Caitlyn Carbonell

Next up...congratulations to 2nd grade teacher Brittany Crouss, our 2025 Elementary Teacher of the Year! With 19 years @LelyLionsRoar, Brittany creates classroom cultures rooted in kindness, engagement, and high expectations. Stay tuned tomorrow for more surprise visits!

Our Elementary Teacher of the Year is Brittany Crouss from @LelyLionsRoar! In addition to her classroom culture mentioned below, Brittany is a team leader, mentor, and PTO Vice-President who plays a key role in schoolwide initiatives and community engagement. Former students frequently return to share how her emphasis on kindness and perseverance continue to shape their lives. Congrats, Brittany! We'll have more surprise announcements tomorrow...stay tuned! #CCPSProud

Building a culture of reading means getting kids talking about their favorite books. That we do! @LelyLionsRoar @collierschools

Hats off to the Rainbow Kickers of SWFL for coming through big time for the 20 @LelyLionsRoar kids we adopted for the holidays! The generosity of this amazing group is unmatched! These kids are going to have an amazing holiday because of you! Thank you! @collierschools

We worked collaboratively with our partners to find perimeter of shapes we built with our inch tiles! @LelyLionsRoar @collierschools

Today is Giving Tuesday and there is no better place to give to than a Title 1 public school that is cultivating lifelong readers among the students. If you'd like to help, please do. All donations matched! donorschoose.org/project/read-r…

We started the day thanking the Lely Elementary Veterans, Ms. Rivera and Deputy Dave, on the news @LelyLionsRoar @collierschools

Using @KaganOnline Fan-N-Pick to summarize @HMHCo Gigi & the Wishing Ring. 💍@LelyLionsRoar @collierschools

Students investigated how energy can cause motion. @LelyLionsRoar @collierschools

🎉 Congrats to Zion P., Nathan, Juan & Farhat for earning Positive Referrals this week! 🌟 Their hard work, leadership & positivity make our class shine! 🦁💙💛 @LelyLionsRoar @collierschools

Students moved around the room using @KaganOnline RallyCoach to solve multiplication with the distributive property! 💪🤝 Great teamwork and math talk in action!@collierschools @LelyLionsRoar @collierschools

Our campus was ORANGE today celebrating CCPS Bullying Prevention Day @LelyLionsRoar @collierschools #WeBuildCommunity

🧡 Our Lions wore orange today to show their support for CCPS Bullying Prevention Day! We stand for kindness, respect, and inclusion — every day! 💪🦁 @collierschools @lelylionsroar

Using @KaganOnline Jigsaw today to summarize and identify the author’s purpose in @HMHeducation “American Places, American Ideals.” 🇺🇸 Each group became experts on their section and then taught their peers! Collaboration + comprehension in action! @LelyLionsRoar @collierschools

Yesterday was Constitution day! We learned about the constitution, wrote our own class constitution, and created constitution badges for our lanyards! @LelyLionsRoar @mrsnoeLES

Up and moving while using @kaganonline Rally Coach to compare & contrast @hmhco’s Marisol McDonald and Judy Moody! Students were engaged, collaborating, and learning together. ✏️📚💡 @LelyLionsRoar @collierschools

After learning about the Florida State Seal, our Lely Lions designed their own seals with symbols that represent Florida! 🦁🌴🌞🍊 @lelylionsroar @collierschools

Celebrating these Lely Lions for making PAWSitive choices today! 🦁✨🐾🎉 @lelylionsroar @collierschools @CollierPBIS

@nspencer132 @LelyLionsRoar A new Lely Lion said it was the BEST birthday ever! 🦁🎉

Celebrating students with summer birthdays with a quick birthday dance and a treat to finish the school day @LelyLionsRoar