- March 2, 2025
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Kindergartner Zara Sotomayor selects a backpack with her mother, Lisa Sotomayor.
Mitchell Godinez receives his uniform shirts for his pre-kindergarten year at Maxey.
Art teacher Kerry Czarnowsky is excited for the school year, because her classroom is equipped with a Smart board and a kiln.
The cafetorium was full of parents and students checking out their new school campus and preparing for their first day of school.
Second-grader Jayden Delgado picks out his supplies with the help of his grandmother, Lynda Smith.
Fourth-grader Tamya Bouwkamp grins after trying on her uniform shirt.
Maxey Elementary Principal Carletta Davis-Wilson welcomes students at the sneak peak. The Wildcat legacy collage behind her was created by last year’s fifth-graders in their art program.
Parents and students had the chance to step inside their new Maxey Elementary facility on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
Principal Carletta Davis-Wilson greeted everyone at the front door before they could take student-led tours of the school, sign up for PTA and other programs, meet their teachers and pick up backpacks, school supplies and uniform shirts.
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church provided backpacks and supplies for $4. The money will go into the principal’s fund.
The new school, at 602 E. Story Road, replaces the old facility, built in 1966, on East Maple Street. The campus is equipped with state-of-the-art music and art classrooms and will serve as a Visual and Performing Arts Magnet school in the future.
In addition to regular music classes, Maxey will offer a music academy, as well as chorus and ensemble, led by Orlando Collado.
Local artist Lisa Mikler plans to paint a hall mural depicting the history of Winter Garden, with an emphasis on the city’s east side. This will be the seventh Orange County Public Schools facility that she has added her artwork.
