Lakers receives close to $100K for Farm to School project
Experience the Laker Difference
In Michigan, you have the right to choose your school. We’d like you to see first-hand the many reasons parents and students have chosen Lakers. Please call us at (989) 453-4600 to schedule a visit or click the link below to fill out a form and we will contact you.
“We have considered moving out of state several times, and have had a couple of opportunities, but I just can’t bring myself to leave Lakers. It’s not about Michigan, it’s about family…it’s about our school. I just KNOW we would never find anything that would ever compare.”
-Melissa Parrish, Laker parent,
Laker School Announcements
Main Contact Numbers
Summer hours are as follows:
The elementary and secondary offices will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. every Wednesday. The central office is open five days a week throughout the summer from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Central office: (989)453-4600 Option 6
Fax: (989) 453-4609
Elementary office: (989)453-4600 Option 2
Fax: (989) 453-4629
Junior High office: (989)453-4600 Option 1
Fax: (989) 453-4615
High School office: (989)453-4600 Option 1
Fax: (989) 453-4615
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Click here for a cool fact about Laker Schools
Lakers has a one-to-one iPad program from early elementary through 12th grade. Every student has the power of technology in their hands - powerful learning tools that will help them in their future careers.
Click the image above for the latest district Annual Education Report. Click here for a cover letter from the superintendent.
Laker School Upcoming Events
View upcoming events below by clicking on the buttons to view full calendars.
Have a great summer! The first day of school for the 2018-19 school year is August 28. The open house will be Aug. 22. Here is a 2018-19 calendar that shows when the breaks will be. More calendars will be posted when made available.
Welcome To Lakers School
High Marks for Farm to School
MORE STUDENTS
choosing school meals
LESS FOODWASTE
thanks to more delicious options
LOWER COSTS
from buying local
GREATER SUPPORT
from families and communities
“It’s important to involve students in the menu creation process.”
-Cinamon Marker, Laker Farm to School Program Creator
Health & Wellness
Laker goes the extra mile for the health of their students with award winning programs
Lakers has received multiple state awards for the many ways we provide for the health and wellness of our students, whether it’s improving our facilities with more natural lighting or creating a Farm to School program, we go the extra mile to ensure our students have every health advantage.
Lakers also provides a nurse at the elementary school and the Laker Wellness Clinic at the secondary school.
Lakers partners with the Michigan Department of Human Services to provide the Pathways to Potential program. You can find out more HERE.
The clinic’s services are listed at the right.
- Promotion of healthy living
- Administration of daily meds as prescribed by a student’s family health care provider
- Sports physical
- Assessment of symptoms by an RN
- Treatment/prevention of acute illness symptoms
- If desired, assistance with management of chronic conditions (i.e. diabetes, asthma)
- Educating students on the health risks with smoking, drinking and drugs
- Daily PE for Elementary and Jr. High Students
- Daily conditioning classes for High School Students
Dance
Lakers is the only school in the Thumb to have a dance team. The hard-working, talented team performs at pep assemblies and games during Homecoming and Coming Home. It’s a great way to foster spirit!
Choir
Our talented choir wows audiences everywhere the choir goes. The students sing at various events at school and perform in the community. They’ve even been known to throw in some dance moves.
Band
When the Laker band takes the stage or the field, you know you’re going to hear a tremendous performance. Our awesome band has received numerous standing ovations. Students can begin band in fifth grade. By the time they reach high school, they’re playing college-level music.
Theater
Lakers has an award-winning theater program that puts on three productions each school year, including an ambitious musical. Theater students also participate in the one-act competition. Our beautiful auditorium is the best place to showcase our talented actors.
Strings Group
Very few schools in the state have a strings club - Lakers is fortunate to offer this valuable opportunity. An arts grant paid for the start of this program. Learning to play violin is challenging, but students enjoy the experience.
Elementary Art
Laker Elementary students are lucky to have art classes, where they can feed their creativity and gain confidence in various artistic methods, all while learning about famous artists.
Junior High Art
Laker Junior High students create many impressive works throughout the year, working with paper-mâché, clay, painting, charcoal and much more, all while learning about art history and how to properly execute artistic methods. They even create claymation movies.
High School Art
Laker High School students get to explore many exciting artistic opportunities in their art classes – they can take art every year if they wish. They build on what they learned in previous years while learning new skills, gaining confidence with each project. They produce impressive college-level work.
Science
From College Biology to Forensic Science to Underwater Remote Operated Vehicles, nobody offers more fun and exciting sciences than Lakers.
“Lakers’ rich history began in the 1870s, and explains why Lakers is able to provide so many extra advantages for their students while other districts are scaling their programs back because of budget cuts. Learn more about Lakers’ history here.“
Click here for a cool fact about Laker Schools
Lakers is the School of Choice in the Upper Thumb. In fact, about 25 percent of our student population come from other school districts. Lakers takes great pride in offering the best education and opportunities for all of our students at all grade levels.
Website Accessibility
Laker Schools is committed to making all of the information on our website accessible to visitors with disabilities. We have taken steps to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and ensuring we adhere to currently available standards and guidelines.
We are taking the necessary steps to ensure this site conforms to accessibility standards as laid out in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.
We are working to educate our staff so that the content they may post on our website will be compliant with the guidelines and be accessible to all visitors.
It is important to all of us at Laker Schools to adhere to the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability on this website. To that end, we have utilized compliance software that scanned our website and identified non-compliant elements, of which all have been addressed.
This site has been built using code compliant with W3C standards for HTML and CSS. The site displays correctly in current browsers and on all device types. Our use of standards compliant HTML/CSS code means any future browsers will also display it correctly.
Portable Document Format (PDF) Documents
Many of the documents on the Laker Schools website are produced in a portable document format (PDF). Please download the latest version of Adobe Reader, which is available for free at the Adobe web site. Having the most current version will improve viewing of these files.
We will continually seek new solutions that will bring every area of our site up to the highest level of accessibility. If you experience any difficulty in accessing any element of our website, please don’t hesitate to contact us.