The Bolt

Ten high school artists from Lapeer West and Lapeer East have earned awards in the recent nationwide Scholastic Art competition. The list of awards include three Gold Key, five Silver Key and five Certificates of Merit earned by nine students from Lapeer West and one from Lapeer East. Nine students of Lapeer West art teacher […]

Do you know a Lapeer Community Schools high school alumnus worthy of induction in the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor? Nominations for candidates for the sixth annual Lapeer Community Schools Distinguished Alumni Award program are being accepted for the fall induction program. The Distinguished Alumni Award program is a coordinated effort by the District and […]

Lapeer East art students are busily putting the finishing touches on their work for the Memory Project, an international program that provides personal portraits for orphans from around the world. This year, Debbie Helbig’s art students at East are creating portraits for orphaned children in Indonesia and Thailand. Student artists who work on the Memory […]

A new morning golf program is open to 6th-8th grade boys and girls at Zemmer Middle School. Three pros from Lake Nepessing Golfland and four teachers have volunteered their time to work with the students. The Golf Club currently has 18 students participating. The club meets on Tuesdays from 7:45 to 8:45 am in the […]

More than two dozen high school and middle school music students from Lapeer West, Lapeer East, Zemmer and Rolland-Warner performed in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association District III Honors Band Festival on Saturday, January 29, at Brandon High School. Lapeer West High School students participating in the District III MSBOA High School Honors […]

Weekly after-school tutoring for middle school students is avaiable every Monday — beginning Monday, Jan. 24th — in the Rolland-Warner Media Center from 3:45-5:00 pm. Parents of students who will attend need to provide pick-up for their children no later than 5:00 pm.

Registration is now underway for Enrichment classes offered through the Lapeer Community Schools. Classes are beginning, but there is still time to register. Popular classes that still have a few openings include: Computer 101, a beginner class with a slower-paced, step-by-step overview of computers and related components. The class meets Monday & Wednesday, February 7 […]

Local artists Deb Keene RuthAnn Mersino and Dale Vronch visited with several dozen Lapeer West students January 10 to discuss their life with their art. They told students their successes and the challenges of working and running an art business and about their goals and how the students can also enjoy different arts, but that […]

Lapeer East sophomore Ashley VanOoteghem was the guest of State Sen. Phil Pavlov as Gov. Rick Snyder delivered his first State of the State address Wednesday in Lansing. Ashley accompanied the senator to the House of Representatives in Lansing to watch the address. Each elected official is allowed one guest to join them on the […]

They’re trying to keep the swarm warm A chance discovery during a walk in the woods has turned into a biology project for students at Rolland-Warner Middle School. Mike Wiltse’s special education class came across a bee hive in a large fallen down oak tree last fall on student walks “out back.” Dave Peasley, the […]