News & Announcements

On Friday, March 14th join Lakota LEADS and the Lakota community to celebrate Pi Day the best way we know how – with awesome hands-on STEAM activities! Come see what our many exhibitors have in store for you. They are waiting to share their love of math and science with you!

Lots of exhibitors and lots of hands-on fun! Join Lakota LEADS for a full evening of fun at this year's Pi Day happening March 14 from 6:30 - 9 p.m. at Plains Junior School. There will be many STEAM based hands-on activities that will entertain your K-8 students! 

Gifted Resource Fair will be held on Saturday, March 8th from 9am - 12:30pm at the Hamilton County Educational Services Center, at 11083 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45231

Lakota Gifted Services provides second opportunity testing to meet the cognitive score requirement.

Gifted Services is accepting applications for Early Entrance into Kindergarten and 1st grade for the 2025-26 school year until Thursday, June  12. Requests submitted after the stated deadline will only be honored for those newly enrolled into the district.

Creativity was in full display in Andrea Menchhofer’s art class as VanGorden Elementary fourth graders put finishing touches on their self-portrait projects. There was a special twist though.

Live webinar is Tuesday September 4th, 2024 from 7pm-8pm plus time for questions over Zoom.

Attend and Learn: - How to make the best choice between the SAT and ACT - When your child should ideally take the first(and last) test - create a personalized timeline - How much preparation is typically needed for best scores.

DI Program Information and Q&A Meetings:

Monday, August 26^th at 6pm  in the cafeteria at Independence Elementary
Wednesday, Sept 4^th at 7pm in the cafeteria at Union Elementary

Gifted Services is accepting applications for Early Entrance into Kindergarten and 1st grade for the 2024-25 school year until Friday, June 14. Any applications received after this date will not be considered before the start off the school year.

Congratulations to all our Lakota Destination Imagination teams that competed at the state tournament held at Lakota East High School this past Saturday!

Please see important message below from Interim Superintendent, Elizabeth Lolli, Ph.D.

This Friday, March 15th join Lakota LEADS and the Lakota community to celebrate Pi Day the best way we know how – with awesome hands-on STEAM activities!

The Regional Destination Imagination (DI) tournament was held on Saturday, March 2nd. Lakota has 13 teams with over 85 students participating in DI this year.