The competition in the Avon Park Middle School Gymnasium is on the line as Dontae Pinckney steps up to the basketball free through line, bounces the ball a couple of times and shoots. ...more

November 10, 2009

This letter is in honor of Cyndy Dwyer who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on March 18. I want to thank all of the wonderful students, friends, administration from the school system and especially those children and others who participated in the wonderful memorial given by Avon Park Middle School. ...more

April 8, 2009

Tears flowed, but fond memories of a teacher, friend and mother lifted spirits Friday afternoon as Avon Park Middle School teachers and students remembered Cynthia "Cindy" Dwyer. ...more

March 21, 2009

The Avon Park Middle School family is mourning the death of one of its own with the sudden passing of reading teacher Cynthia "Cindy" Dwyer. ...more

March 19, 2009

Katina Kramer grew up in Avon Park and attended Avon Park Middle School where she returns today to meet the staff in preparation for taking over as principal next school year. ...more

March 17, 2009

With a dictionary in hand, Avon Park Middle School reading/language arts teacher Tia Folsom moves about her sixth-grade classroom, assigning a vocabulary word to groups of four or five students. ...more

March 16, 2009

Three teenage girls believe the Go Girls program helps them stand up to peer-pressure to have sex. ...more

March 11, 2009

With Avon Park Middle School Principal Dan Johnson retiring at the end of the school year, five education administrators in Highlands County have applied to succeed him. ...more

February 24, 2009

Starting at 11:18 a.m., until all 700 students are fed, the bell rings every 30 minutes at Avon Park Middle School. Angelic Sanchez roams the halls in her blue uniform, pistol on her right, eight pouches on the left side of her gunbelt. ...more

February 14, 2009

Forty-one-year educator, Avon Park Middle School Principal Dan Johnson, has announced he will retire at the end of the school year. ...more

January 27, 2009