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Gabby Perez, a kindergartner, and her 1-year-old brother Zeke use Play-Doh to make planets. "This was our first stop, and they don't want to move on," says Jennifer Perez, Gabby and Zeke's mother.

All STEAMed up at McNeal Elementary

Families enjoy Earth and Space STEAM Night

by: Liz Ramos

News Mar 10, 2020

Second graders Hayden Laning, Charlotte Eldridge and Jullian Riley play different characters in their group's readers' theater about presidents.

Students play historic roles in Lakewood Ranch

McNeal Elementary teacher uses readers' theater to teach students about historic figures.

by: Liz Ramos

News Mar 4, 2020

Lynita Chupps, a fourth grader, works with her sister, Lisa Chupp, a second grader, on their stop-motion movie. The pair are working on the storyline as they go.

Lights, Lego, action in East County

Tara Elementary students make their own stop-motion Lego movies.

by: Liz Ramos

News Mar 4, 2020

Julie Bianchi, the head of the middle school, talks about the garden feature and virtual reality studio in the new building.

Out-of-Door Academy building for a better future in Lakewood Ranch

A $4.75 million middle school expansion will offer opportunities for students.

by: Liz Ramos

News Feb 26, 2020

Cynthia Saunders, superintendent of the School District of Manatee County, and Ted Lindenberg, director of the Books for Kids program, celebrate the program's success.

A success story in Manatee County

Books for Kids celebrates another chapter

by: Liz Ramos

News Feb 26, 2020

First graders Grant Spoonmore, Tristan Epting, Liam Durbal and James Droge run through Hula Hoops, which was one of the obstacles at the walkathon.

Fitness and fun all in one in East County

B.D. Gullett Elementary students enjoy walkathon.

by: Liz Ramos

News Feb 21, 2020

Laila Ward, an eighth grader at Mona Jain Middle School, and Nick Stanley, a senior at Lakewood Ranch High School, are given the School Board of Manatee County's Black History Month proclamation.

Lakewood Ranch-area students win essay contest

Martin Luther King essay's top awards go to Lakewood Ranch High and Mona Jain Middle students.

by: Liz Ramos

Schools Feb 19, 2020

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