Sep 8th, 2010
LAKE WALES – Learning to read is tough, especially when you are only 5 years old. To help her new kindergarten students get excited, Polk Avenue Elementary teacher Amy Alvarado provided a little motivation – two new bikes.
Every week, when students successfully learn “high-frequency” reading and math words, they have a chance to add their names to the drawing for the bikes. Local accounting firm Bunting, Tripp and Ingley donated the bicycles. Pictured below one of the bikes are Michelle Hurst (left) from Bunting, Tripp and Ingley, and teacher Amy Alvarado (right), along with some very motivated students!
LAKE WALES – Janie Howard Wilson Elementary students cashed in their Star Bucks – earned in the school’s Positive Behavior Support program – to take part in a Crafty Celebration last week (Jan. 27) that one student described as the “best celebration ever!”
LAKE WALES – Six members of the 2011 Lake Wales Highlanders football team made college commitments today (Feb. 1) as part of National Signing Day.
LAKE WALES – Janie Howard Wilson Elementary fifth grade students were mesmerized by concert pianist Thomas Pandolfi (pictured, center), who performed today (Jan. 30) at the Lake Wales Arts Center.
