Lakeridge News

From the distractions eliminated in teaching and learning environments to the data in our annual Education Effectiveness Survey (EES) to the visible positive student interactions in both schools, the new program is an unqualified success.

There were 3 items on the agenda for this meeting. 

Spring is a season of both celebration and preparation — a time to honor the accomplishments of the current school year while carefully planning for the next

Nine Mercer Island Destination Imagination teams recently participated in the Global Finals tournament in Kansas City, Missouri and performed extremely well.

My name is Jennifer Cleaves, and I am honored to introduce myself as your new principal. I bring 28 years of experience in public education—as a teacher, instructional coach, and administrator in both Washington and Colorado—and most recently served as principal of Finn Hill Middle School and the Environmental and Adventure School in Lake Washington School District.

The Mercer Island School District is pleased to announce Jennifer Cleaves has been selected as the next principal of Lakeridge Elementary School. Cleaves will succeed Heidi Christensen who has been Lakeridge’s principal for the last eight years.

The 95 Percent Group, started in 2005 with a vision to help schools and districts provide every child with the literacy instruction they deserve, recently highlighted the tools used by MISD, and the educators that implemented the tools, in our Access For All pilot reading program.

Mercer Island School District Superintendent Dr. Fred Rundle recognized the District’s Employees of the Year, Retiring Staff, teachers earning National Board certification, and MISD staff with a years of service milestone in a ceremony Wednesday at Northwood Elementary.

Nationally, reading scores for elementary schoolers are decreasing. In Washington state, only half of students are reading at grade level. Mercer Island School District (MISD) is working to keep all of its students ahead of the curve. 

There were 5 items on the agenda for this meeting.