Jan 30th, 2012
LAKE WALES – Bok Academy will host a special FCAT Parent Night at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 in the school Café.
Parents will learn when and how their students will be tested for the FCAT, Florida’s Comprehensive Assessment Test. Bok teachers will explain how the FCAT is changing, and what Bok Academy is doing to prepare students for the test.
Teachers from math, reading, language arts and science classrooms will share tips that parents can use to help their middle school students prepare at home.
The FCAT writing test is scheduled for the end of February and early March. Other FCAT tests take place in mid- to late-April.
LAKE WALES – Bok Academy and Lake Wales High musicians got a special treat today (Feb. 21) when they participated in a Master Class with three members of the Pro Arte Quartet from the University of Wisconsin.
LAKE WALES – Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough told a library full of Lake Wales High students today (Feb. 16) that “curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages.” The prize-winning story teller encouraged his audience of about 100 history students to ask questions, and look for lessons in history to show them how to become leaders.
LAKE WALES – Teachers of the Year and Support Employees of the Year are being honored by schools in the Lake Wales Charter School system.
