New Beginnings Overview
Mission
To accelerate the academic progress and develop positive social skills in students who have committed zero tolerance offenses and/or been significantly disruptive to the education of others and themselves. Students advance through ranks in a highly structured behaviorally-based environment similar to a JROTC program to earn the right to return to a traditional school.
New Beginnings Immokalee (NBI)
Bethune Education Center
620 South 5th Street
Immokalee, FL 34142
Phone: (239) 377-1130
Fax: (239) 377-1156
New Beginnings Naples (NBN)
Alternative Education Center
3710 Estey Avenue
Naples, Florida 34104
Phone: (239) 377-1070
Fax: (239) 377-1071
2026-2027 Promotion Ceremony Dates
*All ceremonies begin promptly at 0800
September 25, 2026
October 30, 2026
November (no ceremony)
December 18, 2026
January 29, 2027
February 26, 2027
March 18, 2027
April 30, 2027
May 14, 2027 "Memorial Day Ceremony" (subject to change)