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Lake Fenton Meap

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Lake Fenton Looks to Raise Bar After MEAP Success

Lake Fenton Middle School posted the best MEAP scores in Genesee County.

After posting the top MEAP scores in Geneseee County for the third straight year, Lake Fenton Middle School Principal Dan Ferguson posed a question to his students. "Where do we want to go from here?" Ferguson asked in an assembly Wednesday morning. Ferguson said he would like to set goals even higher for the school. He said officials will work with the Genesee Intermediate School District to look for any gaps in their curriculum and try to do a better job of preparing students for the challenges. "We are going to work on high school and college readiness in math and science,” Ferguson said. “The bar has been lifted and we accept the challenge.” However, Wednesday was mostly about a celebration of the students' achievements. While …

Monday, February 11, 2013

Lake Fenton Middle School '3-Peats' the MEAP

Students post top scores in Genesee County.

Here is a brief look at the MEAP results for Lake Fenton Community Schools. Lake Fenton posted the best scores in Genesee County for reading, writing and social studies. They had the second highest science scores and the third highest math scores. The sixth and seventh grade students placed first in the county for highest composite scores. The eighth-graders posted the fourth highest composite scores in the school. If you combine the grade levels or the composite scores, the students had the highest ranking scores in the county. "Amazing kids, amazing community, amazing staff and very high expectations regarding teaching and learning and even higher exxpectations on building character. That has been our recipe for success," Lake Fenton …

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Lake Fenton Parents, Students Proud of Top Ranked MEAP Scores

Lake Fenton Middle School hosts presentation of highest MEAP scores in the county.

When Laura Tyrrell moved her family from Utica Schools to Lake Fenton schools last year she had no idea what to expect. After seeing a presentation Thursday at Lake Fenton Middle School about the sixth, seventh and eighth-graders earning the top ranked MEAP scores in Genesee County, she was elated. “It’s phenomenal,” she said. “I see the college bells and whistles. It gets the kids excited about their future with not only high school, but college.” Averaging math, reading and science, Lake Fenton seventh-graders and eighth-graders scored the highest in public schools of Genesee County. Averaging math, reading and social studies, the Lake Fenton sixth graders also scored the highest in the county. Taking sixth, seventh and eighth grade …

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