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Spagheti Dinner  - Feb 4, 2012 - 5:00-7:00 pm - Indian River VFW Hall

All proceeds go directly to the Band Uniform Fund.

The grant is to support growing place-based education programming activities at Inland Lakes Schools. The grant is part of a proposal from NE MI Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (NE MI GLSI) that was recently funded. The lead teacher, Mrs. Bekki Heckman is currently in the process of developing a team of supporters among the staff and in the community. If you would like to be part of this initiative please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Heckman (231) 238-6868.

If you would like more information about this or other positive happenings at Inland Lakes Schools contact us at (231) 238-6868 or via the web at www.inlandlakes.org.
 

During the months of February and March, the Secondary building would like to do a test pilot on our electronics policy. This would allow students to use phones/iPods before and  after school, during passing times, lunch time and on the daily walks. The test pilot would be reviewed at the end of each month.
 
Students would not be allowed to use phones/iPods during class time, reading time, or meetings. Discipline consequences are as follows if a student does not comply:
 
First Offense: Phone taken to office and student to pick up at the end of the day.
 
Second Offense: Phone taken away for two school days (student will drop off and     pick up the phone at the office daily).
 
Third Offense: Discipline ladder in school handbook - Insubordination 1 day ISS.
 
Any reports of cyber bullying would be handled in compliance with the school handbook and bullying procedures.
 

Kimberly Rorick recently won the regional spelling bee for 7th grade.  She will continue to the state spelling bee finals on March 3rd in Standish, Michigan.

Residents in the Inland Lakes School District will receive a reduced winter tax bill in 2012 following a clerical error which caused taxpayers to pay an extra 1.4425 mills on the school debt portion of their current winter tax bill.

Fred Osborn, Inland Lakes Superintendent, admits the mistake. Once it was discovered, Osborn sought legal advice and has taken measures to appropriately correct the error.

Osborn contacted numerous organizations and consultants to gather as much information as possible before making a decision about how to correct the situation. In order to fix this problem, Osborn has decided to lower the millage levied in the future to make up the difference. So, property owners are paying more this year, but will pay less in the future.

About 7,800 tax payers paid an additional 55% on the school bond portion of their winter tax bill. As an example, if you have a house valued at $100k and your state equalized value (SEV) is $50k, you would have been billed an extra $70 dollars this year. Next year your tax bill would be $90 dollars less (assuming property value stays the same).

If taxpayers sell their property before the winter 2012 tax levy, they are asked to contact Inland lakes Schools Business office, 231-238-6868.??

This should not have happened. After reviewing the process that was used, Osborn feels comfortable assuring our tax payers, there are better checks and balances in place now than in the past.

Superintendent Osborn, will also be hosting a community meeting on Thursday, January 12 at 7:00 PM in the Superintendent’s office to answer any questions. He will be joined by Kris Vizina, ILS Business Manager and Zach Skiera, ILS Board President. You could also call Mr. Osborn anytime: 231-238-6868.
 

The Inland Lakes secondary staff was proud to donate $130+ to a family in need this Holiday Season.

Every Friday the Inland Lakes Secondary Staff has been paying a minimum of $2 per person to dress casually. Some of the staff members enjoy wearing jeans on Fridays, while others choose not to dress down but still donate the two dollars to the cause.

Principal Killingbeck, credits the staff with caring about children and finding ways to make Inland Lakes Schools and the community a better place.

As a staff they have been pooling that money to donate it to worthy causes, and they decided that they wanted to donate September monies to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, October monies to Habitat for Humanity, November monies to Toys for Tots, December monies went to a family in the community in need, and the staff has not designated a cause for January as of yet.

Nash noted that this time of year it is all about making positive Christmas memories for young children.

If you would like more information about this or other positive happenings at Inland Lakes Schools contact us at (231) 238-6868 or via the web at www.inlandlakes.org.
 

The Elementary Staff donated a $100 gift card

from WalMart to a family in need this Christmas

by paying to wear jeans on the last two Fridays.

Sgt. Franks and Mr. Mahoney collaborated to bring the

National Guard Obstacle Course to Inland Lakes Schools.

Left to Right:

Vanessa Wandrie, Pamela Braund, Katie Bryne, Kate Veitch, Cloe Mallory (laying down),

Usaka Thompson, Alexis Passino, Tamara Wright, Daisha Lubbers, Shyanne Parrott, Desiree Leader

The elementary staff raised $161 on Jeans Fridays in the month of November. 

Kathy Cole used the donations to purchase clothing items to be kept in the elementary office for students in need. 

Every Friday the Inland Lakes Elementary Staff has been paying $2 - $5 per person to dress casually. Some of the staff members enjoy wearing jeans on Fridays, while others choose not to dress down but still donate to the cause.  

If you would like more information about this or other positive happenings at Inland Lakes Schools contact us at (231) 238-6868 or via the web at www.inlandlakes.org.
 

The Inland Lakes secondary staff was proud to donate $200+ to Toys for Tots.

Administrative Assistant Tammie Gable adorns the Toys for Tots tree with the final touches.  Inland Lakes Secondary will be a collection point for Toys for Tots during the week of December 5th.

Every Friday the Inland Lakes Secondary Staff has been paying a minimum of $2 per person to dress casually. Some of the staff members enjoy wearing jeans on Fridays, while others choose not to dress down but still donate the two dollars to the cause.

Principal Killingbeck, credits the staff with caring about children and finding ways to make Inland Lakes Schools and the community a better place.

As a staff they have been pooling that money to donate it to worthy causes, and they decided that they wanted to donate September monies to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, October monies to Habitat for Humanity, November monies to Toys for Tots, and December monies will go a family in the community that is in need.

Teacher Lee Nash noted that this time of year it is all about making positive Christmas memories for young children.

If you would like more information about this or other positive happenings at Inland Lakes Schools contact us at (231) 238-6868 or via the web at www.inlandlakes.org.
 

As you may know, there have been many legislative changes in education made in recent years. One of these changes, new cut scores for the MEAP, will take a number of years to be fully implemented. During this transition phase, our school’s MEAP data, as well as that of other schools from all over the state, may not appear accurate, when a comparison of this year is made to previous years. It will likely look as if students, across the state, are doing worse than they did the previous year.

We believe that in the long run, these changes will have positive implications for our students, but in the meantime, it may create difficulties when making comparisons.

We don’t know how local, regional, and statewide media will be reporting results, but we believe this is important enough to make you aware of this change, even before we have received the results.

If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s building principal.  We have also included some helpful links which further explain this change.

Impact of Raising Cut Scores

State Retroactively Applies New Cut Scores

A Closer Look at Old and New Cut Scores

MDE Website