GIRLS INC . OF LAKELAND
Contact : Kay Fields Addresses : Lakeland : 1220 W . Highland St ., Lakeland , FL 33815
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kayfields @ girlsinclakeland . com
863-682-3002
About : Girls Inc . of Lakeland provides academic enrichment , character , and youth development programs exclusively for girls in grades K-12 in West Polk County during the school year and 1st-12th during the summer . The girls take part in homework help and sustained silent reading every day .
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GIRLS INC . OF WINTER HAVEN
Contact : Peggy Threlkel Address : 2400 Havendale Blvd . NW , Winter Haven , FL 33881
863-967-2874
peggy @ girlsincwinterhaven . org
Hours of Operation : Monday – Friday : 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Summer Program Hours : 7:30 am – 5:30 pm
About : Girls Inc . of Winter Haven provides vital out-of-school enrichment activities to girls in kindergarten through middle school . The primary service areas are Winter Haven , Auburndale , and Lake Alfred ; however other Eastern Polk County cities are included . Our activities are designed to help girls develop academically , socially , and emotionally . Literacy is a weekly focus in our structured program time . In addition to the structured program time , girls are offered homework assistance in the afternoons . Literacy activities occur during our summer programming as well .
HEAD START PROGRAM : POLK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
( 863 ) 648-3051
: Head Start programs provide comprehensive , developmental services for low-income pre-school children ages three to five and social services for their families .
PARTICULARLY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD , “ EVERYTHING WE DO HAS TO BE PLAYFUL …. WE HAVE TO BRING THE PLAY AND THE JOY BACK .”
— S U S A N N E U M A N ( 2 0 2 1 ) C L A S S R O O M C A F F E I N E P O D C A S T
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