This year’s Red Ribbon Week theme is “Life Is A Puzzle, Solve It Drug Free™.” Think of life as a giant puzzle – each choice you make is a piece that fits into the bigger picture of your future. By making healthy choices and staying drug-free, you’re building a picture full of positivity, bravery, and strength. Together, we can create a beautiful, connected community where everyone thrives. Let’s start solving this puzzle – one healthy choice at a time! Celebrate Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31) .
3 months ago, LCS Communications
Image of puzzle pieces with wording that says, "Life is a puzzle. Solve it drug-free."
🧡 Today is UNITY DAY! 🧡 Lake County Schools is proud to stand together against bullying. By wearing orange, we are sending a powerful message of kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. Let’s continue to uplift one another, spread kindness, and make every classroom a safe and welcoming place for all.
3 months ago, LCS Communications
Unity Day. United for Kindness, Acceptance, Inclusion
🧡 Tomorrow is UNITY DAY! 🧡 Join students and staff across Lake County Schools in wearing orange to show your support for a world without bullying. Together, we can create a culture of kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. Let’s flood our schools with orange and show that we are united for kindness! 🧡
3 months ago, LCS Communications
Photo of boys wearing orange shirts and orange sunglasses.
Did you know that the school bus is one of the safest vehicles on the road? Less than 1% of all traffic fatalities involve children on school transportation vehicles. However, children are more at risk when approaching or leaving a school bus. It’s important for all drivers, as well as parents and students, to understand school bus safety. That's the focus of National School Bus Safety Week, an active and evolving public education program urging parents, students, teachers, motorists, school bus operators, school administrators, and other interested parties to join forces and address the importance of school bus safety.
3 months ago, LCS Communications
Pictures of school buses, children boarding and people seated with seatbelts. Wording says, "School Bus Safety Week October 21-25."
Did you know that the school bus is one of the safest vehicles on the road? Less than 1% of all traffic fatalities involve children on school transportation vehicles. However, children are more at risk when approaching or leaving a school bus. It’s important for all drivers, as well as parents and students, to understand school bus safety. That's the focus of National School Bus Safety Week, an active and evolving public education program urging parents, students, teachers, motorists, school bus operators, school administrators, and other interested parties to join forces and address the importance of school bus safety.
3 months ago, LCS Communications
School Bus Safety Week October 20-24

🧡 UNITY DAY is coming! 🧡 On Wednesday, October 22, let’s stand together against bullying by wearing orange. This day is all about spreading kindness, acceptance, and inclusion across Lake County Schools.
📅 Mark your calendars, pick out your favorite orange outfit, and let’s show that we are united for kindness and respect!

3 months ago, LCS Communications
Unity Day, Oct. 22, 2025, Wear and Share Orange #UnityEveryDay Pacer.Org/UnityDay
Happy Boss’s Day to our amazing school and district leaders! Your guidance, encouragement, and commitment make a difference for every student and staff member. We appreciate all that you do! 🌟 #BossesDay #ThankYou #EducationLeaders
3 months ago, LCS Communications
Mug says Best Boss Ever. Wording says Happy Boss Day , October 16, 2025

8th GRADE PARENTS! Believe it or not, it is time to start planning for our end of the year 8th grade celebration, Bon Voyage. This event can’t operate without volunteers. If you are interested in helping put on this event, we are hosting a meeting on Wednesday, November 5th @ 5:30 PM. Let’s send out our 8th grade class in style!!

3 months ago, Windy Hill MS Wolves
8th gr parent meeting 11/5 5:30
Bullying prevention starts at home. 🏡 Parents and families can help by talking openly about bullying, listening to children, and working together with schools. This month, let’s build stronger connections to support our students, because no one should face bullying alone. 💙 #BullyingPreventionMonth
3 months ago, LCS Communications
Share Kindness + Promote Acceptance + Encourage Inclusion = Bullying Prevention
👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 Our students are leaders in creating safe, inclusive schools. Standing up, speaking out, and supporting one another are all ways they can help stop bullying. This October, let’s empower our students to be #BullyingPreventionMonth
3 months ago, LCS Communications
Drawing of children holding hands. Wording: National Bullying Prevention Month. Creating kinder, more inclusive and accepting communities.

