Mrs. Annette Campbell, our Technology Specialist, came to Lakeland Middle Academy in 1992 when the school was on site at Jesse Keen Middle Academy. Mrs. Campbell taught 2 years of 6th grade English while at the old site and then transferred over as our school’s Technology Specialist.

Mrs. Campbell was one of the three finalists for the Sallie Mae Outstanding Beginning Teacher Program during her first year teaching in 1988 as a first grade teacher at Jesse Keen Elementary. During her second through fourth years of teaching, Mrs.

Campbell was a Varying Exceptionalities teacher at Jesse Keen Elementary and was nominated as University of South Florida’s Polk County Chapter Alumni Associations Distinguished Educator Award in 1991. Mrs. Campbell was nominated as L.C.M.A.'s ( Jesse Keen Middle Academy at the time) teacher of the year in 1994 while teaching 6th grade Language Arts.

   Mrs. Campbell has been involved with the educational technology decisions for Polk County Schools by being a fellow trainer for other Technology Specialists and a member of the Computer Advisory Committee for Polk County Schools.

   She is a National Board certified teacher in the area of Early Adolescent/ English Language Arts and a member of PILOT (Polk County Interactive League of Teachers) and the Lambda chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma teacher's organization.