PHOTOS: Foundation Academy officially opens new high school building

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Foundation Academy held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 23 to commemorate the opening of its newest addition to the Tilden Campus a brand-new, state-of-the-art high school classroom building.

The new facility will add room for 325 students and features a conference room, computer lab — decked out with new iMac computers — a coding-specific classroom and a broadcast studio.

Cynthia and William Perry, and members of the Perry family — who donated $1 million to help fund the new facility — were present at the ceremony and had the honor of cutting the ribbon to officially open the facility.

“We are honored to provide the funding for the creation of the Innovation Center because we believe the road to success in today’s world is not from the college you graduated from or the major you selected but rather from your ability to implement change through innovation with God as your partner,” said Cynthia and William Perry in a joint-statement, following their donation.

Following the ceremony, the hundreds of people, from students, faculty, parents and community members, who packed the lawn and street in front of the new building filled the halls of the new high school classroom building to get a sneak peek of where the Lions’ high school students will be receiving their education.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.