District Dispatches

District

Dispatches

The following schools have been designated as a Cambridge International School:

• Columbia Elementary • Piedmont Lakes Middle • Timber Springs Middle

Now offering the Cambridge Assessment International Education Program, students will be offered an international pre-university curriculum and examination system that emphasizes the value of a broad and balanced education.

Inspired by the philanthropic work of Orlando hotelier Harris Rosen, Travel + Leisure Charitable Foundation has partnered with OCPS to launch the Travel + Leisure Eatonville Scholarship Program starting this school year. The scholarship will fund up to 200 scholarships for former Hungerford Elementary students who will graduate from Edgewater, Evans and Wekiva high schools and are accepted to a Florida state public college or university, community college or a technical school. Superintendent Barbara Jenkins was named chair of the board of directors of the Council of the Great City Schools in July. The council is a coalition of 75 of the nation's largest urban public school systems dedicated to improving the education of children in the inner cities. It will hold its annual fall conference in Orlando in October 2022.

Congratulations to the following schools that were named 2020-21 Everglades Foundation Champion schools:

Gold:

• Millennia Gardens Elementary • Rock Springs Elementary

Silver:

• Tildenville Elementary • Wyndham Lakes Elementary • Zellwood Elementary

An Everglades Champion School encourages teachers to participate in Everglades Literacy professional development, integrates Everglades Literacy into the curriculum and promotes Everglades interdisciplinary projects and field experiences, as well as Everglades community and culture.

We want to help keep you moving no matter what this year brings.

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2021-22 Editorial Calendar

October: Roberto Clemente Middle School November: JROTC Programs December: Homeless Education

January: Employee Pets

February: Maxey Elementary School

March: Accelerated East/West high schools April: ESE Programs (ASD) May: Innovation Office June: Retirement

If you have story ideas for these issues, as well as submissions for A Funny Thing Happened and/or Best Ideas, email

orangepeal@ocps.net.