The Lapeer East High School Class of ’96 will host its 15-year reunion on Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. at Castle Creek Golf Course in Lum. Tickets are $40 per person. For more information, please contact Mary Kobylczak — 810-614-7855 email Spatulaj@yahoo.com, or Mindy Patrick — 810-724-0567 email dollzdimplez@yahoo.com. Details of the event can be […]
Read moreDeadline extended for Alumni Hall of Honor
The deadline for nominations for candidates for the sixth annual Lapeer Community Schools Distinguished Alumni Award program has been extended until Friday, May 13. To be eligible for the award, a person, living or dead, must have graduated from the Lapeer Community Schools at least 10 years ago and be noted in his or her […]
Read moreDistrict-Wide Dodgeball Tourney on tap
Any Lapeer Community Schools staff members, along with friends and family, who want to dip, duck, dive, or dodge a dodgeball are invited to the District’s first District-Wide Dodgeball Tournament at Zemmer Middle School on Thursday May 12. Action begins at 4:30 p.m. in the double-elimination tournament. The winner gets district-wide bragging rights. The event […]
Read moreTwo West teachers’ art part of exhibition
Two West High School art teachers have had their artwork accepted to the MEA Art Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition. Cory Gutenschwager received a Juror’s Choice Award for his “Figured Ash Vase” that was carved out of laminated wood. Jeff Bolzman had a clay piece selected for the show entitled, “Hummingbird Teapot #2.” Both pieces are currently […]
Read moreMatt Wandrie is new LCS Superintendent
The Lapeer Community Schools have named Matthew Wandrie as the District’s new superintendent. He will begin the job July 1, replacing six-year veteran Superintendent Debbie Thompson, who is retiring at the end of the current school year. Wandrie was officially hired by the Board at its April 21 special meeting. He was the Board’s unanimous […]
Read moreNew YA Café at Rolland-Warner Middle School
A sizable group of students showed up for class early April 15 for the first-ever YA Café at Rolland-Warner Middle School. The YA Café is designed as a way to promote literacy for all. The morning began at 8 a.m. as 59 students, 5 parent volunteers, and about 10 staff members showed up in the […]
Read moreLooking for scholarhsip opportunities?
The Lapeer County Community Foundation is extending the deadline for its Ronald C. Warner Scholarship and the Irma Gelhausen Scholarship to Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The Warner Scholarship Fund, named for long-time local educator Ronald C. Warner, was established in 2008 to assist students in pursuing a career in agriculture and/or education. The student must […]
Read moreYoung author is selected for writer’s camp
Seaton Elementary 4th grader Morgan Pierce will get a chance to attend a special summer writing camp in August hosted by author Jonathan Rand, writer of the popular Michigan Chillers mysteries for young readers. Morgan wrote a 100-word essay to be selected for Rand’s Author’s Quest Writing Camp. She was accepted and will be attending […]
Read moreRobotics teams duke it out at state competition
From the County PressTeens from the Lapeer area got to mix it up with the big time last weekend, when the country’s most competitive statewide FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics effort held its competition at Eastern Michigan University. Lapeer County was well-represented with not one, but two, teams at the […]
Read moreYFU seeks host families
Youth For Understanding (YFU) is looking for Lapeer host families to host high school exchange students for the 2011-2012 school year. Host families provide a place to live and three meals a day plus the encouragement, advice and love to help their new family member through a semester or year in a new home. The […]
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