While many high school students in the Nonahood would love their own moniker or even superlative at some point during their high school years, Alex Shields is known nationally as the “fastest sophomore in the country,” with the fastest time in the 110-meter hurdles (14.07 seconds) of any sophomore nationwide. To add to it, he also had the fifth best long jump nationally of all … [Read more...]
A Tale of Two Spring Breaks
Each year during spring break, 8th grade students from Lake Nona Middle School load up three buses and embark on a 12-hour journey to our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. At the same time that students are loading the chartered buses and parents are either ready to cry or celebrate that their 13- or 14-year-old student will be gone for a week, another set of students is … [Read more...]
NorthLake Park: A Place to Call Home, Where Neighbors Are Family
I love living in NorthLake Park! I still remember the day I turned down NorthLake Parkway for the first time and saw the tree canopy hovering over the Charleston Town Homes. Ironically, growing up in South Orlando, I never imagined living in Lake Nona. It was “too far” from the Belle Isle community where I was living and knew like the back of my hand. I couldn’t imagine going … [Read more...]
Retired Soldier Continues His Selfless Service In Many Ways, Including Golf
I met Robert “BJ” Jackson the same way many people meet in the 21st century: Facebook. We had multiple friends in common, lived in the same neighborhood, attended the same events and commented on the same posts in our community page, but we never really had a chance to meet face-to-face. So, why not send over a friend request? BJ and I were friends on Facebook for … [Read more...]