LAPEER, Michigan — The hallways at Rolland-Warner Middle School were abuzz on Monday as Mike Wiltse, a special education teacher at RWMS, hosted a beekeeper near the woods behind the school. Members of Wiltse’s upstart Bee Club (all 8th graders) were clad, head to toe, in protective gear purchased with the help of generous donations […]
Read moreFunds from local business to support Young Adult Book Talk at Rolland-Warner
On Monday, Farmhouse Family Restaurant in Lapeer started a weekly fundraiser to benefit students in the Lapeer Community Schools. In addition to Lapeer East and West high schools receiving 10 percent of sales between 4-8 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays (through December 27th), the Lapeer Community Schools have also been granted the same percentage of […]
Read moreSports practices at Rolland-Warner Middle School are cancelled tonight (Sept. 30)
All sports practices at Rolland-Warner Middle School have been cancelled for tonight (Sept. 30) due to a power outage. According to DTE Energy’s Outage Center, the outage is affecting 528 customers west of downtown Lapeer in an area bisected by Davison Road.
Read moreAction: Area schools to partner with film society for workshop on October 21
If you haven’t gotten your copy of The Lapeer County Press this week, it’s worth a read. On 9-A there’s a great story about a partnership between some area schools and the Made-in-Michigan Film Society. From the Lapeer County Press: The Made-in-Michigan Film Society is partnering with Lapeer Area Schools to offer a special all-day […]
Read moreExcited about reading: More than 100 Rolland-Warner students attend ‘Book Talk’
So how do you get more than 100 middle school students to show up for school an hour early on a Friday? It’s simple: Get them excited about reading. This morning, bands of bookworms settled into the media center at Rolland-Warner for the first Young Adult Cafe Book Talk of the school year. They were […]
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