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  • January 31, 2021
PHOTOS: Foundation Academy Mother/Son Event 2021

Foundation Academy’s Lower School boys had a blast playing laser tag and other games with their moms.

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  • Danielle Hendrix
  • January 27, 2021
Local students win WonderWorks Orlando art contest

Five West Orange-area students were selected to have their artwork on display at WonderWorks.

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  • January 27, 2021
Influencer of the Week: Jaida Hackard, Windermere Elementary

Jaida Hackard, a fifth-grader, won the school's Earth Day T-shirt design contest last spring.

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  • January 20, 2021
Kids Create Art helps local children explore artistic abilities

Sarah Matthews, a former Disney cast member, joined the Kids Create Art team last year to help bring unique artistic experiences to local children.

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  • January 20, 2021
Influencer of the Week: Jennifer Drone, Keene's Crossing Elementary

Drone has been the media specialist at Keene's Crossing since it opened in 2009.

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  • January 13, 2021
Wolverines introduce dynamic scheduling model

Windermere High students and teachers currently are set to move forward with a brand-new scheduling model for the 2021-22 school year.

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  • January 13, 2021
Influencer of the Week: Laura Newman, SunRidge Elementary

Newman is a kindergarten teacher at SunRidge and has been with Orange County Public Schools for 20 years.

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  • January 6, 2021
FORECAST 2021: Three new relief schools coming to West Orange area

Horizon High School, Lake Buena Vista High School and Water Spring Middle School all will open their doors this fall and relieve the community’s most-crowded public schools.

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  • December 16, 2020
Castleview staff member a finalist for district award

Coach Joseph ‘Dan’ Rebuck is among the top-five finalists for Orange County Public Schools’ Support Person of the Year award.

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  • December 16, 2020
Influencer of the Week: Heather Landrock, Dillard Street Elementary

This week's recognized influencer, Heather Landrock, is DSES' instructional coach.

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  • December 9, 2020
Foundation Academy expands footprint

Foundation staff, students and the community recently celebrated the groundbreaking of the school's Tilden campus expansion project.

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  • December 9, 2020
Influencer of the Week: Jeremy Campbell, Central Florida Christian Academy

Campbell is CFCA's dean of students, assistant athletic director and head football coach.

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  • December 8, 2020
OCPS names three new West Orange-area schools

Horizon High School, Lake Buena Vista High School and Water Spring Middle School will open in fall 2021.

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  • December 2, 2020
Influencer of the Week: Isamari Medina Montes, Maxey Elementary

The parent engagement liaison at Maxey Elementary was named the school's Support Person of the Year.

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  • December 2, 2020
Eislinn Gracen wins national playwright contest

The West Orange High junior is one of seven students declared winners of the competition, which focused on the theme of ending gun violence.

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