Grade-level specific conversational coffees have begun! These gathering times are designed to give parents space to talk about their families' experience in the students' new grade levels and courses. Friday, 9th and 10th grade co-teachers had the opportunity to share, ask questions, and give suggestions, plus to receive advice from peers and school leaders.  Parents brought up excellent points about math, philosophy and practices, English composition, and essential areas of history study.  

The Lake Pointe family celebrated all that God has done and is doing during our annual all family meeting! The board and executive team utilized this time to share exciting visions and plans for the next three school years--through the 2020-2021 school year. Among many other happenings, Lake Pointe is looking to continue making refinements in curriculum and improvements in policies, as well as celebrating a couple big anniversaries. At the end of the meeting, protected registration for current LPA families was open. We are excited to see how God continues to work in and through Lake Pointe in the upcoming year!

Just as God has called believers to encourage and build one aother up, Lake Pointe's Mentoring Ministry seeks to build intentional encouragement-based relationships between expereinced co-teachers and new co-teachers. Through these pratnerships, co-teachers offer practical tips and tricks of the trade and advice for at-home school days. This program is not only intended to help families survive their first school year but to give real examples of how to thrive and reap the most benefits from the Lake Pointe program.

After a classical medley prelude performed by the advanced strings ensemble, Vision Meeting 2017 provided current families a peek at the 2017-18 academic year. A sample includes:

Vision --

• The year focus verse is to "walk in a manner worthy of the Lord," from Colossians 1, Ephesians 4 and Philippians 1.
• The development of continuous improvement groups.
•  Approval of academy's readiness package in the SACS / AdvancED accreditation process. 

The three academic grade level supervisors related their divisions' emphases for the coming year. 

• Refinement of academic relationship and duty-sharing between campus and home.
• Positive experience and results in the current year with further refinement of Creation Day organization in science, and review of middle school science materials.
• Refined Latin progression and improved junior high success skills studies.
• Introduction of AP Calculus and other pursuits for grades 11-12.

Student Life -- plans include continued summer events and deepening expansion into elementary grades.

Athletics and Arts -- Continued development will include expansion of arts opportunties.