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 Girls In Science: Collaborative Effort Opens Eyes To Career Possibilities
Girls from Janie Howard Wilson Elementary and Bok Academy excitedly huddled around science lab tables at Polk State College on a recent Saturday to participate in a variety of Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering (STEM)…
Polk Girls In STEM Will ‘Break Barriers’ And ‘Build Bridges’
Fourth- to eighth-grade girls from Lake Wales schools will have the opportunity to learn Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) from female scientists at Polk State College in the Polk Girls in STEM program. Polk…
Polk State Kids at College Registration Begins in April
Polk State College will once again offer its popular Kids at College summer program. Registration will begin in mid-April. For more than 20 years, Kids at College has been a favorite of children and parents…
Talent Show to Raise Money for Polk State Upward Bound Students
Polk State College Upward Bound students will share their talents during a fundraising event planned for 7 p.m. on May 23 at the Polk State Winter Haven Fine Arts Theatre, 999 Ave. H N.E. Advance…
Polk State Offers Fall LEGO Robotics Classes for Children
Polk State College is once again offering its LEGO® Robotics Enrichment Academy for elementary and middle school students. Two courses targeting separate age groups are being offered: LEGO WeDo: Robotics Through Simple Machines for children…
A First for Polk: All Upward Bound Graduates Headed to College
For the first time in its history at Polk State, a program to help high school students prepare for postsecondary education has seen 100 percent of new graduates accepted to college. Upward Bound is a…
Annual TALON Robotics Culminates with Exciting Robot Rumble
If you’d only seen their faces, or their pumping fists, or the way some bounced from foot to foot, you might have guessed the dozens of kids gathered at Polk State Lakeland on Thursday were…
Polk State Hosting Several Summer Athletics Camps
Polk State is offering several athletics camps for kids this summer, all of which will feature the College’s expert coaching and lots of fun. Baseball Polk State’s baseball camps include stretching and…
New Polk State Camp Will Explore Network Virtualization
A new summer camp at Polk State College will teach high school students about the emerging trend of network virtualization, which businesses of all kinds and sizes are quickly adopting for its cost-saving possibilities. With…