Each year Lakeside’s leadership joins with our Board of Directors to reflect on the past year of program and organizational activities. I think it's the most meaningful of our board meetings. It is important to take the time to acknowledge and celebrate the amazing work of our staff as we...
Student Back-to-School Questions
As we enter the 2023-2024 school year, it's an exciting time with all kinds of questions that our kids are asking as they enter the year. For most students, there are questions about who my teachers are, will I have all the supplies I need, what subjects will I be...
Lakeside’s Continuum of Programs
This week the entire Lakeside staff returns to begin preparations for the 2023-24 school year. We are concluding many of our summer projects and moving towards another busy and impactful year. In that light, I thought it would be good to remind our readers of all the services Lakeside provides...
July 4th Celebration to Honor Veterans
This coming weekend we celebrate our freedom as a country. In so doing we also celebrate those who granted us our freedom through their military service. Each year the American Veterans Tribute Organization (AVT) honors our veterans with a significant 4th of July celebration on the Saturday of each Independence...
Non-Profit Leadership – Year-end Affirmations and Celebrations
I have been writing about the impact of our Lakeside staff to our students and to all those we have been training this past year. The impact of our staff has been impressive. Yet the toll taken on them has been stressful. The same mental health issues that our students...
A Great View to Resolving Our Youth Problems
We spend a great deal of time talking about how complex the problems are in our youth community. We have been constantly reminded of the mental health crisis, the drug use, the bullying, the depression, etc. What is inspiring is to watch students work so diligently to overcome some of...
Lakeside Vantage Academy 2023 Graduations
At Lakeside we operate 4 schools that help students who are unable to succeed in their regular public-school districts. We have had the privilege of working with regional school districts in a partnership between us as a non-profit and many public schools within the district. Those who chose to do...
Lakeside Girls Academy 2023 Graduation
For the past 42 years, Lakeside has sponsored a program that is designed around the needs of teenage girls. It began as a program for pregnant teens. It then became a pregnancy and parenting program that provided a nursery for newborns. As the needs emerged and grew, the program became...
Celebrating a Gold Medal with Our Students!
A few weeks ago, I posted about the Philadelphia Flower Show and how the display for Lakeside School won a gold medal. It is quite an accomplishment when students from a small alternative school like Lakeside School can enter an international flower show, be judged by professional horticulture experts and...
Lakeside Wins Gold at 2023 Philadelphia Flower Show
One of the largest flower shows in the world is the Philadelphia Flower Show. Thousands of individuals attend to enjoy the designs of hundreds of floral artists who put together some of the most beautiful and dynamic floral displays imaginable. This year’s theme is “The Garden Electric” which celebrates the...