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Distrotek @ Kathleen High School

Distrotek is a Polk Career Academy located at Kathleen High School and sponsored by Rooms-To-Go. The program inspires students to seek positions in Management and Supervision. Rooms-To-Go is part of the warehousing and distribution industry which occupies over 22 million square feet of space in Polk County and is one of the county's fastest growing industries. Distrotek is a step toward meeting the industry's need for well-focused, well-qualified and well-trained supervisors and managers.

Distrotek students will be challenged to reach high levels of achievement in English, writing, business computing, science and math. Students will also take a solid core of Business Management and Supervision courses which will introduce students to the activities in a distribution center and train them to:

• Build and maintain effective relationships
• Implement effective recycling techniques
• Maintain quality and safety standards
• Manage employees in a warehouse
• Build successful goals
• Set productivity goals
• Enforce policy

For more information and to watch their video, please visit polkacademies.com/Distrotek.