NEW! Parent Survey Coming Next Week | |
SCPS will be launching our brand-new parent survey on Monday, April 15th. We want to know how we can better serve our families. This brief survey will take roughly 10 minutes to complete. | |
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Sanford Middle School Students Experience "Living on My Own"
Thank you to students, teachers and administrators at Sanford Middle School who participated in “Living on My Own” this week! This financial literacy program will lead to lots of conversations about education and training, job or career choices, spending decisions, and budgets. Special thanks to our fantastic Dividend volunteers and Addition Financial Credit Union for your participation in bringing this awesome program to our students!
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SCPS Students Experience Science Through the Eclipse
Students from all across our district experienced unique lessons centered on the eclipse. Just imagine, the next eclipse is twenty years from now, and we sure hope they each remember their last experience from 2024.
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Family Leadership Institute
The ESOL Family Leadership Institute recently hosted an event at our district office where ESOL families worked with the ESOL/World Languages Department on preparing their child for the path to a successful future with College and Career Readiness information.
The goal of this event is to provide our families with information about the knowledge and skills needed for their child to be successful in post-secondary education and/or readiness to enter their career of choice.
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Carillon Elementary Students Create Biome World
5th graders at Carillon Elementary had a great time creating their Habitat/Biome and celebrated the end of this unit of study with a Biome in a box gallery walk. Great job to all the students and staff. These are the types of engaging, hands-on projects that our students get to be a part of. This is another example of why we have earned the nickname #STEMinoleCounty!
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Explore Crooms Academy of Information and Technology
Story Courtesy of WKMG, News 6
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Seminole High Student Deemed a Hero
Story courtesy of FOX 35
16-year-old Seminole High School student Alexis Falcon had just gotten home from school when he saw his neighbor's home on fire. He ran under a downed power line, broke through a fence and a window to save James Antonietta’s two dogs.
Alexis then hosed down the flames as best he could before fire crews arrived.
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Clinic Assistants of the Month
The SCPS Health Services Division continues to recognize the hard-working individuals working in our school clinics caring for our students each and every day. Congratulations to Ms. Debra Henken-Strigaro of Hagerty High School and Ms. Lynn Gilman of Evans Elementary for receiving the honors of being our Clinic Assistants of the Month for April!
Thank you for your hard work, dedication, and passion for caring for our students!
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Ms. Lynn Gilman
Evans Elementary
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Ms. Debra Henken-Strigaro
Hagerty High School
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Seminole High Jazz Band Selected to Play for Exploring Sanford News Segment
Provided courtesy of WKMG News 6
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SCPS VPK Registration Now Open | |
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Registration for the 2024-2025 VPK School Year at SCPS locations is now open. To be eligible for VPK, a child must be four years of age by September 1, 2024.
SCPS VPK offers a high-quality program designed to prepare students to enter Kindergarten ready to learn!
Full-day and half-day programs are available. For more information, Click HERE.
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SCPS Seniors - Free Summer College Classes at Seminole State | |
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Graduating SCPS Seniors - Free Summer College Class Opportunity at Seminole State
SCPS graduating seniors are invited to get a jumpstart on their college education by taking two classes this summer with no out-of-pocket costs during the Summer B Session from June 26-Aug. 7. The deadline to submit an interest form and apply is May 31.
The Summer Bridge program helps first-time-in-college students easily transition to college and develop crucial skills for success.
No matter whether a student plans to go all the way to a bachelor's degree, use a university transfer pathway such as DirectConnect to UCF®, or is just trying to see if college is right for them, the Summer Bridge program can help set them on the right path!
To learn more, sign up to attend a virtual information session or email summerbridge@seminolestate.edu.
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Kindergarten Registration Now Open | |
Florida Prepaid College Plan Enrollment Window Closing Soon | | |
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As our partner the Florida Prepaid College Plan Board celebrates 35 years of helping Florida families save affordably for college, they have lowered Prepaid Plan monthly prices by up to 25 percent during the Prepaid Plan Open Enrollment period from February 1 - April 30, 2024.
The reductions will bring Prepaid Plan prices to their lowest level in 10 years, starting at just $34 per month for a 1-Year University Plan for a newborn. The monthly cost of a four-year university plan for a newborn is down to $134 – that’s a monthly savings of about $50 compared to last year.
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Florida Prepaid Plans are made to fit growing families:
- Risk-free: Your investment is protected by the State of Florida.
- Flexible: Use in-state or out, at public or private colleges and universities, trade, and technical schools.
- Worry-free: Cancel anytime for a full refund or transfer to another family member.
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St. Johns River Cleanup
This Earth Day weekend, help protect Seminole County's waterways by volunteering to clean up litter from the St. Johns River.
Join the St. Johns Riverkeeper in a river-wide cleanup and volunteer to pick up litter on foot, in your kayak or canoe, or from your motorized boat. Bright Futures
or other volunteer hours are available for participating!
DATE/TIME: Saturday, April 20, 2024, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
SITES: Choose one of the following locations:
C. S. Lee Park, 4600 FL-46, Geneva
Lake Monroe Wayside Park, 4150 U.S. 17-92, Sanford
Mullet Lake Park, 2368 Mullet Lake Park Rd, Geneva
City of Sanford, FL Government Riverwalk, 409 E Seminole Blvd, Sanford
To learn more or register, visit https://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/cleanup
For more volunteer opportunities, check out Seminole Education, Restoration & Volunteer (SERV) Program.
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Our Mission
The mission of the Seminole County Public Schools is to ensure that all students acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be productive citizens.
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400 E. Lake Mary Blvd.
Sanford, FL 32773
407-320-0000
www.scps.us
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Seminole County Public Schools
Educational Equity - Notice of Nondiscrimination
Any form of discrimination or harassment can be devastating to an individual's academic progress, social relationship and/or personal sense of self-worth. As such, the School Board will not discriminate nor tolerate harassment in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender status, or gender identity), disability (including HIV, AIDS, or sickle cell trait), pregnancy, marital status, age (except as authorized by law), religion, military status, ancestry, or genetic information, which are classes protected by State and/or Federal law (collectively, "protected classes").
The Board also does not discriminate on the basis of protected classes in its employment policies and practices as they relate to students.
Equal educational opportunities shall be available to all students, without regard to the protected classes, age (unless age is a factor necessary to the normal operation or the achievement of any legitimate objective of the program/activity), place of residence within the boundaries of the District, or social or economic background, to learn through the curriculum offered in this District. Educational programs shall be designed to meet the varying needs of all students.
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