Aug 17th, 2012
LAKE WALES – Hundreds of Lake Wales area public school employees ended their week with a back-to-school pep rally Friday morning (Aug. 17) sponsored by the Lake Wales Area Chamber of Commerce. The annual event at First Baptist Church featured school cheers, door prizes, and a spirited beanbag competition among the principals.
PHOTO #1: The loudest cheers always occur when the LWHS drum line and Scottish dancers enter the auditorium.
PHOTO #2: Polk Avenue Elementary’s Cardinal waits with Kem Rowland and other PAE staff members Friday morning.
PHOTO #3: Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary Principal Ken Henson concentrates on the target during his 30 seconds to win $1,000 for his school, but Roosevelt Academy’s Debra Edwards eventually beat every other principal to win.
PHOTO #4: The Hillcrest “Super Hawk” dances with new Interim Principal Jennifer Barrow during school introductions.
PHOTO #5: Janie Howard Wilson Elementary staff members all turned up in bright blue shirts for the Chamber rally.
PHOTO #6: Lake Wales High’s Principal Donna Dunson laughs while introducing her surprise “guest” – new band director Kenneth Evans.
PHOTO #7: Bok Academy staff members wave their kayak paddles from the balcony during school introductions.
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.
LAKE WALES – Age and experience triumphed over youth and energy when Janie Howard Wilson staff faced fifth graders in the elementary school’s annual spring softball game last week. The adults won the game 22-8.
