News & Announcements
Lots of exhibitors and lots of hands-on fun! Join Lakota LEADS for a full evening of fun at this year's Pi Day happening March 14 from 6:30 - 9 p.m. at PLAINS JR SCHOOL. There will be many STEAM based hands-on activities that will entertain your K-8 students!
Gifted Resource Fair will be held on Saturday, March 8th from 9am - 12:30pm at the Hamilton County Educational Services Center, at 11083 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45231
Lakota Gifted Services provides second opportunity testing to meet the cognitive score requirement.
Adena will have a book fair on the stage from Feb. 10th to the 13th.
The application for Early Entrance to Kindergarten and first grade for the 2025-26 school year opens 2/1/25.
Bingo Night has been rescheduled for Feb 7th
The verdict is in for a fun twist on a family favorite board game introduced at both Adena and Freedom elementary schools the week of Halloween. “It really was a great way to bring the entire building together,” said Adena teacher Brittany Slaven, reflecting on her own class’s experience with “Schoolhouse Clue.” The week-long mystery game was designed with one driving purpose: community building.
Adena has an annual Veterans Day Assembly to honor our heroes.
Our Veterans are welcome to join their students in the HUB starting at 8:30am.
Please see flyer that went home with students for details regarding registration.
As another step toward making ParentSquare Lakota’s singular school-to-home communication tool, the District is slowly introducing expanded features to Lakota parents and staff.
A brief pilot involving four schools - Heritage Early Childhood School, Adena Elementary, Liberty Junior School and Lakota East High School (main campus only) - will allow for classroom-level communication as well as direct messaging between school staff and parents. The pilot will extend through the end of December, with the goal of rolling out the new features to all other schools in early second semester.
Adena will have school picture day on Friday, Sept 20th.
Adena Elementary School’s Diane Meyer has made a significant shift in teaching. Now in her 32nd year of education, and 31st at Adena, Meyer has moved from math to social studies, bringing a fresh and engaging approach to her classroom. Having spent the last 15 years as the "Mayor of Meyer Mathland," she is embracing a new role as the "Mayor of Meyerville," where her students are learning valuable life skills around economics and personal finance.
School Smiles will be offering on site dental services on Weds, Oct 23rd.
Live webinar is Tuesday September 4th, 2024 from 7pm-8pm plus time for questions over Zoom.
Attend and Learn: - How to make the best choice between the SAT and ACT - When your child should ideally take the first(and last) test - create a personalized timeline - How much preparation is typically needed for best scores.
DI Program Information and Q&A Meetings:
Monday, August 26th at 6pm in the cafeteria at Independence Elementary
Wednesday, Sept 4th at 7pm in the cafeteria at Union Elementary
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.
Beginning Monday, June 10, ParentSquare is replacing Lakota's current notification system for sending email, phone and text alerts to all Lakota families and staff. The new, more unified school-to-home communication tool was piloted by eight Lakota schools during the last month of the 2023-2024 school year.
For parents and staff, no action will be required to continue receiving communications, but log into your account via OneLogin to customize your communications experience and get the most out of ParentSquare.
Gifted Services is accepting applications for Early Entrance into Kindergarten and 1st grade for the 2024-25 school year until Friday, June 14. Any applications received after this date will not be considered before the start off the school year.
changing to PaySchools next year