The Bolt

A Lapeer West High School class project in the Clothing Construction class of Ms. Charlotte Cornell yielded more learning than just the skills needed to make a quilt. Photo caption: Some McLaren employee names are not known. Second from left (standing) Ms. Charlotte Cornell, teacher; West student Whitney Avenall (next to Ms. Cornell), students Tabitha […]

We received the following press release about a Lapeer County Farm Bureau event – “Farm-ol-o-gy” that may be of interest to our parents and students. Milk a cow, drive a combine, and talk to a farmer at Lapeer County Farm Bureau’s farm-ol-o-gy event LAPEER — In recognition of National Agriculture Week, the Lapeer County Farm […]

Project Graduation of Lapeer West is conducting a Schwan’s Truckload Sales Event this Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 10 am until 4 pm. The pickup location will be in the parking lot of Sleep Doctor Mattress store, 700 S. Main St, Lapeer ( across the street from Kroger Gas as well as Meijer Gas). Project […]

The First Annual Spring Fashion Show will be at Lapeer West High School on Thursday, March 11th. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. to view and shop vendor booths. The fashion show will begin at 7:00 p.m. with our Jazz Band providing the entertainment before the event! Also during the fashion show, West will host the […]

High school bands from Lapeer East, Lapeer West and Lapeer Community High School will face off in the Battle of the Bands on Friday, March 12 in the Lapeer East High School auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m. and music is scheduled to start about 6:30 p.m. Admission is $5 and the proceeds will help […]

Faced with a $3.9 million budget shortfall the Board of Education put 12 members of the District management staff and 7 deans of students on notice that their jobs could be eliminated in the 2010-2011 budget process. The vote Thursday to approve these notifications to management staff was required by State law to allow the […]

Software to help increase student achievement in math, speech, science and English at Lapeer West and an after-school support program to help students struggling with mathematics at Lapeer East are the newest recipients of 2009-2010 Innovative Instructional Programs grants. The Board of Education recently announced the two grants totaling $7,702. Funds for the programs come […]

Faced with a $3.9 million budget shortfall the Board of Education put 12 members of the District management staff and 7 deans of students on notice that their jobs could be eliminated in the 2010-2011 budget process. The vote Thursday to approve these notifications to management staff was required by State law to allow the […]

Lapeer East High School students are turning their interest in cake decorating to put the frosting on a couple recent fund-raising events to help others. On Saturday, February 27, the students decorated cakes for a fund raiser for Ruth Wolski, the mother of East teacher Rejean Wolski. Ruth Wolski recently underwent a bone marrow transplant […]

Who says there is no such thing as a ‘free’ lunch? A challenge from the Board of Education to the District’s food service department to find ways to help students and their parents during difficult economic times has resulted in an additional 613 students receiving free lunches at school. Beginning last Monday, March 1, the […]