At last night’s Lee County Board of Education meeting, Dr. Chris Dossenbach, principal at Southern Lee High School, was named the district’s Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction.
For Southern Lee High School senior Ari Wright-Thompson, high school has been all about leadership. “My grandmother always had politics on TV,” said Wright-Thompson. “And socially, I like dealing with solutions to problems that will best fit everyone.” Wright-Thompson has expressed that passion for finding solutions to problems and serving others over the last two years of his high school career, during which he served as the junior class and senior class president, and plans to pursue political science at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
“All the world's a stage,” as Shakespeare put it, and for Lee County High School senior Reanna Vaughan-Williams that's been literally true for most of her life. “[Theatre has] been my home away from home,” she said. “I’ve literally lived here, and it’s given me bonds that will last forever.”
There was a time less than a year ago when Lee Early College senior Nery Villalba Martinez wondered if she'd be able to graduate. Not because of her performance in the classroom, but a tough situation at home meant that the young woman who is the daughter of immigrants and now set to be the first in her family to attend college had to work extra hard to strike a balance between school and home. “At first I was debating whether I would be able to graduate,” she said. “But at the end, all the hard work I was able to put in, it was worth the struggle.”
When Leslie Cottrell came to Greenwood Elementary as an AIG specialist in the fall of 2017, she quickly dubbed herself the students' “thinking coach.” Her diversity of instruction – and the enthusiasm which she brings with her – paid off Monday night when Cottrell was named Lee County Schools' 2019-20 Teacher of the Year.
Yes, that time really has arrived! Kindergarten registration is from May 1-31, 2019.
Hey Lee County Schools! If you missed the lotteries for either Tramway Elementary or W.B. Wicker Elementary, you can still apply for the waitlist! Click here to submit an application.
The Lee County Board of Education approved — at its regularly scheduled meeting — that the half-days on October 26, 2018 and February 15, 2019 are now full instructional days for students.
Student early dismissal times for traditional calendar and Tramway Elementary School on Thursday, June 6, 2019:
Elementary, Floyd L. Knight, SanLee Middle School-12noon
East Lee Middle School, West Lee Middle School, Bragg Street Academy-12:15pm
Southern Lee High School, Lee County High School-12:30pm
Join us this summer for the Lee County Schools Career and Technical Education Summer Camp from July 8-12 at Lee County High School. Rising sixth - ninth graders will have the opportunity to learn about STEM-related topics, ranging from mobile application development to robotics and much more. Click here for the application and more information. Click here to view in Spanish.
The 2019-2020 Lee County Schools High School Registration Guide is now available! Click here to view the guide.
The Lee County Board of Education and the Lee County Board of Commissioners have selected the former W.B. Wicker School site, located at 900 S. Vance Street in Sanford, as the location for the county’s newest elementary school. The school is expected to open in the fall of 2019. Click here for more.
