Local adventurer spends lifetime exploring Pitcairn Islands
In 1989, local adventurer and explorer Jack S. Grove accidentally discovered the shipwreck of the vessel Acadia at Ducie Atoll, an uninhabited islet in...
MHS junior named Sunshine Scholar
Marathon High School junior Katerina Nikiforova has been selected as Monroe County School District’s Sunshine State Scholar for the 2019-2020 school year. The program,...
KYLIE McDANIEL
The Marathon Weekly is proud to partner with Marathon Middle High School faculty and students in choosing “The Student of the Week.” Recipients are...
Kid-friendly online activities, enrichment
In these unprecedented and troubling times, many organizations have stepped up and started thinking outside the box. Zoos, museums, educational institutions and other attractions...
Museums launch virtual programming to continue education, expand reach
Local museums are using creativity and technology to keep members engaged, entertained and, most importantly, at home.
“People checked in from as far away as...
Schools distribute laptops to students
By Jim McCarthy, Sara Matthis and Mandy Miles
Monroe County schools are in the process of distributing Chromebooks to students who need the laptop computers...
Free Online Certificate in Hospitality and Tourism Management from FAU
As hotels, restaurants and bars closed in the Keys, many hospitality workers are now unemployed or working significantly fewer hours. To help those affected,...
things I remember
City Commissioner Clayton Lopez was in middle school when Monroe County schools integrated. He finished sixth grade at the all-black Frederick Douglass School and...
DIGITAL LEARNING BEGINS
While the state Department of Education has said that all Florida schools will be closed through May 1, that doesn’t mean kids are off...
Parents, students: It’s going to be okay
For all but a handful of counties, public schools across Florida are going digital this week in order to combat COVID-19 and flatten the...
