Coming Home: Imagine Alum and National American Miss Florida 2015 Returns to Inspire Imagine Students

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Thanks to Jodi Campbell, National American Miss Florida 2015 for stopping by Imagine South Lake Charter to visit her elementary school and share safety tips with our current students.

Imagine South Lake in Clermont, FL recently welcomed former student Jodi Campbell back to the campus. Campbell is the current National American Miss Florida and a college student at Stetson University, studying Molecular Biology.

More than 1,000 K-8 Imagine students at Imagine South Lake were thrilled to welcome Campbell back to her elementary school as she visited classrooms and spoke at a student assembly. Campbell has taken an active role in promoting traffic safety for students and has partnered with local law enforcement to promote an essay and poster contest, which she shared with students.

Campbell also reflected on the education she received at Imagine Schools. “Attending Imagine South Lake was a huge foundation for me,” recalls Campbell. “It was like a new start because we had just moved here. Our family watched our home being built at the same time we watched the school being built. It made me feel as though, ‘wow, this is a whole new start. No records have ever been set. I’m going to be the first one to do that.’ It helped push me, as well as the teachers who were there.

“The teachers were a huge part of that because they saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself. It’s not just that they saw something, they told me; they showed me those things. As I progressed it helped me because I came from a school where no records had ever been set. It helped me to make my own path.”

Campbell concluded by stating, “Now, as American Miss Florida 2015, I want to do the same thing. I want to do things that no American Miss Florida has ever done. After going through Imagine South Lake I know that I can do things that no one has ever done before and succeed.”

Congratulations to Jodi Campbell and sincere thanks for coming home to Imagine Schools and inspiring the next generation of students. Campbell is just one of many students who are empowered to live lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character through Imagine Schools.

Imagine Schools is a national non-profit network of pre-K-12 charter schools preparing students for lives of leadership, accomplishment and exemplary character.

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  1. How inspiring to have a student reach this pinnacle of success and come back to Imagine South Lake to let them know the important role they played in motivating her. Wonderful story.

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