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Secondary Summer School will take place May 27 through June 27. Register now for credit recovery courses, senior connections and end of course exams.

INTENT FORM:

Any student that would like the opportunity to participate in the College Credit Plus program for the 25/26 school year, must complete and submit the State mandatory CCP Intent form by April 1st. Submitting the CCP Intent form does NOT commit you to participating in the program. However, if you do NOT submit the CCP Intent form you will not have the option to participate in the CCP program during the 25/26 school year.

Summer School Registration for Original Credit Courses will close on Friday March 7.

Administrators from the Lakota Learning Team will be hosting important information sessions at both high schools during their 2025/2026 course registration nights. Sessions will cover Alternate Credit Options open to students entering 7^th-12^th grades as well as our College Credit Plus Program.

Summer school registration for original credit courses and junior school math advancement assessments is now open.The last day to register for original credit courses is Friday, March 7. The last day to register for the math assessments is Friday, April 25. Review the "Program Offerings" tab on the Summer School webpage for information on each course and how to sign up. 

Lakota's 2025 Secondary Summer School will run May 27 through June 27. Original credit and credit recovery courses for high school will be offered virtually this summer with the option for both Zoom and in-person help sessions. In-person help sessions will be held at Lakota East Freshman located at 7630 Bethany Lane. 

Summer School registration opens Jan. 7. We will not be accepting non-Lakota students into our summer school program this year. 

Seventh graders in Katie Bauer’s social studies class at Ridge Junior School recently embarked on an educational journey with their Greco-Roman Museum Artifacts Project. The assignment challenged students to analyze the enduring impact of Greek and Roman culture on later civilizations, including the world today. By stepping into the shoes of museum curators, students selected one Greek and one Roman legacy to create 3-D visual representations, which they showcased in a classroom museum.  

Lakota Local School announces changes to its summer school offerings beginning in 2025. The changes apply to credit recovery, high school credit offerings and the advanced math bridge program. Summer school will be offered May 27-June 27.

Behind the long line-up of fun, hands-on projects in a new junior school math elective is a whole lot of geometry, algebra, percentages, probability, and other grade-level math concepts. The new course, open to both seventh and eighth grade students, reinforces the learning standards that students struggle with most on the state’s math test and gives them opportunities to apply them to real world scenarios. “They’re doing a lot of math and sometimes don’t even realize they’re doing it,” said Next Generation Stats teacher Pam Purcell, who teaches the new course at both Plains and Ridge junior schools. 

Lakota's 2024 Secondary Summer School is now closed.

In addition to the supplies provided by your school, students in grades K-8 are asked to provide a few additional items before the first day of school. Use TeacherLists, a free new resource, to easily find your list and even shop online for the best prices on all your back-to-school supplies, if desired. High school students will continue to receive supply lists from their teachers when school starts.

Credit Recovery registration will take place from May 6th to June 14th. 

Over the past few years, Lakota students at almost every grade level have had a fun, real-world learning opportunity that also spreads joy in their school’s halls.

Ridge Junior School is part of a small group of Lakota schools piloting a new, more unified school-to-home communication tool called ParentSquare. Beginning Monday, April 22, ParentSquare will replace our current notification system for sending email, phone and text alerts to our families and staff.

No action will be required to continue receiving communications, but be on the lookout for an invite to log into your account via OneLogin to customize your communications experience and get the most out of ParentSquare. 

Lakota's 2024 Secondary Summer School is scheduled for May 28 through July 3.  Regular Summer School registration is now closed. 

A few Lakota school hallways, cafeterias, classrooms and front offices were home to mounds of canned goods sculpted into true works of art this month.

The sculptures - on display at Lakota East High School, both East and West freshman campuses, and Ridge and Plains junior schools - were the culmination of students’ response to a community-wide challenge put forth by Reach Out Lakota. Called Can Creations, the second annual competition was designed to encourage local youth groups to build and display sculptures out of items needed by the local food pantry. Community voting takes place from March 15-22.

Summer School Registration for Original Credit Courses is now open.

The last day to register for original credit courses is on Friday, March 15th. See Program Offering tabs on bottom Summer School page for information on each course and how to sign up. 

Summer School Registration for Original Credit Courses is now open.

The last day to register for original credit courses is on Friday, March 15th. See Program Offering tabs on bottom Summer School page for information on each course and how to sign up. 

INTENT FORM:  Any student that would like the opportunity to participate in the College Credit Plus program for the 24/25 school year, must complete and submit the State mandatory CCP Intent form by April 1st.  Submitting the CCP Intent form does NOT commit you to participating in the program. However, if you do NOT submit the CCP Intent form you will not have the option to participate in the CCP program during the 24/25 school year.