Polk State’s collegiate high schools achieve A’s and commendable rating
Polk State College’s three charter high schools are celebrating A grades and high ratings for the 2017-2018 school year. For the fourth consecutive year, Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School and Polk State Chain of…
Lakeland Collegiate valedictorian, salutatorian heading to Ivy League schools
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School’s valedictorian, Kaitlyn Kelley, and salutatorian, Harrison Chen, will be attending Ivy League schools. Kelley has a 4.739 grade-point average (GPA) and will attend Dartmouth College. Chen has a 4.728…
Lakeland Collegiate student heading to college with $20,000 Bailey Family Foundation scholarship
Nick Davis doesn’t talk much about the time he was living in and out of homeless shelters with his mom. He was only a toddler. But Davis and his family have come a long way.…
Collegiate high schools celebrate classes of 2018
Nearly 400 students are receiving their high school diplomas from Polk State College’s three collegiate high schools this month, although many already have their college degrees in hand. Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High…
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School earns reaccreditation
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School recently earned reaccreditation from the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), an accreditation division of AdvancED. This nationally-recognized accreditation marks Polk State Lakeland Collegiate…
Polk State’s youngest bachelor’s student to receive degree May 3
Harrison Broer said his first day of college was weird. That’s because he was only 15 years old, and after completing his Associate in Arts degree a semester before graduating from Polk State Lakeland Collegiate…
Graduating student: Polk State showed me I don’t have to be another statistic
Growing up, no one encouraged Keiona Haggins to go to school. “I was only told to not end up pregnant or in jail,” she said. She lived in a home where emotional and physical abuse…
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School takes a bite of the Big Apple
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School students enjoyed the brisk New York weather while others were soaking up Florida sun rays over spring break. Thirty-four juniors traveled with faculty and staff to the Big Apple,…
Lakeland Collegiate High School Student Heads To State, International Science Fairs With Award-Winning Project
A Polk State College Lakeland Collegiate High School student won Best in Show and First Place in Chemistry at the Polk Regional Science and Engineering Fair and is heading to state and international science fairs.…
Collegiate High Schools No. 1 In State For Graduation Rates
Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate and Lakeland Collegiate high schools rank No. 1 out of 448 public high schools in Florida for four-year graduation rates. Gov. Rick Scott recently notified Polk State College’s charter…