The Lapeer County Health Department asked us to provide information to parents/guardians who need help in obtaining required vaccinations for school. Federal stimulus funds will be available for Tdap, meningitis, and varicella vaccines. A clinic date has been set for Thursday, April 8th by appointment only. Besides vaccinating children with Medicaid, uninsured, underinsured, and Alaskan […]
Read more"Greatest Art Show on Earth" to be held at Lynch Elementary on March 19 (free root beer floats too!)
“The Greatest Art Show on Earth” will be held at Lynch Elementary School from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 19. Each student at the school will have a piece of art or sculpture on display at the show. Student tour guides will offer tours through the sculpture park that will have more […]
Read moreA month of reading is the month of March, the celebration starts with a hat-on-a-cat
Food, drinks, guest readers and “Cat-in-the-Hat” pins highlight the “March is Reading Month” celebration at Lapeer West High School on Wednesday, March 31, during the school day. Students will belatedly celebrate the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as “Dr. Seuss,” on that day. The celebration could not be held on Dr. Seuss’s real […]
Read moreLapeer West Clothing Construction students provide comfort to kids with quilts
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 […]
Read more‘Farm-ol-o-gy’ event to highlight local agriculture is Thursday, March 18
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 […]
Read moreLapeer West’s Project Graduation hosts Schwan’s fund-raising event Saturday, March 13
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 […]
Read moreLapeer West hosts First Annual Spring Fashion Show
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 […]
Read moreBattle of the Bands this Friday at Lapeer East
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 […]
Read moreNew 2010-2011 school hours proposed for elementary, middle schools
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 […]
Read moreDistrict Innovative Grants awarded
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 […]
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