During the 2019-2020 school year, secondary students will observe “flex schedule” days twice per quarter. These will take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The dates for this year are August 27-28, September 17-18, November 5-6, December 10-11, January 14-15 (tentative), February 11-12, March 17-18 and April 28-29. High School Schedule: Tuesday / Wednesday: 1st/5th – […]
Neil Dave, 13, was among 565 spellers in the competition that pits the nation’s brightest etymologists against one another. LAKELAND — Polk County eighth grader Neil Dave, 13, made it into two oral rounds of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in the Washington, D.C., area this week before being eliminated. Dave is a student […]
LCS RISE Students had many 2019 Science and Engineering Fair Awardees. Kylah’s Story is Featured Below. Projects in RISE present students with real-world challenges and opportunities for growth. Awarded research projects undertaken for 2019 are featured at the link provided below. This includes: the Polk Regional Science and Engineering Fair, the Florida Junior Academy of […]
Thursday, April 11th, the RISE department coordinated a Lunch and Learn event to honor guest speaker, Max Weisglass, a Holocaust survivor, as he shared the story of his life experiences. This event was originally inspired by an LCS seventh grader, Everett Volheim, who was receiving guidance from Mrs. Elizabeth Holcomb regarding a WWIII project. […]
Congratulations to LCS RISE Institute students Nicole Rivera (7th grade), Mya Rivera (6th grade) and Yuexin Qin (6th grade) on winning first place in the Slingshot Polk entrepreneurship competition. Each year, the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce sponsors the competition for students in 6th grade through age 25. Middle school, high school, and college projects are […]
On Friday, April 5th the Sixth Grade Band participated in the ACSI Concert Band Festival. They started preparing for this performance in early February and they prepared three pieces to perform. The judges made evaluations of their performance and gave a final rating of Superior -from all three judges! The Festival was held at Indian Rocks […]
Jordan Allen, LCS Athletic Trainer, used all of his skills to help a baseball coach from Santa Fe last night who suffered a medical emergency. Our staff received a call from David Saliba (A.D. at Santa Fe). He thanked us for helping his coach, and in particular Jordan for saving his life. The Santa Fe […]
The Lakeland Christian School Mock Trial team finished second in the state of Florida for the second consecutive year at the Mock Trial State Championship. They also won the Stephen Shenkman Professionalism Award. Senior Abby Branham won Best Attorney. They are pictured here after the final round with the Honorable Steve Jewett, Presiding Judge.