Key Largo Elementary - National School of Excellence

& Middle Schools (K-8) at Mile Marker 105,oceanside

104801 Overseas Highway, Key Largo 33037 * 305-453-1255

Plantation Key Elementary & Middle Schools (K-8)

at Mile Marker 90, bayside

100 Lake Road, Tavernier FL  33070 * 305-853-3281

Coral Shores High School (9-12)

at Mile Marker 89.9, oceanside

P O Box 416 * 89901 Old Highway, Tavernier FL  33070 * 305-853-3222

Florida Keys Community College

Upper Keys Campus at Mile Marker 89.9, Oceanside

89951 Overseas Hwy, Tavernier FL  33070 * 305-852-8007

website: www. fkcc.cc

Like a string of pearls tossed casually in the sea, the Florida Keys are a series of islands linked together by a series of 44 bridges, the Atlantic Ocean on one side and Florida Bay (the Gulf of Mexico) on the other. Key West is the southernmost point in the United States and the farthest from the US mainland, yet just one hour south of Miami sits Key Largo, home to North America's only living coral reef. Twenty minutes further south is Islamorada, internationally proclaimed as "the sport fishing capital of the world" and a favorite family vacation spot.

Personal watercraft (jet skis), sailboats, kayaks, snorkel, SCUBA and SNUBA gear are also available for rent or purchase. Snorkel the reef at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, home to the undersea statue of Christ --or dive at your leisure among the spectacular living coral reef or one of the many marked wreck sites.  You can also glass bottom boat or dive the sunken naval ship, USS Spiegel Grove, the world's largest artificial reef.

The Keys are home to some of the best fishing spots on earth. Snook, tarpon, snapper,  bonefish, sailfish, grouper, mahi-mahi (dolphin), shrimp and lobster abound. Deep-sea or flat fishing, oceanside or "back country" in Florida Bay, the upper Keys has it all!

Pennekamp Park has two swimming beaches, Harry Harris County Park has one, and there are other swimming beaches & pools open to the public for little or no fee.  Nature lover? Stroll through Key Largo's Bird Sanctuary or an unspoiled nature preserve. Manatees, a protected, endangered species known as "sea cows", frolic in the area's clean canals --or take a short car ride to Big Pine Key and you're sure to see the famous and endangered miniature Key deer. Key Largo Community Park features tennis, bike & jogging paths &* 3 swimming pools! For swimming and snorkeling, visit John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. You can also glass bottom boat or dive the sunken naval ship, USS Spiegel Grove, the world's largest artificial reef. Islamorada's Founders Park offers a sandy beach and swimming pool set amid a beautiful outdoor recreation area. The "Theater of the Sea" at Mile Marker 84.5, oceanside offers swims with sea lions & dolphins, and there are several Dolphin Research facilities as well.

Life in the Keys is relaxing but never boring. Enjoy a meal at one of the area's fine restaurants or on your own waterfront patio.

Each morning the sun delivers a spectacular oceanside sunrise, and each evening as the sun sets in Florida Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, well -it just doesn't get any better than this...