December 12, 2023
The New Villages High Class of 2024 Names Engraved Into Heritage Walk
By Kyle Coppola
The New Villages High Class of 2024 Names Engraved Into Heritage Walk
A new yearly bit of history will be unveiled year after year at The Villages New High School. The Heritage walk is one of the key pieces at the new Charter School. The Heritage Walk will include every graduating senior to ever walk through the doors of The Villages Charter School.
One day the length of the brick walkway will stretch all the way down past the football stadium. But for now, the first ever class is having their names literally engraved into history to stand for all time.
Construction work has been ongoing to put the first graduating classes names into the ground that will stand as a monument of achievement they have worked so hard for.
The Heritage Walk is a really cool concept. Once it is finished the graduating class will walk towards the football stadium eventually ending up on the field for their graduation ceremony in front of family and friends.
We got a chance to talk to a construction worker who wanted to remain anonymous but he says “It is just a proud feeling to work on this project. It is cool knowing how many people will be so happy to see their names. I hope families enjoy it for generations to come.”
We look forward to seeing the inaugural class of names finished in the coming weeks.
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.
