Spook Hill Elementary News Today

Nearly $2,000 Raised For 12-Year-Old Lake Wales AML Leukemia Survivor by James Coulter More than $1,800 has been raised for a 12-year-old Lake Wales boy previously diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Autumn Taylor, 12, a sixth-grade student at Bok Academy South, had been tasked with completing a community service…

Polk County Public Schools Announces 2017 Teacher of the Year, School-Related Employee of the Year Lois Horn-Diaz, a gifted teacher at R. Bruce Wagner Elementary in Lakeland, was announced as the 2017 Polk County Teacher of the Year on Wednesday night. Maureen English, a guidance secretary at Dundee Ridge Middle…

Polk County School Board Release  Rosita Rodriguez from Spook Hill Elementary has been named the 2017 School Nurse of the Year by the Florida School Health Association (FSHA). Ms. Rodriguez has worked at the school since 2006. "She is an outstanding example of a caring and dedicated nurse who serves…

A concoction of legends, science, and a dash of Florida weirdness all offer explanations for why tourists and residents continue to be thrilled by a hill in Lake Wales.  

Polk County Schools approved promotions, transfers and new hires for its schools administration positions throughout the district.

Bok Academy Student Presents $2,000 To Local Leukemia Survivor And The Leukemia Society by James Coulter Using funds raised by one of its middle school students, Bok Academy in Lake Wales presented checks for $1,000 each to a local survivor of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and to a non-profit cancer…

Lake Wales Women's Club Raises Funds At Spaghetti Dinner For Children's Healthcare by James Coulter   Nothing inspires a great big smile more than slurping a long, saucy noodle from a homemade plate of spaghetti. The only thing better is being able to enjoy such a great spaghetti dinner while…

Polk County Public Schools Announces 2017 Teacher of the Year, School-Related Employee of the Year Lois Horn-Diaz, a gifted teacher at R. Bruce Wagner Elementary in Lakeland, was announced as the 2017 Polk County Teacher of the Year on Wednesday night. Maureen English, a guidance secretary at Dundee Ridge Middle…

LAKE WALES — Florida’s only citywide charter-school district is undergoing a leadership convulsion of sorts 16 years after converting five of the city’s seven schools to charters and adding two charter middle schools.  It also comes nine years after the state made Lake Wales a “local education agency,” which meant Lake Wales was its own school district — albeit one without elected officials who could be held accountable by voters.  This school year, Jesse Jackson, t...