Work begins at Zemmer Middle School

Demolition work has begun on the facade of Zemmer Junior High School in preparation for more extensive remodeling that will start soon. A few more photos are available here.

Video: Zemmer Middle School ground breaking May 20, 2009

Enjoy the video of the May 20, 2009 ground breaking ceremony at Zemmer.

Five Lapeer East, two Lapeer West Girls' soccer players make County Press "Dream Team"

Five Lapeer East Girl's soccer team members and two from Lapeer West Girls' soccer team made The County Press soccer "Dream Team" for 2009.

You can read the story here.

Lapeer East Girls' Soccer "Team of the Year," Coach Kinzer, "Coach of the Year"

The Lapeer County Press named the Lapeer East High School Girls' soccer team the "Team of the Year," and named its coach, Mr. Bill Kinzer, "Coach of the Year."

You can read the story here.

Congratulations!

Lapeer West softball team places three on All-State Division 2 softball team

Three Lapeer West softball players have made the First Team All-State Team as voted by the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association.

The Flint Journal had a story online today (Tuesday, June 23rd).

Placing three players from one team on the All-State squad is extremely rare.

Congratulations to seniors Bridget Miller, Alyssa Sharrard and Emily Jones for making the team.

ABC, Channel 12 News to air report on East's selection to Newsweek.com's Top Schools

A WJRT-TV 12 reporter and cameraman were at Lapeer East today to talk about the high school's selection to the Newsweek.com's Top Schools list this week.

The segment was scheduled to air today during the 5 p.m. news broadcast. Update 8:35 p.m. - here's the link to the broadcast.

The selection is based on the size of the school, the size of the graduating class and Advanced Placement test taking and performance.

Reporter Kelley L. Dickens interviewed Assistant Principal Mike Hobolth in the East media center and also interviewed East teacher, John Moliassa, who was attending the Advanced Placement Summer Institute program at Lapeer East last week and this week.

Mr. Moliassa teaches Advanced Placement Statistics and Advanced Placement Calculus at the school.

For more information refer to a previous post on this subject here.

Also you can see the photo gallery with additional photos of today's interview here.

Lapeer East High School named among Newsweek's elite American high schools

Lapeer East High School is now listed among the elite high schools in Michigan and the United States with its addition to the Top 1,500 high schools as chosen by Newsweek.com Internet magazine.

The listings are based on Advanced Placement test performance, population of the student body, size of the graduating class and the number of AP tests taken. The schools on the list represent the top 6 percent of all high schools in the country.

Lapeer East is one of only 35 Michigan high schools included on the list, which includes Andover in Bloomfield Hills; Athens in Troy; East Grand Rapids; East Lansing High School; Ernest W. Seaholm in Birmingham; Farmington and North Farmington; Forest Hills Central in Grand Rapids; Grosse Pointe North and South; Huron in Ann Arbor; Lahser in Bloomfield Hills; Okemos; Pioneer in Ann Arbor; Walled Lake Northern and Central; West Bloomfield; and Wylie E. Groves in Beverly Hills. A complete list of the Michigan schools can be found on the Newsweek.com website here.

Lapeer East made the list with the second highest free and reduced lunch numbers in Michigan. It is the only school in Lapeer, Genesee and northern Oakland County bordering Lapeer County that made the list.

“We are proud of the achievement of our students, staff and administration at Lapeer East High School for the work they have done and in making this exclusive list,” said Superintendent Debbie Thompson.

(Updated, Monday, June 22).