Oct 18th, 2012
LAKE WALES – Edward W. Bok Academy will host STEM Week starting Monday (Oct. 22) and culminating with a big VIP day for community members and local educators on Thursday (Oct. 25).
STEM represents Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics, which are greatly valued at Bok Academy. STEM Week gives Bok’s teachers and students a chance to publicly demonstrate the creative ways the school focuses on STEM education.
Bok’s integration of STEM into regular middle school instruction includes:
- Flight simulation lab
- Agriculture
- Student-built scale models of buildings
- Floating classroom initiative
- Honors Algebra and Geometry (high school-level courses)
- Rocketeers rocket program
- Robotics (student-built robots)
- Neural headsets
- Science probes and pH/water tests
- Student-led research on iPads
To visit Bok Academy as a community member on Thursday, please RSVP to Tami Lefstead at tami.lefstead@lwcharterschools.com or 863-638-1010 x226.
LAKELAND – The crowd went wild Tuesday (May 21) when third grader Carlos Salgado (pictured) threw out the first pitch at the Lakeland Flying Tigers baseball game against the Fort Myers Miracles.
LAKE WALES – Lake Wales High’s Special Olympic track and field relay team qualified and participated in the State Summer Games May 17-18 at ESPN Wide World of Sports.
LAKE WALES –– Hillcrest Elementary kindergarten students are celebrating the end of school by reading their own copies of “Change The World Before Bedtime” by Mark Kimball Moulton, Josh Chalmers and Karen Good.
