DATES AS WE LOOK AHEAD

 

March 15 – No School

April 2-9 Spring Vacation

Y5/Kindergarten Parent Information Meeting – April 13 @ 9:30 am or 7:00 pm

(See District Web Site for more Information and pre-registration forms)

 

 

March is Reading Month

At Lakeside, we Lions know that every month is reading month, but in celebration of the traditional reading month we are hosting an evening of Bedtime Stories. This will be on Tuesday March 9, 7:00PM in the Lakeside Library.

 

Have some dinner, put on your PJ’s and come to hear some stories, and have a snack of milk and cookies before you tuck your child into bed J

We’re on our way to Reading a Zillion Books!

 

 

Lakeside Drama News

 

Wizard of Oz Week!!!

To get ready for the upcoming show we are asking lakeside lions to show their school spirit in the Wizard of Oz Week March 16 through March 20:

 

Tuesday march 16 show your heart – by wearing red

Wednesday 17 – Emerald City Day – wear green (also St. Patrick’s Day)

Thursday 18- Dress as your favorite Oz character

Friday 19 – Rainbow day- Wear as many colors of the rainbow as you can

 

Wizard of Oz Program Development

Calling all families and businesses who love Lakeside Drama. . . the Wizard of Oz show program is being developed, and we want YOU to advertise and support us!  Deadline for submission is Monday, March 8th.  Do you have a friend or family member in the play?  For $5 you can include an 80-character support statement in the program.  Ads including graphics are priced from $15 - $40 depending on size, and we are also seeking sponsors to help underwrite the play.  Information and forms are available in the office, and also on the “Forms and Handouts” page of Lakeside’s website or by clicking here.  Questions?  Contact Melissa Janes at 446-1085 or melissajanes@comcast.net or Emily Keller at 975-1949 or jkeller412@aol.com

 

Help Needed on Set Building and Decorating!

We will begin working on building out our stage pieces for Wizard of Oz in the next few weeks.  I am hoping that there will be some children who may be interested in helping with the painting and decorating in a few weeks.  If there are any children interested in being involved in the "behind-the-scenes" part of the play please send me an e-mail. I will put together a list and let you know when we will be meeting to start painting. 
Send your information to: Pat Lewis at plewisint@comcast.net

 

OZ T-Shirt Order

Wizard of Oz T-Shirts are now available to order.  Samples are on display outside the office.  You can download an order form by clicking here.  Orders are due March 3rd.

 

 

 

Heart to Heart

Thank you so much to all the students, who with the support of their parents and teachers, so graciously supported Lakeside's 2010 Heart to Heart program. Students supported Heart to Heart by nominating organizations, raising money at home and participating in spirit days. Some of the ways students raised money at home this year were by having bake sales, shoveling, doing chores, returning pop cans, donating tooth fairy money, using manners at home and brushing mom's hair. Every single effort helped and by pulling together, Lakeside students raised a record breaking $5086.61 this year!!

 

With this money, Lakeside students then donated $2086.61 to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief, $2,000.00 to the Kent County Humane Society and $1,000.00 to the High School Kindness Counts Scholarship. All of these organizations were very grateful!!

The top 3 collecting classrooms were Mr. Pullen's 3rd grade, Mr. Mitton's 3rd grade and Mrs. Reardon's 5th grade.

The top 10 collectors for this year were (in alphabetical order):

Maura Burnes

Kate Campbell

Pete Campbell

Charles Connor

Jack Lehmann

Clare McDonald

Elizabeth Moore

David Morris

Rachele Winterburger

Jill Woodhouse

 

Thanks again for your amazing generosity & hard work Lakeside students!!

The Heart to Heart Committee

 

 

2010 Earth Day Recycle Challenge

Recycle unneeded, scratched CDs, DVDs and CD-roms.

We can recycle the plastic cases too!

Third and Fourth graders have made a pledge to care for our Earth!  They are collecting and recycling unneeded CDs, DVDs and CD-rom discs.  They need your help! Please look around your home, office and car for old, scratched cds ,dvds and cd-rom disks.  We can take the plastic cd/dvd cases as well! 

All cds and dvds collected will be shredded and reused. Worried about personal materials on a cd or dvd? Just break or scratch the cd before you turn it into us if you wish. We’ll collect, count and deliver all recycled cds/dvds to the Kent County Recycling Center.  We are one of my schools across Kent County participating in this recycling challenge. For more detailed information please visit www.accesskent.com/recyclechallenge.

 

Please help us reach our goal of recycling 600 cds,dvds & cd-roms by March 18th!   Thank you for your support!

 

 

Chess Club/ Chess Team

Thank you for all your help and support with chess mix this year. We were able to take 19 Lakeside Lion's to Michigan State on February 6th from the money we rased. We are wrapping up chess for the year with chess club, Tuesday's after school, ending on February 23rd and chess team, Thursday's at lunch, ending March 4th.

Congratulations Lakeside Chess Players for a great year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HURRAH! 2010– BRIDGING EXCELLENCE AND EDUCATION

 

EGR Schools Foundation Hosts “Friend”raiser

 

Shake off the winter blahs on March 6, 2010 by attending a fantastic evening of fun with your friends and neighbors.  HURRAH! Bridging Excellence and Education is the East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation community winter party.  The event will be held at Bridgewater Place, 333 Bridge Street NW, Downtown Grand Rapids.

HURRAH!, an annual fundraiser and “friendraiser” for the EGR Schools Foundation, is a casual evening of fun, food and camaraderie, featuring a raffle, cash bar and, this year, live music from Mid-Life Crisis.  HURRAH! began in 2008 to raise awareness and funds for  the East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation.  Since 2008, the HURRAH! party has generated more than $72,000 for the schools foundation.

This year’s event will feature food from several area restaurants including:  Rose’s on Reeds Lake, The Green Well, Grand Rapids Brewing Co., Ramona’s Table,  Tommy Fitzgerald Group and Café Stella, Marie Catrib’s, Olive’s, Applause Catering, Electric Cheetah, Bar Divani, Chocolate, TCBY, Mary Ann’s and Arby’s.  In addition to food, music, and lively conversation, there will be a raffle with fabulous prizes.

The purpose of the East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation is to enrich the educational experience of its students by funding excellence in teaching and learning that requires financial support beyond the district.  The East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation funded $63,000 in grants, awards and scholarships during the 2008-2009 school year.

For reservations or additional information, please contact the East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation:  www.egrsf.org , astuursm@egrps.org or by contacting Amy Stuursma at (235-3535, ext. 4004).  Tickets are $40.00 per person; after February 26 tickets are $50.00 per person.  Patron reservations are $75.00.

 

ROCK THE HOUSE

Friday, February 26

Girls and Boys Basketball versus Creston

Senior Night & Last Home Game

KIDS ADMISSION IS FREE

PARENTS $5.00

GIRLS AND BOYS VARSITY PLAYERS WILL MEETING KIDS DURING LUNCH

TO DISTRIBUTE FREE TICKETS ON

FRIDAY, February 26, 2010

Must present ticket to get into the game

GIRLS TIP-OFF  6:00 pm

BOYS TIP-OFF 7:30 pm

 

 

Pride Articles

Please submit any article you would like published in The Pride to Chris Hnatowsky via email at chnatows@egrps.org.  Articles need to be received by noon on the Thursday prior to a Pride release.

 

 

 

 

 

District at a Glance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated  February 26, 2010

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