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Polk State collegiate students get youth excited about STEM and coding

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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…

Girls participating in STEM activity.

Polk Girls In STEM Will ‘Break Barriers’ And ‘Build Bridges’

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Girls participating in STEM activity.

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

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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…

Polk State is offering its LEGO Robotics Enrichment Academy for elementary and middle school students in October.

Polk State Offers Fall LEGO Robotics Classes for Children

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Polk State is offering its LEGO Robotics Enrichment Academy for elementary and middle school students in October.

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

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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…

Carson Warner (L) and Michael Jenkins won first place in the sumo competition at Thursday's Robot Rumble. Warner and Jenkins said adding claws to the front of their machine was key to securing the victory.

Annual TALON Robotics Culminates with Exciting Robot Rumble

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Carson Warner (L) and Michael Jenkins won first place in the sumo competition at Thursday's Robot Rumble. Warner and Jenkins said adding claws to the front of their machine was key to securing the victory.

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

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  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

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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…

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