On Friday, April 12, local elected officials and community leaders were invited for a special grand opening ceremony and tour of the newest Amazon Robotics fulfillment center in Lake Nona. This event was the first time the community saw the inside of the new facility. Since opening in August 2018, the over 850,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Orlando has hired more … [Read more...]
School Update: Laureate Park Elementary School
In September, Laureate Park Elementary Longhorns opened their pantries to help fill the Lake Nona High School Safe Pantry. Laureate Park sponsored a Navy & Silver Spirit Day and invited all students and staff to bring items that could be used by the LNHS Safe Pantry. Our school filled a pallet of items, which were brought to LNHS. In early October, Laureate Park … [Read more...]
School Update: Eagle Creek Elementary School
Hello, Panther Community! STEM Activities In September, we had our first school-wide STEM Challenge of the year. We were so excited to see so many of our students create Barbie Bungee Jumping Apparatuses! Congratulations to our top 3 ECE STEM winners: Alynda Napoleon, Sylvester Ruiz and Gabrel Pardo. After we tested our kindergarten through … [Read more...]
Amazon Donates to Future Through STEM
Everyone knows of Amazon, and by now, most of the Nonahood is well aware of the giant company staking ground right in our backyard. The massive 850,000-square-foot Amazon Fulfillment Center is scheduled to have its doors open just in time for the 2018 holiday season. The colossal building is located on Boggy Creek Road, just past the accompanying 417 exit. You … [Read more...]
STEM Focus: A Changing of the Guard
On March 9, UCF selected its fifth president, Dr. Dale Whittaker, its current provost. The selection process was an open and transparent procedure, and the the candidates were extremely competitive. At the end of the day, Dr. Whittaker was selected and will take over as the next president mid-summer. As provost, Dr. Whittaker oversaw the hiring of more than 200 additional, new … [Read more...]