By Kyle Coppola
Mount Dora High’s New Principal Kyle Bracewell Hosts Meet & Greet
Mount Dora High School will have a new principal in August of 2024. Kyle Bracewell was appointed as Principal of Mount Dora High School following a very successful run by former principal Marlene Straughan. Under principal Straughan’s leadership Mount Dora High had one of the highest graduation rates in all of Lake County.
Now Kyle Bracewell will take over. You can expect just as much focus on academics and athletics from Principal Bracewell who has been well received by the community as a worthy successor of Principal Straughan.
There will be a meet and greet with Principal Bracewell on June 6th from 10-11 a.m. in the Mount dora High School Media Center on 700. North Highland Street in Mount Dora. Vicki Jensen Seman was quoted as saying “Great guy inside and out.”
Principal Straughan says “Many of you know Kyle and his passion for education. Kyle is eager to lead this amazing school and I have no doubt he will continue to build upon a solid foundation.”
Although it is bitter sweet to see Marlene Straughan go she will take an exciting new leadership position as the Regional Executive Director for Region 1. Marlene will still be around as well as Mount Dora High is one of her assigned schools in her region.
We are very excited for the students, faculty, parents, community and for Principal Kyle Bracewell as he takes the reigns at Mount Dora High. The community is encouraged to come out and meet with him on Thursday morning at 10 a.m.
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.
