After two applications and two years of preparation, the effort to establish an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Highlands County reaches a vital point with a visit to the Sebring High School campus by an IB review team set for today and Tuesday. ...more

October 26, 2009

Eleven seniors will take their place in CDS Prep history on Sunday as the first graduates of Carrollwood Day School's high school branch. ...more

May 30, 2009

District efforts and parent and community support have resulted in major milestone toward starting an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Highlands County. ...more

October 20, 2008

As the Highlands County School District works toward starting an International Baccalaureate Diploma program, pre-IB classes will begin this school year. ...more

August 15, 2008

Advanced Academics will be offered for the first time in the first-grade in the upcoming school year. ...more

July 28, 2008

LAKE PLACID — After two years as assistant principal of Lake Placid High School, Michael Haley is set to become principal of the home of the Green Dragons. ...more

May 7, 2008

The School Board of Highlands County will likely vote on two major issues Tuesday – starting an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program and letting voters decide how to select the superintendent of schools. ...more

February 24, 2008

SEBRING — April Milicevic planned to drive her daughter each weekday from Lake Placid to Bartow so she could attend a school with an International Baccalaureate diploma program. ...more

February 20, 2008

These days, getting into a good college with –– and sometimes without –– scholarships is no mean task. Good schools have always been competitive but today's high school graduates have to arm wrestle for admission in a world where top graduating students muster a 6.0 GPA out of 4 and enough college credits to finish a bachelor's degree in two to three years. Some people may have reservations about dual enrollment and advanced placement courses but they have become a reality in our high schools. They also make financial sense for parents and students. The fewer college classes to take means more money saved in expensive tuition. ...more

November 26, 2007

SEBRING — Could this year's advanced ninth-graders graduate high school with an International Baccalaureate Diploma? We'll have a better idea come March when the School Board of Highlands County decides whether to pursue the program. Then paperwork to start a feasibility study needs to completed by Sept. 1, 2008, said parent Diane Juve. The IB program is well known nationwide, and is a highly regarded college prep program, Juve added. Juve's child is in middle school and she played a big part in getting the Advanced Academics program to Highlands County. Parents curious about the program will have a chance to get some information. An informational parent forum on the IB program is scheduled at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 10 at Hill-Gustat Middle School. ...more

November 23, 2007