Around OCPS

To support Instructional Coach Michelle Hines, who has cancer, Blankner School is having a “Wear Green Day” each month.

Members of Orange Technical College – East Campus show their support and don the colors for Ukraine. It was all smiles for breakfast for Food & Nutritional Services team members during National School Breakfast Week.

Windermere Elementary celebrated Art Teacher Tracy Gore during Visual Art Appreciation Month in March. Team members in the mighty High Schools Office serve over 60,000 students attending our 22 traditional high schools.

Lake Nona High sponsors of the African American Culture Club; African American Youth Minority Club; The West Indian Cultural Society; Dance Club; and Theater department came together to lead their students to create a phenomenal Black History Showcase. To honor Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to go into space, Cheney Elementary’s third-grade team engaged students in learning about all things space, during its monthly STREAM day.

The pandemic has taught the Orange Technical College – Avalon Campus team many things about what it means to show up and provide students with a reliable, relevant, safe and engaging learning environment. 2527

During its March 8 meeting, the School Board recognized the East River High Astronaut Club for winning the Patch Design competition during the 10th Annual Student Astronaut Challenge at the Kennedy Space Center in February. Positive Pathways Transition Center Principal Francis Pons and staff celebrated Black History Month with decorations and a staff luncheon.