Mar 20th, 2013
BABSON PARK – Local students were honored Monday (March 18) for their award-winning writing in the recent Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest.
Winning writers include (front, l-r) Alyssa Stuart, fourth place, Janie Howard Wilson Elementary; McKenzie Yodonis, third place, Hillcrest Elementary; and Christina Cunningham, first place, Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary. Behind them are (l-r) Lake Wales Charter Schools’ Board of Trustees Chair Cassandra Denmark, Principal Barbara Jones, Principal Jennifer Barrow, Principal Ken Henson, and Superintendent Jesse Jackson.
The students were honored at Monday’s LWCS Board of Trustees meeting at Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary. Not pictured are second place winner Rebeca Fernandez-Costonon, Janie Howard Wilson, and fifth place winner Brianna Heath, Babson Park.
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.
