Thank you Laker Nation for honoring Eztrella today! She will be missed. Let her kindness and love live on through all of us!
Laker Nation,
At about 1 am this morning I was notified of an email threat that was circulated to many school districts across our state. This email was sent to 35 superintendents including myself. Our local law enforcement, Indiana State Police, and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security are all aware of the email. It was the recommendation of law enforcement that we continue with a normal school day, as the threat was deemed non-credible. The same scenario occurred in Washington yesterday, with an email sent to 35 districts.
School personnel did a visual inspection of all of our buildings today as a precautionary measure.
The safety and security of our students is always our top priority. If I believed for one second we were in any danger, we would not be in school.
Thank you for being a Laker and thank you for entrusting us with your children!
Respectfully,
Traci Blaize, Superintendent
Don't forget Laker Nation will be honoring Eztrella Luna by wearing purple tomorrow! Shine bright Lakers! 💜
Hearts in Laker Nation are broken with the loss of our Little Laker, Eztrella. We will wear purple in her honor on Friday, April 14th. Donations for the family are being accepted at all school offices.💜
Community Partners involved in the LaGrange County Child Abuse & Neglect collaborative are asking for your help in raising awareness for National Child Abuse & Neglect month. Beginning today, and for the month of April, we are kicking off a "Blue Tire" campaign across LaGrange County.
We are asking people to take their photo with the blue tire and post on social media using #87SCAIT23. Please help us to Stop Child Abuse In Its Tracks and share with those you know!!
This week the tire is located at the LaGrange County Courthouse. Each week the tire will rotate to a new location.
Just a reminder: Lakeland School Corporation will be on Spring Break April 3-7. The Corporation Office will be closed Monday, April 3rd due to a planned power outage, and on Friday, April 7th for a Holiday.
School will resume on Monday, April 10th! Until then, stay safe and thank you for being a Laker!
New Life Fellowship 2755 S SR 5 in Topeka will be offering free groceries to families in need on April 10th from 3:30 pm to 5 pm. This event is not connected to Lakeland School Corporation. We are providing the information in order to assist LaGrange Co. families that may be in need.
Our Academic teams had a terrific showing at Dwenger yesterday! They competed against 18 teams. Our Fine arts team (J. Combs, A. Ferguson, A. Yoder & A. Tennant) came in 1st place! Our Science team (N. Tropp, W. Norton, H. Henderson & E. Marchand) tied Northrup and came in 2nd after the tie breaker! Our English Language Arts team (J. Whited, S. Ramachandran, M. Tropp, J. Gracia & L. Wilson) did well also; they placed 5th! Great job Lakers! #LakerLeadersareeverywhere
We are looking for more preschool students for the 2023-2024 school year! Currently, we will have 7 openings at our Wolcott Mills Campus. We are full with a waiting list for Lima-Brighton. We will add to the waiting list with the hopes of opening another class at Lima-Brighton. We charge $50/week for half day students and $100/week for full day students. Students who will be 4 next year may qualify for assistance through On My Way to PreK. Please call 499-2408 to talk with Deb regarding registration! Check out our preschool page: https://pk.lakelandlakers.org/o/pk
The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile will be bringing Parkview Physician's Group Pediatric Care to Lakeland Intermediate School on March 20th! Care is open to any child age 0-18, regardless of whether or not they are Lakeland student. Forms were emailed to all Lakeland families. You can also register by calling: 1-877-774-8632.
Congratulations to Lakeland's Vocal Motion Show Choir! They ended their competition season on a high note with a Best Crew for a small mix trophy, 2nd runner up trophy, an invite to the night show and a 5th place trophy! Way to weather the storm gang!
Roads will be okay by the afternoon. The Red Carpet Gala will go on!
All Lakeland Schools are taking a SNOW DAY today! All school buildings will be closed. No E-learning! Go out and play in the snow! The last day for students will now be May 25, 2023.
We are starting the day with a 2 hour delay today! Doors will open at all buildings at 9:45 am. We will update you if this changes!
The plows have been working hard and the route to East Noble looks pretty clear. We are delaying the leave time for the Show Choir by 1 hour this morning. Be ready to rock & roll at 9:30 am!
Tonight's Sectional Semifinal has been postponed to Saturday at 6pm. The fan bus will leave at 4:30 from Door 15, for those students who signed up. The Sectional Final will be played on Monday evening, time to be announced. Sorry for the confusion, we were, initially, the only school voting to postpone. Guess the weather caught up to the others!
Boys basketball sectional is going as scheduled tonight. (Final decision will be made at 4)
The Red Carpet Gala has been postponed until Friday, March 10th.
All afterschool activities have been cancelled. Shuttle buses will not run.
Decisions on Saturday events will come out later this evening or Saturday morning.
Stay safe Lakers!
We are aware that many families in Laker Nation are experiencing power issues or their students didn't bring home a device. It's the 1st day of a new trimester too. We are going to do the best we can with this unique virtual learning day! Staff: the buildings have power, so feel free to go in!
For the safety of our drivers and students Lakeland Schools will be doing virtual learning today. There are many limbs down and blocking roads. Please be careful out there! Students will follow their schedules for synchronous/virtual learning today!
Due to a mix of fog, downed tree limbs, and high water...all Lakeland Schools will be on a 2 hour delay today! (2-23-23) Doors will open at 9:45 am.
