Mar 19th, 2013
LAKE WALES – Students will begin school on Monday, Aug. 19, according to the new school year calendar approved by the Lake Wales Charter Schools’ Board of Trustees on Monday (March 18).
The Calendar for the 2013-2014 school year is based on a calendar adopted in February by the Polk County School Board.
The LWCS calendar includes five early-release days. On those days, students will be dismissed two hours early so staff members can participate in professional development training.
Three “storm make-up days” are built into the calendar during the Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays. Those days would be used if the State of Florida required the Lake Wales Charter Schools system to make up days missed because of hurricanes or other events.
LAKE WALES – LAKE WALES – Polk Avenue hosted its first-ever Hispanic Celebration earlier this month (May 3) with food, fashion and fun from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Guatemala.
LAKE WALES – Janie Howard Wilson Elementary musical and visual arts students shared their talents Tuesday (May 14) in a year-end “Soaring in the Arts” performance and exhibition for their school community. Music teacher Micky Caban and art teacher Tiffany Weaver coordinated the event.
LAKE WALES – Lake Wales High’s Zach Gill signed a baseball scholarship with Warner University during a Thursday morning (May 16) ceremony at the high school.
