KISSIMMEE, Fla. \u2014 Before attending a national education conference in Central Florida, school leaders volunteered their time to give Flora Ridge Elementary School a new playground and campus improvements that students will enjoy when they return in August.<\/p>\n
More than 100 principals and assistant principals from across the country traded conference rooms for construction tools, working side by side to transform Flora Ridge Elementary School in Kissimmee.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe feel great. We\u2019re very excited for this opportunity,\u201d said Randa Nicholson, principal of Flora Ridge Elementary School.<\/p>\n
Nicholson said the project is more than a campus makeover.<\/p>\n
She said the school needed a new playground, and the partnership is giving students something they have been waiting for.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe school is about 17, 18 years old. So that equipment came with the school. So, you can imagine the state that it was in kind of faded, you know, paint chipped those kinds of stuff,\u201d said Nicholson.<\/p>\n
The volunteer project marks the official kickoff to the National Association of Elementary School Principals\u2019 National School Leaders Conference.<\/p>\n
Organizers say it gives school leaders an opportunity to leave a positive impact on the community before the conference begins.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes me so proud that there are people that want to do this and that are taking a Sunday when they could be at the parks doing other things, but they\u2019re here because they want to be here,\u201d said April Knight, president of the National Association of Elementary School Principals.<\/p>\n
When students return to Flora Ridge Elementary in August, they will find a new playground, bulletin boards and a refreshed campus, all thanks to the work of school leaders from across the nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be an amazing place for kids and families, and it\u2019s just important that we are here.\u201d said Knight.<\/p>\n
The National Association of Elementary School Principals\u2019 National School Leaders Conference runs July 13-15 at Disney\u2019s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando. The conference brings together school leaders from across the country to discuss the future of education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KISSIMMEE, Fla. \u2014 Before attending a national education conference in Central Florida, school leaders volunteered their time to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[767,4996,9995,274,6507,770,113,2204,115,1335,139,141,140,6505,1976,278,2032,835],"class_list":["post-338403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-app-community","tag-app-education","tag-app-latest-education-stories","tag-app-top-stories","tag-ashley-engle","tag-community-news","tag-education","tag-instagram-n13","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-osceola","tag-osceola-county","tag-top-stories","tag-trending-topics","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}