Congratulations to this year's winners at the 2025 Lee County Student Film and Television Award ceremony! The celebration of student achievement in film and video was a red-carpet event held at Gateway High School on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
More than 240 entries were submitted by hundreds of students from 34 schools. Awards were presented in 17 categories across divisions for elementary, middle, and high school. Best of Show was awarded in each division, and a Lee Schools TV Choice Award was presented to one student. The honorees are:
Best in Show
- Elementary School: “The Missing Phone” by Skyline Elementary
- Middle School: “Robots in Car Manufacturing” by Oasis Middle School
- High School: “Dewey Decimal” by Cypress Lake High School
Lee Schools TV Choice Award
- Ryan Kronewiter, Estero High School
The winners of each category in each division are:
Elementary School
ANIMATION
“Day in the Life of a Flamingo”
Tortuga Preserve Elementary
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
“How to Draw a Seahorse”
The Sanibel School
MUSIC VIDEO
“Brother Video”
Mirror Lakes Elementary
NEWS SHOW
“TPE TV News in Full Bloom”
Tortuga Preserve Elementary
PSA/PROMO
“Anti-Bullying PSA”
Veterans Park Academy for the Arts
Middle School
ANIMATION
“Robots in Car Manufacturing”
Oasis Middle
COMEDY
“The Interview”
Cypress Lake Middle
DOCUMENTARY
“Jamil’s Journey: Life on a Cruise Ship”
Oak Hammock Middle
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
“Pecan Pie”
Lehigh Acres Middle
MUSIC VIDEO
“Forever Young”
Oak Hammock Middle
NEWS SHOW
“Lynx News”
Lexington Middle
PROMO VIDEO
“The Green Game”
Oak Hammock Middle
PSA
“Anti-Littering PSA”
Cypress Lake Middle
NORM PROJECT PSA
“Don’t Do Drugs”
Oak Hammock Middle
SHORT FILM
“Sticky Notes”
Oak Hammock Middle
High School
ANIMATION
“Mikolas Man”
Cypress Lake High
COMEDY
“The Hall Monitor”
Fort Myers High
DOCUMENTARY
“Does the Real Santa Claus Teach at SFMHS?”
South Fort Myers High
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
“How to Media Day”
Bonita Springs High
MUSIC VIDEO
“Dewey Decimal”
Cypress Lake High
NEWS PACKAGE
“Rules to Parent Dropoff”
Cypress Lake High
NEWS SHOW
“BBN News Special 2025”
Bonita Springs High
ON-CAMERA TALENT
AJ Leuzzi
Bonita Springs High
PROMO VIDEO
“Little Wave”
Fort Myers High
NORM PROJECT PSA
“Not Interested”
Cypress Lake High
SHORT FILM
“The Chase”
North Fort Myers High
SPORTS
“Cypress vs Estero”
Cypress Lake High
Some of the award-winning films and videos will be featured on the School District of Lee County’s Facebook page through May. The School District wishes to thank the teachers and students who submitted entries, the parents who supported them, and the judges who scored the videos. Congratulations again to this year’s winners.