Polk County Public Schools
A total of 51 schools or school district departments honored organizations with 2009 Superintendent’s Partnership Awards. The awards were for individuals, businesses, civic, faith-based, non-profit and community organizations that provided assistance to schools and school district departments during the 2008-2009 school year. The partners provided a myriad of goods, services, donations, mentoring, tutoring or other assistance. The partners will be honored and receive their awards during a September 10 event held on the Winter Haven campus of Polk State College.
Superintendent’s Partnership Awards are listed by community with the school where they assisted.
Alturas
Alturas Elementary: Business Services and Solutions
Auburndale
Auburndale High: RidgePoint Church
Lena Vista Elementary: Samuel B. Fennell, LLC
Stambaugh Middle: Shelby Street Station Childcare
Bartow
Bartow Elementary Academy: Clear Springs
Bartow High/IB/Summerlin Academy: Clear Springs
Floral Avenue Elementary: Northern Star Generation Services
Polk Regional Detention Center: Winter Haven Friends of the Library
Davenport
Davenport School of the Arts: Jarrett Gordon Ford
Ridge Community High: College Board
District Office - Bartow
Fine Arts Department: Polk County Tax Collector’s Office
Grants Department: United Way of Central Florida
Secondary School Mathematics: Florida Engineering Society, Ridge Chapter
K-12 Reading: Voyager Learning
Workforce Education: Bright House Networks
Eagle Lake
Pinewood Elementary: Central Florida Visitors and Convention Bureau
Lake Region High: Carlton Music Center
Frostproof
Frostproof Middle-Senior: Maxcy Foundation
Haines City
Alta Vista Elementary: Thomas F. Broadaway
Bethune Academy: CEMEX
Eastside Elementary: First Presbyterian Church of Haines City
Haines City High: Beef O’Brady’s
Lake Wales
McLaughlin Middle And Fine Arts Academy: Lake Wales Arts Council, Inc.
Spook Hill Elementary: Lake Wales Literacy Council
Lakeland
Blake Academy: Polk Area Bicycling Association
George Jenkins High: Beef O’Brady’s
Kathleen Elementary: Kathleen United Methodist Church
Kathleen High: Rob and Mary Crowder, North Lakeland Kiwanis
Lake Gibson High: Regal Pontiac
Lakeland Highlands Middle: Beef O’Brady’s
Lawton Chiles Middle Academy: Wheelabrator Ridge Energy, Inc.
North Lakeland Elementary: North Lakeland Kiwanis Club
R. Bruce Wagner Elementary: Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Scott Lake Elementary: Magnify Credit Union
Sleepy Hill Middle: Home Depot
Southwest Elementary: Lockheed Martin Corporation
Southwest Middle: Carlton Music Center
Tenoroc High: Lakeland Electric
Valleyview Elementary: Beef O’Brady’s
Poinciana
Palmetto Elementary: Pollo Tropical
Mulberry
Mulberry High: Mulberry Wal-Mart
Mulberry Middle: Tim Jero Lawn Care
Winter Haven
Garden Grove Elementary: Giovanni’s NY Pizza
Garner Elementary: MIDFLORIDA Credit Union- North Winter Haven Branch
Inwood Elementary: Beymer Memorial United Methodist Church
Jewett Middle Academy: Bond Clinic
Wahneta Elementary: CSX Transportation Inc.
Westwood Middle: First Baptist Church of Eagle Lake
Winter Haven High: Ard’s Awning and Upholstery
