Fuller Academy, a local private elementary school and entity of Fuller Center, a not-for-profit organization focused on meeting the needs of local children and families, held its first Spirit Day on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at the Center’s West Boca campus.
Nearly 50 children, ages 5 – 10 and their families participated in a day of fun in the sun, school- spirit, and teamwork with activities such as a three-legged race, bean bag toss, and tug-a-war to help strengthen the children’s communication, critical thinking, social, and self-esteem skills.
The morning started with the Pledge of Allegiance led by the students of the Fuller Academy and the Star-Spangled Banner, sung by Fuller Center Alum and PE Coach Joshua McMann. After an exciting morning in the sun, the children ended the afternoon supporting their creative skills with rock painting and a delicious summer meal.
Food provided by US Foods, and local volunteers from Boca Raton and Rotary Club of Boca Raton, Kindness Matters, Saint Andrew’s School, and US Foods came out to assist in running the activities and lunch.
The Fuller Academy is a Choice School serving Kindergarten through 3rd grade and is open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (early drop-off is available.) (The Academy follows the Palm Beach County Public School calendar.) The certified elementary school features a customized curriculum that follows B.E.S.T. standards and practices. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are provided. Physical education and field trips included. The Fuller Academy is located on the West Campus. Children wishing to attend from the East Campus will be transported to and from the West Campus daily. Afterschool is available through the Out-of-School-Time Program. The Academy is a Step-Up Scholarship-approved school. Apply for a scholarship at www.stepupforstudents.org.
To learn more about the Fuller Academy or to get involved, contact Lisa Talley at ltalley@fullercenterfl.com or call 561.391.7274 ext. 130.
About the Fuller Center
For more than 50 years, the Fuller Center’s mission has been to embrace, educate, and empower hardworking, under-resourced families and children to reach their full potential. We build a positive future through education for more than 900 children (infants through teens) who we serve annually, as well as 600 of their family members. The Fuller Center reaches families more than 40 zip codes throughout Palm Beach County.
Almost all Fuller Center working parents – 92% – serve as essential or frontline workers, working in hospitals, retail outlets, restaurants, and hotels. They are our bus drivers, store clerks and cashiers, farmworkers, delivery drivers, security guards, bank tellers, office workers, healthcare workers, home health aides, hospital orderlies and cafeteria workers, and childcare and eldercare workers.
Our programs help empower children to start school prepared, succeed academically, and break the generational cycle of poverty through quality early childhood education, after-school and summer camp programs, our new private elementary school, teen leadership programs, and comprehensive, family-centered support services. They also empower parents who are essential to keeping our local economy open and who provide the vital services we all count on.
The Fuller Center also offers mentoring programs and adult on-the-job training, coaching, and employment support, and no-cost transportation from 12 area schools to our campus-based after-school programs. We serve more than 1,800 nutritious meals and snacks daily.
In addition, Fuller Center provides opportunities for local colleges and universities to place undergraduate and graduate students in internships and child development practicums.
