🌸 A Heartfelt Mother’s Day Surprise at Leesburg Elementary! 🌸 We’re excited to share this special video featuring our Leesburg Elementary students, who got an early start on Mother’s Day weekend thanks to the incredible efforts of community volunteers! 💕✨ Volunteers lovingly restored gently used jewelry and transformed it into a beautiful “store” where students could pick out the perfect gifts for their mothers. The smiles, excitement, and pride on these kids’ faces say it all — they couldn’t wait to surprise the amazing moms in their lives! 👏 Thank you to our generous community members for making this memorable experience possible and helping our students celebrate the love and appreciation they have for their families. And thank you LakeFront TV for creating the video and sharing this good-news story! 🎥 Watch the video below to see the joy in action! 💖 #LeesburgElementary #MothersDay #CommunityLove #StudentSmiles https://drive.google.com/file/d/1inX-3Ue_xPbi4TFMX5xkAM3u_t0O7uYI/view?usp=sharing
🎉 We’re thrilled to celebrate William De Jongh from Mount Dora High School for his outstanding achievement at the SkillsUSA Florida State Leadership and Skills Conference! 🎉 William, along with teammates Julia Lowry and Shane Endres, proudly represented Mount Dora High School in the Technical Drafting category — a challenging contest that evaluates students’ preparation for employment and recognizes excellence and professionalism. This competition tests students on solving real-world, industry-developed problems using advanced technical drafting skills and computer-aided drafting tools🏆 A huge shoutout to William for placing 3rd in Technical Drafting! 🏆
Congratulations to London Bray, a sixth-grade Windy Hill Middle School student, and his supporting teacher, Mr. Brian Williams. London won first place at Florida History Day in the junior individual exhibit category! His exhibit, "Navajo Code Talkers: Journey from Responsibilities to Rights," was selected from entries from 40 districts across the state. London is now eligible to participate in the National History Day competition, June 8-12, at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. There, he will compete with students from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and international schools!
IN THE NEWS: It's almost graduation season! Reporter Emily McLeod at WKMG took a look back at last year's graduation rate and talked with Superintendent Kornegay about what our district is doing to make sure students make it across that stage. Watch here: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/05/07/lake-county-schools-see-increase-in-graduation-rates-for-2023-2024-school-year/
Leo Perez Castellano, a junior at East Ridge High School, has been selected as the 2025 Teen PSA National Technical Winner! His public service announcement (PSA) about acceptance and understanding of people with schizophrenia was among dozens of PSAs submitted. Leo's PSA about accepting and understanding people with schizophrenia finished second in popular voting for the state of Florida. It was later judged by a panel of professional television producers and television production teachers across the country. They scored Leo's PSA -- which blends many specialized video, audio and animated technical elements -- the highest nationwide! Please join us in congratulating this super talented, hard working student for this recognition.! View the PSA at this link: https://vimeo.com/1070874136?share=copy#t=0
It's National Nurses Week, and we focus specifically on school nurses on Wednesday, May 7, School Nurse Day! #Schoolnurses positively impact students, families, and schools by providing direct care, managing chronic conditions, promoting mental health and school attendance, connecting families to community resources, and coordinating care to break down barriers to healthcare access. #SND2025 www.schoolnurseday.org #StudentHealth
National School Counseling Week focuses public attention to the unique contribution of school counselors within the school system. This week highlights the impact counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan a successful career.
Celebrate Literacy Week is designed to raise awareness about the importance of reading and to inspire our students and families to make reading part of their daily routines.
Interested in a STEM Career? There are 32 DAYS LEFT to apply for Lake-Sumter State College’s Health Science Collegiate Academy. This program is open to all current 8th grade students who will be attending East Ridge High School, Lake Minneola High School, South Lake High School, or Pinecrest Lakes High School. Students must have a 3.0 unweighted high school GPA. Applications are due February 21. For more information and to apply, please visit www.lssc.edu/hsca/.
The deadline to submit nominations for the Alumni Hall of Fame is Wednesday, January 22. To be considered for induction, nominees must be individuals who graduated from a Lake County high school. The nominee may be living or deceased. Each nominee must have made outstanding athletic, professional or humanitarian contributions, or overcome great adversity to succeed on a personal level. Please use this link to nominate: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpOZSoG9JvLppocek0xgWiaInl2VOD8ZNKuGcHiRE8Qu32mA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Lake County schools and offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
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Florida Heiken Children's Vision Program will be coming to your school! Click below to reserve your child's no-cost exam and eyeglasses! Apply at https://mobile.floridaheiken.org/ . The deadline to apply is Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
