Lee County Life
This major body of water sits right off our coast to the west, known for warm water and beautiful sunsets.
What is the Gulf of America?
In math, this is the answer to a multiplication problem.
What is a product?
This gentle, slow-moving aquatic mammal is often called a "sea cow" and loves SWFL's warm waters.
What is a manatee?
This famous inventor, who developed the light bulb and phonograph, had a winter estate right here in Fort Myers.
Who was Thomas Edison?
Unlike elementary school where you stay in one room, in middle school you will do this between periods.
What is switch classes (or move to different classrooms)?
This long river runs right through Lee County, connecting Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf.
What is the Caloosahatchee River?
In language arts, words like quickly, carefully, and silently belong to this part of speech.
What are adverbs?
These tangled, salt-tolerant trees line our SWFL coastlines and protect our shores from storm surge.
What are mangroves?
This automotive pioneer and founder of the Ford Motor Company was Thomas Edison's neighbor in Fort Myers.
Who was Henry Ford?
Doing this every single night ensures your school device doesn't die during 4th period math class.
What is charging your Chromebook?
This famous barrier island in Lee County is world-renowned for its seashell collecting (shelling).
What is Sanibel Island?
What is 3/4 converted into a decimal and a percentage?
What is 0.75 and 75%?
This state park in Fort Myers is famous for its warm-water canal where manatees gather during the winter.
What is Manatee Park?
Fort Myers is named after Colonel Abraham Myers, who served in this 19th-century conflict in Florida.
What were the Seminole Wars?
This online portal is where Lee County students log in to access Chromebook apps, grades, and assignments.
What is Focus?
Name the largest city by population in Lee County, famous for its over 400 miles of canals.
What is Cape Coral?
This is the main point or overarching message that an author wants you to learn from a story.
What is the theme?
Florida is known as the "Lightning Capital" of the US. This type of severe weather storm often produces heavy rain and high winds in SWFL summer afternoons.
What is a thunderstorm?
Long before European settlers arrived, this Indigenous Native American tribe lived in Lee County and built massive shell mounds.
Who are the Calusa?
If you get lost on the first day or can't open your locker, these people are always ready in the hallways to help you out.
Who are teachers / administrators / staff?
This is the official school district name for all public schools in our county.
What is the School District of Lee County?
Solve this expression using the order of operations (PEMDAS): 5 + 3 x (4 - 2).
What is 11? (Parentheses first: 4-2=2; then multiply: 3x2=6; then add: 5+6=11)
This major university located in Lee County is famous for its green research and the Eagle athletic teams.
What is Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)?
Fort Myers serves as the spring training home for these two Major League Baseball (MLB) teams.
Who are the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins?
This key habit—doing your work on time instead of waiting until the night before—will save you a lot of middle school stress.
What is time management (or avoiding procrastination)?