Lakeridge Hosting Tours For Prospective Families February 26 and March 28
Lakeridge Hosting Tours For Prospective Families February 26 and March 28
MISD Communications
Mercer Island, WA, January 9, 2025 - Lakeridge Elementary Schools will be hosting school tours on Wednesday, February 26 and Friday, March 28. The tours will take place from 10am-11am.
The purpose of the tours is to give prospective families, either on Mercer Island or off, a chance to visit the school on a typical school day.
Community members interested in visiting one of the schools will need to wait outside the main school entrance at 10am to be let into the school by a school staff member.
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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.
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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.
![Last Day of School in MISD is Friday, June 20]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746141762/mercerislandschoolsorg/sjg5gfjdwtufkog16sft/LakeridgeLastDay.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1746141762/mercerislandschoolsorg/sjg5gfjdwtufkog16sft/LakeridgeLastDay.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1746141762/mercerislandschoolsorg/sjg5gfjdwtufkog16sft/LakeridgeLastDay.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1746141762/mercerislandschoolsorg/sjg5gfjdwtufkog16sft/LakeridgeLastDay.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1746141762/mercerislandschoolsorg/sjg5gfjdwtufkog16sft/LakeridgeLastDay.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1746141762/mercerislandschoolsorg/sjg5gfjdwtufkog16sft/LakeridgeLastDay.jpg","width":2200}])
The last student school day in the Mercer Island School District for the 2024-25 academic year will be Friday, June 20.
![Lakeridge PTA Science Fair Inspires and Nurtures Scientific Curiousity]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744385800/mercerislandschoolsorg/sa9wwjq6bpaaemwf2o3o/LakeridgePTAScienceFair.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1744385800/mercerislandschoolsorg/sa9wwjq6bpaaemwf2o3o/LakeridgePTAScienceFair.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1744385800/mercerislandschoolsorg/sa9wwjq6bpaaemwf2o3o/LakeridgePTAScienceFair.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1744385800/mercerislandschoolsorg/sa9wwjq6bpaaemwf2o3o/LakeridgePTAScienceFair.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1744385800/mercerislandschoolsorg/sa9wwjq6bpaaemwf2o3o/LakeridgePTAScienceFair.png","width":1600}])
Lakeridge Elementary held their PTA Science Fair Thursday evening at Islander Middle School.