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Schools
Students continually overflow local schools, and new ones pop up each year to try to accommodate the city's fast-paced growth. Taking matters into their own hands, residents and government cooperated in advocating and then founding some of the Broward County's first charter schools.
Broward County Public schools include ten elementary schools:
Chapel Trail,754-323-5000,
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/chapeltrail/Palm Cove, 754-323-6800,
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/palmcoveelem/Panther Run, 754-323-6450 Pasadena Lakes, 754-323-6900
,http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/pasadenalakeselem/Pembroke Lakes, 754-323-6950,
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/pemblakeselem/splash.htmPembroke Pines, 754-323-7000,
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/pembrokepineselem/Pines Lakes, 754-323-7100,
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/pineslakeselem/frameset-1.htmlSilver Palms, 754-323-7450,
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/silverpalmsele/Lakeside, 754-323-6400,
http://www.lakesideelementary.org/Charter Schools include the highly regarded City of Pemboke Pines Charter school system (http://www.pinescharter.com/) which includes 3 elementary, 3 middle and one high school listed below.
City of Pembroke Pines K-5 East, 954-443-4800. City of Pembroke Pines Central Elementary, 954-322-3330. City of Pembroke Pines K-5 West, 954-450-6990. City of Pembroke Pines Central Middle, 954-322-3300. City of Pembroke Pines West Middle, 954-443-4847 City of Pembroke Pines Charter High, 954-538-3700. Plus two charter pre-schools operated by the city. The city has three County middle schools,
Pines Middle, 754-323-4000, http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/pinesmiddle/main.html Silver Trail, 754-323-4300,
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/silvertrailms/Walter C. Young, 754-323-4500.
http://wcyoungms.org/City teenagers are served by three county public high schools and the highly regarded City run Pembroke Pines Charter High School listed above.
Charles W. Flanagan High, 754-323-0650,
http://www.flanaganhighschool.com/Everglades High,754-323-0500,
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/evergladeshigh/
West Broward High, 754-323-600
,http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/westbrowardhigh/And after that, if you don't want to leave town, there's the 2-year
Broward Community College (BCC) at 7300 Pines Boulevard, http://www.broward.edu/. plus the BCC Pines Center branch at the Academic Village on Sheridan west of I-75 and the new FIU and FAU campus satellites
Shopping
Pines' residents and their neighbors have many shopping options. There are strip malls lining most main roads, local centers with big-name anchors, and a full-scale mall conveniently located on west Pines Boulevard. The sprawling Pembroke Lakes Mall features a Macy's, Dillards, Sears, and Penney's. Head a bit farther west and you have the new upscale Shops at Pembroke Gardens which features many fine dining options, upscale shops such as Jos A. Banks and Hollister. and even a spa. Head west further still and there is BJ's and Costco.
The local centers do just fine with the likes of Publix, Office Depot, Circuit City, Winn-Dixie, Albertson's, Best Buy, Sedano's, Barnes & Noble, Office Max, Ross, and many other well-known stores.
Pembroke Pines has become the car capital of SW Broward, with mega-dealers opening up mega-lots on the last remaining fields from Pines Boulevard north to Sheridan.
Restaurants abound, from Bahama Breeze to Olive Garden, Sushi to Indian there is a place to serve nearly every possible taste and cuisine.
More than 3,000 businesses have set up shop in Pembroke Pines. Many belong to the Miramar-Pembroke Pines Chamber of Commerce.
Because Pembroke Pines is home to residents from all over the world, many, many different religious denominations have established facilities here -- or nearby -- to serve the faithful.
Catholics, Jews, Hindus, Eastern Orthodox, Sikhs, Protestants of many denominations, Muslims, Buddhists -- all can find people and institutions waiting to welcome them.
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Temple Beth Emet, "a
20-year old Reform congregation currently meeting at our original site, now the Pembroke Pines Charter School at 10801 Pembroke Road." Rabbi Bennett Greenspon, Administrator Allan Ross. Telephone (954) 431-3638. E-mail: Bethemet@aol.com |
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St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic
Church, 701 N. Hiatus Road, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33026. "We offer Mass on Saturday at 5 p.m. and four times on Sunday: at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., and 12:30 p.m. Weekdays at 7 a.m. (October through May) and 8 a.m. Please call for more information; the office is open 8:30 to 4:30." Call (954) 432-0206. FAX: 432-0775. |
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New Century United Church
Congregational, ( U.C.C.) meeting at Schott Memorial Center, 6591 S. Flamingo Road, Cooper City. "Join us every Sunday at 9:15 A.M. for worship and Sunday School at Schott. You'll find the entry to Schott on the west side of Flamingo, about half way between Stirling & Sheridan, opposite Rock Creek. Our permanent church will be built on ten acres of land we own at the corner of Hiatus & Orange in nearby Davie." Call (954) 252-2628 to reach the Pastor: Rev. Doreen McFarlane. PhD. |
There's no excuse for not feeling well in Pembroke Pines. Memorial Hospital West conveniently serves residents on Flamingo Road, while Memorial Pembroke (shown below) stands ready on University Drive. Making sure all the bases are covered, Memorial even maintains a 24-hour "walk in" medical facility on Douglas. Countless physicians, dentists, diagnosticians, and other health care providers may be found in offices surrounding the hospitals and far beyond.
Time to play!
Pembroke Pines is home to one Broward County park --
C.B. Smith -- on Flamingo Road. The 300-acre park offers many outdoor
activities including camping, a water park with slides, flumes and tube rides for the
adventurous and a shallow, sand-lined swimming hole and beach for the more relaxed and
younger set.
In addition, the city maintains 20 smaller parks. There are four golf courses, 12 lighted tennis
courts, 27 lighted baseball fields, and 6 lighted football/soccer fields in the city.
When you tire of all this, pick up some books to relax with at one ot the 3 local branches of the Broward County Library,
*Walter C. Young Branch at 955 NW 129 Avenue, Pembroke Pines, FL 33025, 954-437-2635;
*South Regional Branch at 7300 Pines Boulevard, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024, 954-201-8825
* South West Regional Branch at 16835 Sheridan Street, Pembroke Pines, FL 33331,
954-538-9996