Special Thanks To…..

The many wonderful parents who step up when the call goes out. They are the Do-Dads and Mighty Moms who bring their Time, Tools, and Talent to install Incredible Improvements at Lakeridge. Scroll down all the way; this list is quite impressive, and it includes work performed since Summer 2010, the most recent first. Did we forget YOU? If so, please let us know right away so we may recognize you. We appreciate you!!

Beautification Day, August 27, 2011:

Pacer Parents and Students began a massive cleanup effort at the back of the school. Some crew members worked for 5 hours on a hot day, and Beautification Chair Linda Poggi reports that there is more work to be done! The crew included the following Pacer Parents:

Bob Barman
Katy Barman
Stephanie Knecht
Linda Poggi
Brian Poggi
Charlotte Woodcock
Jill Yep
Richard Yep

Classroom Furniture Installation Crew, Aug 26-31, 2011:

A THIRD wave of donated furniture came our way along with some brand new improvements and equipment, and the following Pacer Parents traded out old/obsolete furniture for new:

Bob Brown
Jeff Busch
Dan Diebold
John Diebold
Paul Diebold
Jennifer Duncan
Don Guiou
Jorge Perez
Aaron Reynolds
Paul Shearer
Rick Sheldon
Dave Wade

Here’s what they hauled and installed:

25 pieces of donated furniture were distributed to Lakeridge classrooms.
New tables and whiteboards were distributed to the Lakeridge Robotics Lab.
3 pickup truck loads of obsolete furniture were removed and given to Goodwill Industries.
Art Classroom computers were upgraded with new tables, keyboard trays, and monitors.
The Teacher Lounge was upgraded with better tables and bookcases.
Math Department Teacher workstations were upgraded with improvements.

Art Tables Installation Crew, August 2011:

These Pacer Parents installed new computer tables in the LHS Art Classroom:

Don Guiou
Dave Wade

Here’s what they installed:

Several new 30×60 Computer Tables for students: table, keyboard tray, flat screen monitors, monitor stands.
New 24×48 Computer Table for teacher: table, keyboard tray, flat screen monitor, monitor stand and projector shelf.

Furniture Moving Crew #2, April 2011:

A second corporate donation of surplus furniture was delivered to both Waluga and Lakeridge, and installed by the following Pacer Parents and LHS Staff members:

Paul Shearer, parent, delivery
Ralph Bauer, parent, delivery
Bob Springer, LHS Staff, installation
Mike Keys, LHS Staff, installation

Here’s what they delivered and installed at Lakeridge:

4 White Boards
2 White Boards on portable stands
2 Cork Bulletin Boards
2 Classroom Tables
3 Classroom Table Tops
2 Large Conference Room Tables
2 Steelcase Lateral File Cabinets – 2 Drawer
5 Steelcase Storage Cabinets – Robotics Lab

Technology Installation Crews, Dec 2010 – Mar 2011:

These Pacer Parents completed significant improvements to Lakeridge’s four computer labs, laptop carts, and Robotics Lab:

Dwight Ackerman
John Barber
Bob Brown
Jennifer Duncan
John Ragsdale
Brian Schafer
Paul Shearer
Rick Sheldon
Jim Souers
Sharon Vieregg

Here’s what they installed:

Lab B2: (Science and Math wing, for all classes)
Installed new improved computer holders under tables.
Installed new power cables for science sensors used on top of tables.
Installed new wiring for 16 laptop stations to increase lab size from 30 to 46.
B2 laptop stations have convenient built-in connections for power and ethernet.

Lab D25: (Library for Newspaper, Yearbook, Journalism, Art and other classes)
Installed new improved computer holders under tables.
Applied for Federal grant to upgrade remaining 7 computers in this lab.

Lab D26: (All classes)
Upgraded monitors to newer IBM CRT monitors, re-used from Hallinan Elementary.
Added tables and new wire management to increase lab size.
Added 4 computer stations to increase lab size from 29 to 36.

Lab D28: (All classes, Art, and Technology classes)
Upgraded monitors to newer DELL CRT monitors.
Added tables and new wire management to increase lab size.
Added 7 computer stations to increase lab size from 29 to 36.

Laptop Carts 3 and 4:
Added extra AC adapters for use in Science Lab classrooms.

Science Sensors:
Added extensions for power cables to plug in science sensors on top of tables.

Robotics Lab:
Added lab benches for working on electronics.
Added Steelcase storage cabinets

Typewriter:
Yes, we even repaired the one typewriter at school to use for completing grant forms.

Furniture Moving Crew #1, November 2010:

This group of Pacer Parents removed two large truckloads of old furniture from LHS and took it to Goodwill, then they unloaded and installed three large truckloads of donated surplus furniture. They spent 5 evenings removing old furniture, unloading trucks, and moving new furniture to classrooms. Thank you, everyone!

Nan Deane
Bill Deane
Jennifer Duncan
Liz Hartman
Larry Hengesh
Paul Kachel
Brad Little
Kirk Middleton
Kate Miller
Steve Olsen
John Ragsdale
Paul Shearer
Rick Sheldon
Sharon Vieregg

Here’s what they installed:

2 Round Tables
4 Small Tables
6 Classroom Tables
4 Large Conference Room Tables
58 Teacher Chairs
90 Conference and Staff Chairs
5 Lab Stools
11 Small File Cabinets
9 Steelcase Lateral File Cabinets – 2 Drawer
3 Steelcase Lateral File Cabinets – 3 Drawer
8 Steelcase Lateral File Cabinets – 4 Drawer
10 Steelcase Bookshelves
12 Steelcase Cabinets

Technology Installation Crews, August/September 2010:

These Pacer Parents spent many hours in work sessions building computer lab tables and installing computer lab improvements.

John Barber
Liam Beaton
Doug Brewer
Dan Diebold
Chip Dienhart
Larry Hengesh
Kirk Middleton
Dave Mueller
Tom Moxness
Paul Shearer
Rick Sheldon

Here’s what they installed:

Lab B2: New computers, tables, keyboard trays, flat screen monitors.
Lab B2: New design with monitor arms allows using science sensors on clean desktop.
Lab D25: Upgraded computers, new tables, flat screen monitors.
Lab D26: Upgraded computers.
Lab Laptops: Two new carts with 32 IBM Laptops.
New equipment: science sensors, microscopes, sound and video equipment.