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New Schools
for OCPS
Four new Orange County Public
Schools, including three in the
rapidly growing Horizon West
community, opened to students
for the first day of school
last month. These openings
increased the district’s number of
non-charter public schools to 199.
• Castleview Elementary, Horizon
West, relieves Bay Lake and
Sand Lake elementary schools
• Horizon West Middle, Horizon
West, relieves Bridgewater
Middle School
•Water Spring Elementary,Horizon Keene’s
Conway
newest
Pershing
school
SCPS Partners
with Goodwill Jobs
Program
In August, Seminole County
Public Schools announced a
partnership with GoodSource
Staffing Services to help
connect Central Floridians with
job opportunities. Created by
Goodwill Industries of Central
Florida in 2017, the GoodSource
program screens, evaluates and
places job-seekers in temporary
positions suited to their skills
and abilities. With the preemployment
training provided
by GoodSource, candidates can
begin working immediately.
“GoodSource seeks to
tackle two social issues
greatly impacting Central
Florida — joblessness and
homelessness,” says Yvette
Hernandez, vice president of
staffing for GoodSource. “This
partnership with Seminole
County Public Schools will mean
affording even more people
an opportunity to provide for
themselves and their families.”
The partnership is designed
to help SCPS fill dozens of
support staff openings, such as
custodial and cafeteria workers,
throughout the school system.
These positions can lead to
permanent employment.
First Day at Holy
Family Catholic
School
School is in at Holy Family Catholic
School, and students and parents
were excited to get back into the
swing of things last month for the
school’s 23rd year of being open.
The new school year started with
several additions to the HFCS
media center, including two
collaboration rooms and three
MakerBot Replicator+ 3D printers.
The printers are an extension of
the school’s STREAM program.
There is also a new after-school
program called Champions
that offers STEAM-centered
enrichment activities.
The school year also kicked off with
one of HFCS’s largest fundraisers,
Raising the Dough. Tickets can be
purchased online for a chance to
win a grand prize of $50,000.
The drawing will be held at the Fall
Festival on Oct. 26.
“We are ready for a wonderful year,
always growing in faith, knowledge
and love,” says Principal Sister
Dorothy Sayers, M.P.F.
ementary,
zon West, relieves Keene’
Crossing and Independence
elementary schools
• Pershing School, Conway
area, is the district’s newest
K-8 school. It blends Pershing
and Pine Castle elementary
schools and adds middle school
students for the first time.
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36 Central Florida Lifestyle | September 2019