Oasis Charter Schools receive ITEEA award

The city of Cape Coral Oasis Charter Schools continue to collect major national awards for their academic accomplishments and highly effective charter school system

Recently, Oasis Elementary North and Oasis Middle School were two, out of 19 s c h o o l s i n t h e U S t o b e n a m e d a n

“ITEEA STEM School of Excellence” by t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l T e c h n o l o g y a n d E n - gineering Educators Association

I T E E A r e c o g n i z e s s c h o o l s f o r t h e i r commitment to providing students with a robust integrative STEM education program This is the second year in a row Oasis Middle has made the prestigious list STEM is an essential learning component for all four of the city of Cape Coral Oasis Charter Schools with students in grades K-12 participating The municipal charter schools’ awards

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Global Accreditation for demonstrating o u t s t a n d i n g l e a d e r s h i p i n i n n o v a t i o n Oasis was the only K-12 municipal charter system in Florida to earn the honor, and only one of 38 schools world-wide to be chosen COGNIA also awarded Oasis with the c o v e t e d S c h o o l S y s t e m o f D n 2022 Oasis is one of 20 Florida schools to land on the international list Oasis Charter Schools is the only K-12 charter school system in Cape Coral that offers a STEMcentered curriculum at each grade level

Under the leadership of Superintendent Jacquelin Collins, Oasis Charter Schools consistently receives an A rating from the Florida Department of Education based on student performance The high school has a graduation rate of 98 percent

Education Notes

Gibson among finalists for SIU’s 2023 Ricker tZiebold Trust Award

CARBONDALE, Ill Six graduating s e n i o r s i n S o u t h e r n I l l i n o i s U n i v e r s i t y Carbondale’s School of Art and Design program are preparing to compete for the university s most prestigious art prize the Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award T h e f i n a l i s t s w e r e a n n o u n c e d o n Thursday March 2 and come from a variety of disciplines, including metalsmithing, art education and painting Among the finalists is Arthur Gibson (blacksmithing) of Cape Coral

See EDUCATION NOTES, page 9B