OCPS Earns Nationwide Award for Child Nutrition, Safety
The Council of the Great City Schools presented Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) Chief Operating Officer (COO) Michael Eugene with the “Managing for Results Achievement Award” on April 5, 2012.
Orange County students win National Achievement Scholarships
Orange County Public Schools announced three students as winners in the 48th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program.
OCPS Students, Chefs to Showcase New Culinary Creations
Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) students and food service managers from 11 schools, joined by national award-winning chefs, will demonstrate their healthful culinary creations in a high-energy, fast-paced Food Network meets Nickelodeon even on Friday, March 16th.
Excitement Builds as Community Awaits New Evans HS
The official grand opening of Evans full-service school in Pine Hills is not until August 2012, but already there’s lots of excitement and strong positive energy emanating from the community, says Charlene Sears-Tolbert, director of Central Florida’s first community school. Even those who don’t fully understand the community concept, just seeing the visible building rising out of the ground, there’s excitement that something new is going on at Evans.
Florida Out of Cash for New Schools, Classroom Buildings
A panel of state economists, meeting to tweak estimates made earlier this year, slashed estimates for available school construction money by $267 million for 2012, leaving educators with about $113 million in new cash available for building for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Evans HS Continues To Turn Out Scholars
It’s Maynard Evans High School — an IB World School since April 2008, offering the IB Middle Years Program and authorized to offer the IB Diploma Program since December 2008. That’s correct! Beginning with 75 students in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program, there are now over 350 students in the program and it continues to grow. Two students earned IB Diplomas from Evans’ first graduating class in 2010 and 28 students in the program received 47 college level credits.
