The SAIL Academy in Pigeon is sailing strong for the 2023-24 school year! Here are most of the students who joined the academy this year (five are missing). Director Caitlin Stone-Webber is on the far left and Assistant Director Anne Ziel is in the back row, third from the right. We hope everyone has an…
DetailsLakers is excited to announce that two of its schools are National Showcase Schools for the Capturing Kids’ Hearts (CKH)program – Laker Elementary (for a second year in a row) and Laker Middle School! CKH is a highly acclaimed, research-based program that helps build relational capacity between students and the staff that works with them…
DetailsLaker High School 2019 graduate and valedictorian Andrew Smith will be speaking at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) commencement May 6 a the Breslin Center. Andrew was nominated for this honor, as he was selected for the CANR Outstanding Student Leadership Award. “I was surprised and honored,” Andrew said of the nomination.…
DetailsCongratulations to Hunter Krohn! He signed with Calvin University to play basketball for the Knights. He was joined by family, friends, teammates, and coaches. His peer tutoring classroom, Ms. Roughley’s third graders, also came to the signing, proudly holding a sign for him. Best wishes, Hunter!
On April 10, while students had the day off, Laker teachers had an action-packed professional development day that involved visiting several local businesses. Lakers has the privilege of operating a school system in a very vibrant, supportive, and close-knit community. Years ago we set out to build our district on four key pillars – Character,…
DetailsCongratulations to Laker Middle School teacher Tyler Scharf and Laker Innovation Center Director Jeff Diebel! They’ve both been selected as STEM Stars by the Upper Thumb MiSTEM Network for the work they do to promote education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). They each receive a $250 grant to purchase STEM-related classroom supplies. Mr.…
DetailsFor the first time, Delta College hosted a Technical Solutions Agriculture Quiz Bowl, and two Laker FFA teams joined the competition. One of them became the champion, beating out all the other teams (including the second Laker team). The winning team members are Logan Carr, Lauren Esch, Haley Arntz, and Abby Mattice. The other Laker…
DetailsThe Laker Archery team had great success at the state tournament in mid-March! Elementary archer Layne Mallory (pictured here) is the State Champ in both 3D and Bullseye. WOW! Also, all three teams (high school, middle school, elementary) qualified for nationals in 3D and the high school team qualified for nationals in bullseye. Here are…
DetailsWhat a way to reinvigorate a Robotics program! Lakers has brought back its FIRST Robotics extracurricular program after a brief hiatus, and the team had its first competition in mid-March in Standish. Right out of the gate, the Laker team won the Rookie Inspiration Award and was a runner-up in the championship round! How impressive…
DetailsIn March, the Laker Middle School band (7th-8th grade), Laker Concert Choir (7th-12th) and the Laker High School Concert Band had stellar performances at the TFOTA Band and Choir Festival hosted here at Lakers. Each group earned the highest ratings of Straight I’s. AWESOME! That’s music to our ears! “These musicians are a gift to…
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