Education Articles

Leadership Camp for High School Students “Shark Tank” like Experience ends with Scholarship Opportunities.

A very unique, free of charge, experience is available to 2024-2025 Estero High School rising sophomores, juniors and seniors. The LEAD Estero Leadership Camp is a four-day “Shark Tank” like experience.  This highly rated program is being held at the Daveler &...
Exceptional Talent in Estero: GECR Quarter 1, 2022

Exceptional Talent in Estero: GECR Quarter 1, 2022

Exceptional Talent in the Greater Estero Area The ECCL is pleased to provide the 1st quarter’s Greater Estero Community Report (GECR) for 2022. Each of the articles contained in the report focus on aspects of cultural talent in our area.   We discuss: World Class...

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FGCU Day

FGCU Day

The ECCL is a proud supporter of all that FGCU contributes to our community. Come experience the ways this University contributes. From training world-famous musicians and arts talents, to the practical development of new, entrepreneurial businesses, FGCU brings in...

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Estero High School Assistant Principal Named AP of the Year

Estero High School Assistant Principal Named AP of the Year

The Lee County School District announces David Howdyshell of Estero High School has been named Assistant Principal of the Year. The assistant principal at Estero High since 2017, Mr. Howdyshell previously taught math at Estero and Oak Hammock Middle School. This year...

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Economic Progress: GECR Quarter 4, 2021

Economic Progress: GECR Quarter 4, 2021

Economic Progress in the Greater Estero Area The ECCL is pleased to provide the 4th quarter’s Greater Estero Community Report (GECR) for 2021. Each of the three articles contained in the report focus on aspects of economic progress in our area. Please take this...

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Act Now: Important School Funding Survey

Act Now: Important School Funding Survey

On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act was signed into law. The United States Department of Education (USDOE) is providing an additional $121.9 billion for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER III Fund). These grants will be...

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2021 Scholarship Winners

2021 Scholarship Winners

2021 ECCL Scholarship AwardeesGroup photo:  Left to right:  Mike Wasson, Blake Chapman, Pamela Mueller, recipient Brian Robinson, Gail Langner, recipient Mary Sue Burun, Vicki Risko and Mark Novitski. ECCL, Estero Historical Society, and Estero Chamber of Commerce...

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Climate and Education: GECR Quarter 1, 2021

Climate and Education: GECR Quarter 1, 2021

The ECCL wishes you a Very Happy New Year, and we hope that you continue to stay safe and well and benefit from the COVID vaccine "rollout" as soon as possible. We are pleased to provide you with the first of four planned GECR Reports for 2021. Our objective is to...

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Amy Kuchenbecker: “ECCL Volunteer of the Year 2020”

Amy Kuchenbecker: “ECCL Volunteer of the Year 2020”

“You never spend more money than you make! You never spend more money than you make!” This enthusiastic chant is performed often and quite loudly in every one of Amy Kuchenbecker’s Junior Achievement (JA) sessions at Three Oaks Middle School. Making 8th graders, a...

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The ECCL Congratulates FGCU

The ECCL Congratulates FGCU

FGCU named best public school in Florida for undergraduate entrepreneurship By Kyle McCurry Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) has been named the top public college or university in Florida for undergraduate entrepreneurship studies, according to The Princeton...

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