Local Educators Prepare For NASA Flight ...
A group of Lakeland educators will go to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston from June 24 to July 3 to fly on NASA’s “Weightless Wonder” aircraft. They were selected to participate in NASA’s “Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program” giving educators and others the opportunity to fly on a reduced microgravity aircraft and perform experiments,...School Psychologists Participate In Auti...
School psychologists from the Polk County Public Schools participated in the 2011 Central Florida Autism Institute’s Walk/Run for autism awareness at Lakeland’s Lake Hollingsworth. The psychologists wore their staff shirts and interacted with attendees at the event and visitors to their booth. Their booth included sidewalk chalk, bubbles, a train set, games and puzzles. While...Lake Wales’ McLaughlin Receives Arts Ach...
Lake Wales’ McLaughlin Middle and Fine Arts Academy has been designated as an Arts Achieve! Model for the school years 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014. Arts Achieve! Model Schools are selected by the Florida Alliance For Arts Education (FAAE), http://www.faae.org/aa_info.cfm. McLaughlin is one of 23 Arts Achieve! Model Schools statewide. With the addition of McLaughlin, Polk now...School Board Meeting, Public Hearing Sch...
School Board Meeting, Public Hearing Schedule For June The following is a school board meeting schedule for June. Work sessions are held in the superintendent’s conference room of the district administrative office, 1915 South Floral Avenue, Bartow. Meetings are held in the auditorium of the district administrative office. Visit...Ridge Community High Student To Particip...
Nicholas Sweat, who will be a senior at Davenport’s Ridge Community High in the 2011-2012 school year, is among 2,250 students nationally and internationally selected to participate in the U.S. Naval Academy’s Summer Seminar in Annapolis, Md. from June 18 to 23, http://www.usna.edu/admissions/nass.htm. A news release from the Naval Academy said that the “Summer Seminar is a...Griffin Elementary, Kiwanis Partner On B...
Lakeland’s Griffin Elementary and the Kiwanis Club partnered on a book drive providing books to summer and afterschool programs in Polk. Griffin parents, students and staff collected more than 1,200 books that were donated to the YMCA’s afterschool and summer Kid Care programs, programs at Lakeland’s Cambridge Cove Apartments, the Boys and Girls Club and other local programs....Donations To Schools, School District As...
Lake Ashton RV Community, $3,777.71, to Snively Elementary Frostproof FFA Alumni, $2,500, to Frostproof Middle-Senior Frostproof FFA Alumni, $1,924.60, to Frostproof Middle-Senior Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, $777.82, to Risk Management Department Smiley’s Audio Visual, Inc., $550, to Information Systems Technology Department Polk Education Foundation, $560, to Information...Polk Students To Compete At National His...
A team of students from Bartow International Baccalaureate won a first place award at the State History Fair and are among 66 Florida students qualified to compete at the National History Day program held at the University of Maryland-College Park from June 12 to 16, http://www.nhd.org/. The State History Fair, www.floridahistoryfair.com was held last month at Tallahassee Community...POLK COUNTY SECOND-GRADERS TO GET MATH A...
-- University of South Florida Polytechnic to cover admission cost -- A group of Valleyview Elementary students got a sweet surprise today when they found out they will be among the first class of Polk County second-graders to receive a free field trip to LEGOLAND® Florida next school year, compliments of University of South Florida Polytechnic. LEGOLAND Florida, Central Florida's...Summer Schedule For Polk Schools, Office...
The Polk Public Schools will be on a 4-day, 10-hour work schedule starting the week of June 13, 2011. This has been done for the past several years as a cost-savings and energy conservation measure. Schools, sites, buildings, departments, offices and facilities will be closed on the following Fridays: June 17, June 24, July 1, July 15, July 22, July 29 and August 5. They will...Student Represents Polk At State Capitol
Bianca Mulaney, a Lakeland resident and junior at Bartow International Baccalaureate, represented Polk County at the state capitol as part of a student organization, Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL). Mulaney, a state FBLA-PBL vice president, was one of fifteen students statewide chosen to visit the capitol earlier this year as a FBLA-PBL state officer. ...Polk County Public Schools e-News June 1...
Click on the graphic to read more!...Announcement Regarding Ticket Prices For...
Effective with the 2011-12 school year, the School District of Polk County general admission ticket prices will be standardized at all regular season athletic contests. Adult prices will be $5 and student prices will be $2 for all athletic contests with the exception of varsity football. Children who have not started school (under 6 years of age) will not be charged an admission...R. Bruce Wagner’s “Rainbow of Hope” Proj...
Students and staff at Lakeland’s R. Bruce Wagner Elementary raised $1,500 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) during the school’s 3rd Annual “Rainbow of Hope” Day. The event is part of a school-wide charity donation effort. Students and staff made donations of a $1 and received a green shamrock or donated $5 to receive a gold shamrock. Donors could print...192 Graduating Seniors Are Superintenden...
One hundred ninety-two high school seniors were named 2011 Superintendent’s Scholars. Superintendent’s Scholars have a minimum grade point average of 3.75 and a score of 1270 or above on the SAT (combined critical reading and math) or a 28 or better composite score on the ACT. Superintendent’s Scholars will receive an award certificate from Superintendent’s Scholars...Sleepy Hill Elementary’s Science Family ...
Lakeland’s Sleepy Hill Elementary hosted its 3rd Annual Science Family Night near the end of the 2010-2011 school year with approximately 350 students and families in attendance. The evening was jam-packed with science fun with hands-on science stations visited by attendees. Students and guests learned the science of roller coasters, air rocket launches, pink snow, airplanes and...Three Polk Students Named National Merit...
Three members from the class of 2011 from Polk County Public Schools were named 2011 National Merit Scholars in an announcement today by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. They all attend the International Baccalaureate program at Bartow High. Recognition in any level of the National Merit program is among the most prestigious academic honors for a high school senior in the...Kingsford’s Community Connection Fair
Scenes from Kingsford Elementary’s Community Connection Fair. Mulberry’s Kingsford Elementary hosted a school-wide Community Connection Fair. The fair consisted of 13 stations with different themes. The event connected students with diverse elements of their community by educating them about local organizations and companies. The fair consisted of 13 stations spread throughout...Donations To Schools, School District As...
The following are donations to schools or the school district as reported to the Business Services Department and included on the school board meeting agenda of May 24, 2011. The Polk Public Schools appreciates the support of its partners. Lions Foundation of Auburndale, Inc., $500, to East Area Adult School Rekcut Photographic, Inc. DBA Leonard’s, $2,236.12, to Auburndale High Wells...Mayor, U.S. Senator, Education Official ...
Lakeland mayor Gow Fields, U.S. Senator Kay Hagan (D – North Carolina), education official Ron Jeffries and law enforcement crime scene expert Edgar Pickett, Jr. are 2011 inductees to the Polk County Public Schools Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a June 10 event at the Lake Ashton Country Club in Lake Wales along with the 2011 Polk high school valedictorians and salutatorians....From the Publisher, Marialice Quinn
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