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July 15 - August 4, 2010
by Corinne Schuler
Bay Meadows Elementary
Southwest resident and Orange County Public Schools Superintendent Ronald Blocker (back, far right) visits with Bay Meadows Elementary Principal Pamela Angelo (back, second from right) and 2009-10 fourth-graders in Chuck Fritts’ (back, far left) class.
MetroWest Elementary
The 2010-11 MetroWest Elementary PTA officers are (front, l. to r.) Christina Brune, Jennifer Savage, Kim Vicari, (back, l. to r.) Amy Anderson, Piper Hood and Lisa McMahon.
MetroWest Elementary's PTA announced its 2010-11 officers. They are Lisa McMahon, president; Piper Hood, first vice president; Kim Vicari, second vice president; Amy Anderson, treasurer; Christina Brune, recording secretary; and Jennifer Savage, corresponding secretary.
Whispering Oak Elementary
Whispering Oak Elementary faculty and staff members participated in Take Your Child to Work Day. Children helped with class work, pre-K field day, lunch duty, morning duty and more.
Thirty-one children join their parents at Whispering Oak Elementary for a day of career shadowing on Take Your Child to Work Day.
Windy Ridge School
After caring for chicken eggs for 21 days, Robbi Lucas' 2009-10 first-graders at Windy Ridge School welcomed their newly hatched chicks. The chicks, which were named by their student caregivers, were all given new homes on a local farm.
Windy Ridge School 2009-10 first-graders in Robbi Lucas’ (back, far right) class care for the chicks they hatched at school
Chain of Lakes Middle
During Teacher Appreciation Week, Chain of Lakes Middle PTSA student representatives and their sponsor, Jeannie Drivas, worked to spruce up the school's memorial garden. The students added new plants and installed a picnic table.
Chain of Lakes Middle PTSA student representatives (l. to r.) Rachel and A.J. Dottino, Carlin Baum, Aaron Witt and Sebi Bruner help replant the school's memorial garden.
Gotha Middle
Gotha Middle 2009-10 eighth-graders visit the U.S. Capitol during a field trip to Washington, D.C.
Dr. Phillips High
After graduating from Dr. Phillips High School in 2003, Bobby Adelson Jr. and Danny Snow began the annual Hug Life Award Scholarship. The men collect their spare change throughout the school year and give one $500 scholarship to a college-bound senior who demonstrates courtesy and respect for fellow students, teachers and administrators, and is active in the community. Congratulations to Nat Coombes for being named the award recipient for the 2009-10 school year.
Dr. Phillips High Principal Gene Trochinski (far left) and 2003 graduates Bobby Adelson Jr.(second from left) and Danny Snow (far right) congratulate 2009-10 DPHS senior Nat Coombes for receiving the sixth annual Hug Life Award Scholarship.
Olympia High
Congratulations to Julieann Pauline Irving for graduating from Olympia High with the Class of 2010. Her proud parents are Marcus Lund and Debbie Irving of Southwest Orlando and Mark Irving of Clearwater.
Julieann Pauline Irving graduates from Olympia High with the Class of 2010.
The Olympia High Student Government Association held a farewell banquet for the group's senior officers. Class of 2010 members received goodbye gift bags filled with college memorabilia and a special gift from association advisers Sandra Kubany and Julie Lasowski, who teach math and social studies, respectively.
Olympia High Student Government Association's 2009-10 senior officers, (l. to r.) Sam Wood, Mallory Marcotte, Kayla Shoener, Taylor Cattoor, Celie Weaver, Sammy Fleck, Mollie Castle, Mesha Alexander and Olamide Ogun, are honored at a farewell banquet. Not pictured: Katherine Grier and Lynsey Ham.
Et Al
Windermere Preparatory School celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a campuswide assembly. Festivities included band and choral performances; grade-specific presentations; a visit from the school's original headmistress, Carolyn Cappleman Karraker; and recognition of the charter students, faculty and administrators who are still with the school.
Windermere Preparatory School charter students (front, l. to r.) Steven Xie, Alex Vance, Christopher Bergin, Mariana Casas, Rajan Laddu, Jimmy Linden, Grant Peyton and Jessika Sanz celebrate the school's 10-year anniversary with (back, l. to r.) Carolyn Cappleman Karraker, WPS's original headmistress; and charter faculty and administration members Carol Riggs, Kirsten Anderson, Mary Beth Davies, Helene Valentine and Tammy Davis Pollock.
Dr. Phillips resident Beckett Andrew wins first place in the annual Arts in April competition.
Lake Highland Preparatory School student Beckett Andrew received first-place honors at the school's annual Arts in April event. A panel of judges from the Orlando arts community selected the Dr. Phillips resident's original mixed media piece, titled Fast Track, from more than 100 first-grade entries.
The state level of the National Geographic Bee included two Southwest-area students: Chain of Lakes Middle 2010 graduate Chad Allen of Torey Pines and home-schooler Andrew Langford of Bay Vista Estates. Both Chad and Andrew have made three consecutive appearances at state bees. The boys, who did not know each other before they met at the state competition, were very successful at this year's event, with Andrew and Chad placing sixth and seventh, respectively.
Rising freshman Chad Allen (left) of Torey Pines and rising eighth-grader Andrew Langford of Bay Vista Estates place seventh and sixth, respectively, at the state level of the National Geographic Bee.
The Rotary Club of Windermere's Art Room event that was held during the annual Festival Among the Lakes drew more than 700 entries from 18 area public and private elementary, middle and high schools. Congratulations to first-place winners Erin Rahill, West Orange High, and Kristina Seregenese, Southwest Middle; second-place winners Samuel Choy, Chain of Lakes Middle, and Catherine Goodman, WOHS; and third-place winners Jonathan Burnet, Lake Highland Preparatory School, and Gabby Schafer, The First Academy.
The Crenshaw School, located at 305 Beulah Road in Winter Garden, is offering $500 off enrollment and 10 percent off tuition for additional siblings enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade. For more information, call 407-877-7412 or visit www.crenshawschool.com on the Web.
Four Southwest-area schools had the honor of being named to Newsweek magazine's America's Best High Schools, a list of the best 1,600 high schools in the nation. The schools are ranked according to the total number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests taken at the school, divided by the number of graduating seniors. According to Newsweek, schools that make the list represent the top 6 percent of high schools in the nation. Congratulations to Dr. Phillips High, ranked 463; Ocoee High, ranked 1,324; Olympia High, ranked 210; and West Orange High, ranked 892.
Congratulations to Isabella Outar for being named the winner of Central Florida Preparatory School's Accelerated Reader Program. The 2009-10 third-grader said reading is her favorite hobby.
Isabella Outar, a 2009-10 third-grader at Central Florida Preparatory School, earns first-place honors in the Accelerated Reader Program.
Macy McCormick (left) and Kirsten Scheller create a motion machine while learning the laws of motion during physical science class at Central Florida Christian Academy.
Hope Now International will present the sixth annual Back to School Bash on Aug. 14 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Amway Arena, located at 600 W. Amelia St. in Orlando. The bash, one of Florida's largest back-to-school charity events, includes free immunizations, physicals, haircuts, backpacks, school supplies and more. Sponsorships are available. For more information, call 786-269-4997 or visit www.hopenowinternational.org on the Web.
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