Elementary Avon: 7:40 a.m. - 2 p.m. Cracker Trail: 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. ...more

August 2, 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

While Virginia Tech and Boston College fans started filtering into Raymond James Stadium today, a couple of men outside trying to peddle their wares ended up trading in their visions of profits for handcuffs. ...more

December 6, 2008

A 20-year-old man was shot in the leg while borrowing a gun this morning, the Tampa Police Department said. ...more

October 12, 2008

Highlands County fourth-grades got 72 new students on the first day of school after three-fourths of third-graders who scored low on the reading FCAT last year were promoted after a successful summer camp. ...more

August 26, 2008

SEBRING - As Tropical Storm Fay tracks further to the east, the National Weather Service predicted 11:15 a.m. Tuesday that six to 10 inches of rain could be dumped on the county before Fay leaves the area, with even more in some spots. The gauge at the Highlands County Emergency Operations Center south of Sebring measured 2.87 inches of rain fell since the storm's outer bands reached the county. ...more

August 19, 2008

Nancy Whalen's summer reading camp students at Park Elementary School faced a tough practice test Friday. ...more

July 27, 2008

SEBRING — While reading a passage from the short story "The Dog Ate My Homework," a student read the word "restriction," after which Karen Smith asked her third-graders if they knew what the word means. Among the four third-graders in her reading circle, Smith saw two hands go up and she called on one of the students to explain the word's meaning. These students at Park Elementary School are among the 103 third-graders in the county who are attending the school district's Summer Reading Camps, which are also being held this week through July 23 at Woodlawn and Lake Placid Elementary schools. The students are increasing their reading skills and an assessment test will be held at the end of the reading camp. ...more

June 26, 2008

SEBRING — Two elementary schools will have new assistant principals during the upcoming school year. Melissa Blackman will take over as assistant principal of Woodlawn Elementary and Carla Ball will be assistant principal at Memorial Elementary. ...more

May 7, 2008

AVON PARK — Memorial Elementary School, on schedule to open in August, will be populated with students coming from four existing elementary schools, according to the district's proposed attendance plan. "We've got a boundary that we think is a logical one and hopefully it will be cost efficient," Assistant Superintendent of Business/Operations Mike Averyt said Monday. "We've got two public hearings to adopt the changes in the boundaries so we will be able to get public input at that point." The affected schools, from which some neighborhoods will be reassigned to the new school, are Sun 'n Lake Elementary, Avon Elementary, Park Elementary and Woodlawn Elementary. With the largest elementary school enrollment in the district, Sun 'n Lake Elementary will have the greatest enrollment decrease, Averyt said. The goal is to reduce enrollment at the school from 900 to about 650 students. The details of the proposed redistricting and school attendance zone maps will be released soon and will be presented at the public hearings, he said. ...more

February 5, 2008