News Archives - Jason Taylor Foundation

  BCPS PARTNERS WITH JTF, UKG & CAGEMASK TO PROTECT STUDENT-ATHLETES FROM COVID-19   HOLLYWOOD, FL – Spring football is getting ready to begin across Broward County Public Schools (BCPS), and this season, high school players will have an additional layer of protection against COVID-19. Thanks to partnerships with the Jason Taylor Foundation and UKG (Ultimate Kronos […]

  ISABELLA RAMIREZ NAMED 2021 SOUTH FLORIDA YOUTH POET LAUREATE   FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Jason Taylor Foundation will celebrate Isabella Ramirez, the 2021 South Florida Youth Poet Laureate (SFYPL) this Friday evening, April 30th, during the organization’s monthly teen open mic “The VoiceBox” from 7:00-9:00 PM. Ramirez, a senior currently attending Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts […]

  ISABELLA VARGAS OF GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAMED WINNER IN JASON TAYLOR FOUNDATION’S “BLU IS FOR APPLES” POETRY CONTEST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOFFMAN’S CHOCOLATES   [image src=”https://jasontaylorfoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Secondary.Image_.blu_is_for_Apples.Isabella-Vargas.600×600.png” shape=”img-rounded”]   Isabella Vargas, a third-grade student at Gator Run Elementary School in Weston, Fla., was recently nam... read more

  Finding the Leader In Your Art: A Step Toward Discovering Who You Want To Be By Amorette Lormil, aka “Epiphany” – bluapple Poetry Programs Staff Assistant & Teaching Artist    CLICK HERE for more info on the 9th annual Poetry & Leadership Conference or CLICK HERE to register now. It’s fast, it’s easy,  & IT’S FREE!    I was […]

  ABOUT THE SERIES The bluapple Poetry Network’s Educator’s Studio is a free series of workshops and discussions dedicated to providing teachers of writing and the arts with resources, concepts, and lesson plans that can be utilized in their classrooms, after school clubs, and other projects that inspire youth through poetry. Guest facilitators from Florida […]