Polk County Public Schools, Students
School-based enterprises are effective educational tools in helping to prepare students for the transition from school to work or college. For many students, they provide the first work experience; for others, they provide an opportunity to build management, supervision and leadership skills. Students participating in school-based enterprises producea variety of products and services.
Below you will find school enterprises in the following categories.
Roosevelt Farms
Phone: (863) 678-4252
Fax: (863) 678-4250
Naturally grown vegetables and herbs. No pesticides or herbicides are used on our crops. Organic fertilizers and soil amendments used in production include fish emulsion, kelp and humic acid. Crops are grown using tradition row crops methods and hydroponics. They are available for purchase seasonally through the Lake Wales Care Center and include: tomatoes, peppers, onions, beans, squash, cucumbers, collards, mustards and herb plants.
Jacket Connections
Phone: (863) 519-8516
Fax: (863) 519-8515
Jacket Connections is a non-profit, office service business established to teach students entrepreneurial principles. Jacket Connections provides faculty, students, staff, and community with quality products and services and outstanding customer service while learning invaluable entrepreneurial skills.
Jacket Connections produces business cards, personalized letterhead, note cards, greeting cards and return address labels. Jacket Connection also performs services such as folding, collating, stapling, proofreading, filing and computer services such as typing, and creation of signs, forms, spreadsheets, databases, resumes, brochures, and PowerPoint presentations.
For more information and pricing, dowload the Jacket connections brochure.
Signs of the Tiger
Phone: (863) 534-7447
Signs of the Tiger is a computerized engraving and vinyl sign-making training facility located in the Business Lab at Gause Academy. Students work in teams to work on projects and complete orders. They utilize Microsoft Office Suite to write letters, maintain their customer database, create presentations and keep their balance sheet up to date. Industry standard software is used to design their work for both vinyl and engraving projects.
Legend Publishing
Phone: (863) 297-3099
Digital Design students design yearbook layouts, promote sales, interview coaches, teachers and administrators, and also are responsible for documenting events by the use of photography.
Legend Publishing also produces and markets a yearbook on CD using all of the pictures that were not published in the yearbook. In addition, Legend Publishing also offers a service to the senior parents of creating a CD that showcases their student’s life from infancy through high school.
Phone: (863) 648-3566 ext. 2510
George Jenkins High School has an innovative Preschool Program that benefits both PCSB employees and students. The Early Childhood Academy is a licensed preschool, on the campus of George Jenkins.
Upon request references can also be provided from other PCSB Employees who have had their children enrolled.
The preschool academy is a unique program that allows Kathleen High School Early Childhood Education students to work in our Kathleen Preschool Academy. The Kathleen Preschool Academy offers the following benefits for your child:
Phone: (863) 499-2655
Phone: (863) 297-3099
Phone: (863) 419.3315 ext. 269
Our preschool serves Ridge Community High School staff children. Each week, Early Childhood Education students provide theme-based lesson plans. These lessons are designed to ensure our preschoolers will be successful when they enter kindergarten. We use the Polk County Schools Kindergarten Readiness Checklist as a guideline. Early Childhood students facilitate activities and provide positive reinforcement to encourage appropriate behavior. Time-out is used as a last resort for inappropriate behavior. The Baby Bolts Preschool Academy provides breakfast, lunch, and a snack. Our daily schedule consists of circle time, small group activities, center time, and a variety of outdoor activities. We look forward to a very exciting upcoming school year.
Jacket’s Nest serves the faculty once a month through their culinary program and provide refreshments as requested for on campus events.
Phone: (863) 635-7809
"The Dogwoods," operated by the Culinary Arts program, offers catering for events, meals for gatherings, custom cakes and confections for special occasions.
Operated by Culinary Operations program, specializing in cakes and confections for special occasions, catering for special events and meals for gatherings and faculty.
Phone: (863) 421-3281
Hornet’s Nest Café offers weekly faculty take out gourmet lunches, Dinners and casseroles to go, and specialized holiday catering. Advanced culinary students gather, plan, prepare, and market multicultural meals and desserts that are sure to please the most discriminating palate. Students also receive on the job experience as they accept catering jobs through our ProStart community/business partner, Texas Cattle Company of Lakeland.
Phone: 965-5566
Preparing and serving lunch to faculty and staff each Friday - $5.00
Phone: (863) 499-2655
Fax: (863) 499-2726
Offers catering for events, meals for gatherings,take out frozen dinners to staff, custom cakes and cookies for special occasions and our famous “Red Devil’s Punch”. Our culinary students apply their knowledge in a variety of service opportunities from full service formal dinners, cafeteria style, buffet lines, room delivery and take out. We do receptions, breakfasts, luncheons, dinners and take out. Contact:
A student managed and operated dining establishment through the Culinary Operations Program using the ProStart Curriculum. Students prepare quality food as a catering service and operate a dine-in restaurant, specifically for adults during the school day. Whatever your need, we relish the challenge.
For more information:Culinary Operations Instructor
(863) 297-3099, ext.260
Phone: (863) 499-2900 x 2510
(863) 701-1104
Staff lunches and various catering jobs
Phone: (863) 678-4252
Fax: (863) 678-4250
We are a middle school, entry level business. Our business reinforces our school wide employability skills. We make chocolate treats, i.e. suckers, dipped pretzels, peanut clusters, cake balls, truffles, coconut balls. We also make seasonal craft items. We participate in Pioneer Day at Lake Wales every October, and we have Christmas Open House and a Spring Sale at our school…….public is invited!
Phone: (863) 678-4252
Fax: (863) 678-4250
Lunches to staff, BBQ catering jobs, Friday Breakfasts to staff, desserts, other catering functions.
Phone: (863) 291-5330
Staff Lunches
$5.00 per lunch
Our students also will do catering jobs.
Phone: (863) 297-3099
Thunder Threads” will provide students with opportunities to experience the expectations of the business world. Students will work individually and in teams to complete assigned tasks in a timely and professional manner. Fashion Production students will produce, in class, embroidered products that will be for sale to school organizations, individuals, and local entities. Students will be responsible for every aspect of the business to include advertising, ordering raw materials, helping customers with selections, taking orders, production, packaging, delivery and customer service.
Phone: (863) 291-5330
Devils ‘n Stitches offers embroidery on shirts and other personal items, In addition to embroidery, Devils ‘n Stitches students complete community service projects throughout the year such as; Alzheimer’s Memory Walk, “Quotillows”, Red Cross supply bags and “Quilting Hugs”.
Thunder Graphics
Phone: (863) 297-3909
Thunder Graphics provides a wide variety of graphic related services and products including vinyl signs and stickers, laser engraved trophies, plaques, and advertising specialty items, and printed T-shirts. Thunder Graphics will also do design and copy work for business cards, newsletters, etc.