
Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School Student Sends Message With Yearbook Cover

Shedner Agenor knows what will happen to Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School’s 2015-16 yearbook. For a few weeks, he and his classmates will pore over it, carrying it with them everywhere, signing…

Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School Students Complete Hospice Training Program

A group of Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School students recently received certificates marking their completion of Good Shepherd Hospice’s volunteer training. But ask any of them, and they’ll tell you that a…

Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate Hosting Open House for Prospective Students

Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School will host an Open House event for current high school sophomores. Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School serves juniors and seniors. Students fulfill high school…

AT&T Presents $25,000 Check to Polk State College Foundation, Money Will Benefit Gateway Program

AT&T presented a $25,000 check to the Polk State College Foundation to support Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College Collegiate High School during Monday’s District Board of Trustees meeting in Winter Haven. “One of the things…

Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate Brings Home Honors from National HOSA Conference

Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School brought home numerous honors from the HOSA National Leadership Conference late last month in Anaheim, Calif. HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) is a national organization…

Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School Student Places in FBLA National Conference

Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School is celebrating another strong showing at the Future Business Leaders of America’s National Leadership Conference. More than 8,500 students from across the nation competed at the conference, which took…

Polk State’s Peter Preston: A Man of Many Identities

Peter Preston is a ____________. Here at Polk State College, most of us would immediately fill in the blank with “guidance counselor at Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School.” Very few of us know…

Polk State’s High Schools Celebrate Classes of 2015

Polk State College’s three high schools are in the midst of celebrating their 2015 commencement ceremonies. Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School held its graduation Friday evening. The ceremony featured alumna and…

Polk State Chain of Lakes Alumna Tells Graduating Seniors That to Help Others, They Must Put Themselves First

A Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School alumna and benefactor, who says the school helped her gain life-changing confidence, returned to campus Friday to address graduating seniors. “I’m going to tell the graduates…

Polk State Chain of Lakes Graduate Returns to Campus to Warn Current Students About Dangers of Drunken Driving

Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School graduate Garrett Putnam, whose life changed forever when a drunken driver slammed into his car in 2013, recently visited campus to share words of caution — and inspiration…