Victory Ridge Academy

Forest Lake Academy, located in Apopka, Fla., is a Seventh-day Adventist boarding school. The school offers a variety of academic and cocurricular programs to more than 500 students in grades nine through 12. It enrolls students from diverse ethnic, social and economic backgrounds. Forest Lake Academy s cafeteria serves a variety of food items. The school follows the North American Division education initiative and implements Journey Toward Excellence and the Adventist EDGE programs. It also offers various spiritual programs, including religion classes, community service opportunities, special spiritual programs and worship services. Forest Lake Academy also offers several diploma programs, such as general diploma, college prep diploma and honors diploma, and offers more than $1 million in college scholarships to students.

Achievement Academy, established in 1955, offers educational programs to children with special needs and their families by providing early intervention through support, therapy and education, advocacy and resources. Formerly known as Child Development Center of Polk County, the academy serves children from birth through kindergarten by one-on-one early intervention sessions, weekly developmental playgroup sessions, and prekindergarten and developmental kindergarten classrooms. The academy provides free-of-charge services to families and receives funding from United Way and the Charter School to cover operational costs. Achievement Academy has charter schools throughout Florida, including Lakeland, Winter Haven and Bartow.