Broward School News

By JJ, Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 6:31 pm

Click on Broward School News on the home page to see coverage of the first day of school in Broward County.

SUPERINTENDENT’S ADDRESS

By KLamons, Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 4:38 pm

Broward County School Superintendent James Notter addresses School District on Monday, August 2nd at 8:00 am.

STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR HAITI

By chris, Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 10:57 am

HelpHaiti

Another natural disaster has hit close to home for many of Broward County Public Schools students, staff and BECON-TV. We want to extend our thoughts and condolences to the citizens of Haiti, who yesterday suffered an earthquake of unprecedented proportion. We have a very large Haitian student population in our schools and would like to express our heartfelt compassion and conc…

BECON-TV Broadcasts the BCAA All-Star Classic Live!

By chris, Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:09 am

BECON-TV will broadcast the 13th Annual Broward County Athletic Association (BCAA) All-Star Football and Cheerleaders game on Thursday, December 10th, 2009 live from Lockhart Stadium, beginning at 7 p.m. This marks the first time in BCAA history that an All-Star Game is being broadcast on live television. Halftime will feature a competition between the North and South BCAA Al…

BECON-TV Nominated for Five EMMY Awards

By chris, Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 3:00 pm

BECON-TV NOMINATED FOR FIVE EMMY AWARDS

FORT LAUDERDALE—October 21, 2009 – The Suncoast Regional Emmys recently announced their list of nominations for 2009 and BECON has received five Emmy Award nominations. This is the highest number of nominations in the history of the station.

The Emmy Awards will be presented in Orlando, Florida on December 5, 2010. The BECON-TV programs n…

BECON-TV Hosts Distance Learning Presentation for a Cervical Spine Surgery

By chris, Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 2:58 pm

BECON-TV HOSTS DISTANCE LEARNING PRESENTATION FOR A CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY PRESENTED BY MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

FORT LAUDERDALE—OCTOBER 13, 2009 – BECON-TV is hosting a live, interactive Distance Learning Outreach presentation for students to participate through observation only, in a cervical spine surgery at Memorial Healthcare System on November 10, 2009 a…

BECON TV partners with WPBT2’s KidVision VPK

By chris, Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

WPBT2, South Florida’s premier public television station, is celebrating its latest partnership between KidVision VPK and BECON TV (Broward Education Communications Network) a network dedicated to use broadcast television and the most current technologies to develop and deliver quality multi-media instructional, educational and community programming to enhan…

Community Partnership to Promote Child Safety

By admin, Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Broward County Public Schools, BECON TV and BECON Distance Learning Outreach Program, Leadership Broward Class XXVII and A Child is Missing.Org, have formed a partnership that will further the work of A Child is Missing (ACIM) to involve the community in assisting law enforcement in the search and recovery of missing children, the elderly and disabled, during the first hour of t…

Broward Teacher Honored By United States Distance Learning Association

By admin, Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 at 2:54 pm

The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) has selected a Broward County Public Schools teacher to receive its Platinum 2009 Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching Award. Gary Walton, a BECON Distance Learning teacher, will receive the award during an April 28 ceremony in St. Louis, Missouri.

Walton, better known to his students as “Mr. G,” has over thirty year…