Cutting Edge Instructional Strategies

Lake Shore Public Schools has invested in extensive teacher training with Susan Kovalik, a nationally renowned researcher on the brain as it relates to teaching and learning. This training has resulted in teachers who understand “how the brain learns,” which has led to outstanding success in the classroom.

Lake Shore teachers continually translate brain research into the classroom by implementing the Nine Bodybrain-Compatible Elements of Susan Kovalik’s ITI Model. On a daily basis students in our classrooms experience:

• Nurturing/Reflective Thinking
• Meaningful Content
• Enriched Environment
• Adequate Time
• Immediate Feedback
• Movement
• Choices
• Collaboration
• Mastery and Application

In addition to these high caliber classroom strategies, Lake Shore has also implemented Professional Learning Communities as a means of ensuring that all students are reaching grade level benchmarks.

All K-12 Lake Shore teachers meet in grade level/content area teams bi-monthly to discuss the progress of individual students, the effectiveness of lessons, trends in student data, and intervention strategies for struggling students. This collaborative process allows teachers the time and resources to focus their instruction so it meets the needs of each and every student.

21st Century Technology

Lake Shore understands the vital role that technology plays in the lives of our students and that the knowledge and ability to use technology will be critical to our students’ success as adults. At Lake Shore technology is infused into daily classroom instruction in a variety of ways.

• Every classroom in Lake Shore has been equipped with an AV-Enhancement system that is used to enrich lessons with both visual and auditory information.
• Teachers regularly use document cameras to practice writing with students and model solutions to math problems.
• Mobile laptop carts are brought into classrooms so students can conduct research and write papers.
• Interactive whiteboards allow students to participate in the teaching process by physically manipulating information.
• Lake Shore has approximately 1,000 computers throughout the district specified for student use, with nine computer labs at the high school, three at the middle school, and two at each elementary.

Global Education Programs

Lake Shore is the only district in Macomb County to have a sister school in Beijing, China! Because of this partnership, 18 students from China visited Lake Shore last winter and 24 Lake Shore students traveled to China last spring.

We know our students will be faced with a global economy as adults. We strive to provide them with cultural and language experiences that will prepare them for the future. Lake Shore offers Spanish, German and Mandarin Chinese courses beginning at the middle school level. Students also have the opportunity to travel to Spain, Germany, and China as part of these classes.

Athletics and Extracurricular Activities

Lake Shore offers many competitive sports and extracurricular activities.

Here are some of the sports teams’ achievements:

• The Lake Shore High School Football Team qualified for the state playoffs for the second consecutive season and for the third time in four years. Lake Shore hosted the first-round playoff game.
• The Lake Shore High School Girls Volleyball Team won the MAC Silver Division.
• The Lake Shore High School Baseball and Softball teams were co-champs of the MAC White.
• The LSHS Baseball Team won the district championship.
• The LSHS Boys Bowling Club won the MAC Blue.
• The LSHS Boys Basketball Team won the MAC Silver.
• The LSHS Boys Cross Country Team won the MAC Gold Division.

Here are some highlights of extracurricular activities:

• A group of Lake Shore High School students from the Design Studio II class won third place in a national car-design competition. The team of five students placed third in the competition, which was part of the North American International Auto Show in January of 2009. Their clay models were judged by a team of professors and instructors from the College for Creative Studies.
• The Lake Shore High School Choirs competed at Festival Disney in Orlando, Florida. The Lake Shore High School Mixed Choir, Shorian Singers and Women’s Glee Club each received Division II ratings in the competition.
• The Lake Shore High School Key Club annually participates in Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
• Students at all grade levels have the opportunity to participate in Science Olympiad. Several students annually earn medals at the county competition.