{"id":67878,"date":"2024-07-05T11:57:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T15:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontheridgemagazine.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/victory-ridge-academy-receives-grant-from-mountain-lake-community-service-inc\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:24:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T16:24:01","slug":"victory-ridge-academy-receives-grant-from-mountain-lake-community-service-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/victory-ridge-academy-receives-grant-from-mountain-lake-community-service-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory Ridge Academy Receives Grant from Mountain Lake Community Service, Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lake Wales, Florida<\/em> \u2013 On March 23, 2022, Victory Ridge Academy (VRA) was awarded funding from Mountain Lake Community Service (MLCS). All funding received from Mountain Lake Community Service will go towards supporting Victory Ridge\u2019s Transportation Safety Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to protect our students from the danger of oncoming traffic, Victory Ridge Academy will purchase Safe Fleet\u2019s Predictive Stop Arm Systems for our buses. This advanced technology will alert students in the case that any speeding vehicles are nearby while they are entering and exiting our school buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both staff and students at Victory Ridge Academy would like to thank Mountain Lake Community Service, Inc. for their generous donation and continued support over the years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mission of Mountain Lake Community Service (MLCS) is \u201cto help make a difference in the lives of people in the Lake Wales community.\u201d The MLCS Board in turn performs due diligence regarding each grant request received from non-profit organizations before awarding funds. MLCS, through the generous involvement of Mountain Lake members, annually provides grants to over 20 local non-profits to help improve health care, education, literacy, the arts, childcare and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victory Ridge Academy is a Title 1, 501 (c) (3) non-profit public charter school that exclusively serves children and adolescents with special needs. Victory Ridge Academy is based on the belief of the administration, staff and Board of Trustees that early intervention is crucial to helping children and young adults with special needs to cultivate healthy lifestyles and grow into well-adjusted persons. It is the school\u2019s belief that students need a safe, positive and nurturing learning environment to develop communication skills, social skills, academic and technical skills in order to build their self-confidence and become productive members of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about Victory Ridge Academy, please visit the Academy\u2019s website at www.victoryridge.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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