Kindness is powerful. 🌟 A simple act of kindness can change someone’s whole day—and help prevent bullying before it starts. This month, let’s challenge ourselves to choose kindness every day.

3 months ago, LCS Communications
Picture of orange heart that says this is my heart before bullying. Picture of orange broken heart with wording, "This is my heart after bullying." Other wording: October is National Bullying Prevention Month. PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center

Kindness is powerful. 🌟 A simple act of kindness can change someone’s whole day—and help prevent bullying before it starts. This month, let’s challenge ourselves to choose kindness every day.

3 months ago, LCS Communications
Orange heart with wording, "THis is my heart before bullying." Orange broken heart with wording, "This is my heart after bullying." Other wording: October is National Bullying Prevention Month.
Fall Photo Retakes are scheduled for October, 17, 2025. Newly enrolled students, students who were absent, or student's desiring a retake for their purchase will have the opportunity on this date (must return prints).
4 months ago, Windy Hill MS Wolves
10/17 photo retake

🌟📘 October is National Principals Month, and today we celebrate the outstanding principals leading our middle schools and K–8 schools!

Whether they are guiding students through the excitement and challenges of middle school or supporting learners from their very first days in kindergarten all the way through 8th grade, these principals are building strong bridges to the future. Their leadership helps students grow academically, socially, and emotionally during some of the most important years of development. To our Lake County Schools middle and K–8 principals: thank you for your dedication, vision, and commitment to helping every student thrive. 💙

4 months ago, LCS Communications
Headshots of principals of LCS middle and K-8 schools. WOrding says, "Principals Month 2025 - K-8 and Middle"
School-based #mentoring programs nurture quality student-adult relationships and help boost attendance rates. Contact your neighborhood school to learn how you can volunteer as a mentor. #HereTodayReadyforTomorrow
4 months ago, LCS Communications
Illustration of three school books. Wording says, "The Mentoring Effect. Youth with a Mentor Are 52% less likely than their peers to skip a day of school."
A student who is chronically absent in high school is 7.4X more likely to dropout. Make school attendance a priority! #HereTodayReadyforTomorrow
4 months ago, LCS Communications
Male teacher talking to male teen student in school hallway in front of lockers
Building strong, trusting relationships that promote a feeling of belonging is fundamental to improving student attendance & engagement. #HereTodayReadyforTomorrow
4 months ago, LCS Communications
Father, mother and young son talking to teacher in classroom
The Media Center will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair from October 1-10. Students must have a permission slip on file to enter the book fair. Digital permission slips will be sent out via FOCUS communication. Friends and Family are invited to shop the book fair between 5 and 7 on Wednesday, October 1, and again on Wednesday, October 8. Thank you for supporting our Media Center and Happy Reading!
Online Ordering: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/windyhillmiddleschool1
eWallet: https://account.scholastic.com/my-scholastic/profile/ewallet.html?fairID=6046283&sUCN=600168191
4 months ago, Windy Hill MS Wolves
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Fall Bookfair
Absenteeism is a lost opportunity to learn. We can’t afford to think of absenteeism as merely a lack of compliance with school rules. Let's work together as a community to make regular school attendance a priority.
#HereTodayReadyforTomorrow
4 months ago, LCS Communications
Adults sitting with laptops around a table and talking
When a student misses so many days that they are chronically absent (10% or more days) it means the lack of engagement in learning is an ongoing problem that needs to be addressed. Chronic absence affects all kids, not just the absent ones. #HereTodayReadyforTomorrow
4 months ago, LCS Communications
Teen boys and girls posed in a school hallway smiling at the camera