August 8, 2025
From a C to an A School, Leesburg’s Treadway Elementary Expects Big Things in 2025
By Kyle Coppola
From a C to an A School, Leesburg’s Treadway Elementary Expects Big Things in 2025
Treadway Elementary School is celebrating a major academic milestone after improving its state-issued school grade from a C to an A school, the largest single-year increase among all schools in Lake County last year.
To commemorate the achievement and invite the community to take part in the school’s continued progress, Treadway will host an event titled “Paws and Partnerships: Building an A Team” on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. at the school.
(Returning students at Treadway sign their names on the sign that will hang at the school signifying an A program.)
The event will highlight the strategies and schoolwide efforts that led to the dramatic academic turnaround. Attendees will be invited to take guided tours of classrooms and student programs, dubbed “Teddy Bears in Action,” and will learn about opportunities to support and partner with the school in the coming year.
Recently at the school’s recent Meet the Teacher event, families signed a banner celebrating the A rating. The banner will be displayed on campus throughout the year as a symbol of accomplishment.
(Students hold the Treadway Elementary School sign with the A in TreadwAy capitalized to signal the schools new A rating.)
Treadway Elementary is located at 10619 Treadway School Road in Leesburg.
For more information or to RSVP, community members and local business leaders can call the school at 352-742-2291, ext. 7977, or email WatkinsJ1@lake.k12.fl.us.
(The flyer for the Paws & Partnerships Building the A-Team event.)
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.
