I stopped in to drop off some home schooling paperwork for my son to start homeschooling him this…read moreyear. Very nice lobby and wonderful receptionist. She scanned all my paperwork and got me in contact with who I needed to speak with quickly and efficiently. Easy peasy. Very clean and spacious!

While exploring Soldiers Creek Park I discovered an amazing educational resource for the students…read moreof Seminole County. As someone who works with kids, I was interested in learning about this unique and beloved program, the Seminole Environmental Studies Center. Seminole County's first Environmental Studies Center was a 1926 cottage that once served as Oviedo High School's lunch room. In 1976, the county and school district approved an agreement to develop 242 acres at Big Tree East into Soldier's Creek County Park which is part of Spring Hammock Preserve. School district science director Bettie Palmer and long-time Seminole League member Pat Burkett won grants from the U.S. Department of Interior and the Florida Department of Education to start the Environmental Studies Center. The school district paid to move the 1926 cottage to the park. When the environmental center officially opened in 1977, the old lunch room served as an office and classroom. A small staff including Pat Burkett, taught students about native wildlife, the water cycle and the benefits of fire. The following summer, the Department of Interior hired 40 Seminole County teens to work 40 hours a week at minimum wage building trails, boardwalks and a pavilion on the property. The new Soldiers Creek Park was the perfect place for an environmental studies center because of its many different habitats. These include oak palmetto scrub, pine forest, mixed hardwood hammock with magnolias, basswood and sweet gum, hydric hammock, cypress swamp, and a lake. All throughout were small sulfur springs. The old cabin was used until 2004, when the county built a new, 6,500-square foot center named for Pat Burkett who retired that year. Today the program operates as a partnership between the School Board and Seminole County Government. It has grown to include school field trips which are designed for students K-12 to help them learn about the environment and its importance in their lives. Scientific based learning takes place through hands-on, inquiry-based exploration both inside and outside the building. Inside the Center's Natural History Museum students can hold a snake, see an alligator and meet Otus the Eastern Screech Owl. Outdoors there is a learning laboratory. During the fifth grade program, students explore a variety of dry and wet habitats over two days. The popular wet day is known as the Mud Walk and included every habitat in the park. Through the years when budget cuts threatened the program, strong community support has kept the program operating so generations of Seminole County schoolchildren could enjoy the Mud Walk.

WORST SCHOOL EVER!!! Hello people of Yelp. This school is the worst place you can send your child…read moreat!! My son couldn't even go to his gradventure trip. The staff is not friendly. Let's be honest you can totally find a better school to go to like Milwee, Millenium, or Markham. I regret bringing my son to this school and I should've transferred out. My son even said he wouldn't recommend this school!

I am so appalled at the previous review of Galileo School for Gifted Learning that I had to respond…read morewith my own 5***** recommendation. My three grandchildren have been students for the past 6 years and their education has been excellent. Galileo believes that all of their students have talents waiting to be discovered and the teachers and support staff help them find "themselves". They provide the guidance, the tools, the support and the FUN that all Florida students would love to be part of. Galileo is currently opening their second campus because there are so many children in Seminole County that want to be part of this fantastic school. Their parents have heard about the student success at Galileo, entered their kids into an enrollment lottery that has twice the number of applicants as slots. If that isn't a testimony of success I don't know what is! If you are interested in visiting the school for the 1921/22 school year (they have a full student body for this 1920/21 year) look at the school website, the parent reviews and the state of Florida statistics. I am confident your children will have the same fantastic, memorable educational experience my grandkids are.

We have been having a very pleasant experience with Galileo Skyway Campus Sanford from day one…read more Outstanding and kind support staff and highly qualified, dedicated, and extremely responsive teachers. Galileo believes that all of their students have talents waiting to be discovered and the teachers and support staff help them find "themselves". Parent and teacher involvement is excellent. My child loves going to this school and looks forward to attending all the fun educational activities and field trips. Highly recommend to everyone.

Seminole county schools are one of the best school districts in the state of Florida. Fabulous…read moreteachers create fun learning experiences for their students. Strong PTA groups provide additional support for students and teachers.

Bad teachers... one of them tripped, fell, and angrily threw an apple at me in class that day.read more

Best school ever! My kids love it ,they have friends and the teachers are amazing. The curriculum…read moreis amazing and my kids are growing amazingly academically and spiritly. The administration is amazing and make the kids fell welcome. There is many electives to chose from in the upper campus. I highly recommend this school.

As a former student, my time at HCLA wasn't a good one. I was constantly harassed and bullied by…read morethe students just because I was Autistic. The staff did absolutely NOTHING to help me! It has been four years since I moved away and I'm much happier now than I was then. 0 stars.