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- EIN 68-0682161
- (863) 289-3867
- Po Box 1836 Winter Haven FL 33882-1836 USA
- www.whpep.org
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Causes: Alumni Associations, Education
Mission: Through advocacy, community engagement and collaborative partnerships, pep commits to assure that winter haven's public schoools are unequaled in quality, relevance and student performance.
Programs: The public education partnership of winter haven, inc. (pep) partnered with the polk county school board, the city of winter haven, the learning resource center, the greater winter haven chamber of commerce, the polk education foundation and many local businesses and community members to renovate a 5,300 square foot building for the pupose of providing tutoring and enrichment programs in a very low income neighborhood. This building opened in march, 2014 and is located at 203 ave r, ne in winter haven, florida. The city of winter haven owns the property and leases it to the public education partnership of winter haven, inc. For 1 per year. Pep provides all of the expenses of the building, including insurance and programming costs associated with curriculum, enrichment and incentives.
pep provides for school, teacher and student needs above what the schools are capable of providing, such as: a van for the award winning whhs robotics team, transportation costs for teams, books to refill and updated school libraries, scholarships and community outreach to involve more people and businesses in our schools.
pep has identified 7 initiatives / areas of action as follows: (1) advanced curriculums and academy pathways (2) community schools (3) kindergarten ready (4) middle school athletics (5) music and the arts (6) on grade ready level by third grade & associated programs (7) resource development for schools