The Bolt

Four Lapeer West High School senior student athletes will sign commitments to play sports at the collegiate level at a signing ceremony in the West media center on Thursday, June 4th at 7 p.m. On hand will be Ryan Miller who is committing to play football at Albion College, Danielle Schoenherr who will play soccer […]

The Hadley-Murphy Parent Teacher Committee invites all Hadley Alumni and the Hadley community to a “Farewell Celebration” at the school from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on June 10th. The Hadley campus of Hadley-Murphy Elementary School is closing after 50 years of service at the end of the current school year. Festivities, which include building […]

Former Lapeer West High School wrestling coach John Virnich, who led teams that won back-to-back State Division II championships in 2000 and 2001, was inducted into the Michigan Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame on May 17th at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. During his ten year coaching career at Lapeer West, […]

Trebuchet projects (catapults) in the fifth grade classroom of Mr. Robert Losinger and the 6th grade classroom of Mr. Joshua Back culminated in a contest Thursday, May 28th, to see which catapult was more accurate. The video shot by the students is now on School Tube. http://www.schooltube.com/v/aa498e9e3cef46e4b2b0

A Mallard duck and her nine ducklings have taken up residence in an interior courtyard at Lapeer West High School. Lapeer West secretary Chris Sierakowski believes the ducks were hatched about May 20 and since then the mother has used a small pond in the courtyard to teach her offspring how to swim. The home, […]

A two-month science project culminated Thursday afternoon, May 28th, when the 5th grade class of Mr. Robert Losinger and the 6th grade class of Mr. Joshua Back faced off on the athletic field with Trebuchets (catapults) built by students. Materials provided by The Home Depot made this project possible. Students first researched and designed the […]

Swing Out, the unique graduation tradition of Lapeer Community Schools, put the 76th annual event in the books on Thursday, May 28th.Family, friends and the community clogged downtown Lapeer to recognize the achievements of hundreds of graduating seniors at Lapeer East, Lapeer West and Lapeer Community High Schools. The rich tradition, which includes the giving […]

Students in the fourth and fifth grades at the Murphy campus of Hadley-Murphy Elementary School and their parents paid a visit Wednesday, May 27, to the new facilities they will be attending at the opening of classes in the fall of 2009. Hadley-Murphy Principal Scott Warren, Superintendent Debbie Thompson, Director of Transportation Jerry Podzikowski and […]

Lapeer East High School senior Ashley Corriveau competed with Olympic swimmers and placed in the finals in the 100 freestyle at the Charlotte Ultra Swim Meet, the weekend of May 14-16. The meet included some of the current stars of swimming, including Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff, Aaron Peirsol and Ryan Lochte. Ashley finished in 58.58 […]

The video link from ABC 12, WJRT-TV, is now available here.