
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School student’s advice: Don’t let the word “college” overwhelm you

Blessing Lovelace admits that when she started her journey at Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School, she wasn’t sure the program was right for her. “My brother graduated from Lakeland Collegiate in 2016, he was…

Polk State collegiate students get youth excited about STEM and coding

Dozens of third- through fifth-graders fill the computer lab at Oscar J. Pope Elementary each Wednesday after school, eager to learn coding from Polk State Lakeland Collegiate and Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College Collegiate…

Polk State College collegiate high schools to host info sessions

Polk State College Lakeland Collegiate High School and Polk State College Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School will host informational sessions in January and February for current sophomores interested in attending one of the charter…

Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate and Lakeland Collegiate high schools designated as Schools of Excellence

The State Board of Education has designated Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School and Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School as Schools of Excellence for the second consecutive year, recognizing Polk State College’s…

Polk State’s collegiate high schools achieve A’s and commendable rating

Polk State College’s three charter high schools are celebrating A grades and high ratings for the 2017-2018 school year. For the fourth consecutive year, Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School and Polk State Chain of…

Lakeland Collegiate valedictorian, salutatorian heading to Ivy League schools

Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School’s valedictorian, Kaitlyn Kelley, and salutatorian, Harrison Chen, will be attending Ivy League schools. Kelley has a 4.739 grade-point average (GPA) and will attend Dartmouth College. Chen has a 4.728…

Lakeland Collegiate student heading to college with $20,000 Bailey Family Foundation scholarship

Nick Davis doesn’t talk much about the time he was living in and out of homeless shelters with his mom. He was only a toddler. But Davis and his family have come a long way.…

Collegiate high schools celebrate classes of 2018

Nearly 400 students are receiving their high school diplomas from Polk State College’s three collegiate high schools this month, although many already have their college degrees in hand. Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High…

Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School earns reaccreditation

Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School recently earned reaccreditation from the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), an accreditation division of AdvancED. This nationally-recognized accreditation marks Polk State Lakeland Collegiate…

Polk State’s youngest bachelor’s student to receive degree May 3

Harrison Broer said his first day of college was weird. That’s because he was only 15 years old, and after completing his Associate in Arts degree a semester before graduating from Polk State Lakeland Collegiate…