Lake City Public Schools

Grant to fund temporary bump-outs on Lakewood Avenue

Feb 24, 2021

A grant from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) will allow Lake City to do a demonstration project at an intersection heavily used by Lincoln High School students. During peak times of the school year, students numbering in the hundreds cross Lakewood Avenue on foot on South...

City weathers bitter cold snap

Feb 17, 2021

A bitter streak of days where temperatures remained mostly below zero appear to be coming to an end. A mostly mild winter has given way to plunging temps as the Lake City-area, along with most of the nation, has found itself mired in cold, even for winter, weather. Lake City Public Works Director...

More students, more days

Feb 10, 2021

Most students at Bluff View Elementary School and Lincoln High School will be spending less time in distance learning and more time in class as the school district modifies its learning model. Currently, students in grades four through 12 attend in-person classes either Tuesday and Thursday or...

School district honors paraprofessionals

Feb 3, 2021

With Gov. Tim Walz proclaiming the week of Jan. 25-29 to be Paraprofessional Appreciation Week in the State of Minnesota, Lake City Public Schools recognized the paraprofessionals working at Lincoln High School and Bluff View Elementary School. Paraprofessionals perform a variety of tasks related...

Lake City Ambulance paramedic talks first aid, EMS careers with Life 101 class

Jan 20, 2021

The Life 101 class at Lincoln High School, taught by Angie Haviland, is a class that focuses on learning certain life skills not taught in other classes but are necessary in adult life. “Learning life skills is normally a hands-on process, with active participation. Unfortunately, social...

November 2020 students of the month announced

Dec 30, 2020

Each month throughout the school year Lincoln High School selects Students of the Month. One girl and one boy are chosen in grades seven through nine for excellence achieved at Lincoln. November Students of the Month are seventh graders Sulmi Tema Gabriel and Lyncoln Watters, eighth graders Willa...

School levy up 8.78%, enrollment dips

Dec 30, 2020

The Lake City School Board on Dec. 21 approved an 8.78 percent increase to the school district property tax levy. The total certified levy amount of about $4.62 million was a neary $373,000 increase over the 2020 levy. Compared with cities or counties, school districts have limited discretion to...

School staff bakes treats for weekend food program

Dec 23, 2020

For the last four years members of the staff at Lincoln High Svchool have provided plates of homemade treats for the families in the Packing for the Weekend program. Each year during the week before Christmas Amy Brinkman and her group of about a dozen members prepare, package and deliver the...

Video connects Dubai teacher with former school

Dec 23, 2020

Recently a video of a youth choir was being shared among staff at Lake City Public Schools. In it, a group of students hum “Silent Night” while members of the senior class share memories of their time in school. The students are from the American School in Dubai, a metropolis in the Middle East...

School board: Back to hybrid

Dec 9, 2020

Most Lake City Public Schools students will return to classrooms next week. At a special meeting Tuesday night, the Lake City School Board voted 5-2 to switch back to a hybrid learning model after several weeks of distance learning. Students will resume their hybrid schedule beginning Dec. 14. For...