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Danielle Hendrix
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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Danielle Hendrix
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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Danielle Hendrix
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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Danielle Hendrix
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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Danielle Hendrix
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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Danielle Hendrix
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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Danielle Hendrix
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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Amy Quesinberry Price
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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Danielle Hendrix
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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Danielle Hendrix
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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Danielle Hendrix
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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Amy Quesinberry Price
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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Amy Quesinberry Price
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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Danielle Hendrix
November 30, 2020

DeSantis: Schools to remain open, online learning an option for spring

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that schools would remain open with an online-learning option for the spring 2021 semester.

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Danielle Hendrix
November 24, 2020

Influencer of the Week: Dr. David Levy, Sunset Park Elementary

Levy is the music teacher at Sunset Park Elementary.

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