Apr 27th, 2012
LAKE WALES – Teacher Daisy Lopez’s first grade students are learning responsibility and creativity every time they use a new digital camera funded through an online philanthropy program called DonorsChoose.org.
Lopez posted a classroom proposal titled “Stop, Look, Smile!” because she hoped using a digital camera would spark her Hillcrest Elementary students’ imagination. Her students are writing stories and using the camera to take photos to illustrate their stories.
DonorsChoose.org is an online charity connecting donors with classroom proposals and requests.
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.
