Apr 24th, 2012
LAKE WALES – Lake Wales High will host an IB Program informational meeting from 6:30-8:15 p.m. Thursday (April 26) in the school auditorium.
Applications will be available for students who will be in grades 9-11 next year. Students in 11th grade may be eligible for the IB Diploma program; students in grades 9-10 may be eligible for the Baccalaureate Prep program.
LWHS was officially notified April 11 that the school can begin offering IB Diploma classes for grades 11-12 next year. Currently, about 65 ninth graders and 30 sophomores are taking Baccalaureate Prep classes at Lake Wales High.
The International Baccalaureate Organization is a non-profit educational foundation that offers high quality programs to a worldwide community of schools. Currently, more than 900,000 students are enrolled in IB programs in more than 140 countries.
For information about the IB Program at Lake Wales High School, contact Program Director Anuj Saran at anuj.saran@lwcharterschools.com or call 863-678-4222.
FILE PHOTO: On April 11, 10th graders enrolled in the Baccalaureate Prep program at Lake Wales High gave a big “thumbs up” to news that they will have an official IB program for grades 11-12, starting in 2012-2013. (The students were out of uniform when this photo was taken, because it was “water awareness day” and they donated $1 for the privilege of wearing blue.)
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.
