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The School District of Lee County says three hundred sixty-four members of the Class of twenty twenty-six received Advanced Placement Scholar recognition. The awards are based on performance across multiple college-level AP exams, not simply enrollment in an advanced class. The recognition can strengthen college applications while also showing which local students successfully converted demanding coursework into qualifying examination scores.

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• Lee County Names 364 Advanced Placement Scholars — School District of Lee County — 2026-08-24
  https://www.leeschools.net/news/august_2026/

Lee County schools are recognizing one hundred sixty-five students who earned International Baccalaureate diplomas at the end of the twenty twenty-five and twenty twenty-six school year. The diploma requires work across several subjects along with assessments and program requirements beyond an ordinary course schedule. The district's count identifies students who completed the entire credential and gives the participating high schools a result they can compare with future classes.

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• Lee County Students Earn 165 International Baccalaureate Diplomas — School District of Lee County — 2026-08-24
  https://www.leeschools.net/news/august_2026/

Lee County school officials have lifted the temporary pause on consolidating Buckingham Exceptional Student Center and Royal Palm Exceptional Center. Parents at both campuses were notified as the district restarted the process. Because the centers serve students with specialized needs, the transition involves transportation, staffing, therapies, classroom supports and communication with individual families rather than only moving names between buildings.

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• Lee Schools Restart Consolidation of Two Exceptional Student Centers — School District of Lee County — 2026-08-26
  https://www.leeschools.net/news/august_2026/

The School District of Lee County says five hundred twenty-five students earned Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education diplomas following the twenty twenty-six examinations. The credential reflects completion of a demanding sequence of advanced courses and assessments. The total gives families a concrete measure of how many local students completed the full diploma pathway rather than taking only an individual Cambridge class.

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• Lee County Celebrates 525 Cambridge AICE Diploma Earners — School District of Lee County — 2026-08-26
  https://www.leeschools.net/news/august_2026/

Skanska has signed an additional eighty-five-million-dollar contract with Florida Gulf Coast University for a new academic building in Fort Myers. The award adds a major construction package to the university's campus investment and places the project in Skanska's third-quarter order bookings. Students and employees will see the effect through construction activity before the finished space begins serving academic programs.

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• Skanska Adds $85 Million FGCU Academic Building Contract — Skanska and FGCU — 2026-08-27
  https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/skanska-signs-additional-contract-academic-060500695.html

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is offering two reasons to visit this weekend. The mixed-media exhibit Through the Light of the Estuary is scheduled at the learning center from nine to four, while Crafty Critter Saturday runs from nine to three on August twenty-ninth. The pairing connects an art program inspired by the estuary with a family-oriented activity at a working research and education site.

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• Rookery Bay Combines Estuary Art Exhibit With Crafty Critter Saturday — Southwest Florida Travel — 2026-08-27
  https://www.swflorida.travel/discover/events/

The twenty twenty-six Vero Soccer Cup is scheduled in Lee County on Saturday and Sunday, August twenty-ninth and thirtieth. A tournament weekend brings multiple teams, families, coaches and officials into the same field network, creating a larger local impact than a single game. Hotels, restaurants and nearby roads can become busier as teams move between early and late match slots.

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• Vero Soccer Cup Brings Youth Tournament to Lee County This Weekend — Lee County Sports Organizing Committee — 2026-08-27
  https://www.leecountysportshousing.net/events/

Florida Gulf Coast University women's volleyball is scheduled to host Virginia Commonwealth University Friday at Alico Arena. The match begins a home weekend that also brings Brigham Young and Florida State into Fort Myers. Early multi-team weekends are demanding because players have limited recovery and preparation time between opponents with different serving, blocking and attacking tendencies.

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• FGCU Volleyball Opens Home Weekend Against VCU — Southwest Florida event listings — 2026-08-27
  https://www.eventsfortmyers.com/sports

Florida Gulf Coast University women's soccer hosts Florida International tonight at Pickering Field at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The matchup gives Southwest Florida supporters a local Division One event on a Thursday evening and offers both teams an early-season test before conference play becomes the central focus. Nonconference games are useful for coaches because they can adjust combinations, evaluate depth and test how the team responds to different styles without a league result immediately affecting the standings.

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• FGCU Women's Soccer Hosts Florida International Tonight — Southwest Florida event listings — 2026-08-27
  https://www.eventsfortmyers.com/sports

Fort Myers Offshore has released a nine-event schedule for its twenty twenty-six and twenty twenty-seven season, the largest calendar in the nonprofit boating club's history of more than twenty years. The scholarship-fundraising organization plans destinations ranging from Fort Myers Beach to Duck Key and Hawks Cay Resort. Publishing the full schedule early gives boat owners time to arrange lodging, fuel, maintenance and crew availability.

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• Fort Myers Offshore Releases Largest Schedule in Club History — Speed on the Water — 2026-08-06
  https://speedonthewater.com/fort-myers-offshore-releases-nine-event-schedule-for-2026-2027/