Dec 7th, 2012
LAKE WALES – Open Enrollment for 2013-2014 for the Lake Wales Charter Schools system starts Monday, Jan. 14 and ends Monday, Feb. 4.
Open enrollment is for all new K-12 students. New students should apply, whether they live in-zone or out-of-zone for the school they wish to attend. Bok Academy middle school (grades 6-8) will hold Open Enrollment at the same time, but applications rules are slightly different for Bok, which doesn’t have a zoned population.
“We especially hope parents with new Kindergarten students will enroll early,” said Superintendent Jesse Jackson. “Our elementary schools need to know how many children to expect, so they can plan the best possible Kindergarten program.”
At each school, applications received by Feb. 4 will be entered into a lottery for seats in the 2013-2014 school year. In-zone students will be eligible for open seats, or a spot on the in-zone waiting list once grade-level space is full. Out-of-zone students are accepted when space is available, or assigned a waiting list. Kindergarten classes usually fill up first.
All LWCS schools accept applications throughout the year, but students who apply early – during Jan. 14-Feb. 4 open enrollment – may have an advantage, especially if their names are placed on waiting lists.
Bok Academy applications received by Feb. 4 will be eligible for open seats, or a spot on the waiting list once grade level space is full.
Applications must be sent by U.S. mail or hand-delivered to the school. Emails and faxes are unacceptable.
Applications are available at individual schools, and may be posted on school and/or LWCS websites:
- Hillcrest Elementary, 1051 SR 60, Lake Wales, 678-4216
- Janie Howard Wilson Elementary, 306 Florida Ave., Lake Wales, 678-4211
- Polk Avenue Elementary, 110 E. Polk Ave., Lake Wales, 678-4244
- Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary, 815 N. Scenic Hwy., Babson Park, 678-4664
BABSON PARK – ZONED STUDENT APPLICATION 2013-2014
BABSON PARK – TRANSFER STUDENT APPLICATION 2013-2014 - Edward W. Bok Academy, 13901 Hwy. 27 South, Lake Wales, 638-1010
- Lake Wales High, One Highlander Way, Lake Wales, 678-4222
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.
