Polk County Public Schools
The artwork of Polk County public school students is now available for sale to be displayed on the license plates of vehicles or other favorite places.
With the start of the 2008-2009 school year, seven community partners launched the Polk County Kids Tag Art project where fifth graders created art to be used for individual poly-vinyl specialty license plates. Designs were drawn by more than 4,200 fifth graders in approximately 70 schools and judges chose the top 134 designs to be sold to the public. The license plates sell for $15 and proceeds will raise funds for elementary art programs. The plates measure 12-inches by 6-1/4 inches.
The license plate designs for sale to the public can be ordered by visiting www.polktaxes.com and clicking the Polk County Kids Tag Art link. The Polk County Tax Collector’s Office is one of the community partners coordinating the project. The public can scroll through the winning tags and order a tag using the order form on the link. Tags ordered before December 10 will be delivered in time for the holidays.
The license plates created by the students in the Polk County Kids Tag Art Project may be mounted on the front license plate areas of vehicles. The license plates can also be displayed in homes, offices or other favorite places. The Polk County Kids Tag Art license plates are prohibited from being placed in the rear license plate areas of vehicles where state-issued motor vehicle license plates are required by law.
Contact Martha Roe Burke in the Polk County Tax Collector’s Office at (863) 534-4722 or Pat Lamb, senior coordinator of fine arts in the Polk Public Schools at (863) 647-4730 for further information on the Kids Tag Art project.
Community partners involved with the project are Polk County Public Schools, Central Florida Eurocars of Lakeland, Douglass Screen Printers Inc. of Lakeland, Junior Woman’s Club of Lakeland, Polk County Tax Collector’s Office, Polk Museum of Art and Ridge Art Association. This is the third year of the Kids Tag Art Project. In its first two years, the project has sold more than 2,200 tag art plates raising more than $30,000 for elementary arts programs.