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Lakewood Prepares To Say Goodbye
To Two More Beloved Buildings
- Board of Education, May 21, 2008
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The time to reminisce, honor and bid farewell to two more of Lakewood's beloved school buildings is at hand. The community will say goodbye to McKinley and Taft and staff and students will prepare to move into the newly renovated Emerson and Horace Mann Elementary Schools for the 2008 – 09 school year.
Emerson and Horace Mann, former Middle Schools, have been fully renovated into state-of-the-art elementary schools, thanks to the passage of a bond issue in May 2007 to fund Phase II of the district's facilities plan, which will replace or renovate all of the buildings in the school district.
Many festive activities are planned for the Decommissionings of McKinley and Taft, which will take place on Wednesday May 28, 2008 from 6:30 – 8:00 PM. Programs include choirs, speeches, desserts and tours of the buildings. The event is open to the public and all are welcome to participate, especially current and past families and staff from each school.
The formal program for Taft will be held from 6:30 – 7:00 PM with refreshments, provided by the PTO and building tours to follow. At McKinley, building tours and refreshments, provided by the PTA will be held from 6:30 – 7:30PM, with the formal program to follow at 7:30PM. This was planned in case anyone wanted to attend the formal ceremonies at both schools.
"As we prepare to end our stay here at Taft and move to our new building at Emerson next year, we invite the entire community to join us in our closing celebration. School officials, Board of Education members and civic leaders will join us in the decommissioning of our building," said Mrs. Peg Seibel, Principal of Taft Elementary School. "Please plan to attend!" said Mrs. Seibel. At Taft's program, a family with four generations of Taft students will be on hand to help celebrate, and at McKinley, a current teacher who was also a student will help to reminisce.
McKinley is located at 1351 West Clifton Blvd, Lakewood 216-529-4257 and
Taft is located at 13701 Lake Ave., Lakewood 216-529-4254
Emerson and Horace Mann, former Middle Schools, have been fully renovated into state-of-the-art elementary schools, thanks to the passage of a bond issue in May 2007 to fund Phase II of the district's facilities plan, which will replace or renovate all of the buildings in the school district.
Many festive activities are planned for the Decommissionings of McKinley and Taft, which will take place on Wednesday May 28, 2008 from 6:30 – 8:00 PM. Programs include choirs, speeches, desserts and tours of the buildings. The event is open to the public and all are welcome to participate, especially current and past families and staff from each school.
The formal program for Taft will be held from 6:30 – 7:00 PM with refreshments, provided by the PTO and building tours to follow. At McKinley, building tours and refreshments, provided by the PTA will be held from 6:30 – 7:30PM, with the formal program to follow at 7:30PM. This was planned in case anyone wanted to attend the formal ceremonies at both schools.
"As we prepare to end our stay here at Taft and move to our new building at Emerson next year, we invite the entire community to join us in our closing celebration. School officials, Board of Education members and civic leaders will join us in the decommissioning of our building," said Mrs. Peg Seibel, Principal of Taft Elementary School. "Please plan to attend!" said Mrs. Seibel. At Taft's program, a family with four generations of Taft students will be on hand to help celebrate, and at McKinley, a current teacher who was also a student will help to reminisce.
McKinley is located at 1351 West Clifton Blvd, Lakewood 216-529-4257 and
Taft is located at 13701 Lake Ave., Lakewood 216-529-4254
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