With three added to the ranks this week, the School Board of Highlands County now has a total of 55 National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT). ...more

December 18, 2009

AP Chamber To Meet AVON PARK The Avon Park Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly membership meeting at 7 a.m. Dec. 18 at the Hotel Jacaranda. ...more

December 14, 2008

Eight hundred pinwheels, including 600 made by Avon Elementary school students, are putting a positive spin on the worldwide children's peace effort. ...more

September 23, 2008

An accidental fire at 125 N. Florida Ave. displaced an Avon Park woman and her 12-year-old son Tuesday morning. Their two-bedroom trailer in the Southland Court trailer park was a total loss. ...more

September 2, 2008

An accidental fire at 125 N. Florida Ave. displaced an Avon Park woman and her 12-year-old son Tuesday morning. Their two-bedroom trailer in the Southland Court trailer park was a total loss. ...more

September 2, 2008

Avon Elementary and Park Elementary will likely go without a Drug Abuse Resistance Education program this school year after the Avon Park Police Department decided to put its only D.A.R.E. officer on road patrol, Police Chief Matt Doughney said Monday evening. ...more

August 14, 2008

On behalf of the Avon Elementary School PTO, we would like to thank our business partners and friends for their gracious support and donations of door prizes for our annual year-end Staff Appreciation Lunch. Our theme for this celebration this year was the "Splash Awards," and we had a fun and memorable time together. A special note of thanks goes to Mr. George Hall, our master of ceremonies for the award presentations. Our thanks go to: Albritton's Barber Shop, Arby's, Bagwell Lumber, Bed Bath and Beyond, Best Insurance, Big T Tire, Bok Tower, Books-A-Million, Candle Arbor, Clock Restaurant, Dan Evers Insurance, Dutchers Diner, Electric Beach Tanning, Florida Hospital, Griffin's dry Cleaning, Happy Owl, Heartland National Bank, Heather Goodwin, Highlands Independent Bank, Hungry Howies Avon Park, Hotel Jacaranda, Bill Jarrett Ford, Jimmy's Florist, Layes Tire Service, Max Duke Insurance, Mid Florida Credit Union, MOSI, Olympic Restaurant, Palmer Ace Hardware, Papa John Pizza, Pit Stop Drive Thru, Publix, River Greens Golf Course, RJ Gators, Roadhouse Grill, Starbucks, Sun 'N Lake Golf Course, Sun Trust Bank, Todays Images, Travis Crosson Tree Service, Vanda martin, Wells Dodge Chrysler, Mrs. Betty Wells Pampered Chef, WWOJ Radio, and Zeno's. ...more

June 20, 2008

AVON PARK — Riding the school bus home, a 5-year-old kindergartner cried when his mother wasn't home one day to greet him. The boy should have been at his school's after-school program, but was sent home on a school bus. Fortunately, a stay-at-home neighbor spotted the child and notified his mother. But about a month later it happened again; the kindergartner was bused home when he should have remained at school. Once again the neighbor took the child in. A call to the school district resulted in a "lackadaisical" response, according to Stacy Sorton, whose son attends Avon Elementary School. ...more

November 19, 2007