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Coverage of our students, our campus and the people who built it, from the newspapers and broadcasters that cover Apopka and Central Florida.
Central Florida Prep opens new athletic, performing arts center
Coverage of the August 28 ribbon cutting for the Robert A. Flanders Athletic and Performing Arts Center, named for the school's co-founder, which the paper describes as a project decades in the making, with volleyball already playing inside.
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Central Florida Prep launches inaugural basketball season
A preview of the first varsity basketball season in school history, opening at home against Apopka Christian Academy inside the Flanders center, with a note that four of the six fall volleyball teams won league championships.
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Chili and community take center stage at Central Florida Preparatory School's fall festival
More than 1,000 people came to the October 23 fall festival on the Marden Road campus for a chili cook-off, a petting zoo and an evening of games with neighbors from across Apopka.
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Central Florida Prep Opens the Robert A. Flanders Athletic & Performing Arts Center
Our own announcement of the 24,000 square foot center, with a competition gymnasium, performance stage, culinary kitchen and arts studios, now home to games, productions and the programs the school treats as part of the school day.
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Central Florida Prep prepares to open 24,000-square-foot athletic and performing arts center
A look at the building ahead of the 2026-27 school year: an 11,000 square foot gymnasium, 11 classrooms and a retractable stage, and the first chance for the Mariners to host games and events on their own campus.
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Central Florida Preparatory School earns an overall A grade on Niche
Niche ranks the school among the best college prep private high schools in Florida and among the most diverse private K-12 schools in the state, with an A for academics, college prep and diversity.
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Top Ranked Private School in Florida
Private School Review lists Central Florida Preparatory School as a top ranked private school in Florida for the 2026-27 school year.
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Best Private Schools in Orlando
The college admissions firm's 2025 list of the best private schools in the Orlando area places Central Florida Prep third.
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CFP alum Peyton Flanders discusses ClassTemp at Central Florida Prep
A morning news segment from the first weeks of the 2020-21 school year on how the school used ClassTemp, a temperature screening system, to keep students learning on campus during the pandemic.
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Private school cuts ribbon on Apopka campus
The Chief covered the ribbon cutting for the new Marden Road campus, with co-founder Rowena Flanders-Ramos and Mayor Bryan Nelson doing the honors as the school began its first year in Apopka.
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Central Florida Preparatory School Now Open!
The builder's announcement that the new Apopka campus was complete: a 45,000 square foot two-story building with 35 classrooms, two STEM labs, a culinary kitchen, a multi-purpose room and a greenhouse, designed for 600 students.
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PHOTOS: Central Florida Preparatory School International Night 2020
The Observer's gallery from International Night, the annual evening when families share the food, music and dress of the countries that make up the school community.
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New prep school to rise at busy Apopka interchange
The Orlando Sentinel's development news site reports on the planned $15 million campus on Marden Road north of State Road 414, with 35 classrooms and a gymnasium for 600 students.
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City greenlights special exception for private school
The Apopka Planning Commission approved the special exception that cleared the way for the school to build on Marden Road and bring its growing enrollment from Gotha.
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Private school plans to move from Gotha area to Apopka next year
With enrollment growing and the Apopka area booming, the school told the paper it would leave its longtime Gotha campus for a new home on Marden Road.
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Private school moving to Apopka from Orlando
The school presented its plan for a 6.5 acre campus on the west side of Marden Road to the city's Development Review Committee, with a 40,000 square foot classroom building and a gym, aiming for the 2020-21 school year.
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BLACK TIE: Central Florida Preparatory School's An Evening with the Artists
Photos from the April 26 gala that raised money to add and expand arts and music programs for students.
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Central Florida Prep to fundraise for expanded arts programs
A preview of An Evening with the Artists, the fundraiser behind the school's growing arts and music offerings.
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Central Florida Prep plans new campus
The design for the new campus was unveiled at a dinner for school supporters, with room to grow well beyond what the Gotha location could hold.
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Central Florida Prep celebrates International Day
Coverage of International Day at the Gotha campus, a tradition that continues today as International Night in Apopka.
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