We want this month’s Nonahood News article space to express our appreciation to Lake Nona community businesses that are Partners In Education (PIE) with our school. These partners invest in public education, specifically Sun Blaze, which allows family events, programs, educational clubs, and more to take place. With almost 1,200 students enrolled at Sun Blaze, community … [Read more...]
School Update: Sun Blaze Elementary School
K-Kids K-Kids is a school-sponsored club that teaches students the value of helping others by developing community service projects. This program provides numerous opportunities to develop self-esteem, leadership skills, morals, standards, and respect for others. Our K-Kids club broke last year’s CAN DRIVE record by collecting more than 700 pounds of non-perishable food for … [Read more...]
Nona Smiles Has a New Home!
Before you read more about the exciting news, let me take you back on this incredible journey... Nona Smiles’ owners, Dr. Melendez and Dr. Ramirez, first met in dental school. Soon after graduating in 2000, they began their residency at a New York hospital. Trying to escape from the cold weather, they both returned to Puerto Rico, where they opened their first dental … [Read more...]
The Lake Nona Book Maven Review: Louise Penny Novels
Author: Louise Penny Genre: Fiction (detective, mystery, suspense) For the last 10 years or so, I’ve been reading through the Louise Penny novels featuring her detective, Chief Inspector of Homicide Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec in Canada. There are 14 novels in the group now, and I’ve fallen in love with the characters and watched them grow and change over … [Read more...]
The Lake Nona Book Maven Review: Before We Were Yours
Author: Lisa Wingate Genre: Historical Fiction Two stories are intertwined in this 2017 novel. The first, from 1939, is told from a child’s point of view. She is Rill Floss, one of five siblings of a poor, riverboat family from the Memphis, TN, area. Floss and her siblings are abducted and brought to an orphanage, where the atmosphere is abusive and care is … [Read more...]