School News - 07/07/11
Keene’s Crossing Elementary
| Sixteen Keene’s Crossing Elementary students were recognized for their commitment to reading with a trip in a limousine to Barnes & Noble Booksellers, a gift card and lunch. The children read at least eight books on the Sunshine State Young Readers list, with some reading as many as 16. Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn was on hand to congratulate the students, and Principal Sherry Donaldson commended them for their commitment, as well as spoke about her own personal library. |
Lake Whitney Elementary
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During Lake Whitney Elementary’s annual Volunteer and Community Business Partner Appreciation Breakfast, Principal Beth Prince (far right) greets volunteer award winners (l. to r.) Kim Mikita and Mark Mitchell of Windermere Country Club, business partner of the year; Lisa McCarthy, outstanding volunteer of the year; Kyle McLaughlin, student volunteer of the year; and Blakely Meyers, Gold Dolphin Award. |
During Lake Whitney Elementary’s annual Volunteer and Community Business Partner Appreciation Breakfast, school officials honored the individuals and businesses that donated their time in support of LWES. Among the honorees were Lisa McCarthy and Kyle McLaughlin, who received volunteer and student volunteer of the year awards, respectively; and LWES PTO Vice President of Communications Blakely Meyers, who received the Gold Dolphin Award. Local business winners included Windermere Country Club, which was named business partner of the year, and Ogden Orthodontics, named community volunteer of the year. |
Sand Lake Elementary
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Sand Lake Elementary Math Team members and 2010-11 fifth-graders are among the top 20 percent of students worldwide to compete in the Math Olympiad. Special congratulations to (front, l. to r.) Reece Simon, Graham Jordan, Jeffrey Liang and Kelli Ross, who were ranked among the top 10 percent of competitors. Not pictured: Michael Kuo. |
Thirty-two 2010-11 fourth-graders and 29 fifth-graders participated on Sand Lake Elementary’s Math Team and were among nearly 150,000 students worldwide to compete in the Math Olympiad. SLES’s fifth-grade team was recognized for placing among the top 20 percent of competitors, and the children received Meritorious Achievement Certificates in recognition of their skills. In addition, Michael Kuo, Jeffrey Liang, Kelli Ross and Reece Simon placed among the top 10 percent of competitors, and Graham Jordan was ranked among the top 2 percent, earning a gold pin. |
Sunset Park Elementary
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Sunset Park Elementary 2010-11 kindergartners in Nicole Tambini’s (back) class dress as a variety of creatures for a performance titled Animals in the Rainforest. |
Windermere Elementary
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Windermere Elementary’s 2010-11 secondgraders raise the most funds in support of science lab teacher Lynn Tidmus and Disney’s Animal Kingdom representative Scott Tidmus’ annual conservation project. |
Every year, Windermere Elementary science lab teacher Lynn Tidmus and Scott Tidmus of Disney’s Animal Kingdom coordinate a conservation project for students. This year, students raised $2,500 for Change for Conservation, which supports red-necked ostrich reintroduction in Niger, Africa. The money was enough to adopt five ostriches for a year. |
Bridgewater Middle
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Windermere resident Steven Myers (third from left) wins 100,000 bonus Box Tops for Education, totaling $10,000, for his daughter’s school, Bridgewater Middle. He is congratulated by (l. to r.) Dwaine Stevens of Publix Super Markets Inc.; BMS Principal Athena Adams; BMS 2010-11 sixth-grader Georgia Myers; Kim Myers; Jackie Gelzheiser, Box Tops for Education and General Mills representative; and Shirley Cowans, area superintendent of the West Learning Community. |
Windermere resident Steven Myers was named a grand-prize winner of General Mills’ Box Tops for Education sweepstakes and received 100,000 Box Tops, totaling $10,000, in support of Bridgewater Middle. His daughter, Georgia, was a sixth-grader at the school during the 2010-11 school year. School officials said they are considering using the money to purchase much-needed books and periodicals for the student library. The sweepstakes, which was available at participating Publix Super Markets, awarded a total of four grand prizes to schools across the region. |
