Building opportunity through education

Building a brighter future, peace by piece.

We connect education, innovation, and opportunity to help students and communities thrive.

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01Who we areOne organization, in pieces

Who we are

Peace by Piece is an education-centered nonprofit. We expand opportunity through innovative education, career-connected learning, partnerships, and community investment, helping learners build pathways to meaningful futures.

The nonprofit
Peace by Piece holds the mission, the philanthropy, and the partnerships. Everything else sits inside it.
The flagship Active
Lake Toho Prep, a biotechnology-centered school with college and career pathways. The piece that's real today.
The horizon Long-term concept
A Medical Arts Education & Innovation Campus, a working concept in progress. We're seeking grants, donors, and partners, from architects to surveyors, to bring an uplifting education hub to Kissimmee.
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A teacher leaning over a student's notebook, guiding her through a problem

01One student, many opportunities.

02Four pillarsWhat we work on

One mission, four ways in.

  1. Education
  2. Workforce
  3. Wellness
  4. Opportunity
  1. A student tending plants under grow lights in a NASA research lab at Kennedy Space Center

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    Education & Innovation

    Lake Toho Prep, biotechnology and laboratory learning, dual enrollment, Scouting, and agricultural biotechnology, with early-college pathways to follow.

    • Lake Toho Prep Active
    • Biomedical Science (PLTW) Active
    • Dual Enrollment Active
  2. Florida high school students gathered around an instructor in the Kennedy Space Center machine shop

    02/04

    Workforce & Career Pathways

    Career and technical education that leads somewhere: allied health, laboratory sciences, and training built with the employers who hire for it.

  3. Two teenagers in a youth basketball game, one driving past a defender

    03/04

    Community & Wellness

    Health and wellness, youth athletics and mentoring at Lakefront Park, and safe, shaded places for families to gather.

    • Youth Athletics & Mentoring Active
    • Shade Map & Playground Survey Active
    • Health & Wellness Become a piece In development
  4. A culinary student cooking at a station in a training kitchen

    04/04

    Community Development & Opportunity

    Leadership through community service, civics in the city itself, entrepreneurship and hospitality, a student-run farmers market and gardens, and the economic mobility that follows.

  5. Every program here is a realistic, achievable goal, active today or in development, and most are looking for partners.

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03Our flagshipLake Toho Prep

Lake Toho Prep: where students practice science.

Our flagship school sits in the heart of Kissimmee. Its program is built around biotechnology, laboratory science, purposeful instruction, and real pathways to college and careers.

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  1. Specimen 01 · 4×

    Science you can touch

    Hands-on biotechnology, genetics, and bioinformatics through Project Lead The Way Biomedical Science. Students run the experiment rather than read about it.

    Active

  2. Specimen 02 · 10×

    College, before graduation

    Honors coursework and dual enrollment with Florida colleges and universities, so students earn real credit while they're still in school.

    Active

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    Lake Toho, our living lab

    Lake Toho and the land around it become a living lab: water quality, soil, plants, and agricultural biotechnology through FFA.

    In development

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    The student

    Zoom all the way in and every program comes down to the same thing: one student, finding the piece that fits.

04From origin to futurePeace by Piece

An organization that grew up with its students.

Peace by Piece began with a community-centered educational mission. Each step since then has made the work more focused, and set up the next one.

  1. Beginning

    Peace by Piece

    A community-centered educational mission in Kissimmee.

  2. Growth

    Peace by Piece Academy

    The mission became a school.

  3. Today

    Lake Toho Prep

    A more focused model, centered on biotechnology and lab science.

    Active

  4. Horizon

    Education & workforce campus

    Extending impact through workforce development and institutional collaboration.

    Long-term concept
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05ImpactVerified figures only

We report what we can prove.

No inflated reach, no borrowed statistics. These are the five outcomes we've committed to measure. Each is defined before it's counted, and published only once it's checked.

How we measure impact
  1. 01 Students enrolled at Lake Toho Prep First annual report
  2. 02 Students retained year over year First annual report
  3. 03 College credits earned through dual enrollment First annual report
  4. 04 Industry credentials and internships First annual report
  5. 05 Families reached by community programs First annual report
06Our visionA long-term concept

A campus where learning leads to work.

One connected place: a biotechnology high school, labs, clinical and allied-health learning, a gym, a teaching café, and space for the community, all on a single walkable campus.

Long-term conceptA working concept in progress. We're actively seeking grants, donors, and partners, including architects and surveyors, to make it real.

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For organizations Partner with us Sponsorship, equipment, scholarships, internships, and capital support, matched to what your organization does best. For individuals Give Fund scholarships, lab equipment, and community programs. Every gift goes to a named piece of the work.