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A Stoneman Douglas alumni and Princeton graduate (B.A. in Architecture), she is a striking beauty that placed third in Maxim magazine’s Hometown Hotties. She landed the role of Heather Stevens in The Young & The Restless for which she received an Emmy nomination in 2008. She will be appearing in the independent movie Too Late due out next year.
Labeled the “godfathers of pop punk,” New Found Glory members Ian Grushka, Jordan Pundik, Ryan Primack, and Steven Klein all attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Along with groups like Blink-182, the members of NFG helped drive the pop punk movement that was the defining sound of the first decade of 2000. Attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
JACKIE SANDLER
CONNIE FRANCIS Parkland is full of musical talent including such greats as resident Connie Francis, the chart-topping female vocalist with hits from the 50s and 60s, and the star of Where the Boys Are. She is an international star that has recorded in nine languages. Yet Connie hasn’t let time slow her down with her new EP release A Soldier Died Today this past November.
Born as Jacqueline Titone in Coral Springs, she later attended Stoneman Douglas High. She persued modeling with national and international fashion companies. She then moved onto movies with roles in Duece Bigalow and Big Daddy. She eventually met and married comedian and actor Adam Sandler and became Jackie Sandler.
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DARA tORRES Hailing from the “Environmentally Proud” city of Parkland, Dara Torres has come home with 12 Olympic medals for Team USA. This Olympic four time Gold Medalist and Parkland resident has proven that that age has nothing to do with performance. She continues to use her swimming talents for charitable work with Swim Across America, which raises funds for cancer research. Olympic Gold Medalist
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