Lakeview Elementary Points of Pride
  • The KEEP Program (Kids Exploring Everything Possible) is a noontime program that was offered for two six-week sessions to students in the second grade.  Students signed up for activity sessions in a variety of areas such as crafts, paper airplanes, science discoveries, and making play dough.  Parent volunteers led the sessions.
  • Lakeview students gathered in a SOAR group each day.  During the group students learned how to be responsible, respectful and safe citizens.  Each assembly ended with a song.  This group provided a warm, welcoming start to each day.
  • Lakeview's Literacy Partners provided a short-term intervention program for first grade students working below grade level in reading.  It enabled these at-risk students to make accelerated progress during approximately 12-20 weeks of daily individualized 30-minute lessons.  The lessons were conducted on a one-to-one basis and tailored to the needs of the individual child.
  • Kindergarten students participated in Lighthouse Learning Lab twice a week.  During this time - half of the students from a classroom were working with the classroom teacher while the other half were in the lab.  Literacy aides worked extensively with students on pre-reading skills, phonemic awareness, and writing activities.  Students made books, wrote poems, practiced the alphabet letter names and sounds, and other fun challenging activities.
  • Students in the second grade presented good behavior assemblies this year.  Each assembly focused on a specific target area of respect, responsibility and safety.  Additionally, several fun events were tied to meeting classroom behavior goals.
  • Art teacher, Mrs. Kanine created a monthly artist of the month display, which highlighted the artwork of one student from each class.  This provided a wonderful display of student talent at the school entrance.
  • Students who required additional help with math skills attended Math Lab twice a week.  During this time students focused on specific games and activities designed to improve math skills and problem solving activities.
  • Lakeview's PTC (Parent-Teacher Committee) played an active role in many aspects of the school program.  Not only did the PTC provide funding for a variety of activities such as, the KEEP Program and the PBS initiative, but they also sponsored many events and assemblies.  Students were treated to a planetarium, a carnival, birthday books, and our monthly prize cart.
  • Three Family Nights were offered during the school year for families.  These nights centered on the curriculum areas of reading, writing, and math.  Each night revolved around a theme and included an opportunity for parent education, a family activity and a time to socialize.
  • Our staff includes a special position funded through state aid at-risk money to help bridge the gab between home and school, building links to both our school and other community agencies.  Small education groups study areas such as, anger management, divorce, friendship, social skills and self-esteem.
  • Read Naturally is a computer program led by school staff that is available for students to improve reading fluency and comprehension skills.
  • Lakeview School continued to utilize the philosophy and instructional strategies learned through the MiBliSi Grant, Michigan's Integrated Behavior & Learning Support Initiative.  The purpose of this grant is to create a positive, safe learning environment in order to increase student success.  This is done through an initiative called Positive Behavior Support which entails expected behavior being modeled, reward systems, and consequences for not following the rules.