Mission Statement

Welcome to Lakeview

Welcome back! We are very excited about the upcoming 2011-12 school year. We have positive changes taking place this summer! We are now offering World Languages at Lakeview Middle School. The alternative learning center (ALC) has moved across town, and we are utilizing the additional space as a World Language Center. We will be offering French, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. Mrs. Vastbinder will be teaching our Spanish courses while new staff members Mrs. Slaughter and Dr. Tseng will be instructing French and Chinese respectively. We also welcome a couple new teachers to our staff. Miss Wood will be taking over for Mrs. Pickens who retired from the Special Ed department, and Mr. Braddock will be coming on board to fill the void in 7th grade Social Studies left by the retirement of Mrs. Graham. Another exciting addition will be Miss Thompson who will be taking over the ESL program and teach 8th grade Language Arts previously taught by Mrs. Baker who left to take a new position with Ball State University.

The science department is eagerly anticipating the arrival of new computers which will replace traditional textbooks for the first time in our history. Each student will have access to a computer during science class this year. We believe that this pioneering initiative will provide new opportunities for reaching the full potential of each student. The corporation is also embracing the employment of the Professional Learning Community (PLC) model to keep the focus on student learning. Our teaching staff will be undergoing training and research of the PLC framework throughout the year into the specifics of collaboration and data analysis to drive student learning. Another corporation initiative that is currently being engaged is strategic planning which will have a profound effect on the direction that the school system will move over the coming years. If you are interested in being on a planning team, please be sure to let us know.

This is always an exciting time of the year. We welcome our new 7th grades students as well as our returning 8th graders for what should be one of the most exhilarating times of their lives. We have a dedicated and caring staff who are interested in getting to know how each one of our students learn. It is important that our students and parents know that if they have any questions to feel free to let us know, so we can more aptly help our students have a great experience at Lakeview Middle School.

Yours in Education,
 

Dr. Lippe