert and did a home stay in a traditional yurt, or tent-like structure. Contributed photo

Keys kids conquer 16 countries

In the summer of 2019, three dozen students from the Florida Keys participated in the Experiment in International Living — international cross-cultural programs that spanned...
About a dozen students from Marathon High School start their mornings at the Marathon Fire Station. The new program seeks to recruit more locals (long-term) employees for the department. SARA MATTHIS/Keys Weekly

Fire school seeks to keep locals

Monday through Friday, about a dozen Marathon High School students are at their desks at Fire Station No. 14 by 7:30 a.m. On some...
SHIPWRECKS AND SAILORS – Adventurous tale captivates crowd - A couple of people that are talking to each other - Communication

Adventurous tale captivates crowd

In 1989, Jack S. Grove discovered the shipwreck of the vessel Acadia at Ducie Atoll, an uninhabited islet and one of four islands in...
Coral Shores culinary teacher secures $50,000 grant for kitchen remodel

Coral Shores culinary teacher secures $50,000 grant for kitchen remodel

At Coral Shores, students in the culinary classroom are hard at work learning the skills and techniques of food preparation and cooking. Under the...
Homecoming Coral Shores

Floats parade down Old Highway

Floats from the Coral Shores’ high school classes, as well as neighboring elementary and middle schools, paraded down Old Highway during the homecoming festivities...
BOCC votes to circumvent CareerSource and bring federal training funds directly to Keys

No more ‘lost opportunities’

At the September BOCC meeting, Monroe County Commissioners voted to approve three separate agenda items to improve workforce training in Monroe County. Kicked off...