(Photo caption) Chip Hendrick, of R C Hendrick & Son, Inc., Laker Board of Education President Todd Tate and Laker Superintendenet Brian Keim pose for a picture right before they cut the ribbon to celebrate the closing out of Phase I of the Next Generation Bond Project. School board members and employees from companies involved…
MiDataHub had a statewide awards luncheon Oct. 23, and Laker Elementary received recognition for its work to assign and monitor interventions for students and persevering through challenges. Congratulations to the Laker Elementary staff! MIDataHub is a collaborative, statewide effort to address challenges in managing and using school data.
Lakers will be awarded $500,000 that will be used to equip our new Innovation Center with Fanuc robots and CNC equipment, a full Amatrol mechatronics lab, virtual welding trainers, 3D printers, laser engravers and more. This funding is part of a Marshall Plan grant, which was received by the Great Lakes Advanced Manufacturing Consortium, and…
The groundbreaking ceremony for the upcoming renovations and additions to the Laker campus took place May 30. It took place at the site of the future Laker Legacy Center, an all-sports facility that is slated to be finished by July 2020. Many renovations are taking place this summer, such as the Laker Innovation Center, a…
The first Laker Secondary School Student Project Showcase took place April 4 during parent-teacher conferences, and the event was a great success. Student-created displays and presentations filled the secondary school hallways, and junior high and high school students took a lot of pride in what they presented. The students presented to many parents and staff…
Lakers has been selected for a $135,000 STEM grant from the MISTEM Advisory Council! This funding will be used for STEM classes, training and equipment for grades 6-12 starting with the 2019-20 school year. “This will give us a huge jumpstart on programming for our new Innovation Center,” said Superintendent Brian Keim. “A huge thank…
Pictured above – Tower representatives join Laker officials by a full-size Fanuc robot donated by Tower Automotive in Elkton for the future Laker Innovation Center, which will be created in the summer of 2019. Pictured from the left, Bill Junge, Tower plant manager, Brian Keim, Laker superintendent, Todd McKnight, Tower controls engineer supervisor, Tyler Williams,…
It gives us great pride to announce that our very own secondary school art teacher Ward Donovan has been selected to receive the Excellence in Education Award! This award is sponsored by the Michigan Lottery. Mr. Donovan received many online votes from throughout the community recognizing him as a teacher who makes a difference. As…
Pictured above – the Laker Elementary staff Laker Elementary recently received an award for putting an emphasis on supporting students in areas beyond academics, and it was the only school in the state to receive this recognition. The Michigan Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals…
Dozens of veterans attended the annual Laker Veteran’s Day program Nov. 9. The program included songs performed by elementary students and the Laker High School band. One of the songs performed by the band was “America the Beautiful,” and everyone in the gymnasium stood for a portion of the song. A tribute video was played,…