Cholee Lake Elementary

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VPK–5

Grades

970

Students

Sandhill Crane

Mascot

School grade

2002

Opened

Burgundy, Teal & White

Colors

At a glance

Cholee Lake Elementary is a Palm Beach County public elementary school in Greenacres serving about 970 students from VPK through grade 5. Opened in 2002, its mascot is the Sandhill Crane and its colors are burgundy, teal and white. The school offers a Spanish Dual Language Choice program in which students learn 50% of the day in each language, along with clubs such as chess, chorus, SECME and a running club.

Mission

Cholee Lake Elementary School is committed to providing a world-class education with excellence and equity to empower each student to reach his or her highest potential with the most effective staff to foster the knowledge, skills, and ethics required for responsible citizenship and productive careers.

Programs & academics

Spanish Dual Language (Choice Program)

A two-way immersion program in which native English speakers acquire Spanish and native Spanish speakers acquire English, with students learning 50% of the day in each language. Students entering the program for the first time in grades 2–5 must pass a fluency exam before becoming eligible for the Choice lottery.

VPK

The school serves Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) and links to the District's VPK program information.

Title I

The school publishes its own FY27 Title I Annual Meeting presentation, School-Parent Compact and Parent & Family Engagement Plan summary.

Student life

Clubs & activities

Good to know

Before & after care

An on-campus District after-school program runs part-time from 2:05 to 4:00 PM or full-time from 2:05 to 6:00 PM, with a $1-per-minute late fee and no grace period. Registration for the District's K–5 after-school program is requested online through the Eleyo portal (waitlist, first-come first-served), with a $35 registration fee once accepted.

Dress code

Uniforms: any solid-colored uniform shirt with blue, navy, khaki or black bottoms, closed-toe shoes, and a clear/mesh backpack; on Fridays students may wear a Cholee Lake spirit shirt with jeans free of rips.

Campus tours

By appointment through the school's tour coordinator; tours occur after school hours only

Compiled from the school’s official website (cles.palmbeachschools.org) and its district’s page for the school, September 2026. Schools update their sites often — if something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.