December 2019

Sunshine Elementary kindergarten teacher Cammiel Canady, the first recipient of our Grow Your Own Teacher Scholarship Program to be placed in a school, is shining in the classroom.

Our students from Tortuga Preserve Elementary School will be delivering lots of smiles to the Golisano Children's Hospital this holiday season.

The School District of Lee County presents the 8th Annual Sounds of the Season TV special on Friday, December 20th.

We are excited to announce that Mariner High School Art Teacher Samantha Hower is the District’s 2019 Teacher of the Year.

Civic Education is a vibrant part of the K-12 experience in the School District of Lee County. In this comprehensive video, we bring you inside four different classrooms to show you how we teach civics to students of all ages.

We are excited to announce Three Oaks Elementary School is a winner of one of ten Burlington Stores’ Adopt My School Sweepstakes Grants through the national retailer’s partnership with AdoptAClassroom.org.

The 5th Annual Special Olympics Adaptive Recreation (SOAR) end of the semester dance was held today, December 13, 2019. Middle School students with special needs were invited to just keep swimming.

The School District of Lee County is proud to announce Melissa Robery, Principal at East Lee High School, is the Lee County Principal of the year. The District is also proud to announce Jackson Morgan, Assistant Principal at Lehigh Elementary School, is Lee County Assistant Principal of the year.

We are proud to announce four schools have been chosen as PBIS Model Schools.The PBIS program emphasizes teaching all students desired behaviors that lead to increased academic achievement and a safer more respectful school climate.

The 4th Annual Evening Under the Shadow Wood fundraising gala to support the arts programs at Estero High School is coming up on Monday, December 16th.

For the first time in school history, two Challenger Middle School students were selected to play in the 2019 All State Jazz Band.

State Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto visited three schools today to code with students on campus. She spent an hour each at Gulf Elementary, Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School and Dunbar High School.

Cypress Lake High School is hosting its 15th Annual Special Olympics Field Day on Friday, December 6th. All 14 Lee County public high schools will send students to participate in the two-hour event.

The District invites families to join us for Vaping Prevention: A Facebook Live Town Hall meeting. The 1-hour event will feature what makes tobacco and vaping so dangerous for teens.

The holiday season is upon us and it is time to announce this year’s winners for the annual Holiday Greeting Card event.

The top middle and high school band musicians the district has to offer will come together for a special concert on Friday, December 6th.