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Lakeland Education Foundation Announces Fall Grants Special to THE VIEW 38002
Lakeland Education Foundation recently awarded $ 16,569 in grants to teachers at Lakeland Elementary and Lakeland Middle Preparatory Schools . The mission of the Foundation is to put money directly into the hands of the teachers so that they may provide a challenging , quality , and enriched education to all of the children who reside in Lakeland .
Grants funded at Lakeland Elementary School included : felt boards and storytelling material , Chromebooks , and Buddy Benches .
Photo courtesy of LEF
Grants funded at Lakeland Middle Preparatory School included : two sets of drums , a Q-ball , Storyworks reading supplements , materials for Drama Club , and materials for an audio book club .
LEF was able to fund all the requests received for the 2017-2018 school year , in addition to the $ 8,621 that was provided to LMPS at the start of the school year for items for the athletic department .
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Veteran Visits Mrs . Estes ’ Class
Mrs . Estes ’ class had the pleasure of writing to and receiving letters from Mr . Creech . He is 91 years old and he came to visit them after the Veteran ' s Day program . It was a visit they all will remember .
Mrs . Summers ’ 3rd Grade students had Thanksgiving fun with bytes instead of bites when they created their own turkeys using Google Slides on new chromebooks .
Photos courtesy of LES