Each year in September the Lakeside Board of Directors and our Program Directors meet to review the results of the past year. This year has been a momentous year in that we managed the COVID-19 pandemic in full force. It created new challenges for our staff and students in how we taught, provided counseling, delivered […]
The Crucial Beginnings of the 2021-22 School Year
Most schools have just begun their year in America. Some have been in session for a few weeks and the number of COVID infections have been significant. With the highly contagious delta variant our schools seem to be in a very different situation than last year. Thousands of students are being infected and we are […]
Inspirational Beginnings
Each year Lakeside hires and orients new staff to our mission and work with students who have struggled to maintain their status in their school. All in all, we serve approximately 3,500 students per year in 45 different school districts located in seven Pennsylvania counties. These students have been identified as in need of counseling, […]
Congratulations to the Class of 2021
This is a season of fun celebrations. I attended one of the hundreds of high school graduation parties just today. It is one of those benchmark achievements by our teenagers that is an exciting time in their lives. They have finished 12 or more school years of work and effort and now can think about […]
Lakeside’s Annual Impact
This past weekend, as is our practice, Lakeside’s Board of Directors and Leadership gathered for our Annual Meeting. It is a meeting where we conduct a “year-in-review” and reflect together on all that occurred in the lives of those in our sphere of care through our many programs. This year was a year of all […]
Lakeside’s First Week of School
This summer has been full of challenges as we have had to manage the impact of COVID-19. There has been planning, then planning again as we attempt to meet all the health and safety requirements, establish a school profile that works for our students and staff and keep everyone as safe as we possibly can. […]
Lakeside COVID-19 Update
This has been a turbulent last few months with the COVID-19 virus for us at Lakeside. Our schools are all located in Montgomery County and we were one of the last Pennsylvania counties to reopen. For a season we saw a temporary reprieve and now we are seeing a national resurgence. The numbers of COVID-19 […]
Lakeside Announces a National Symposium
As we as a nation consider reopening hundreds of schools that have been online there will be some considerable challenges for educators. As a way to provide guidance, support and help to those schools Lakeside will host a free national symposium for schools with the perspective of being brain-based and trauma-informed in how we understand […]
Lakeside Statement on Racism in America
Dear Lakeside friends, Words are inadequate to express our sense of palpable loss and extreme grief that we all are experiencing in what has been happening across our nation in these recent days. Not only have we witnessed the impact of a devastating global pandemic but also the predictable civil unrest that is a result […]
Graduation Celebrations in Spite of Many Adversities
I hope you have been able to benefit from our two Coping with COVID-19 series the past few weeks. Diane Wagenhals and I were grateful to be able to share what we hope has been beneficial information to help us cope during this difficult time. It was our intent to provide perspective and support for […]
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