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Smile!  Picture Day is coming

Picture Day at Lakeside will be on Thursday, September 26th.  We generally start with our Kindergarten students and work our way to 5th grade.  Students do not need to bring payment on this date.  Photos will be available for viewing and ordering within 7 days of being taken.  Viewing and ordering information will come home with your student(s) on September 26th.   There will be an opportunity for Picture Retakes on Monday, October 28th.

Girl Scout Parent Information Meeting and Girl Scout Sign Ups

Please join us on Tuesday, September 17 from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. in the Learning Commons at Breton Downs Elementary to learn more about Girl Scouts!  Making friends, discovering your strengths, exploring new possibilities – it’s all waiting for you in Girl Scouts!  Be part of a great organization which will empower your daughter and give her a community she can call her own. We are also looking for volunteers to be Leaders and Assistant leaders for the troops.

If you have questions or want to sign you and/or your daughter up for Girl Scouts please contact:

Barb Gatchel, Community Membership Manager - Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore
Email: bgatchel@gsmists.org Call: 616-888-3858

Ever been to the Foundation's awards dinner? It's pretty amazing. Tickets and sponsorships are now available for the EGR Schools Foundation's Community Service and Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner Wednesday, October 16. 

This year's Distinguished Alumni honoree will be U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, who graduated from East Grand Rapids High School in 1987.

This year's Community Service honorees are Leslie (Wiener) Hooker, EGRHS class of 1983, and Suzanne (Schuler) Wilcox, EGRHS class of 1980. Hooker and Wilcox are being honored for their years of work and advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities. Hooker and Wilcox founded Beer City Dog Biscuits, whose core mission is empowering people with disabilities one dog biscuit at a time.

Register to be a sponsor or get your tickets for this exciting event at https://egrsf.org/events/awards-dinner.html today!

General Safety Reminders

During the first couple of weeks and throughout the semester, teachers will work with students reviewing classroom procedures and reminding them of safety guidelines. Below are some additional safety reminders to review with your child(ren): 

• Unless students are attending breakfast, school arrival time is 8:10 a.m. This ensures that supervision is in place and that students are not waiting unattended.

• Discuss an after-school plan with your child(ren). Students attending Gilden Woods or Woodcliff aftercare leave immediately after school via buses parked along Hall Street.

• Use crosswalks to cross streets when walking to and from school. Students are asked to utilize locations with crossing guards and safeties whenever possible. 

• We are pleased to have some wonderful crossing guards who help students safely access Lakeside properly. Please show them that “Kindness Counts!”

• Please adhere to all traffic signage and cones when dropping off and picking up students.

• Please click the following links to view videos made with the City of East Grand Rapids to educate on walking safety and biking safety. Teachers will also view these videos with students in the first weeks of school. These videos can also be found on our website.

• Wear helmets when riding bikes or scooters to school. These must be walked once on school property.

• To ensure the safety of everyone, pets are not allowed on school property.

As a reminder to parents, our first bell rings at 8:15 a.m. and our doors will open for student entry only. Please enter through the door noted for your child(ren)’s teacher marked on this map. Any student who arrives after 8:20 a.m. should enter the building through Door #1 by the Main Office. For safety and security, all parents/guardians must enter the building through Door #1. Please do not knock on doors to ask our students to open them.  They are instructed not to open locked doors for anyone. Students who are attending breakfast should enter through Door #1. Breakfast will be served from 7:55 - 8:15 a.m. in the gym. 

Thanks to the generous donation by the East Grand Rapids School Foundation and Friends of the East Grand Rapids Library, we are excited to have children’s author, Christina Soontornvat visiting our elementary schools the first week of October.  If you are interested in purchasing any of her books, please use this Schuler Books order form.  Books will be delivered to each elementary building and given to students who can have Christina Soontornvat sign them.  There is a short deadline for this opportunity, so please turn in order forms and payment to your elementary office by Friday, September 6.