Author: LAUREN MONROE

On Wednesday, March 5, Lakewood Park Elementary School came together to celebrate Special Olympics Awareness Day. The event aimed to promote understanding, respect, and inclusion of individuals with disabilities.  In preparation for the celebration, the media center hosted a special presentation focused on teaching students and staff about disabilities, and the importance of treating everyone with respect and dignity.  To show their support, students and staff wore red, white, and blue, the signature colors of the Special Olympics. Each participant also received a Special Olympic bracelet as a symbol of unity and solidarity.  The highlight of the event was a … Read More

During their Media Resource, Lakewood Park Elementary’s Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade classes have been pen pals with some popular Characters (who look a lot like some very talented drama students from Fort Pierce Central High School).  Students exchanged cards and letters throughout the year and then went to Fort Pierce Central to meet their pen pal.  Characters put on an amazing show of skits, singing, dancing and games! It was exhilarating for Lakewood Park’s students to read each letter that was written directly to their class, since the writings and pictures were from the characters’ persona.  It was a … Read More

The second-grade students at Lakewood Park Elementary are learning everything that they can by giving 100% effort, believing in themselves, and working collaboratively. Quality instruction often includes the gradual release method. Our instruction includes a “they do together” part of the plan that we feel is one of the most impactful sections of the lesson. Working with assigned or self-chosen partners or small peer groups gives students a chance to share ideas before presenting to a larger group, gain confidence with their own responses, and hear other students’ ideas and strategies for added clarification and understanding. We are sure to … Read More

Lakewood Park Elementary needed some help bringing holiday joy to some of their students and families this year.  Osborne and Francis Law Firm stepped in to lend a helping hand.  Joe Osborne and Nick Johnson of Osborne and Francis presented Principal Melrose with a very generous check that Lakewood Park put to use shopping for their families in need.  This donation was able to provide a magical holiday for so many families! Lakewood Park Elementary is so grateful for the support of our amazing community partners who helped put a smile on so many faces this holiday season.  Wishing all … Read More

Each day, through Acaletics, first-grade teachers at Lakewood Park introduce and expose students to a variety of math concepts. Sometimes students see a concept for the first time and use mathematical thinking and reasoning to solve it.  Other times, students revisit a previously taught skill and are tasked with choosing their own strategy to solve. Students are truly excited to solve each problem while building math fluency. Students are given an opportunity to talk about their thinking and strategies with their peers. We are so proud of the progress we are seeing. First-grade Falcons are on a fast track to … Read More

Staff at Lakewood Park Elementary partnered with American Smoke BBQ Company to support the community after Hurricane Milton destroyed homes and left many without power for days.  The team of volunteers provided free hot meals from the food truck and collected and passed out essential supplies on Saturday and Monday.  Families were invited to enjoy free food while spending some quality time with neighbors.  Thank you to American Smoke BBQ and to all who donated items and volunteered their time for these events!

Students in VPK-5th grade at Lakewood Park participated in their first Stop and Stem Early Release Day this month! Students researched, designed, built, and tested various prototypes.  Our Falcon engineers were hard at work and enjoyed showing off their unique talents and skills!

Lakewood Park teachers have taken off with the implementation of our new phonics program UFLI. The interactive, quick-paced program is engaging for all participants. We look forward to analyzing the growth of our students since the inception of UFLI.  

Students and staff at Lakewood Park celebrated the grand reveal of their STEAM Classroom makeover this month. Lakewood Park Elementary was awarded a $50,000 grant from FPL this school year to be used towards STEAM Education and field trips for all students.  During the ribbon cutting ceremony, FPL conducted a generator building competition with some 5th grade students and took a tour of the upgraded STEAM Resource classroom.  A huge shoutout to FPL for making this day and this entire school year so special for our Falcons!  

Lakewood Park Elementary VPK students visited the Brevard Zoo after completing our unit of study on animals. Students were able to deepen their knowledge of animals and their survival needs. They got to see what the animals’ habitats look like and how they differ for different animals. They had a wonderful time at the zoo field trip.

Lakewood Park Elementary fifth-grade students are working hard on their endangered species activity. They enjoyed conducting research on the Everglades’ threatened or endangered species and created posters to inform others about their chosen species. This is just one way that Lakewood Park is integrating Everglades literacy into the curriculum and working towards becoming an Everglades Champion School!

Third graders at Lakewood Park Elementary have been working hard at having FUN with math and science! From using points to create Sum Farms, creating their own manipulatives, and building model bridges during Stop and Stem Day to help Everglades’ animals avoid a highway, third graders have been exploring, smiling, and celebrating their way through this year’s math and science topics!

Fourth-grade students at Lakewood Park Elementary had an incredible time at the Smithsonian Ecosystem Center. During this field trip, students visited the aquarium, explored the touch tank, and experienced seining. They enjoyed learning and interacting with ocean wildlife!

First graders at Lakewood Park are busy learning about the scientific method, using science journals and collecting artifacts to explore and record their observations. The students used different scientific tools to explore artifacts in nature after going on a nature trail walk around the school. They worked in teams on team building. They then learned to write journal notes about observations. They continued to use science journals to track the growth of two different beans. They made predictions and recorded changes as the plants grew.

Third graders at Lakewood Park Elementary got to start their year off with a fun and engaging field trip to the Oxbow Center! There, students learned about invasive and native species of animals, got up close to some unique critters, discovered what keystone animals are and learned about pollinators through exploration.

Lakewood Park kindergarten students are learning about the concepts of print. They are identifying the parts of books and making observations. We can’t wait to watch these Falcons grow this year!

All third-grade classes at Lakewood Park have been busy creating their own counting manipulatives in order to better explore mathematic concepts in a hands-on manner. These kid-made manipulatives are being used to reinforce multiplication and division concepts and will be brought out again soon when we explore rounding. Third-graders at Lakewood Park Elementary are exploring, learning, and creating their way to success!!

Lakewood Park was honored to be selected by Big Apple Ministry for their student Back to School supply drive. Supplies were collected at St. Bernadette’s Catholic church during the entire month of July.  Principal Melrose had the honor of speaking at several services to thank Big Apple Ministry for choosing Lakewood Park and to share the great things about Lakewood Park students, teachers, and families. In the month of August, a Lakewood Park team went to collect the donated items from St. Bernadette’s and were completely overwhelmed by the generosity as they filled an entire school bus with supplies.  Once … Read More

Lakewood Park staff made some very special summer visits. Staff members hopped on a school bus and dropped off backpacks with summer supplies and food, as well as celebrated all students scoring a level 5! A huge shoutout to Transportation for supplying a school bus to transport our staff members, supplies, and yard signs!  Congrats to all our Falcons for their hard work this year preparing for state testing. We are so proud of you!

Major Godfrey, Ms.Benton  and Ms. Witkamp joined ‘forces’ to bring Lakewood Park Elementary third graders and the Westwood JrROTC cadets together. Third graders planned for the visit by investigating what makes a good interview and preparing interview questions along with selecting books to ‘buddy read’ with the cadet he/she was paired with during their time together. After the ‘buddy read’ round robin, which gave students and cadets multiple opportunities to interview and ‘buddy read’, everyone came back for a debrief and Q&A. Third graders heard how important it is to be able to read and comprehend and cadets volunteered their … Read More