Seminole County Public Schools

Wharton-Smith Employees Empowering Education Through Tools 4 Seminole County Schools

By |2023-10-18T10:17:11-04:00August 15th, 2023|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

Wharton-Smith employees at the Sanford office teamed up to help collect supplies to make the Tools 4 Seminole County Schools a success again this year! Folders, notebooks, markers, pens, pencils, crayons, glue sticks, and more, coupled with a monetary donation from Wharton-Smith, were collected for Seminole County school children. Thank you to those involved for [...]

Construction of New Classroom Building Makes Impressive Progress in Just Four Months

By |2023-10-18T10:33:07-04:00May 8th, 2023|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

On April 21, the Wharton-Smith team and Seminole County School District representatives gathered to celebrate a significant milestone in their $16 million classroom building replacement project. The atmosphere was buzzing with excitement, and nearly 100 skilled tradesmen enjoyed a delicious lunch from Mission BBQ while also getting brand-new t-shirts and clutching raffle tickets. The lucky winners [...]

Breaking Ground at Lake Howell High

By |2023-05-10T16:26:35-04:00January 26th, 2023|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

Jan. 17, representatives from Seminole County Public Schools,  Wharton-Smith, and Lake Howell High School students (aka Silverhawks) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new building on campus. See more pictures and video highlights. This project includes constructing a new two-story 46,000 square-foot building that will house 21 classrooms, six science labs, and an Early Childhood Lab and Classroom. [...]

Project Spotlight

By |2020-11-17T21:33:38-05:00November 17th, 2020|What's New|

Rooted within our homegrown community of Sanford, FL, Wharton-Smith has undergone major remodeling on the east side of the historical Pine Crest Elementary School of Innovation. Our Central Florida Commercial team supplied Seminole County Public Schools with construction management at risk services. Scheduled to completely fine-tune this newly renovated 110,754-square-foot project by February 2021, we [...]

Pine Crest Elementary Wall Demolition

By |2020-08-07T18:46:56-04:00August 7th, 2020|What's New|

Advanced innovation is on the way! Our Wharton-Smith team over at Pine Crest Elementary School of Innovation has been ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 away to get this project completed in time for the school year. With one final building to renovate, our group participated in an honorary wall demolition to commemorate the home stretch. Producing exceptional work starts [...]

Technology Group: Giving Back to the Community

By |2020-04-29T13:26:15-04:00April 29th, 2020|What's New|

The Wharton-Smith Technology Group was completing an inventory of their equipment and realized they had quite a few gently-used laptops that needed a good home. Bobby Sams, IT Supervisor, reached out to Darin Crafton, EVP Commercial, to see if Seminole County Public Schools (SCPS) had a need for some computers. The Chief Technology Officer at [...]

Pine Crest Elementary School Jobsite Tour

By |2020-03-19T19:26:34-04:00March 19th, 2020|What's New|

At Wharton-Smith, we always aim to involve students who are passionate about the construction industry; that’s why our team over at Pine Crest Elementary School were pleased to host a jobsite tour for those in the ABC UCF Chapter. These students had the opportunity to observe several different trades taking place, discuss various aspects of the [...]

Pivotal Moments at Pine Crest

By |2020-01-27T21:22:19-05:00January 27th, 2020|What's New|

Three events during the third week of January marked some pivotal moments at Pine Crest Elementary School in Sanford, Florida. On Monday, Jan. 13, Wharton-Smith project team members invited students, teachers, and staff to sign their name on a steel beam that will become part of their new 110,754-square-foot school. On Friday, Jan. 17, more [...]

A School Like No Other — Pine Crest Elementary School

By |2019-09-12T18:40:23-04:00September 12th, 2019|What's New|

On Sept. 12, Wharton-Smith team members joined with representatives from the Seminole County School Board, community leaders, and students and staff from Pine Crest Elementary School to celebrate the construction of a new school. See more pictures. “This will be a school that families from all over the County are going to seek out because [...]

Wharton-Smith Participates in Great American Teach-In at Florida Schools

By |2017-11-16T21:32:51-05:00November 16th, 2017|What's New|

Sanford, FL – November 17, 2017 – In celebration of American Education Week, Wharton-Smith employees from our Sanford and Tampa offices participated in the Great American Teach-In, an annual event where members of the community visit area schools to speak to students about their jobs and the role they play in the companies they work [...]

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