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Education Notes 3-26-21

Three Cape students named ‘Do The Right Thing’ winners Three students were honored as “Do The Right Thing” award recipients this week for their good deeds. Command staff with the Cape Coral Police Department’s Community Services Bureau visited the students’ schools to present ...

North student earns Golden Futures scholarship

Kassandra Cooper has dreamed of being a music teacher her entire life and, perhaps, even teaching alongside her parents in the community she loves. This past week, the North Fort Myers High School student took a huge step toward that dream by becoming one of two students to receive a Golden ...

North High to give ‘42nd Street’ another go

Last year, the North Fort Myers High School Drama Club was getting ready to put on its rendition of the classic musical “42nd Street” when the pandemic forced the show to be cancelled. This year, with all the sets and costumes and choreography ready, it made sense to give the musical another shot this year, albeit with a twist — graduates were allowed to return for the roles they would have played. The musical will be performed this Thursday through Sunday, March 25 through 27, at 7 p.m. and on March 28 at 2 p.m. For drama teacher Janelle Laux, it is a show that has been ...

Haitian-American Community Coalition of Southwest Florida seeks community’s help for scholarship fund

The Haitian-American Community Coalition of Southwest Florida is seeking the community’s help in raising money for its scholarship fun, which currently has a match donor. Twenty scholarships have been provided since 2015 to students of Haitian descendent who are ready to graduate from Lee County schools. In the last four years, $15,000 in scholarships have been awarded to graduating Lee County students of Haitian heritage. Haitian-American Community Coalition of Southwest Florida President Beatrice Jacquet-Castor said every year they have a scholarship gala at Broadway Palm Theater ...

Education Notes 3-12

Cape residents inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines: * Christi Iverson of Cape Coral at Nova ...