Lapeer East's Mike Carson chosen to play in Michigan High School Coaches' All-Star game

Lapeer East High School baseball star Mike Carson was selected to play in the East-West High School Coaches All-Star game at Comerica Park on Tuesday, June 16.

Carson was the only player selected from the greater Flint area to play in the game.

The Flint Journal has a nice story and photo of Carson in Friday's coverage. The picture here is one taken during a signing ceremony last November at Lapeer East as Carson accepted a scholarship to play baseball at Oakland University next year.

Summer office hours begin Monday at Administration & Services Center

The Administration & Services Center will begin summer office hours on Monday, June 15. The building will be open from 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM.

Regular business hours of 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM will resume on Monday, August 24.

A reminder that all District elementary school buildings close to the public for summer vacation on June 23. All other school buildings, with the exception of the Administration & Services Center and the bus garage, will close to the public on June 26.

Mayfield Students produce videos on Talented and Gifted Programs, Physics Club

Mayfield Elementary School students in Mr. Robert Losinger's class have produced a number of videos of school events and projects during 2008-2009. Here are two more that were recently accepted on Schooltube.com.

Hadley students celebrate field day, last day of their building with balloon launch

The annual Hadley campus Field Day had a little extra celebration at the end marking the end of classes at the Hadley campus of Hadley-Murphy Elementary School on Wednesday, June 10.

Students played on various bounce houses, participated in relay races and other contests and enjoyed the day.

At 3:30 p.m. the students launched biodegradable balloons to mark the end of classes and the school building.

A 4:30 p.m. open house welcomed members of the community and Hadley alumni to the campus for a final tour.

To see photos of the balloon launch and Hadley Fire Department "squirt" event click here.

To see photos of the Field Day events, click here.

Mrs. Elsie Davis, bus driver from 1961-1982, meets the new generation of school buses

More than 25 years after she retired as a Lapeer Community Schools bus driver, Mrs. Elsie Davis, 91, returned to the school bus garage for the year-end transportation department pot luck luncheon and was coaxed into sitting behind the wheel of one of the District’s new extended length buses.

It was just a photo opportunity and Mrs. Davis let another District bus driver give her a quick spin in the new bus.

Mrs. Davis began driving for the District about 1961 and retired about 1982 after 21 years of negotiating the rural roads of Lapeer County. At the luncheon, Mrs. Davis showed off a 1977 newspaper article written about her and her co-workers at the bus garage.

As for what Mrs. Davis thinks about the new generation of school buses?

“There’s been a lot of changes,” Mrs. Davis said. “This was a beautiful, long one.”

Among the changes are AM/FM radios, a bus intercom, automatic transmission and no manual door handle.

Mrs. Davis’s husband died in 1999. The couple helped raise 200 foster children.

Three high school graduates honored at Lapeer Alumni Association luncheon at the Elks

The Lapeer Alumni Association met for their luncheon on Tuesday, June 9 at the Elks Lodge for some fellowship and fun.

The June luncheon is also the time that the Alumni Association hands scholarship money to three deserving graduates of Lapeer Community Schools.

Ashlee Eisinger was the recipient at Lapeer East, Marguerite Mitchell was the Lapeer West scholarship winner and Melina Nelson received the scholarship at Lapeer Community High School.

Scholarships this year were made possible through the proceeds of the sale of Hollis Hayes' book, "On the Street at Nine." Mr. Hayes donated all the proceeds from his book to the scholarship fund.

For more pictures of this and other Alumni events go to the Alumni photo album here.

Lapeer East, Lapeer West art students display outstanding work at Gallery 194

During the Lapeer Celebrates the Arts event last weekend many people had an opportunity to enjoy the art work of Lapeer's wonderful high school artists at Gallery 194 in downtown Lapeer.

The student art work, which occupies much of the Gallery, will be on display until June 30. Hours at the gallery, 194 W. Nepessing Street, are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

We congratulate the students and their teachers for a job very well done.