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2002-2003

• August 2002 The Primary Center for grades K-2 opens. The original elementary school building is converted to house grades 3-5.
• August 2002 The class of high school students (9th Grade) is held at VCMS for the year.
• October 2002 The groundbreaking ceremony is held for the future Villages High School.
• June 2003 The Villages Charter Elementary School and The Villages Charter Middle School both earn an "A rating" from the Florida Department of Education.

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2003-2004

• August 2003 The Villages High School opens. Also, The Villages Lifelong Learning College holds classes in the new high school.
• June 2004 The elementary, middle school and the high school all earn an "A rating" for FCAT student performance.

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2004-2005

• September 2004 The Villages High School football team wins its first varsity game 43-13 against Jacksonville Providence. The team would go on to a 7-2 record.
• June 2005 Both the elementary school & the middle school again earn an "A rating" with the high school earning a B for FCAT student performance.

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2005-2006

• August 2005 The first ever "senior class" for VHS begins their final year at the charter school.
• August 2005 The Villages High School now competes in 22 varsity sports.
• January 2006 The VHS dance team "Golden Girls", in its first year of varsity competition, wins first-place trophies in the hip-hop, high kick and pom categories and the Grand Championship trophy & choreography award at the state-wide contest in Melbourne.
• May 2006 Expansion plans are announced to add 49 classrooms across the K-12 Villages Charter School campus.
• May 2006 Gov. Jeb Bush delivers the commencement address at the first-ever VHS graduation.
• June 2006 The elementary, middle school and the high school all earn an "A rating" for FCAT student performance.

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2006-2007

• August 2006 VHS incorporates the "academy" approach to teaching. VHS has 5 academies (Entrepreneurship, Communications, Health Occupations, Engineering & Advanced Placement).
• November 2006 The VHS girls' cross country team earns a trip to the state championships--becoming the first team to qualify for state.
• June 2007 The elementary, middle school and the high school again all earn an "A rating" for FCAT student performance.

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2007-2008

• August 2007 The latest construction project is completed expanding enrollment capacity of the K-12 Villages Charter School to 2,600. Enrollment for the 2007-2008 school year is expected to be 1,900.
• Our new expansions lead to reconfiguring the location of our students: Primary Center: Pre-K 3's through 1st Grade; Intermediate Center: 2nd through 4th Grades; VCMS: 5th through 8th Grades; and VHS 9th through 12th Grades.