A science lesson for the sixth graders in Mr. Chris Hinkley’s sixth grade class at Maple Grove Elementary School in late March required the students to lace up some skates. The purpose of the field trip was to explore force and motion. In their lesson on wheels students learned about Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton’s […]
Read moreLapeer West football press box named in honor of volunteer "Herbie" Matheson
To honor the late Destain Herbert “Herbie” Matheson, a long time Lapeer West High School football announcer, athletic clock operator and official, the Lapeer Board of Education Thursday named the press box at Fitzpatrick Field in his honor. Herbie Matheson gave more than 40 years of volunteer service to Lapeer High School and Lapeer West […]
Read moreBoard of Education awards $1.6 million in East, West science lab improvements
Bids for the construction and improvements of science laboratories at Lapeer East and Lapeer West High Schools totaling $1,652,604 were approved by the Board of Education at its meeting, Thursday, April 2nd. All the work was awarded to qualified low bidders and all winning bidders were Michigan contractors. The work is expected to begin as […]
Read more‘Little Red Hen’ teaches a lesson of hard work in Mayfield Elementary School play
A hard working “Little Red Hen” taught her lesson of hard work and reward in a play by the second graders in Mrs. Nancy Lamphere’s class at Mayfield Elementary School. Students in the class played a variety of farm animals and sang and danced their way to the idea that hard work has its own […]
Read moreChrome Panthers meet Gov. Granholm and Dean Kamen at Lansing FIRST event
The Chrome Panthers, the Lapeer West Robotics Team, had some high powered visitors to their pit during a recent FIRST competition in Lansing. Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Dean Kamen, a well-known inventor and the founder of For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), the international student robotics organization. The governor and Mr. […]
Read moreSchool employees volunteer to serve the troops at sendoff at Lapeer East
As part of a community send off for the Michigan National Guard Unit in Lapeer, four Lapeer Community Schools’ bus drivers have volunteered their time to transport the soldiers from the armory to the ceremony at Lapeer East High School on Monday, April 6th. Four drivers, Cindy Mullin, Fred Anstette, Basil King and Donnal Teasley, […]
Read moreNo student drop-off, pick-up in north Lapeer West parking lot starting April 14
Construction on the new auxiliary gym at Lapeer West High School has been moved up a week requiring the closing of half the existing north parking lot to begin a week earlier on April 14th. Starting on April 14, student pick-up and drop-off by parents will be in the south lot only, or in front […]
Read moreLawyers hold court at Lapeer West
A special program sponsored by the Lapeer County Bar Association that brings lawyers into the classroom arrived at Lapeer West High School on Wednesday, April 1. Four local attorneys, David Churchill, Nicole Quandt, Christine Strasser and Kennenth Cassell held court in Mrs. Carol Noble’s criminology class. Students prepared questions for the attorneys about the law […]
Read moreLapeer East girls’ tennis team takes their first turn on the new tennis courts
A week after Lapeer West opened a new era in Lapeer high school tennis on the new 8-court Lapeer Optimist Community tennis courts, it was Lapeer East’s turn. On Wednesday, April 1, the Lapeer East High School girls’ team met Goodrich for their first home tennis match in more than four years. The Lapeer West […]
Read moreArt show to showcase teacher, student art at UCEN Gallery at U-M Flint campus
Two Lapeer Community Schools’ elementary art teachers will be displaying art and the art of a student at the University Center (UCEN) Gallery on the campus of the University of Michigan in Flint during spring recess. The show is centered on former art education students who are now art teachers. The gallery asked for a […]
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