Feb 24th, 2012
LAKE WALES – Lake Wales High School JROTC Cadet Lt. Col. Elizabeth MacDonald is Polk’s “Best Cadet of the Year” and has a $120,000 ROTC scholarship to Florida Southern College to prove it!
“She was selected over several top cadets from all over Polk County. She represented Lake Wales High School JROTC because of her leadership, dedication and can-do attitude. She is an excellent student, and our highest ranking cadet this year,” said Sgt. Henry Porter, assistant JROTC instructor.
McDonald also was awarded $24,000 from Florida Southern College.
“Elizabeth is an outstanding cadet. She leads from the front, and she is very involved in the community. Her grades are impeccable and we will surely miss her,” said Capt. Charles Simpson, senior Army instructor.
LAKE WALES – Lake Wales High School has several community partners who will share their parking lots for graduation guests next week.
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.
