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2010-11 Greater Tampa / St. Petersburg Education Guide PUBLIC SCHOOLS www.polk-fl.net Polk County Public Schools www.polk-fl.net 1915 South Floral Avenue • Bartow, FL 33831 863-534-0500 • Fax 863-534-0705 The Polk Public Schools were one of 33 school districts nationally to win a 2010 Magna Award from the Virginia-based American School Board Journal magazine. Polk won the award for its implementation of 31 career academies at 15 high schools. Polk was the only Florida school district to win a 2010 Magna Award. Polk won the award in the 20,000 and over student en-rollment category. Magna Awards recognize school districts demonstrating innovative programs advancing student learning. Lakeland’s Lincoln Avenue Academy was one of 18 schools nationally to be named as a fi-nalist in the 2010 Intel Schools Of Distinction Awards. Lincoln is the only Florida school named as an Intel School Of Distinction Award finalist. This was the second time in six years that Lincoln has been honored by Intel. In 2005, Lincoln was named the best elementary school in the country for technol-ogy innovation in a national program spon-sored by Intel and the Scholastic educational resource company. The most recent statistics from the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) show that the Polk Public Schools are among the best school districts for energy efficiency. The re-port was issued by the FDOE Deputy Com-missioner of Finance And Operations. Of all 67 school districts, Polk was listed in the re-port as best in the state for lowest compar-ative electric and energy use. Polk was listed in the same report as second lowest in the state for energy cost per square foot. Polk has 120 schools that received the En-ergy Star designation as an energy efficient building. Polk had 28 students recognized in the var-ious stages of the 2010 National Merit Scholar program. The various stages are commended, semifinalist, finalist and Scholar. Schools with students recognized in the National Merit Scholar program were Bartow High, Bartow IB, George Jenkins High, Haines City High, Haines City IB and Harrison School For The Arts. One hundred sixty-eight high school seniors were named 2010 Superintendent’s Schol-ars. Superintendent’s Scholars have a mini-mum grade point average of 3.75 and a score of 1270 (critical reading and math) or above on the SAT or a 28 or better on the ACT. Bartow High is ranked 168 in Newsweek magazine’s 2010 list of the best 1,623 high schools in the U.S. The ranking puts Bartow High among the nation’s top 10 percent of the nation’s best high schools, according to Newsweek. The magazine ranks high schools according to a ratio devised by the publication that examines the number of Advanced Placement, International Bac-calaureate and Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school divided by the number of graduating seniors. In addition to a tradi-tional high school, Bartow High houses an International Baccalaureate program and Summerlin Academy, a military high school that is a school of choice. Mission To ensure rigorous, relevant learning experiences that re-sult in high achievement for our students. POLK COUNTY 2011 School Holidays Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 Monday, March 21, 2011 Teacher Planning, No School Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 Teacher Planning, Students off Friday, April 22, 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 No school Monday, May 30, 2011 Presidents’ Day Monday – Friday, March 14-18, 2011 Memorial Day Wednesday, June 1, 2011 Spring Break Last Day of School www.americaseducationguide.com 43
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