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Category: Schools

Posted inSchools

Florida Southern College Announces New School of Architecture

by Kimberly C. Moore May 17, 2024May 17, 2024

Students will learn about architecture on a campus with 15 structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Graduation file photo.
Posted inSchools

The 2024 Graduation Season is Here

by Kimberly C. Moore May 9, 2024May 12, 2024

Everything you need to know about attending Polk County high school graduations.

Posted inA & E, Schools

Harrison Students Win Top Awards in Congressional Art Competition

by Kimberly C. Moore April 24, 2024April 24, 2024

The painting by first-place artist Marina Barrientos-Allende will hang in the U.S. Capitol for one year.

Posted inSchools

Alain Douge Tapped to Lead Lakeland High School

by Kimberly C. Moore April 19, 2024April 19, 2024

Douge, 45, is a longtime Polk County educator.

Team Polk won the championship for Division I in the Commissioner’s Academic Challenge in Orlando this month.
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Polk County Students Triumph in State Academic Competition

by Kimberly C. Moore April 18, 2024May 20, 2024

Team Polk won first place in the Commissioner’s Academic Challenge for the second year in a row.

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Florida Polytechnic Names New President

by Kimberly C. Moore April 15, 2024December 30, 2024

G. Devin Stephenson, 71, president of Northwest Florida State College, was the top pick out of five finalists.

Posted inEnvironment, Schools

Polk County Schools Announce Precautions for Partial Solar Eclipse on Monday

by Cindy Glover April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

Our area will only get a partial eclipse, which may not be noticeable, but it is still risky to look directly at the sun during that time.

Aksh Sachin Ladegaonkar of Lakeland and a student at Bartow International Baccalaureate School at Bartow High School waits for judges to talk to him about his microbiology project “Antimicrobial Properties of Metals Against Staphylococcus epidermis” on Wednesday afternoon.
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State Science and Engineering Fair Underway at RP Funding Center

by Kimberly C. Moore April 4, 2024April 5, 2024

800 of the state’s brightest students are in town for the annual Science and Engineering Fair.

Posted inSchools

Florida Poly Names Five Candidates to Be its Next President

by Kimberly C. Moore March 25, 2024March 25, 2024

Interviews are being scheduled for the five men, who all hold Ph.Ds.

The LHS Cheerleading squad was honored by the city Monday, March 18, 2024.
Posted inCity Hall, Schools

Lakeland High School Cheerleaders Honored By City Commission

by Kimberly C. Moore March 19, 2024March 19, 2024

The squad won state and national titles in February.

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