The Bolt

Take a peek at the continuing construction progress at Zemmer Middle School.

When students in Jeff Bolzman’s fourth hour art class at Lapeer West High School worked on their final exam projects, they were creating more than intriguing pieces of art. Mr. Bolzman also taught them that the principles of constructing art can be applied to life. For example, he said sculptures need a solid, strong base […]

Lapeer East High School junior Hillary Davlin and senior Ayla Asawasathaporn were honored at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival in Kalamazoo May 13-16.Hillary was chosen as one of the artists in the State of Michigan to exhibit art as part of the traveling Governor’s Art Show in 2010-2011. Ayla’s artwork was honored as being among […]

Lapeer West High School juniors Rachel Gillotte and Cheryse Burns were honored at a special luncheon at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival in Kalamazoo May 13-16. These two young artists were chosen as two of the top eighteen visual artists in the state of Michigan. The winning artwork will be part of the traveling Governor’s […]

Here’s an appeal from the Lapeer East Project Graduation committee: East Junior and Senior Parents,We are hosting the now annual Lapeer East Project Graduation. This event is an alcohol and drug free way for the graduates to party as a class one last time. In the past, and hopefully for our night, students have each […]

A quartet of Lapeer East High School athletes are headed to Adrian College to attend classes and play sports. Joined by family, friends and high school coaches, four Lapeer East High School athletes celebrated their decisions to go to Adrian College on Tuesday, May 25, in the East Media Center. Adrian College’s football team will […]

Morgan Kelly, Lapeer Community High School’s top senior, recently participated in the recent Thumb Works Community and Education Day activities. Morgan participated with other top seniors from Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, and Tuscola Counties in a roundtable discussion that was moderated by the keynote speaker for the event, Mr. Jim Winter, a former educator and successful […]

Students Kevin Roach, Juli Field, Nick Durst and Adam Darby created this stained glass work and donated it to the media center at Lapeer West High School. The students said it took them a week to make the artwork and credited Mr. Paul Fernandez and Mrs. Julie Fernandez and Mr. Steve Hilgendorf with helping them. […]

These billboards will be going up around the county soon. It’s a message worth taking to heart for a safe summer.

The Family Literacy Center of Lapeer sent this press release: Summer is here! Will you be ready when your child says, “I’m bored!”? You can be prepared to face summer days with enjoyable hours of activities that create happy memories! Family Literacy Center presents “SOS – Success Over Summer” a class for parents/caregivers at no […]