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THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017
ARTS & CULTURE
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YOUR TOWN DPHS BILITERACY PROGRAM EARNS AWARD
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Tori and Jayden Steele have defied odds all their lives. Most recently, that includes graduating from Olympia High School. SEE STORY ON PAGE 4.
Dr. Phillips High School students earned the secondmost biliteracy awards in the school district. This year, Orange County Public Schools awarded both the Gold and Silver Biliteracy Seals to 883 graduates. The Silver Biliteracy Seal will be awarded to an additional 350 graduates for a total of 1,233 Biliteracy Seals. Of those, DPHS accounted for 109 Gold Seals and 57 Silver Seals.
ST. LUKE’S STARTS SUPPORT GROUP St. Luke’s United Methodist Church located at 4851 S. Apopka-Vineland Road has a new cancer support group for cancer fighters, survivors, caregivers and spouses/partners. All faiths are welcome. The next meeting is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13, in Building A, Room 201. For more information, email care@st.lukes.org or call 407-876-4991, Ext. 262.
Bridgewater names new principal Andrew Jackson is a Winter Garden native who has taught or served as an academic dean at West Orange and Osceola high schools since 1997. PRSRT STD ECRWSS US POSTAGE PAID WINTER GARDEN, FL PERMIT NO. 81
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DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER WINTER GARDEN With the depar-
ture of former Bridgewater Middle School Principal Lisa James to Lockhart Middle, the Orange County School Board announced the Bobcats’ new principal at its June 13 meeting. Andrew Jackson is leaving his position as assistant principal at Kissimmee’s Osceola High to take on the role.
Jackson was born and raised in Winter Garden and graduated from West Orange High. He graduated from Florida State University in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in social science and, in 1997, returned to teach at WOHS. Four years into teaching social studies and ESE and coaching football at WOHS, Jackson obtained his master’s degree in education leadership from Nova SEE MEET PAGE 4
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Andrew Jackson is leaving his position as assistant principal at Kissimmee’s Osceola High to become Bridgewater Middle’s new principal. Jackson lives in downtown Winter Garden with his wife and their two daughters.