December 12, 2024
Lake Minneola High Registered 204 Students To Vote: Wins Voter Registration Challenge
By Kyle Coppola
Lake Minneola High Registered 204 Students To Vote: Wins Voter Registration Challenge
Minneola, Fla. — The Lake County Supervisor of Elections Office announced Lake Minneola High School as the winner of the 2024 High School Voter Registration Challenge, recognizing their outstanding efforts in encouraging civic engagement among students.
The school registered 204 students, representing 14% of its student body, in this year’s challenge. Supervisor of Elections Alan Hays and Assistant Elections Supervisor Steve Hines presented the coveted traveling trophy and a commemorative plaque to Principal William Roberts during the School Board Meeting on December 9.
Principal Roberts was joined at the ceremony by Social Studies Department Chairman Brian Katz and senior student Noel Schnacky, who played a pivotal role in driving the registration campaign.
Winning this challenge is a testament to the commitment of the students and faculty at Lake Minneola High. Voting is one of the most important things that these young students will learn. To have a voice and a say in who runs things is a powerful thing and we are so happy so many decided to register this year.
Lake Minneola High School’s name will now be added to the Supervisor of Elections plaque, listing all past winners of the challenge. The event concluded with enthusiastic applause and a resounding cheer of “Go, Hawks!”
This competition, organized by the Lake County Supervisor of Elections Office, aims to promote voter awareness and participation among young people in the community.
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
