{"id":14136,"date":"2025-10-21T16:21:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/14136\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:21:06","slug":"education-briefs-oct-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/14136\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Briefs | Oct. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several local students named to Dean\u2019s List at Palmer College of Chiropractic<\/p>\n<p>The following students from Cape Coral were named to the 2025 spring trimester Dean\u2019s List at Palmer College of Chiropractic\u2019s Florida Campus in Port Orange, Florida: Sofia Alonso, Jeslyn Kolasa, Joseph Perez and Brooke Reilly.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer College of Chiropractic,\u00a0the first and largest college in the chiropractic profession, has campuses in Davenport, Iowa, and Port Orange, Florida. <\/p>\n<p>For more information about the college, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmer.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">palmer.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*** *** ***<\/p>\n<p>School District of Lee County awarded $301,600 from Suncoast Credit Union<\/p>\n<p>The School District of Lee County recently announced a charitable gift of $301,600 from the Suncoast Credit Union Foundation. The donation\u00a0will help furnish on-site childcare centers across the School District, creating safe and welcoming spaces for young learners. The funds will also expand enrichment opportunities in math, reading, science, Career and Technical Education, and JROTC, while supporting new teacher training and hosting College Night to connect students with postsecondary options.<\/p>\n<p>Suncoast Credit Union founded the Suncoast Credit Union Foundation to promote the education, health and emotional well-being of children in the community. Each time a Suncoast member uses their debit or credit card, the credit union donates 4 cents to the foundation to fund local initiatives. Since its inception in 1990, the foundation has raised and donated over $55 million. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suncoast.com\/Why-Suncoast\/Community\/Suncoast-Foundation\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">More information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*** *** ***<\/p>\n<p>Applications available online for local Boston Red Sox Foundation scholarships<\/p>\n<p>The Boston Red Sox Foundation will once again be awarding\u00a0 $5,000 scholarships in the spring of 2026 to one deserving student from each of the 15 public high schools in Lee County.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, all Lee County charter and ALS schools are also included with one $5,000 scholarship also being awarded to a student from this category for a total of 16 scholarships worth $80,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Applications are now open and available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redsoxfoundation.org\/leecountyscholarship\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">edsoxfoundation.org\/leecountyscholarship\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to apply is Jan. 9. \u00a0All applications should be submitted to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoralbreeze.com\/lifestyles\/local-lifestyles\/2025\/10\/21\/education-briefs-oct-20\/mailto:flscholarships@redsox.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">flscholarships@redsox.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarships are for academically talented students who have shown a commitment to community service and are pursuing a two- or four-year degree at any college or university.<\/p>\n<p>Scholarship funds are raised annually from proceeds of the Red Sox annual Swings for the Sox Golf Tournament.\u00a0To date, the Swings for the Sox has raised more than $683,000 for local charities and specifically $598,000 for the scholarship program.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the official team charity of the Boston Red Sox. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redsoxfoundation.org\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">redsoxfoundation.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>*** *** ***<\/p>\n<p>FSW Fall Concert Series in November<\/p>\n<p>Florida SouthWestern State College\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsw.edu\/artsfsw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Arts@FSW<\/a> will host its Fall 2025 Concert Series in November. All events are free, open to the public and will feature a variety of fall\/Halloween music, jazz, blues and more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Doors to the performing arts hall open 30 minutes prior to showtime.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Concert schedule:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Sunday, Nov. 2, 3 p.m. \u2013 FSW Concert Band and Symphony Orchestra\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Wednesday, Nov. 5, 7 p.m. \u2013 FSW Jazz Ensemble\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Tuesday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. \u2013 FSW Choral Concert\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall is at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Building+M,+13350+FSW+Pkwy,+Fort+Myers,+FL+33919\/@26.5513896,-81.8873475,16z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x88db3fed2f5d4db7:0x5a6b25ebc82d9833!8m2!3d26.5513896!4d-81.8873475!16s%2Fg%2F11f53sq2yg?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAxNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">13350 FSW Parkway, Fort Myers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call 239-432-5203, contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoralbreeze.com\/lifestyles\/local-lifestyles\/2025\/10\/21\/education-briefs-oct-20\/mailto:Music@FSW.edu\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Music@FSW.edu<\/a> or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsw.edu\/artsfsw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">fsw.edu\/artsfsw<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several local students named to Dean\u2019s List at Palmer College of Chiropractic The following students from Cape Coral&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-14136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}