Soccer Goes to School, US

Mintz Elementary School celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2011. The school is named in memory of Linda Hortense Mintz, a former teacher and principal. Not quite ready for it first school year, the school opened in August 1991 on the campus of Kingswood Elementary, a school that Mintz was built to help relieve, thanks to the booming growth of the Greater Brandon community. The school opened in its Heather Lakes development location two months later. The school has a nautical theme; its mascot is the Mariner and its colors, red, blue and white. With its initials, H.M.S., the school's administration thought its was reminiscent of the British Navy, which led to the Mariner selection. Uniforms are voluntary at Mintz. The school's vision is to "develop leaders, one child at a time." The school's exceptional student education program accommodates children with language or speech impairments.