Upcoming Events

5K Run

The Junior Service League is hosting the 4th annual 5K Run/Walk in beautiful Summerlin Park at Lake Wilson (behind Bartow High School). This year, the event will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2009. Registration is at 7:45a.m. and the race will begin at 8a.m.

Pigeon Pull and Round-Up

The Pigeon Pull and Evening Round-Up will be Saturday, February 28, 2008 at the Higgenbotham's Ranch in Lakeland. Clay shooting will be from 1p.m. to 5p.m., followed by cocktails and evening round-up from 6p.m. to 9p.m.

Pro-Am Tennis Tournament

This year will be the 30th Annual Pro-AM Tennis Tournament. The Tournament kicks off Friday, March 13, 2008 with a bar-B-Q and auction held at the United Women's Club in Lakeland. Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15 boast great tennis. 

Achievement Academy on Bay News 9!

Success for one Achievement Academy student

The lives of a 3-year-old boy and his family are beginning to feel normal six months after Rhett underwent brain surgery to fix a rare sleep condition. Read more on Bay News 9.

Creating Brighter Futures for Children with Special Needs

Over fifty years ago, the Achievement Academy was founded by a special group of parents.  Today the Achievement Academy is a non-profit United Way agency and charter school.  We serve children from birth through age six with various developmental delays and disabilities, including but not limited to, autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and speech delays. The Achievement Academy offers small class sizes, dedicated staff, developmentally appropriate goals, individual speech, occupational and physical therapies and assistive technologies that allow our students to blossom.

Our Birth to Three program offers services to children up to three years of age who may be at-risk for developmental delays. Early intervention makes a difference, and the sooner you start, the better the results.

We have three charter school locations that serve Polk County: Lakeland, Winter Haven and Bartow. Here we celebrate all abilities; there are none too big or small! Every child is entitled to a childhood of possibilities and we are here to make that happen.