Archive for May, 2010
May 19th, 2010
LAKE WALES – Special Olympics athletes from Lake Wales High School won prizes in several events at the recent State Summer Games at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex.
Reynaldo Cadena, Dontae Carter, Erin Spear and James VanCamp won gold medals for their 4×100 relay team.
In the 100-meter run, Spear won a gold medal. VanCamp won a silver medal, and Carter and Cadena both received bronze medals.
In the shot put event, Carter won a gold medal. Cadena and Spear won
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May 19th, 2010
PHOTO #1: BABSON PARK – Students in Robin Jolley’s class are serious about reading. Since the beginning of the year, the Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary first graders have been reading books and completing “response forms” to earn sashes and badges. The class mascot is Franklin the Turtle, and every badge – earned by finishing five books and forms – features a different animal friend of Franklin’s. Pictured are: (front l-r) SaraBeth Tyler, Payton Cornelius, Niki Tyler; (middle l-r)
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May 18th, 2010
LAKE WALES – Janie Howard Wilson Elementary students took advantage of their surroundings earlier this month when the school-wide Earth Day celebration left campus for the adjacent Grassy Lake Preserve.
Volunteers from community environmental groups led students on guided trail walks in the 185-acre Grassy Lake Preserve, which is adjacent to the elementary school campus. The Earth Day event was held May 7.
“Each class of students was able to go out into the Preserve to experience and learn about the unique
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May 18th, 2010
Would you like to volunteer with the Lake Wales Charter Schools? Please check with the front office of any LWCS school. New volunteers must be screened first.
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May 17th, 2010
LAKE WALES – Are you smarter than a fifth grader?
Probably not, based on the complexity of scientific theory demonstrated by fifth graders – and fourth graders – during Janie Howard Wilson Elementary’s recent Science Fair.
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May 17th, 2010
LAKE WALES – About 60 elementary-age girls spent a recent Saturday conducting experiments and launching rockets, thanks to a group of adult women who think more emphasis should be placed on science and math careers for women.
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May 17th, 2010
Chairman David Ullman called the May 17, 2010 Board of Trustees Meeting to order at the Lake Wales Charter Schools Central Office.
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May 14th, 2010
LAKE WALES – Lake Wales High Schools will offer free physicals for current and prospective Highlander student-athletes on Monday, June 7.
The free physicals will begin at 5:30 p.m.
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May 14th, 2010
LAKE WALES – Hillcrest Elementary scientists devoted an entire day studying the energy that warms their planet and lights their world.
“The Solar Energy Day program was a special day for all our fifth grade students,” said Heather Teague, the school’s Science Lab Resource teacher.
Pizza Hut donated small pizza boxes, which gave students a base to build individual solar ovens using aluminum foil, plastic wrap and tape. During Solar Energy Day, each student cooked a hotdog in their oven.
Every fifth grade
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May 14th, 2010
LAKE WALES – The theme for Janie Howard Wilson Elementary’s recent Kindergarten Support Family Night was “All About Me,” but the evening quickly became all about smiles for children and families at the year-end event.
“It was a great evening,” said Nichole Perrett, the school’s K-Support teacher. “Parents helped their student fill out a poster board of the child’s favorite things, like color, friends, foods and books. The poster also had an area for the child to draw a picture of
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